List of Famous people who died in 1961

Guy Alexandre Auguste Sautter was a French born badminton player who held both Swiss and English nationality.

Henry Norman Marrett was a male badminton player from England.

Gustaf Andersson (1884–1961), also known as Gustaf Andersson i Rasjön, was a Swedish politician who served as the president of the Liberals party between 1935 and 1944 and also, as the minister of communications (Transport). He was one of the members of the Riksdag, Swedish Parliament.

Guy Anson Maunsell was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval sea forts and Army forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries.

Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. was a film and television cinematographer. Wild worked at RKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series.