Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
3
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
4
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
5
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
World Leader
6
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
Baseball Player
7
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
8
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
9
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
Playwright
10
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896-1961)
Composer
11
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
12
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
13
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
14
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
Director
15
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875-1961)
Politician
16
Joan Davis (1907-1961)
17
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
18
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
19
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
20
Celebrities Born in 1961
Deaths by Year
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
21
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
22
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
23
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
24
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
25
Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)
Philosopher
26
George Formby (1904-1961)
Folk Singer
27
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
28
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
29
Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961)
Poet
30
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
31
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
32
Joan McCracken (1917-1961)
Stage Actress
33
Mordecai Ham (1877-1961)
Religious Leader
34
Esperanza Baur (1920-1961)
35
Thomas Bell (1903-1961)
36
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
37
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
38
Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961)
39
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
40
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961)
41
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
42
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)
43
Robert Garrett (1875-1961)
Shot Putter
44
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
45
Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
46
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
47
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
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