Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
3
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
4
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
5
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
6
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
7
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
8
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
9
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
10
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
World Leader
11
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
12
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
13
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Politician
14
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
15
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
16
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
17
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
Director
18
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
19
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
20
Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)
Philosopher
21
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
Folk Singer
22
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
23
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
24
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
25
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
26
George Formby (1904-1961)
27
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
28
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
29
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
30
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
31
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
32
Henry O'Neill (1891-1961)
33
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
34
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)
35
Mordecai Ham (1877-1961)
Religious Leader
36
Shane Summers (1936-1961)
37
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
38
Ferdoos Mohammed (1906-1961)
39
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
40
Winifred Lawson (1892-1961)
Opera Singer
41
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
42
Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
43
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
44
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
45
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
46
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875-1961)
47
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
48
