List of Famous people who died at 61

Armin Dassler was the son of Rudolf Dassler, German founder of the sportswear company Puma and nephew of Adidas founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler.

Ivan Vladimirovich Dykhovichny was a Russian film director and screenwriter.

Trần Đại Quang was a Vietnamese politician who was the eighth President of Vietnam, in office from 2 April 2016 until his death in 2018. Trần Đại Quang was elected to the post by the National Assembly of Vietnam, and nominated by his predecessor Trương Tấn Sang who retired from office. Trần Đại Quang was one of the country's top leaders, along with the Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Shohei Baba , best known by his ring name Giant Baba , was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Baba is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota and Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of Rikidōzan. Along with being the top star of All Japan its first ten years of existence, Baba served as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in 1972 to his death in 1999. Baba was also responsible for recruiting much of the talent for All Japan, and was the public face of the promotion for much of his lifetime.

Daryl Easton, known professionally as Daryl and born Daryl Martinez, was an American magician based in Las Vegas. In his marketing he used the self-proclaimed title of "The Magician's Magician". Daryl usually went by his forename only.

Alejandro Angulo León, better known as Álex Angulo was a Spanish actor who performed in over sixty films during his career spanning more than 30 years.

Roberto Alfonso Farrell, known professionally as Bobby Farrell, was a Dutch dancer, performing artist and singer from Aruba, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.

Paul O'Neill was an American music composer, lyricist and producer.

Col. James Benson Irwin, USAF was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Apollo Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.

David Edward Roback was an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as a founding member of the duo Mazzy Star.