List of Famous people who died in 1961

Giuseppe Domenico Donna was an Italian footballer and lawyer.

Luigi Einaudi, was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the second President of Italy from 1948 to 1955.

James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books.

Dorothy Heyward was an American playwright.

Josef Haubrich was German lawyer and art collector.

Franklyn Farnum was an American character actor and Hollywood extra who appeared in at least 1,100 films. He was also cast in more films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture than any other performer in American film industry. He was also credited as Frank Farnum.

Georgy Fyodorovich Aleksandrov was a Marxist philosopher and a Soviet politician and statesman.

Muriel Kathleen Bateman married name Muriel Flaxman (1883-1961) was an Indian born English international badminton player.