List of Famous people who died in 1951
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Henry de Vere Stacpoole was an Irish-British author, born in Ireland in Kingstown. His best-known work is the 1908 romance novel The Blue Lagoon, which has been adapted into multiple films. He published using his own name and sometimes the pseudonym Tyler de Saix.
Peter August Böckstiegel
Peter August Böckstiegel was a German painter, graphic artist and sculptor, in the Expressionistic style.
Zaifeng, Prince Chun
Zaifeng, formally known by his title Prince Chun, was a Manchu prince and regent of the late Qing dynasty. He was a son of Yixuan, the seventh son of the Daoguang Emperor, and the father of Puyi, the Last Emperor. He served as Prince-Regent from 1908 to 1911 during the reign of his son until the Qing dynasty was overthrown by the Xinhai Revolution in 1911.
František Weyr
Ludwig Mach
Ludwig Mach was an Austrian physician and chemist.
Friedrich Karl Kleine
George Cornwallis-West
Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West was a British officer of the Scots Guards. George Cornwallis-West was noted primarily for his marriages, the first to Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, and the second to the renowned actress Stella Campbell, who was also known on the stage as Mrs. Patrick Campbell. George Bernard Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle in his play Pygmalion for Stella Campbell.
Pietro Ricaldone
Pietro Ricaldone was a Catholic Roman Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was the 4th Rector Major of that Order between 1932 and 1951. He was the last Superior of the Salesians that knew Don Bosco alive. He was also the founder of the Salesian Pontifical University.
Henri Carton de Wiart
This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart.
George Gavan Duffy
George Gavan Duffy was an Irish politician, barrister and judge who served as President of the High Court from 1946 to 1951, a Judge of the High Court from 1936 to 1951 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from January 1922 to July 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency from 1921 to 1923. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the South County Dublin constituency from 1918 to 1921.