1961 deaths

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905-1961)

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.

American actor (1901–1961)

French writer (1894–1961)

American economist and writer

American physicist

American writer (1894–1961)

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961)

Albanian prime minister, president and king (1895-1961) (r.1922-1939)

President of the Dominican Republic (1891-1961)

Turkish statesperson (1899–1961)

(1874-1961) President of Italy from 1948 to 1955

French phenomenological philosopher

Jewish-German pharmacologist

American inventor (1873–1961)

King of Morocco (1909-1961)

Swiss writer (1887-1961)

American architect (1910–1961)

First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921

(1878-1961) President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946

Irish actor (1888–1961)

Chinese American actress (1905-1961)

Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Eventually distancing herself from the Imagist movement, she experimented with a wider variety of forms, including fiction, memoir, and verse drama. Reflecti

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)

Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (1880-1961)

British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

Ukrainian painter (1900-1961)

Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922 - 1934)

Russian-Polish chess player

American film, theater actor (1877–1961)

American baseball player (1886–1961)

American painter (1860–1961)

Kazakh writer

American athlete and collector (1875-1961)

Empresaria, Chica reality (1989)

Ukranian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)

Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1880–1961)

American actress (1892–1961)

American comedian (1887–1961)

Romanian writer (1895–1961)

President of Hungary (1889-1961)

German general (1910-1961)

Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961)

Belgian archer (1866–1961)

19th President of Brazil (1894–1961)

American author (1893-1961)

English football administrator (1891-1961)

film director (1921-1961)

French sculptor (1875-1961)

German politician (1886-1961)

Russian mathematician (1901–1961)

German racing driver (1928-1961)

Dutch politician (1885-1961)

English chemist (1872–1961)

American actor and singer (1918–1961)

British painter and interior designer (1879–1961)