In the year 1961
483 Notable deaths
Laurence Owen
Figure skater (1944–1961).
Born May 9th, 1944 in Berkeley.
Died February 15th, 1961 at 16 years old in Brussels (aviation accident).
Patricia Wentworth
British writer (1878–1961).
Born November 10th, 1878 in Mussoorie. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1961 at 82 years old in Camberley.
Maribel Vinson
Figure skater (1911-1961).
Born October 12th, 1911 in Winchester.
Died February 15th, 1961 at 49 years old in Kampenhout.
Melvin Jones
American businessman (1879–1961).
Born January 13th, 1879 in Graham County.
Died June 1st, 1961 at 82 years old in Cook County.
William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
Governor-general of australia (1893-1961).
Born August 10th, 1893 in Òban.
Died February 3rd, 1961 at 67 years old in Canberra.
Anselmo Alliegro y Milá
Prime minister of cuba (1899-1961).
Born March 16th, 1899 in Yaguajay.
Died November 22nd, 1961 at 62 years old in New York City.
Ida Siekmann
First person to die at the berlin wall (1902–1961).
Born August 23rd, 1902 in Górki.
Died August 22nd, 1961 at 58 years old in West Berlin (falling from height).
Sidney Holland
New zealand politician (1893–1961).
Born October 18th, 1893 in Greendale.
Died August 5th, 1961 at 67 years old in Wellington.
Ruth Fischer
German activist (1895–1961).
Born December 11th, 1895 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1961 at 65 years old in Paris (disease).
Donald Cook
American actor (1901-1961).
Born September 26th, 1901 in Portland.
Died October 1st, 1961 at 60 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction).
Bhupendranath Dutta
Indian revolutionary and noted sociologist (1880–1961).
Born September 4th, 1880 in Kolkata.
Died December 25th, 1961 at 81 years old
Mazo de la Roche
Canadian writer (1879-1961).
Born January 15th, 1879 in Newmarket.
Died July 12th, 1961 at 82 years old in Toronto.
Max Weber
American cubist painter (1881–1961).
Born April 18th, 1881 in Białystok.
Died October 4th, 1961 at 80 years old in Great Neck.
Roy Del Ruth
American film director (1893–1961).
Born October 18th, 1893 in Delaware.
Died April 27th, 1961 at 67 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician (1889–1961).
Born April 11th, 1889 in New Orleans.
Died February 22nd, 1961 at 71 years old in New Orleans.
Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
British secretary of state for india (1876-1961).
Born June 11th, 1876 in London.
Died February 6th, 1961 at 84 years old
Arthur Drewry
English football administrator (1891-1961).
Born March 3rd, 1891 in Grimsby.
Died March 25th, 1961 at 70 years old
Angela Thirkell
British writer (1890-1961).
Born January 30th, 1890 in London.
Died January 29th, 1961 at 70 years old in Bramley.
Jules Bordet
Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961).
Born June 13th, 1870 in Soignies.
Died April 6th, 1961 at 90 years old in Brussels.
Sheridan Downey
American politician (1884–1961).
Born March 11th, 1884 in Laramie.
Died October 25th, 1961 at 77 years old in San Francisco.
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence
British politician, editor (1871-1961).
Born December 28th, 1871 in London. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1961 at 89 years old in Hendon. [ref]
Anton Flettner
German aviation pioneer (1885–1961).
Born November 1st, 1885 in Eddersheim.
Died December 29th, 1961 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Dutch politician (1885-1961).
Born April 13th, 1885 in Goënga, Goaiïngamieden.
Died September 7th, 1961 at 76 years old in The Hague.
Heinrich Vollmer
German firearm designer (1885–1961).
Born July 26th, 1885 in Altdorf.
Died July 1st, 1961 at 75 years old in Tübingen.
Marguerite Monnot
French composer, songwriter, concert pianist (1903-1961).
Born May 28th, 1903 in Decize.
Died October 12th, 1961 at 58 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (peritonitis).
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