The first substantial amounts of metallic americium weighing 40 – 200 micrograms were not prepared until 1951 by reduction of americium ( III ) fluoride with barium metal in high vacuum at 1100 ° C.

* 1869 – Levon Shant, Armenian playwright, novelist and poet ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Bert Blyleven, Dutch baseball player

* 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Tom Noonan, American actor

* 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager

* 1951 – Mack Brown, American football coach

* 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress

* 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host

* 1951 – Steve Swisher, American baseball player

* 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer ( d. 2007 )

* 1871 – John French Sloan, American artist ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Wax ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fandango, Brazen Abbot, and Hughes Turner Project )

* 1951 – Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ( Leather Nun and Blue for Two )

* 1951 – Per Westerberg, Swedish politician

* 1861 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang ) ( d. 1976 )

* 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player

* 1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1951 – Jay North, American actor

* 1951 – Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer

* 1951 – Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director

* 1976 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist ( b. 1951 )

* 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer

** Tommy Bolin, American guitarist ( b. 1951 )

In 1951, after beating Tommy Ciarlo twice, once in Caracas, Venezuela, and Hairston once again, he finally became a world champion when he beat Johnny Bratton for the world Welterweight title by a decision in 15 on May 18.

The couple had six children: Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana ( Tutut, born 1949 ), Sigit Harjojudanto ( born 1951 ), Bambang Trihatmodjo ( born 1953 ), Siti Hediati ( Titiek, born 1959 ), Hutomo Mandala Putra ( Tommy, born 1962 ), and Siti Hutami Endang Adiningish ( Mamiek, born 1964 ).

Thomas Richard " Tommy " Bolin ( August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976 ) was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr ( from 1969 to 1971 ), The James Gang ( from 1973 through 1974 ), and Deep Purple ( from 1975 to 1976 ).

* Tommy Hilfiger ( born 1951 ), an American fashion designer

: Tommy Byrne, 3 ( 1949 – 1951 )

: Tommy Byrne, 3 ( 1949 – 1951 )

Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( born March 24, 1951 ) is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.

He managed the Owensboro Oilers of the Class-D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League in 1950, and began the 1951 season managing the Bluefield Blue-Greys of the Class-D Appalachian League, but was reassigned to the Hartford Chiefs of the Class-A Eastern League when Hartford manager Tommy Holmes was named Braves ' manager.

But also hillbilly and rockabilly recordings were released from 1951 onwards — e. g., Rockin ' and Rollin by Ramblin ' Tommy Scott on Federal 10003.

In the 1950s, Marshall earned his living as part of a comedy act with Tommy Noonan, and they appeared in night clubs, on television variety shows, and in films including Starlift ( 1951 ), The Rookie ( 1959 ) and Swingin ' Along ( 1962 ).

* Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man ( 1951 ) as Tommy Nelson ( Arthur Franz's stand-in )

* 1951 Tommy Barnes

The first records that Don and Red made together were with Tommy Magness in 1951 for Federal Records, a subsidiary of King Records.

* Tommy Butler ( hurler ) ( born 1951 ), Irish retired hurler