Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
1
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
World Leader
2
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
3
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
4
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
5
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
6
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
7
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
8
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
9
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
10
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
11
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
Entrepreneur
12
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
13
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
14
York Bowen (1884-1961)
Composer
15
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
16
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
17
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
18
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
19
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
21
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
22
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
23
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
24
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
25
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
26
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Politician
27
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
28
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)
Architect
29
George Formby (1904-1961)
Folk Singer
30
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
31
Harriet Bosse (1878-1961)
32
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
33
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
34
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)
35
Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961)
36
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
37
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
38
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
39
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
40
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
41
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
42
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)
43
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
Journalist
44
Esperanza Baur (1920-1961)
45
Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)
Philosopher
46
Yusef Greiss (1899-1961)
47
Antanas Skema (1910-1961)
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