Personalities who died at 51

Famous people grouped by age of death

There are 34 personalities from all nationalities who died at the age of 51
Among them, are for example Pascal Brunner, Napoléon Ier, Molière, William Shakespeare, Paul Verlaine, René Goscinny, Sœur Sourire, Marcel Proust, Honoré de Balzac, Violette Nozière, Édouard Manet, James Gandolfini, ...

Gerard Adriaan Heineken

† at 51 years

Gerard Adriaan Heineken

1841 • 1893

Alphonse Allais

† at 51 years

Alphonse Allais

1854 • 1905

Alois Alzheimer

† at 51 years

Alois Alzheimer

1864 • 1915

† at 51 years

1896 • 1948

† at 51 years

1650 • 1702

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 51 years

1963 • 2015

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis

† at 51 years

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis

1792 • 1843

Honoré de Balzac

† at 51 years

Honoré de Balzac

1799 • 1850

Germaine de Staël

† at 51 years

Germaine de Staël

1766 • 1817

† at 51 years

1832 • 1883

James Gandolfini

† at 51 years

James Gandolfini

1961 • 2013

† at 51 years

1926 • 1977

Guillaume Ier d'Orange-Nassau

† at 51 years

Guillaume Ier d'Orange-Nassau

1533 • 1584

Nobility and royalty

† at 51 years

1852 • 1903

† at 51 years

1832 • 1883

Rainer Maria Rilke

† at 51 years

Rainer Maria Rilke

1875 • 1926

† at 51 years

1622 • 1673

† at 51 years

1769 • 1821

French monarchs

Violette Nozière

† at 51 years

Violette Nozière

1915 • 1966

† at 51 years

1820 • 1871

† at 51 years

1871 • 1922

† at 51 years

1915 • 1967

† at 51 years

1772 • 1823

† at 51 years

1893 • 1945

† at 51 years

1910 • 1961

William Shakespeare

† at 51 years

William Shakespeare

1564 • 1616

† at 51 years

1927 • 1978

Died 40 years ago in 2025

† at 51 years

1933 • 1985

Gustav Stresemann

† at 51 years

Gustav Stresemann

1878 • 1929

† at 51 years

1909 • 1961

Nobility and royalty

† at ~51 years

~1390 • 1441

† at 51 years

1844 • 1896

† at 50 years

-70 • -19

† at 51 years

1946 • 1998