Sara Botsford

Canadian actress.

Born August 4th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Gauthier.

Gérard Jugnot

French actor and cinematographer.

Born May 4th, 1951 (age 74 years) in 19th arrondissement of Paris.

Andy Thomas

Australian astronaut.

Born December 18th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Adelaide.

Tomás Boy

Mexican association football player and manager (1951–2022).

Born June 28th, 1951 in Mexico City.

Died March 8th, 2022 at 70 years old in Acapulco de Juárez (pulmonary embolism). ^[ref]

Andrei Kozyrev

Russian diplomat.

Born March 27th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Brussels, Brussels metropolitan area.

Michael Freedman

Mathematician and fields medalist at microsoft station q.

Born April 21st, 1951 (age 75 years) in Los Angeles.

Clyde Best

Bermudian footballer.

Born February 24th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Somerset Island.

John Fleming

American politician & physician (born 1951).

Born July 5th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Meridian.

Morris Albert

Brazilian male singer-songwriter.

Born September 7th, 1951 (age 74 years) in São Paulo.

Rob Bishop

American politician.

Born July 13th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Kaysville.

Bruce Leung

Hong kong actor and martial artist (1951–2026).

Born August 9th, 1951 in British Hong Kong.

Died January 14th, 2026 at 74 years old in Shenzhen (heart failure). ^[ref]

Joe McDonnell

Irish hunger striker and ira volunteer (1951–1981).

Born September 14th, 1951 in Belfast.

Died July 8th, 1981 at 29 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation).

Ken Bruen

Irish writer.

Born January 3rd, 1951 in Galway.

Died March 29th, 2025 at 74 years old in Galway. ^[ref]

Barry Brown

Author, playwright, actor (1951-1978).

Born April 19th, 1951 in San Jose.

Died June 27th, 1978 at 27 years old in Silver Lake (gunshot wound).

Dan Bricklin

American computer scientist.

Born July 16th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Philadelphia.

Francesco Moser

Italian cyclist.

Born June 19th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Palù di Giovo.

Charles de Lint

Canadian author.

Born December 22nd, 1951 (age 74 years) in Bussum. ^[ref]

Carl Wieman

Nobel prize winning us physicist.

Born March 26th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Corvallis.

Slick Watts

American basketball player.

Born July 22nd, 1951 in Rolling Fork. ^[ref]

Died March 15th, 2025 at 73 years old ^[ref]

Paul McGuinness

Irish businessman, music publisher and manager of u2.

Born June 17th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Rinteln.

Antonia Bird

Film director (1951–2013).

Born May 27th, 1951 in Princess Beatrice Hospital.

Died October 25th, 2013 at 62 years old in Aldringham (thyroid cancer). ^[ref]

Alfredo Astiz

Argentine intelligence officer, convicted murderer and spy for argentina's last dictatorship.

Born November 8th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Mar del Plata.

John Gosden

British horse trainer.

Born March 30th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Hove.

Fathi Shaqaqi

Palestinian freedom fighter (1951-1995).

Born January 4th, 1951 in Gaza City. ^[ref]

Died October 26th, 1995 at 44 years old in Sliema.

Álvaro Colom

President of guatemala (2008-2012).

Born June 15th, 1951 in Guatemala City.

Died January 23rd, 2023 at 71 years old in Guatemala City (esophageal cancer). ^[ref]