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• Jan Linhart († 1951)
• Theodorus Johanna Hageraats, Den Haag († 2013)
• de Graaf, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1951)
• Daniël (Daan) de Vries, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 1995)
• Leon Vermeiren, Leamington (Can) († 1994)
• Mary(Gemma Hendrika Maria) te Riele, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Bennie Reintjes, Gendringen († 2020)
• Agnes Augustina Johanna Maria Cruysberg, Tienray, Limburg, Nederland († 1985)
• Ina Beentjes, Heemskerk († 2003)
• Anna Maria Norberta van Ganzewinkel, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Adriana Aarts (74), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Snijders (63), Sittard
• Anna Maria Klaver (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij van Scherpenzeel (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Veenwijk (62), Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• * Maria Benschop (91), Koudekerk, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alle Lijzenga (76), Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrana Hol (72), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Andree (81), Apeldoorn
• Antonius Jacobus Kwaks (64), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1948 » Alda Facio, Costa Ricanjurist,writer and teacher
• 1949 » David Strathairn, American actor
• 1949 » Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1950 » Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia († 2008)
• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » Anne Mills, English economist and academic
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1953 » Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 » Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1953 » Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Peter
9. Petrus
10. Robert
11. Jacobus
12. Adrianus
13. Hendrikus
14. Jacob
15. John
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Margaretha
12. Marianne
13. Jacoba
14. Yvonne
15. Geertruida
16. Linda

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
• January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.

The temperature on January 26, 1951 was between 0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.