Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Tan Kah Kee, was a Chinese-born Singaporean businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a community leader and philanthropist active in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou. A prominent figure in the overseas Chinese community in Southeast Asia in the 20th century, he was responsible for gathering much support from the community to aid China in major events such as the Xinhai Revolution (1911), the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition (1926–28), and the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). Apart from donating most of his assets and earnings to aid China in those major events, Tan set up funds in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and contributed to the establishment of several schools in Southeast Asia and China's Fujian Province, including Xiamen University.

Paul-Maximilien Landowski fue un escultor francés de origen polaco. Director de la Academia de Roma desde 1933 a 1937. Miembro de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Francia en la sección de Escultura en el periodo de 1926 a 1961.

Paul Willard Merrill fue un astrónomo estadounidense.

Oskar Loorits was an Estonian folklorist.

Hermann Foertsch was a German general during World War II who held commands at the divisional, corps and army levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Nikolai Malkó fue un director de orquesta. Fue el director principal de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Leningrado y profesor en el convervatorio de la misma ciudad. Estrenó la Primera y Segunda Sinfonía de Dmitri Shostakóvich el 12 de mayo de 1926 en Leningrado.

George H. Melford fue un actor teatral y cinematográfico estadounidense, además de director, productor y guionista.

Ruth Fischer was an Austrian and German Communist and a co-founder of the Austrian Communist Party in 1918. She later became a staunch anti-Stalinist activist and, according to secret information declassified in 2010, was a key agent of the American intelligence service known as "The Pond".

Peretz Naftali was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.

Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, he was an Indian independence movement leader and the first Defence Minister of India. Moreover, he represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947.