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Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1961

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 1961. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

  • Barry Fitzgerald
    Jan. 4 Barry Fitzgerald

    Barry Fitzgerald was an acclaimed Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 'Going My Way' (1944). [bio]

  • Erwin Schrödinger
    Jan. 4 Erwin Schrödinger

    Austrian physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1887).

  • Schoolboy Rowe
    Jan. 8 Schoolboy Rowe

    American baseball player and coach (b. 1910).

  • Emily Greene Balch
    Jan. 9 Emily Greene Balch

    American economist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1867).

  • Dashiell Hammett
    Jan. 10 Dashiell Hammett

    Renowned author known for his detective novels such as 'The Maltese Falcon'.

  • Alfonso Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia
    Jan. 10 Alfonso Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia
  • Isabel Paterson
    Jan. 10 Isabel Paterson
  • Walter Schnackenberg
    Jan. 10 Walter Schnackenberg
  • Elena Gerhardt
    Jan. 11 Elena Gerhardt

    German soprano and actress (b. 1883).

  • Lem Winchester
    Jan. 13 Lem Winchester
  • František Drtikol
    Jan. 13 František Drtikol
  • Antonio Gallego Burín
    Jan. 13 Antonio Gallego Burín
  • Harry Pilcer
    Jan. 14 Harry Pilcer
  • Max Schöne
    Jan. 16 Max Schöne

    German swimmer (b. 1880).

  • Patrice Lumumba
    Jan. 17 Patrice Lumumba

    Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the...

  • Blaise Cendrars
    Jan. 21 Blaise Cendrars

    Blaise Cendrars was a Swiss-born writer and poet known for his modernist works and influence on literature.

  • Josip Kosor
    Jan. 23 Josip Kosor
  • Alfred Carlton Gilbert
    Jan. 24 Alfred Carlton Gilbert

    American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the a. c. gilbert company (b. 1884).

  • Bernard Friedberg
    Jan. 27 Bernard Friedberg

    Austrian-israeli scholar, author (d. 1961).

  • François Weber
    Jan. 27 François Weber
  • Voldemārs Plade
    Jan. 27 Voldemārs Plade
  • Angela Thirkell
    Jan. 29 Angela Thirkell

    English novelist (b. 1890).

  • Krishna Singh
    Jan. 31 Krishna Singh

    Indian politician, 1st chief minister of bihar (b. 1887).