Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
1
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
2
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
3
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
4
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
5
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
6
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
7
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
8
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
9
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
10
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
World Leader
11
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
12
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
13
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
14
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
15
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
16
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
17
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
18
Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
19
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
20
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
21
York Bowen (1884-1961)
Composer
22
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
23
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
24
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
25
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Politician
26
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
Folk Singer
27
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
28
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
29
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
30
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
31
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
32
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
33
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
34
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875-1961)
35
George Formby (1904-1961)
36
Henry O'Neill (1891-1961)
37
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
38
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896-1961)
39
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
40
Lee Deforest (1873-1961)
41
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)
42
Sam Zemurray (1877-1961)
43
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
44
Thomas Bell (1903-1961)
45
Nita Naldi (1894-1961)
46
Scott LaFaro (1936-1961)
Bassist
47
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)
Philosopher
48
Celebrities Born in 1961
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