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These celebrities of all nationalities and professions died during the year 1961.
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Here are the
16
personalities of all nationalities who left us in 1961, from the most recent month to the oldest.
October 1961
†
at
74
years
Chico Marx
1887
•
1961
Actors
September 1961
†
at
56
years
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905
•
1961
Politicians
†
at
51
years
Eero Saarinen
1910
•
1961
Architects
July 1961
†
at
61
years
Ernest Hemingway
1899
•
1961
Writers
†
at
67
years
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894
•
1961
Writers
June 1961
†
at
42
years
Jeff Chandler
1918
•
1961
Actors
Born
150 years ago
in 2025
†
at
85
years
Carl Gustav Jung
1875 •
1961
Psychiatrists
May 1961
†
at
69
years
Rafael Trujillo
1891
•
1961
Politicians
†
at
60
years
Gary Cooper
1901
•
1961
Actors
†
at
53
years
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
1908
•
1961
Philosophers
April 1961
†
at
72
years
Émile Henriot
1889
•
1961
Poets
February 1961
†
at
51
years
Mohammed V
1909
•
1961
Nobility and royalty
January 1961
†
at
73
years
Blaise Cendrars
1887
•
1961
Writers
Born
100 years ago
in 2025
†
at
35
years
Patrice Lumumba
1925
•
1961
Politicians
†
at
66
years
Dashiell Hammett
1894
•
1961
Writers
†
at
73
years
Erwin Schrödinger
1887
•
1961
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