| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Emily Greene Balch |
Activist |
8-Jan-1867 |
9-Jan-1961 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Thomas Beecham |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1879 |
8-Mar-1961 |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
| Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
| Jules Bordet |
Scientist |
13-Jun-1870 |
6-Apr-1961 |
Researched antibodies and antigens |
| Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
| Styles Bridges |
Politician |
9-Sep-1898 |
26-Nov-1961 |
Governor and Senator from New Hampshire |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Wally Brown |
Actor |
9-Oct-1904 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Zombies on Broadway |
| Dorothy Burgess |
Actor |
4-Mar-1907 |
20-Aug-1961 |
Hold Your Man |
| Leo Carrillo |
Actor |
6-Aug-1881 |
10-Sep-1961 |
Pancho on The Cisco Kid |
| Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
Novelist |
27-May-1894 |
1-Jul-1961 |
Voyage au bout de la nuit |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Jeff Chandler |
Actor |
15-Dec-1918 |
17-Jun-1961 |
Broken Arrow |
| Ruth Chatterton |
Actor |
24-Dec-1893 |
24-Nov-1961 |
Madame X |
| John D. Clark |
Economist |
26-Sep-1884 |
6-Nov-1961 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| Edward F. Cline |
Film Director |
4-Nov-1891 |
22-May-1961 |
The Bank Dick |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Charles Coburn |
Actor |
17-Jun-1877 |
30-Aug-1961 |
The More the Merrier |
| Donald Cook |
Actor |
26-Sep-1901 |
1-Oct-1961 |
Viva Villa! |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Violet Kemble Cooper |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
17-Aug-1961 |
Our Betters |
| Harry Crookshank |
Politician |
27-May-1893 |
17-Oct-1961 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55 |
| Esther Dale |
Actor |
10-Nov-1885 |
23-Jul-1961 |
Curly Top |
| Marion Davies |
Actor |
3-Jan-1897 |
22-Sep-1961 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| Joan Davis |
Actor |
29-Jun-1907 |
22-May-1961 |
I Married Joan |
| Roy Del Ruth |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1893 |
27-Apr-1961 |
The Phantom of the Rue Morgue |
| Phil M. Donnelly |
Politician |
16-Mar-1891 |
12-Sep-1961 |
Twice Governor of Missouri |
| Tom Dooley |
Activist |
17-Jan-1927 |
18-Jan-1961 |
Deliver Us from Evil |
| Sheridan Downey |
Politician |
11-Mar-1884 |
25-Oct-1961 |
US Senator from California, 1939-50 |
| William Duncan |
Actor |
16-Dec-1879 |
8-Feb-1961 |
Silent film actor |
| Frantz Fanon |
Psychiatrist |
20-Jul-1925 |
6-Dec-1961 |
Black Skin, White Masks |
| Jessie Redmon Fauset |
Novelist |
27-Apr-1882 |
30-Apr-1961 |
Comedy: American Style |
| Kenneth Fearing |
Novelist |
28-Jul-1902 |
26-Jun-1961 |
The Big Clock |
| Barry Fitzgerald |
Actor |
10-Mar-1888 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Going My Way |
| Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| Eddie Gaedel |
Baseball |
8-Jun-1925 |
18-Jun-1961 |
Dwarf MLB player |
| Percy Grainger |
Composer |
8-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
Country Gardens |
| Joseph R. Grundy |
Politician |
13-Jan-1863 |
3-Mar-1961 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30 |
| Paul Guilfoyle |
Actor |
14-Jul-1902 |
27-Jun-1961 |
Winterset |
| Dag Hammarskjold |
Diplomat |
29-Jul-1905 |
18-Sep-1961 |
UN Secretary General, 1953-61 |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Learned Hand |
Judge |
27-Jan-1872 |
18-Aug-1961 |
Influential American justice |
| Moss Hart |
Playwright |
24-Oct-1904 |
20-Dec-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| H. D. |
Poet |
10-Sep-1886 |
27-Sep-1961 |
Imagist poet, Sea Garden |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Sidney Holland |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1893 |
5-Aug-1961 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57 |
| Marian Jordan |
Actor |
15-Apr-1898 |
7-Apr-1961 |
Molly of Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Carl Jung |
Psychiatrist |
26-Jul-1875 |
6-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the collective unconscious |
| George S. Kaufman |
Playwright |
16-Nov-1889 |
2-Jun-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Martin H. Kennelly |
Politician |
11-Aug-1887 |
29-Nov-1961 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1947-55 |
| Zoltán Korda |
Film Director |
3-Jun-1895 |
13-Oct-1961 |
Sahara |
| Belinda Lee |
Actor |
15-Jun-1935 |
12-Mar-1961 |
Who Done It? |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Patrice Lumumba |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1925 |
17-Jan-1961 |
First Prime Minister of Congo |
| George W. Malone |
Politician |
7-Aug-1890 |
19-May-1961 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59 |
| Alan Marshal |
Actor |
29-Jan-1909 |
13-Jul-1961 |
Night Must Fall |
| Chico Marx |
Actor |
22-Mar-1887 |
11-Oct-1961 |
An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother |
| Clarence W. Meadows |
Politician |
11-Feb-1904 |
12-Sep-1961 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49 |
| Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
Philosopher |
14-Mar-1908 |
4-May-1961 |
Phenomenology of Perception |
| Paul W. Merrill |
Astronomer |
15-Aug-1887 |
19-Jul-1961 |
S-process of nucleosynthesis |
| Lee Moran |
Actor |
23-Jun-1888 |
24-Apr-1961 |
American character actor |
| Grandma Moses |
Painter |
7-Sep-1860 |
13-Dec-1961 |
Painter began at age 77 |
| Henry O'Neill |
Actor |
10-Aug-1891 |
18-May-1961 |
Anchors Aweigh |
| Vivienne Osborne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1896 |
10-Jun-1961 |
The Dark Horse |
| Sergio Osmeña |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1878 |
19-Oct-1961 |
4th President of the Philippines |
| Earle Page |
Head of State |
8-Aug-1880 |
20-Dec-1961 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1939 |
| Isabel Paterson |
Author |
22-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The God of the Machine |
| Herbert C. Pell |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1884 |
17-Jul-1961 |
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41 |
| George W. Pepper |
Politician |
16-Mar-1867 |
24-May-1961 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27 |
| Sam Rayburn |
Politician |
6-Jan-1882 |
16-Nov-1961 |
Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
| B. Carroll Reece |
Politician |
22-Dec-1889 |
19-Mar-1961 |
Congressman from Tennessee |
| Alice Grant Rosman |
Novelist |
1887 |
20-Aug-1961 |
Visitors to Hugo |
| Gail Russell |
Actor |
21-Sep-1924 |
26-Aug-1961 |
Angel and the Badman |
| Eero Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1910 |
1-Sep-1961 |
Designed Gateway Arch in St. Louis |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Clark Ashton Smith |
Author |
13-Jan-1893 |
14-Aug-1961 |
Horror/fantasy author |
| Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
| Ernest Thesiger |
Actor |
15-Jan-1879 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein |
| Dorothy Thompson |
Journalist |
9-Jul-1893 |
30-Jan-1961 |
I Saw Hitler! |
| James Thurber |
Author |
8-Dec-1894 |
2-Nov-1961 |
Short story writer and cartoonist |
| Rafael Leónidas Trujillo |
Head of State |
24-Oct-1891 |
30-May-1961 |
Dictator of the Dominican Republic |
| John H. Trumbull |
Politician |
4-Mar-1873 |
21-May-1961 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31 |
| Millard E. Tydings |
Politician |
6-Apr-1890 |
9-Feb-1961 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51 |
| Monrad C. Wallgren |
Politician |
17-Apr-1891 |
18-Sep-1961 |
Governor of Washington, 1945-49 |
| Sumner Welles |
Diplomat |
14-Oct-1892 |
24-Sep-1961 |
US Under Secretary of State, 1937-43 |
| Charles E. Wilson |
Government |
18-Jul-1890 |
26-Sep-1961 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57 |
| Edith Wilson |
First Lady |
15-Oct-1872 |
28-Dec-1961 |
Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Anna May Wong |
Actor |
3-Jan-1905 |
3-Feb-1961 |
Shanghai Express |
| King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
