Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
3
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
4
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
5
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
World Leader
6
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
7
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
8
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
9
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
Journalist
10
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
11
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
12
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
13
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
14
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
15
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
16
George Melford (1877-1961)
Screenwriter
17
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
18
Hubert Van Innis (1866-1961)
Archer
19
George Formby (1904-1961)
Folk Singer
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
21
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
22
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
23
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
24
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Politician
25
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Composer
26
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
27
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
28
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
29
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
30
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
31
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
32
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
33
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
34
Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961)
35
Augustus John (1878-1961)
36
Henry O'Neill (1891-1961)
37
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
38
Lee Deforest (1873-1961)
39
Esperanza Baur (1920-1961)
40
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
41
Ada Cornaro (1881-1961)
42
Bill Holmes (1899-1961)
Hockey Player
43
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
44
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)
45
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
46
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
47
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
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