Editing 1951 (section)

===January===
[[File:FranziskusHennemann.jpg|thumb|110px|Reverend [[Franziskus Hennemann]]]]
[[File:Amy Carmichael with children2.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Amy Carmichael]]]]
[[File:Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.png|thumb|110px|[[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]]]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Georgios Drossinis]], Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. [[1859]])
* [[January 5]] 
** [[Yasunosuke Gonda]], Japanese sociologist and theorist (b. [[1887]])
** [[Andrei Platonov]], Russian-born Soviet writer (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6454067.Andrei_Platonov Andrei Platonov]</ref>
* [[January 6]]
** [[Ken Le Breton]], Australian speedway rider (b. [[1924]])
** [[Maila Talvio]], Finnish writer, nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[René Guénon]], French metaphysician (b. [[1886]])
** [[Lucien Cuénot]], French biologist (b. [[1866]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Sinclair Lewis]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1885]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Jacques de Baroncelli]], French director and screenwriter (b. [[1881]])
** [[Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1870–1951)|Prince Maximilian of Saxony]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[January 13]]
** [[Dorothea Bate]], British palaeontologist, a pioneer of archaeozoology (b. [[1878]])
** [[Florence Kahn (actress)|Florence Kahn]], American actress (b. [[1878]])
** [[Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal and eminence (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 15]] – [[Ernest Swinton|Sir Ernest Swinton]], British Army general (b. [[1868]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/swinton.htm |title=Who's Who - Sir Ernest Swinton |website=First World War.com}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Tsunejirō Ishii]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Franziskus Hennemann]], South African [[Titular bishop]] and reverend (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Amy Carmichael]], Irish missionary to India (b. [[1867]])
** [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]], American actor (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Yuriko Miyamoto]], Japanese novelist (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Harald Bohr]], Danish mathematician and footballer (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5kyppVPyesC&dq=Harald+Bohr+22+april+1887&pg=PA182 |last1=Mehra |first1=Jagdish |author-link1=Jagdish Mehra |last2=Rechenberg |first2=Helmut |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg |name-list-style=amp |date=2000 |title=The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, Volume 1, part 1 |page=182 |location=New York City |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-38795-174-4}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Robert J. Blackham]], British general and author (b. [[1868]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Dominic Salvatore Gentile]], American pilot (b. [[1920]])
** [[Petar Dujam Munzani]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop and reverend (b. [[1890]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Frank Tarrant]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Ferdinand Porsche]], German auto engineer (b. [[1875]])