List of Famous people who died in 1951

Reginald ("Reggie") Edgar Walker was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.

Koizumi Matajirō was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the Taishō period and early Shōwa period Japan. He was the grandfather of Jun'ichirō Koizumi, who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.

Gilbert Ames Bliss,, was an American mathematician, known for his work on the calculus of variations.

Edward Alsworth Ross was a progressive American sociologist, eugenicist, economist, and major figure of early criminology.

George Udny Yule FRS, usually known as Udny Yule, was a British statistician, particularly known for the Yule distribution.