Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1961

Maxime Raymond was a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer in Quebec.

Edgar Krahn was an Estonian mathematician.

Joseph Simon Dubin was an American composer and orchestrator, scoring and orchestrating more than 200 motion pictures during his career. His brother, Al Dubin was an American songwriter, lyricist, soldier and actor. Joseph Dubin is best known for composing the soundtrack for the 1930 MGM film The Big House, as well as the Walt Disney films Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Dubin also orchestrated and scored many television series including Zorro and The Mickey Mouse Club.

Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank,, was a British Conservative politician. He was Minister of Health between 1951 and 1952 and Leader of the House of Commons between 1951 and 1955.

Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith fue un general del Ejército de los Estados Unidos que sirvió como jefe del equipo del general Dwight D. Eisenhower en el cuartel general de los Aliados durante la campaña de Túnez y la invasión aliada de Italia. Posteriormente, fue jefe del gabinete de Eisenhower en la Fuerza Expedicionaria Aliada de 1944 a 1945.

Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, FRS, was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C. V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.

William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil,, was a British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the 14th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1960 until his death in 1961.

Paul Guilfoyle was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes.

Philip Stainton was a British-born actor. Stainton appeared in several Ealing comedies. He often played uniformed policemen, he appeared in both British and Australian productions.