Died in 1961

Anna May Wong Chinese Actress February 3
H. C. Bailey English Writer
Henry Seidel Canby American Critic April 5
Hilda Doolittle American Poet September 27
Isabel Paterson Canadian Journalist January 10
J. Reuben Clark American Clergyman October 6
James Thurber American Comedian November 2
Learned Hand American Judge August 14
Lee De Forest American Inventor June 30
Louis-Ferdinand Celine French Writer July 1
Ma Ferguson American Politician June 25
Maurice Merleau-Ponty May 4
Moss Hart American Playwright December 20
Peter Dawson Australian Musician September 27
Ralph Chaplin American Activist
Sam Rayburn American Politician November 16
Thomas Beecham English Composer March 8
Ty Cobb American Athlete July 17
Grandma Moses American Artist December 13
George S. Kaufman American Dramatist June 2
George Formby British Musician March 6
B. Carroll Reece American Politician March 19
Carl Jung Swiss Psychologist June 6
Charles Erwin Wilson American Businessman September 26
Charles King Politician
Chester Irving Barnard American Businessman
Chico Marx American Actor October 11
Dag Hammarskjold Swedish Diplomat September 18
Dashiell Hammett American Author January 10
Dorothy Thompson American Journalist January 30
Edith Wilson American First Lady December 28
Emily Greene Balch American Educator January 9
Ernest Hemingway American Novelist July 2
Erwin Schrodinger Austrian Scientist January 4
Frank Buchman American Clergyman August 7
Frantz Fanon French Psychologist December 6
Gary Cooper American Actor May 13
Geoffrey Faber British Publisher
Whittaker Chambers American Writer July 9