Celebrity Deaths in 1961
75 notable figures died in 1961. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Blaise Cendrars
1887 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Roppa Furukawa
1903 – 1961 · Actors Jan 1 -
Vanessa Stephen Bell
1879 – 1961 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Patrice Lumumba
1925 – 1961 · Politicians Jan 17 -
Dorothy Thompson
1893 – 1961 · American journalist, Authors and Writers, Radio Performers Jan 30 -
Anna May Wong
1905 – 1961 · Actresses Feb 2 -
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István Csók
1865 – 1961 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
James Alexander
1914 – 1961 · Actors Feb 2 -
William A. Duncan
1879 – 1961 · Actors Feb 2 -
Nita Naldi
1894 – 1961 · Actresses Feb 17 -
Platt Adams
1885 – 1961 · Athletes, Sports Figures Feb 27 -
Belinda Lee
1935 – 1961 · Actresses Mar 12 -
Valentin Bondarenko
1937 – 1961 · Astronaut Mar 23 -
Arthur J. Beckhard
1899 – 1961 · Entertainers Apr 4 -
Marian Irene “Molly McGee” Driscoll Jordan
1898 – 1961 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Jules Bordet
1870 – 1961 · Politicians Apr 6 -
Zog I of Albania
1895 – 1961 · Politicians, Royalty Apr 9 -
Anita Stewart
1902 – 1961 · Actresses May 5 -
Ann Codee
1890 – 1961 · Actresses May 5 -
Tony Bettenhausen
1916 – 1961 · Athletes, Race Car Driver May 12 -
Gary Cooper
1901 – 1961 · Actors May 13 -
Joan Davis
1907 – 1961 · Actresses May 22 -
Rafael Trujillo
1891 – 1961 · Politicians May 30 -
George Kaufman
1889 – 1961 · Director, Producer Jun 2 -
Arno Frey
1900 – 1961 · Actors Jun 6 -
George French
1883 – 1961 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jack Dawn
1892 – 1961 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jeff Chandler
1918 – 1961 · Actors Jun 6 -
Maria Caselotti
1893 – 1961 · Actresses Jun 6 -
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Paul A. Guilfoyle
1902 – 1961 · Actors Jun 6 -
Vivienne Osborne
1896 – 1961 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Kenneth Fearing
1902 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Jun 26 -
Lee de Forest
1873 – 1961 · Celebrities, Film Director, Scientists and Inventors Jun 30 -
Ernest Hemingway
1899 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Jul 2 -
Franklyn Farnum
1878 – 1961 · Actors Jul 7 -
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
1894 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Whittaker Chambers
1901 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Esther Dale
1885 – 1961 · Actresses Jul 23 -
Maurice Tourneur
1876 – 1961 · Film Director Aug 4 -
Adeline deWalt Reynolds
1862 – 1961 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Charles Coburn
1877 – 1961 · Actors Aug 8 -
Clarice Vance
1871 – 1961 · Blues Singer Aug 8 -
Dorothy Burgess
1907 – 1961 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Helen Ainsworth
1901 – 1961 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Gail Russell
1924 – 1961 · Actresses Aug 26 -
Frank Fay
1891 – 1961 · Actors Sep 9 -
John Eldredge
1904 – 1961 · Actors Sep 9 -
John Owen Beaty
1890 – 1961 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
Robert E. Gross
1897 – 1961 Sep 9 -
Leo Carrillo
1880 – 1961 · Actors Sep 10 -
Adnan Menderes
1899 – 1961 · Politicians Sep 17 -
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905 – 1961 · Politicians Sep 18 -
Marion Davies
1897 – 1961 · Actresses, Philanthropists Sep 22 -
Juanita Hansen
1895 – 1961 · Actresses Sep 26 -
Augustus John
1878 – 1961 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
Charles Gemora
1903 – 1961 · Actors Oct 10 -
Donald Cook
1901 – 1961 · Actors Oct 10 -
John Daniel Hertz
1879 – 1961 Oct 10 -
Joseph Michael Schenck
1878 – 1961 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
Mona Goya
1909 – 1961 · Actors Oct 10 -
Zoltan Korda
1895 – 1961 · Film Director Oct 13 -
Tsuru Aoki
1892 – 1961 · Actresses Oct 18 -
Sheridan Downey
1884 – 1961 · Politicians, Senator Oct 25 -
Luigi Einaudi
1874 – 1961 · Politicians Oct 30 -
Elsie Ferguson Ferguson
1883 – 1961 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Kathleen Kirkham
1895 – 1961 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Ruth Chatterton
1893 – 1961 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Wally Brown
1904 – 1961 · Actors Nov 11 -
Elsie Ferguson
1883 – 1961 · Actresses Nov 15 -
Styles Bridges
1898 – 1961 · Politicians, Senator Nov 26 -
Frantz Fanon
1925 – 1961 · Politicians Dec 6 -
Dick Elliott
1886 – 1961 · Actors Dec 12 -
Moss Hart
1904 – 1961 · Director Dec 20 -
Tadao Yanaihara
1893 – 1961 · Educators Dec 25 -
Edith White Wilson
1872 – 1961 · Politicians, US First Ladies Dec 28