Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
3
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
4
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
5
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
6
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
World Leader
7
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
8
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
9
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
10
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
11
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
12
Henry O'Neill (1891-1961)
13
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
14
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
15
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Politician
16
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
Playwright
17
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
18
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)
19
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896-1961)
Composer
20
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
21
Scott LaFaro (1936-1961)
Bassist
22
Mordecai Ham (1877-1961)
Religious Leader
23
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
24
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
Folk Singer
25
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
26
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
27
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
28
George Formby (1904-1961)
29
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
30
Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961)
31
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
32
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
33
Leo Carrillo (1881-1961)
TV Actor
34
Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961)
Poet
35
Thomas Bell (1903-1961)
36
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
37
Akiba Rubinstein (1882-1961)
Chess Player
38
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961)
39
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
40
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
41
Shane Summers (1936-1961)
Race Car Driver
42
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
43
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
44
Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
45
Winifred Lawson (1892-1961)
Opera Singer
46
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
47
York Bowen (1884-1961)
48
Celebrities Born in 1961
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