Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
3
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
4
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
World Leader
5
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
6
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
7
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
8
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Politician
9
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
10
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
11
Alexander Goldenweiser (1875-1961)
Composer
12
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
13
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
14
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
15
Tsuru Aoki (1892-1961)
16
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
Journalist
17
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
18
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
19
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Shane Summers (1936-1961)
Race Car Driver
21
Hans Muller (1884-1961)
22
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
Folk Singer
23
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
24
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)
Architect
25
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
26
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
27
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
28
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
29
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
30
Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961)
Poet
31
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
Director
32
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
33
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
34
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
35
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
36
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
37
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
38
Winifred Lawson (1892-1961)
Opera Singer
39
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875-1961)
40
Joan McCracken (1917-1961)
Stage Actress
41
Essington Lewis (1881-1961)
42
Augustus John (1878-1961)
43
Sam Zemurray (1877-1961)
44
Ida Siekmann (1902-1961)
45
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
46
Mordecai Ham (1877-1961)
Religious Leader
47
George Formby (1904-1961)
48
