Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Percy Williams Bridgman fue un físico y filosofo estadounidense ganador del premio Nobel de Física en 1946 por su trabajo sobre la física de altas presiones.

Count Jerzy Józef Henryk Potocki was a Polish nobleman, captain of the cavalry and diplomat.

Klébert Balmat was a French skier. He competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Leopoldo Buteler fue un sacerdote católico argentino, primer obispo de la diócesis de Río Cuarto.

William Kirkpatrick Magee, was an Irish author, editor, and librarian, who as an essayist and poet adopted the pen-name of John Eglinton. He became head librarian of the National Library of Ireland, after opposing the "cultural nationalism" of his time. From 1904 to 1905 he edited the literary journal Dana and was the biographer of George William Russell ("Æ").

Louis Marie Jules Charles Bastien was a French Esperantist and a quartermaster in the French army. In 1899 he married Marguerite Pfulb (1879–1941); the couple had three daughters and two sons. In school he learned mathematics, classical French literature, Latin and Greek and learned to compose Latin verse. After a year of preparatory studies at l'Ecole Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles he entered l'Ecole Polytechnique in 1887 at the age of 17. Not having the maturity of his older classmates, he did not excel in his studies and, on graduation in 1889, had to content himself with a military career.

Arnold Lucius Gesell fue un psicólogo y pediatra estadounidense especializado en el desarrollo infantil. Su trabajo relacionado con el establecimiento de unas pautas de conducta infantil a lo largo del desarrollo, está considerado como uno de los más influyentes en la puericultura de los años 40 y 50.