In the year 1961
430 Notable deaths
Giulio Cabianca
Italian racing driver (1923–1961).
Born February 19th, 1923 in Verona.
Died June 15th, 1961 at 38 years old in Modena.
Grigory Ginzburg
Russian pianist.
Born May 29th, 1904 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died December 5th, 1961 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Rudolf Batz
Ss officer (1903–1961).
Born November 10th, 1903 in Bad Langensalza. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1961 at 57 years old in Wuppertal. [ref]
Tommy Gorman
Canadian lacrosse player.
Born June 9th, 1886 in Ottawa.
Died May 15th, 1961 at 74 years old in Ottawa.
Wallingford Riegger
American music composer.
Born April 29th, 1885 in Albany. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1961 at 75 years old in New York City (fall). [ref]
Beals Coleman Wright
American tennis player (1879–1961).
Born December 19th, 1879 in Boston.
Died August 23rd, 1961 at 81 years old in Alton.
Nadezhda Udaltsova
Russian painter (1885–1961).
Born January 10th, 1886 in Oryol.
Died January 25th, 1961 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Hélène Dutrieu
Belgian cyclist, stunt driver and aviator.
Born July 10th, 1877 in Tournai. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1961 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]
Bulbul
Azerbaijani singer (1897-1961).
Born June 22nd, 1897 in Shusha.
Died September 26th, 1961 at 64 years old in Baku.
Eduardo Torroja
Spanish structural engineer.
Born August 27th, 1899 in Madrid.
Died June 15th, 1961 at 61 years old in Madrid.
Teijirō Toyoda
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy (1885-1961).
Born August 7th, 1885 in Wakayama Prefecture.
Died November 21st, 1961 at 76 years old in Tokyo (kidney cancer).
Monrad Wallgren
American politician (1891-1961).
Born April 17th, 1891 in Des Moines.
Died September 18th, 1961 at 70 years old in Olympia (traffic collision).
Hussein Hegazi
Egyptian footballer (1891-1961).
Born September 14th, 1891 in Cairo.
Died October 8th, 1961 at 70 years old in Egypt.
Francesco Severi
Italian mathematician (1879-1961).
Born April 13th, 1879 in Arezzo.
Died December 8th, 1961 at 82 years old in Rome.
Eduard Tisse
Soviet cinematographer (1897–1961).
Born April 13th, 1897 in Liepāja.
Died November 18th, 1961 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Paul Richter
Austrian actor (1895–1961).
Born April 1st, 1895 in Vienna.
Died December 30th, 1961 at 66 years old in Vienna.
Václav Talich
Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of czech philharmony.
Born May 28th, 1883 in Kroměříž. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1961 at 77 years old in Beroun. [ref]
Hanns Seidel
German politician (1901–1961).
Born October 12th, 1901 in Schweinheim.
Died August 5th, 1961 at 59 years old in Munich.
Hubert Van Innis
Belgian archer (1866–1961).
Born February 24th, 1866 in Zemst.
Died November 25th, 1961 at 95 years old in Zemst.
Nicola Canali
Italian cardinal.
Died August 3rd, 1961 at 87 years old in Rome, Vatican City (pneumonia).
Manuel Quiroga Losada
Spanish violinist from galicia; composer (1892-1961).
Born April 15th, 1892 in Pontevedra.
Died April 19th, 1961 at 69 years old in Pontevedra.
Leonhard Frank
German writer.
Born September 4th, 1882 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1961 at 78 years old in Munich. [ref]
Werner R. Heymann
German film composer (1896-1961).
Born February 14th, 1896 in Königsberg.
Died May 30th, 1961 at 65 years old in Munich.
Ole Hallesby
Norwegian theologian.
Born August 5th, 1879 in Aremark.
Died November 22nd, 1961 at 82 years old in Oslo.
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Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry