1961 deaths

French priest and academic (1877–1961)

British painter and interior designer (1879–1961)

Prime Minister of France (1888–1961)

Peking opera artist (1894-1961)

Serbian politician (1888-1961)

German writer (1882–1961)

Last King of Kashmir (1925-1952)

American journalist and radio broadcaster (1893-1961)

Italian writer, journalist, art critic and unmarried partner of Benito Mussolini (1880-1961)

Austrian pianist of Jewish heritage, emigrant from Nazi Austria to USA (1887-1961)

United States Army general and Director of Central Intelligence (1895-1961)

President of Liberia (1875-1961)

American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)

American actress (1895–1961)

American politician (1875-1961)

Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of Czech philharmony (1883–1961)

American tennis player (1879–1961)

athletics competitor (1885-1961)

Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1961)

Spanish teacher

French film director and screenwriter (1876–1961)

Orléans-French Royal (1878-1961)

Soviet general (1898–1961)

Azerbaijani singer (1897-1961)

Welsh painter (1878–1961)

Indian politician and freedom fighter (1887–1961)

Catholic cardinal (1872–1961)

Danish princess (1890-1961); daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden

German-American classical philologist (1888-1961)

Belgian cyclist, stunt driver and aviator

Norwegian general (1882–1961)

British astronomer (1880-1961)

American writer (1889-1961)

American politician and activist (1860–1961)

Swedish–Norwegian actress (1878-1961)

American Cubist painter (1881–1961)

Defected Communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)

Romanian mathematician and poet (1895–1961)

Prime Minister of Finland (1899-1961)

Soviet orientalist (1887–1961)

American athlete, inventor, and businessman (1884-1961)

American film studio executive (1878-1961)

Archduchess of Austria (1876–1961)

actress (1924-1961)

American actress, film producer (1895-1961)

Catholic cardinal (1888–1961)

Maltese poet (1871-1961)

German aviation pioneer (1885–1961)

Polish physician (1896–1961)

Argentine association football player

Russian pianist (1901-1961)

Norwegian skier and Antarctica explorer (1873-1961)

Argentine footballer (1911–1961)

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1955-1961), American politician (1882–1961)

British biochemist (1898-1961)

Turkish historian and statesperson (1883–1961)

Austrian Nazi film director, screenwriter, cinematographer (6 July 1898 – 27 April 1961)

British-Australian suffragette and political activist

Czech cardinal, professor and theologist (1888–1969)

Japanese actress (1892–1961)