Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
World Leader
3
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
4
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
5
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
6
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
7
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
Director
8
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
9
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
10
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
11
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
12
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896-1961)
Composer
13
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
14
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
15
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
16
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
Philosopher
17
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
18
Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961)
Poet
19
Nita Naldi (1894-1961)
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Esperanza Baur (1920-1961)
21
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
22
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Politician
23
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
24
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
25
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
26
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
27
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
28
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
Journalist
29
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
30
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
31
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
32
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
33
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
34
George Formby (1904-1961)
Folk Singer
35
Robert Garrett (1875-1961)
Shot Putter
36
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
37
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)
38
Lee Deforest (1873-1961)
Inventor
39
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
40
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
41
Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961)
42
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
43
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
44
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
45
Mordecai Ham (1877-1961)
Religious Leader
46
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala (1896-1961)
47
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
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