Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
1
Gary Cooper (1901-1961)
Movie Actor
2
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Movie Actress
3
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Psychiatrist
4
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Baseball Player
5
Gwen Lee (1904-1961)
6
Mary Chase Perry-Stratton (1867-1961)
Entrepreneur
7
Edith Wilson (1872-1961)
First Lady
8
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
World Leader
9
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Painter
10
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961)
Physicist
11
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
Playwright
12
Edwin Perkins (1889-1961)
Inventor
13
Frank Fay (1891-1961)
Comedian
14
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
15
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
16
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
17
Archer Macmackin (1888-1961)
Director
18
Belinda Lee (1935-1961)
19
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
20
Dummy Hoy (1862-1961)
21
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
22
Wolfgang Von Trips (1928-1961)
Race Car Driver
23
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
Politician
24
Cisco Houston (1918-1961)
Folk Singer
25
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
26
William Alexander Morgan (1928-1961)
27
Oliver Brown (1918-1961)
Activist
28
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Composer
29
Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
30
Harry O. Hoyt (1885-1961)
Screenwriter
31
York Bowen (1884-1961)
32
Ed Oliver (1916-1961)
Golfer
33
Dazzy Vance (1891-1961)
34
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875-1961)
35
George Formby (1904-1961)
36
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
37
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
38
Lee Deforest (1873-1961)
39
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)
40
Sam Zemurray (1877-1961)
41
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
42
Nita Naldi (1894-1961)
43
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)
Philosopher
44
Ferdoos Mohammed (1906-1961)
45
Hans Muller (1884-1961)
46
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Cartoonist
47
Gail Russell (1924-1961)
48
Celebrities Born in 1961
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