In the year 1961
393 Notable deaths
Ion Barbu
Romanian mathematician and poet.
Born March 19th, 1895 in Câmpulung. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1961 at 66 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
Russian bishop and surgeon (1877-1961).
Born April 27th, 1877 in Kerch.
Died June 11th, 1961 at 84 years old in Simferopol.
Valentine Davies
Film director, screenwriter (1905-1961).
Born August 25th, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1961 at 55 years old in Malibu. [ref]
Morris Travers
English chemist.
Born January 24th, 1872 in London.
Died August 25th, 1961 at 89 years old in Stroud.
Carlos Luz
19th president of brazil (1894-1961).
Born August 4th, 1894 in Três Corações.
Died February 9th, 1961 at 66 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Edward F. Cline
American actor and director (1891-1961).
Born November 4th, 1891 in Kenosha.
Died May 22nd, 1961 at 69 years old in Hollywood.
Théodore Simon
French intelligence researcher.
Born July 10th, 1873 in Dijon.
Died September 4th, 1961 at 88 years old in Paris. [ref]
Kurt Landauer
German businessman (1884-1961).
Born July 28th, 1884 in Planegg.
Died December 21st, 1961 at 77 years old in Munich.
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu
Turkish politician (1910-1961).
Born April 20th, 1910 in Istanbul.
Died September 16th, 1961 at 51 years old in İmralı (hanging).
Hermann Becker-Freyseng
German physician; consultant for aviation medicine with the luftwaffe during the nazi era; one of those convicted at the doctors' trial (1910-1961).
Born June 18th, 1910 in Ludwigshafen.
Died August 27th, 1961 at 51 years old in Heidelberg (multiple sclerosis).
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé