List of Famous people who died in 1951

Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling, and he developed the so-called Bergen School of Meteorology, which was successful in advancing weather prediction and meteorology in the early 20th century.

María Grever was the first female Mexican composer to achieve international acclaim. She is best known for the song "What A Difference A Day Makes", which was popularized by Dinah Washington and has been covered by numerous artists.

Francis Hubert Palmer MC (1877–1951) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1905.

John Michael Uhrich, M.D.,, was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1948 until 1951.

Joseph Boyd Poindexter was the eighth Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1934 to 1942.

Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley JP, styled Viscount Boringdon from his birth until 1905, was a British peer and Devon landowner.

Joseph Fels Ritt was an American mathematician at Columbia University in the early 20th century. He was born and died in New York.