Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Marion Lucy Mahony Griffin fue una arquitecta estadounidense, una de las primeras mujeres en graduarse en arquitectura en el prestigioso Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts. Codiseñó la ciudad de Canberra en Australia, con su socio y esposo, el arquitecto Walter Burley Griffin.

Francesco Severi was an Italian mathematician. He was the chair of the committee on Fields Medal on 1936, at the first delivery.

Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman, DBE, JP was an English aristocrat, political activist, and churchwoman.

Louis Notari escritor monegasco en francés y monegasco.

Martin Henry Kennelly was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 47th Mayor of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois from April 15, 1947 until April 20, 1955. Kennelly was a member of the Democratic Party. According to biographer Peter O'Malley, he was chosen as mayor by a scandal-burdened Democratic machine that needed a reformer on top of the ticket. Kennelly was a wealthy businessman and civic leader, active in Irish and Catholic circles. As a long-time opponent of machine politics he accepted the nomination on condition the machine would not pressure him for patronage and that he did not have to play a leadership role in the party. This gave him a non-partisan image that satisfied the reform element. As mayor he avoided partisanship and concentrated on building infrastructure and upgrading the city bureaucracy. He worked to extend civil service; he reorganized inefficient departments. The city took ownership of the mass transit system. He obtained federal aid for slum clearance and public housing projects and for new expressways construction. At his death, Mayor Richard J. Daley, the party leader who defeated Kennelly in a bitter primary battle in 1955, called him, "a great Chicagoan who loved his city" and ordered City hall flags placed at half staff.

Philibert Jacques Melotte fue un astrónomo británico cuyos padres eran inmigrantes belgas.

Johan Sigfrid Sirén fue un arquitecto finlandés. Se graduó como arquitecto en 1931, y es mayormente conocido por colaborar en el Eduskuntatalo, que es el edificio donde se reúne el Parlamento de Finlandia. El edificio terminó de construirse el año en que se graduó.

Beals Coleman Wright fue un jugador de tenis de los Estados Unidos que se destacó a comienzos del siglo XX, logrando ganar dos medallas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de San Luis 1904.

Olav Bjaaland fue un campeón de esquí y expedicionario polar de Noruega nativo de Telemark. En 1911, fue uno de los primeros cinco hombres en llegar al polo sur formando parte de la expedición liderada por Roald Amundsen.