In the year 1961
483 Notable deaths
Baldo Baldi
Italian fencer (1888-1961).
Born February 19th, 1888 in Livorno.
Died December 21st, 1961 at 73 years old in Livorno.
Marcello Mimmi
Catholic cardinal (1882-1961).
Born July 18th, 1882 in Castel San Pietro Terme.
Died March 6th, 1961 at 78 years old in Rome.
Clarence Pinkston
American diver (1900–1961).
Born February 1st, 1900 in Wichita.
Died November 18th, 1961 at 61 years old in Detroit.
Émile Henriot
French writer (1889–1961).
Born March 3rd, 1889 in Paris.
Died April 14th, 1961 at 72 years old in Paris.
Antonio Urdinarán
Uruguayan footballer (1898-1961).
Born October 30th, 1898 in Montevideo.
Died June 8th, 1961 at 62 years old in Montevideo.
George Simpson
American athletics competitor (1908-1961).
Born September 21st, 1908 in Columbus.
Died December 2nd, 1961 at 53 years old in Columbus.
J. S. Sirén
Finnish architect (1889–1961).
Born May 27th, 1889 in Ylihärmä. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1961 at 71 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Thomas Aass
Norwegian sailor and civil servant (1887-1961).
Born April 28th, 1887 in Oslo.
Died August 14th, 1961 at 74 years old in Oslo.
Alessandro Fantini
Italian road bicycle racer (1932–1961).
Born January 1st, 1932 in Fossacesia.
Died May 5th, 1961 at 29 years old in Trier (falling from height).
Friedrich Domin
German actor (1902–1961).
Died December 18th, 1961 at 59 years old in Munich (influenza).
Ossian Skiöld
Swedish hammer thrower (1889–1961).
Born June 22nd, 1889 in Appuna parish.
Died August 22nd, 1961 at 72 years old
Hampe Faustman
Actor and film director (1919-1961).
Born July 3rd, 1919 in Stockholm.
Died August 26th, 1961 at 42 years old in Sweden.
Alice Voinescu
Romanian essayist, translator and writer (1885–1961).
Born February 10th, 1885 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
Died June 4th, 1961 at 76 years old in Bucharest.
Joseph Pearman
American racewalker (1892-1961).
Born May 8th, 1892 in Manhattan.
Died May 30th, 1961 at 69 years old
Harry DeBaecke
American rower (1879-1961).
Born June 9th, 1879 in Philadelphia.
Died November 6th, 1961 at 82 years old in Philadelphia.
Rodolphe Rubattel
Swiss politician (1896–1961).
Born September 4th, 1896 in Villarzel.
Died October 18th, 1961 at 65 years old in Pully.
Abraham Plessner
Russian mathematician (1900-1961).
Born February 13th, 1900 in Łódź.
Died April 18th, 1961 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Fredrik Böök
Swedish academic (1883–1961).
Born May 12th, 1883 in Kristianstads parish.
Died December 2nd, 1961 at 78 years old in Lund Cathedral parish.
Anne Sewell Young
American astronomer (1871-1961).
Born January 2nd, 1871 in Bloomington. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1961 at 90 years old in Claremont. [ref]
Ranko Hanai
Actress (1918-1961).
Born July 15th, 1918 in Osaka.
Died May 21st, 1961 at 42 years old (cerebral hemorrhage).
Rosa Sensat
Spanish teacher.
Born June 16th, 1873 in El Masnou.
Died October 1st, 1961 at 88 years old in Barcelona.
Olga Máté
Hungarian photographer (1878–1961).
Born January 1st, 1878 in Szigetvár.
Died April 5th, 1961 at 83 years old in Budapest.
Carmelo Robledo
Boxer.
Born July 13th, 1912 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 9th, 1961 at 49 years old
Max Schöne
Swimmer (1880–1961).
Born January 20th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died January 16th, 1961 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Oskar Loorits
Estonian folklorist (1900–1961).
Born November 9th, 1900 in Suure-Kõpu Rural Municipality.
Died December 12th, 1961 at 61 years old in Uppsala.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 483
Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry