Birth Chart and Horoscope of 1961 deaths
- Adolph J. Lewandowski
- Adrie Voorting
- Al Keller
- Al Singer
- Alan Birch (trade unionist)
- Albert Barker
- Albert Borland
- Alberto Chividini
- Alberto Talegalli
- Alessandro Fantini
- Alf Scott-Hansen
- Alfonso García González
- Allan Christensen
- Andrzej Munk
- Andy Gibson
- Anil Kumar Das
- Anna May Wong
- Anton Frederik Bruun
- Archie Livingstone (footballer, born 1915)
- Art Christmas
- Bernie McLaughlin
- Bill Agnew
- Bill Komenich
- Bill Murray (footballer, born 1901)
- Bill Proud
- Billy Tremelling
- Božo Škerlj
- Branch Rickey Jr.
- Byron Browne (artist)
- Carlos Alvarado Lang
- Cayetano Ordóñez
- Charles Attenborough
- Charles Perkins (politician)
- Christopher Landon (screenwriter)
- Ciro Berardi
- Clarence W. Meadows
- Clete Turner
- Cliff Nazarro
- Dag Hammarskjold
- David Kenyon Webster
- Denis Vann
- Dickie Dale
- Domingo Soler
- Don Sunderlage
- Donald Cameron (VC)
- Donald Heenan
- Dorothy Burgess
- Doug McLean Jr.
- Dudley Richards
- Dugald MacIsaac
- Dutch Lieber
- E. Arnot Robertson
- Ed Koterba
- Eliseo Mouriño
- Elwyn Welch
- Emin Halid Onat
- Erich Arndt (cyclist)
- Erik Johansson (rower)
- Ernest Allen Tolin
- Everett LaFond
- Felix Smeets
- Fernand Schammel
- Frantz Fanon
- Fred Davies (footballer, born 1921)
- Fritz Mercur
- Gail Russell
- Gary Cooper
- George Simpson (sprinter)
- George Von Elm
- Georgia Ann Laster
- Georgia Caldwell Smith
- Geppino Micheletti
- Gunasena de Soyza
- Gunvor Hall
- Guy Cantrell
- Hampe Faustman
- Hans Johannsen
- Harold Jackman
- Harry Broome (footballer)
- Harry Persson (actor)
- Harvey Cloyd Philpott
- Helen Ainsworth
- Henry Box (rugby league)
- Herbert Lee (activist)
- Horrie Bullen
- Howard J. McMurray
- Howard P. Robertson
- Hu Kexian
- Hugh McClure Smith
- Irving Lorge
- Jack Diamond (footballer, born 1910)
- Jack Harrow (Australian footballer)
- Jack Kendall
- Jack Lamason
- Jack Livesey
- James D. Slaton
- James Maloney (Ontario politician)
- James Raglan
- James Watts (British politician)
- Jane Gylling
- Janis Babson
- Jean Félix-Tchicaya
- Jean Gilles (French Army officer)
- Jean Kieffer
- Jean-Louis Clerc
- Jeff Chandler
- Joan Francis
- Joan McCracken
- Joe McKinley
- Johan Andreas Lippestad
- John Brain
- John Eldredge (actor)
- John Salew
- John Van Alphen
- John L. Cason
- Joseph Rivière
- Juana Sujo
- Juozas Jurgėla
- Jørgen Jørgensen (swimmer)
- Karl Oole
- Kenneth Fearing
- Kjeld Abell
- Klaas Breeuwer
- Knut Russell
- Larry Pierce
- Leo Lamoureux
- Leslie Reynolds
- Louis de Wohl
- Marcel Ilpide
- Marcel Junod
- Maria Rużycka
- Maribel Vinson
- Mashiho Chiri
- Matilde Salem
- Maurice Amiot
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty
- Max Barrett
- Max Kaminsky (ice hockey)
- Maya Deren
- Mbarek Bekkay
- Mendon Morrill
- Merv Richardson
- Michael Shepley
- Michele Cozzoli
- Mohammed V of Morocco
- Mona Goya
- Monnot. Marguerite
- Muriel Rahn
- Noel McGrowdie
- Norm Verry
- Norman Wharton
- Oliver Brown (American activist)
- Paul Butler (lawyer)
- Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902)
- Paul ten Bruggencate
- Percy Austin
- Peter Dickinson (architect)
- Philip Rogers (sailor)
- Phyllis Dewar
- Pierre Ramadier
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr.
- Queen of Yugoslavia Marija
- Ralph L. Humphrey
- Randolph Henry Weber
- Ranko Hanai
- Raúl Cancio
- Reg Peterson
- Rex Pearson
- Richard Fantl
- Robert Dauphin
- Robert Marchal
- Romeo Neri
- Ron Durham
- Roo Dorr
- Roppa Furukawa
- Ross Gollan
- Roussan Camille
- Rudolf Reiff
- Schoolboy Rowe
- Sherry Mangan
- Shigeko Higashikuni
- Stick McGhee
- Sven Sømme
- Sylvia Rexach
- Thomas Helsby
- Thomas A. Dooley
- Tom Haywood
- Tony Bettenhausen
- Trevor Hall (rugby league)
- Tullio Covre
- Velma Middleton
- Victor Prather
- Walter L. Budge
- Whittaker Chambers
- Wildcat Monte
- William Anderson (Ontario MP)
- William Jackson (gangster)
- William M. Boyle
- William Rees (cinematographer)
- Woody Abernathy (outfielder)