List of Famous people who died at 61

Kamla Chaudhry (1908–1970) was an Indian short story writer in Hindi language and Jagadeesh Kumar a Member of Parliament from Hapur in the 3rd Lok Sabha.

Antonio Rangel Ojeda was a Mexican Badminton player that competed in the different categories of singles, doubles and mixed doubles, both nationally and internationally.

Robert S. McCoig (1937–1998) was a Scottish badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. Though he captured a record fifteen Scottish National singles titles, as well as several Scottish Open singles titles, his greatest international victories came in doubles. He was especially successful in three North American forays which yielded a pair of U.S. Open men's doubles titles, a pair of Canadian Open men's doubles titles, and the mixed doubles title of each nation in 1965. With Muriel Woodcock McCoig was runner-up in mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1968. He represented Scotland in seven consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns from 1957 to 1976.