Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
Movie Actress
3
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
4
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
5
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala (1896-1961)
Poet
6
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
7
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
World Leader
8
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
9
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Politician
10
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
11
George Formby (1904-1961)
Folk Singer
12
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
13
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
14
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Painter
15
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
16
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
17
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
18
Essington Lewis (1881-1961)
19
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
21
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
22
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
23
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
24
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
25
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
26
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
27
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
28
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
29
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
30
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
Journalist
31
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
32
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
33
Ida Siekmann (1902-1961)
34
Sam Zemurray (1877-1961)
35
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
36
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
Philosopher
37
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)
38
Ada Cornaro (1881-1961)
39
Ferdoos Mohammed (1906-1961)
40
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
41
Bill Holmes (1899-1961)
Hockey Player
42
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
43
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)
Architect
44
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
45
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
46
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
47
Tsuru Aoki (1892-1961)
48
