June 4, 1951

1951Leigh Kennedy, American author^[†]

Leigh Kennedy is an American science fiction writer who has lived in the United Kingdom since 1985.

1951Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (died 1981)^[†]

Bronisław Malinowski was a Polish track and field athlete, who is best known for winning a gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race during the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union and the silver four years earlier in Montreal. One year after his last Olympic appearance, Malinowski was killed in a car accident in Grudziądz, at the age of 30.

1951Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author^[†]

Melanie Phillips is a British public commentator. She began her career writing for The Guardian and New Statesman. During the 1990s, critics claimed that Phillips became increasingly associated with right-wing politics and the far-right, and her work has been linked by some commentators to the so-called "Eurabia" theory. She currently writes for The Times, The Jerusalem Post, and The Jewish Chronicle, covering political and social issues from a socially conservative perspective.

1951Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator^[†]

Wendy Pini and Richard Pini are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known as WaRP.

1951David Yip, English actor and playwright^[†]

David Nicholas Yip is a British actor and playwright. He gained prominence through his role in the BBC series The Chinese Detective (1981–1982) as the first Chinese lead on British television.

1951Lyle Stewart, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1999–2023) (died 2024)^[†]

Lyle Eldon Stewart was a Canadian provincial politician. A member of the Saskatchewan Party, he served six terms in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.