Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Jozef-Ernest van Roey was a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927. He was significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in Belgium.

Ferdinand Payan, fue un ciclista francés, nacido el 21 de abril de 1870 en Arlés, Francia, siendo su data de defunción el 17 de mayo de 1961 en Niza, Francia.

Joseph Rhodes Hanley was an American lawyer, preacher, and politician who served as lieutenant governor of New York from 1943 to 1950.

Rudolf Schwarz was a German architect known for his work on Kirche St. Fronleichnam, Aachen. He also played a decisive part in the reconstruction of Cologne after the Second World War. He took a leading tole with Cologne's reconstruction authority between 1947 and 1952, contributing to the rebuilding of the city with some of his own designs. Among these is the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (1956), which now houses the Museum of Applied Art. He also reconstructed the pilgrimage church of Saint Anne in Düren, near Aachen, which is probably his most famous work.

Princess Dagmar of Denmark was a member of the Danish royal family. She was the youngest child and fourth daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Princess Louise of Sweden and Norway.

Maurice Delage (1879-1961), fue un compositor y pianista francés.

Jesús Guridi Bidaola fue un compositor español. Fue uno de los principales exponentes de la música vasca. Entre sus obras destacan El caserío, Diez melodías vascas y Amaya.

Helena Skłodowska-Szalay was a Polish educator, inspector of Warsaw schools, educational activist, and a member of the women's election committee of the Nation-State Union political party. She is known for her memoirs of her sister, Marie Curie, and the school she established for girls in Warsaw.

Clarence Edwards Case was the acting Republican Governor of New Jersey in 1920, succeeding William Nelson Runyon.