1951: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Rabbit 🐇 · Born in 1951 turn 75 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.27

Median home

$7,925

Minimum wage

$0.75/hr

Movie ticket

$0.46

US population

2.58B

US president

Harry S. Truman

Top song

"Too Young" — Nat King Cole

Top film

Quo Vadis

Top TV show

Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

Best Picture

An American in Paris

In the news: First color TV broadcast in the US

What happened in 1951

1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.

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Born in 1951

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Kirstie Alley

1951–2022 · January 12

American actress

Anjelica Huston

b. 1951 · July 8

American actress

Bob Iger

b. 1951 · February 10

American media executive

Christopher Cross

b. 1951 · May 3

American singer-songwriter

Jackie Jackson

b. 1951 · May 4

American singer and songwriter

Dale Earnhardt

1951–2001 · April 29

American racing driver

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

b. 1951 · July 4

American politician and attorney

Beverly D'Angelo

b. 1951 · November 15

American actress

Chris Cooper

b. 1951 · July 9

American actor

Bob Geldof

b. 1951 · October 5

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist

Ace Frehley

1951–2025 · April 27

American guitarist

Ben Carson

b. 1951 · September 18

American neurosurgeon and politician

Dan Fogelberg

1951–2007 · August 13

American singer-songwriter

Jill Biden

b. 1951 · June 3

First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Cassandra Peterson

b. 1951 · September 17

American actress

Debbi Morgan

b. 1951 · September 20

American actress

Abel Ferrara

b. 1951 · July 19

American film director

Bonnie Tyler

b. 1951 · June 8

Welsh singer

Brad Delp

1951–2007 · June 12

American rock musician

Dean Paul Martin

1951–1987 · November 17

American actor and singer

Edward Albert

1951–2006 · February 20

American actor

David Coverdale

b. 1951 · September 22

English rock singer

Charles S. Dutton

b. 1951 · January 30

American actor, director and producer

Al Franken

b. 1951 · May 21

American comedian and politician

Died in 1951

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim1867–1951 · Finnish military leader and statesman
Arnold Schoenberg1874–1951 · Austrian-American composer
André Gide1869–1951 · French author and Nobel laureate
Charles G. Dawes1865–1951 · Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929
Algernon Blackwood1869–1951 · English journalist and author
Amy Carmichael1867–1951 · Christian missionary to India
Ben Chifley1885–1951 · Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949
Amélie of Orléans1861–1951 · Queen of Portugal from 1889 to 1908
Eddie Collins1887–1951 · American baseball player
Choudhry Rahmat Ali1897–1951 · Muslim nationalist activist
Arnold Sommerfeld1868–1951 · German theoretical physicist
Ali Sami Yen1886–1951 · Turkish footballer and sports manager