List of Famous people who died in 1951

Abraham "Abe" Cahan was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward, an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years. During his stewardship of the Forward, it became a prominent voice in the Jewish community and in the Socialist Party of America, voicing a relatively moderate stance within the realm of American socialist politics.

Katharine Jex-Blake, was an English classical scholar, and the eighth Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.

Sir Edward Hall Alderson, was a British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1930 to 1934.

Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet was a French actor, director, and theatre director.

Jesse Edwards "Tim" James was the only surviving son of American outlaw Jesse Woodson James. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee during the height of Jesse James' career as an outlaw. His mother was Zerelda, Jesse James' wife and first cousin.

Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch was a German surgeon.

Francis Lister was a British actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and Margot Grahame (1934-36).

Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. Thyssen was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, but would later break with them.