Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Sir John Frederick Ellenborough Crowder was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley from the 1935 general election until the 1959 general election, when he was succeeded by Margaret Thatcher.

Alice Voinescu fue una escritora, ensayista, profesora universitaria, crítica de teatro y traductora rumana. Fue la primera mujer en Rumania en obtener un título y posteriormente un doctorado en Filosofía, respectivamente en 1908 y 1913

Archibald Frank Engelbach was an English badminton player. He competed in the All England Badminton Championships, winning the men's doubles title in 1920 under the alias A. Fee. He was a schools gymnastic champion before taking up badminton and became a prominent badminton judge. This resulted in him being uncapped for the England team. In 1930 he married Violet Baddeley, also a well known badminton player, daughter of Herbert Baddeley, the four-time winner of the Wimbledon doubles. He died in December 1961 at his home in London aged 80.

Kathleen Shackleton MBE was an Irish portrait painter and journalist.

Anne-Léontine Nicolas Amieux was a French educator. She was principal of the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles at Sèvres from 1919 to 1936.

Shigeko Higashikuni , born Shigeko, Princess Teru , was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito.

Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf was a German politician (SPD). He joined the SPD in 1919. He served as Prime Minister of the short-lived State of Hanover in 1946 and then as Minister President of Lower Saxony from 1946 to 1955 and from 1959 to 1961. He served as the third President of the Bundesrat from 7 September 1951 to 6 September 1952.

Louis Rwagasore fue un príncipe y político de Burundi que se desempeñó como Primer Ministro de Burundi desde el 28 de septiembre de 1961 hasta su asesinato el 13 de octubre de 1961 a manos de Jean Kageorgis de origen griego.

Earle Dickson was an American inventor best known for inventing adhesive bandages in the US. He lived in Highland Park, New Jersey, for a large portion of his life.