List of Famous people who died in 1951

Robert Calverl(e)y Trevelyan was an English poet and translator, of a traditionalist sort, and a follower of the lapidary style of Logan Pearsall Smith.

John Bryant Paine was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Valentin Yakovlevich Parnakh (1891–1951) was a Russian musician and choreographer, who was a founding father of Soviet jazz. He was also a poet, and translated many foreign works into Russian, notably Spanish poetry and plays.

Claës-Axel Wersäll was a Swedish gymnast. He was part of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.

Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge, 1st Baronet was a British civil servant, barrister, and scholar who was Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education between 1911–1925.

Samuel Howard Ash, usually credited as Sam Ash, was an American vaudeville performer, singer, and movie actor who appeared in minor roles in over 200 films, including It's a Wonderful Life.

James Geoghegan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, barrister and judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1936 to 1950, Attorney General of Ireland from November 1936 to December 1936 and Minister for Justice from 1932 to 1933. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency from 1930 to 1936.

George Abram Miller was an early group theorist.