Aged 61
Famous people who died at 61
180 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 61, including Muhammad, Ernest Hemingway and Benito Mussolini. Here are the 100 best known.
- MuhammadArabian political leader and the founder of Islam · AD 571–632
- Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalist · 1899–1961
- Benito MussoliniDictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945 · 1883–1945
- Li BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty · AD 701–762
- Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65) · c. AD 5–66
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGerman philosopher and theologian · 1770–1831
- Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet and playwright · 1771–1832
- George EliotEnglish novelist, essayist, poet and journalist · 1819–1880
- Gregor MendelMoravian scientist and Augustinian friar · 1822–1884
- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEnglish poet, literary critic and philosopher · 1772–1834
- André-Marie AmpèreFrench physicist and mathematician · 1775–1836
- Liu XiaoboChinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist · 1955–2017
- Jacques OffenbachGerman-born French composer · 1819–1880
- Park Chung-hee3rd President of the Republic of Korea · 1917–1979
- Anthony BourdainAmerican chef and television personality · 1956–2018
- Sergei ProkofievRussian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor · 1891–1953
- James Fenimore CooperAmerican writer · 1789–1851
- Aldo MoroItalian politician · 1916–1978
- Théophile GautierFrench poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic · 1811–1872
- Gerty CoriAustro-Hungarian-American biochemist · 1896–1957
- Italo CalvinoItalian journalist and writer · 1923–1985
- Robert MusilAustrian philosophical writer · 1880–1942
- Sally RideAmerican astronaut and physicist · 1951–2012
- AurelianRoman Emperor · c. AD 214–275
- Paul EhrlichJewish-German physician and scientist · 1854–1915
- PuyiLast Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo · 1906–1967
- Luigi GalvaniItalian physician, physicist, and philosopher · 1737–1798
- Nâzım HikmetTurkish communist poet, playwright and novelist · 1901–1963
- Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician · c. AD 35–96
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman EmperorEmperador del SIR de 1556 a 1564 · 1503–1564
- Pierre de RonsardFrench poet · 1524–1585
- Toyotomi HideyoshiJapanese samurai and daimyo · 1537–1598
- Arthur EddingtonBritish astrophysicist · 1882–1944
- Xuanzang7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar · AD 602–664
- Anastasius IPope · c. AD 340–401
- Clement VIPope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope · c. 1291–1352
- Nikolay ChernyshevskyRussian writer and nihilist philosopher · 1828–1889
- Georgi PlekhanovRussian philosopher · 1856–1918
- Benigno Aquino IIIPresident of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016 · 1960–2021
- Friedrich BesselGerman astronomer and mathematician · 1784–1846
- Yahya SinwarPalestinian politician and Hamas leader · 1962–2024
- Manuel I KomnenosByzantine Emperor · 1118–1180
- Thomas GainsboroughEnglish portrait and landscape painter · 1727–1788
- Al-Mas'udi10th-century Arab historian, geographer, and traveller · c. AD 896–957
- Emperor Gaozu of HanFounding emperor of the Han dynasty · c. 256–195 BC
- Emile VerhaerenBelgian poet · 1855–1916
- Margaret of ValoisQueen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615). · 1553–1615
- Trần Đại Quang8th President of Vietnam · 1956–2018
- Edmondo de AmicisItalian writer · 1846–1908
- Jusepe de RiberaSpanish painter · 1591–1652
- Ardashir IFounder of the Sassanid Empire · c. AD 180–241
- John Magufuli5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021 · 1959–2021
- Ruth Benedict ↗American anthropologist and folklorologist · 1887–1948
- Zhang Heng ↗Chinese scientist and statesman · c. AD 78–139
- Bill Paxton ↗American actor and filmmaker · 1955–2017
- James Horner ↗American film composer and conductor · 1953–2015
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila ↗Former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1939–2001
- Percival Lowell ↗American astronomer · 1855–1916
- Fritz Pregl ↗Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist · 1869–1930
- Jean Giraudoux ↗French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright · 1882–1944
- Ram Mohan Roy ↗Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian · 1772–1833
- Joseph Fouché ↗French statesman · 1759–1820
- Charles IX of Sweden ↗King of Sweden in 1604–1611 · 1550–1611
- Ibrahim Rugova ↗President of Kosovo · 1944–2006
- Vaslav Nijinsky ↗Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer · 1889–1950
- Anton Webern ↗Austrian composer and conductor · 1883–1945
- Carus ↗Roman emperor · c. AD 222–283
- Julius Streicher ↗German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal · 1885–1946
- Nikephoros I ↗Byzantine emperor · c. AD 750–811
- Ferdinand I of Romania ↗King of Romania · 1865–1927
- Hafsa bint Umar ibn Al-Khattab ↗The fourth wife of Islamic prophet Muhammad · c. AD 604–665
- Louis IV of Bavaria ↗Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor · c. 1286–1347
- Maurice Barrès ↗French novelist · 1862–1923
- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ↗French novelist, official and army general · 1741–1803
- James Clark Ross ↗British explorer and naval officer · 1800–1862
- R. D. Laing ↗Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist · 1927–1989
- Christian VIII of Denmark ↗King of Norway 1814, King of Denmark 1839-1848 · 1786–1848
- Vasily Vereshchagin ↗Russian painter · 1842–1904
- Childebert I ↗Frankish King · c. AD 497–558
- David Garrick ↗British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer · 1717–1779
- Konstantinos X Doukas ↗Byzantine emperor · c. 1006–1067
- Schuyler Colfax ↗Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873 · 1823–1885
- Modibo Keïta ↗Malian politician and President of Mali · 1915–1977
- Guillermo Stábile ↗Argentine football player and manager · 1905–1966
- Marie Fredriksson ↗Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette · 1958–2019
- Norm Macdonald ↗Canadian comedian · 1959–2021
- Shogo Kamo ↗Japanese association football player · 1915–1977
- Avvakum ↗Russian protopope · 1620–1682
- Charles-François Daubigny ↗French painter · 1817–1878
- Ptolemy IX Lathyros ↗King of Egypt · c. 142–81 BC
- Frederick I of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1471–1533
- Günther von Kluge ↗German general · 1882–1944
- James Irwin ↗American astronaut · 1930–1991
- Luis Alejandro Berthier ↗Marshal and Vice-Constable of France · 1753–1815
- Yukio Tsuda ↗Japanese association football player · 1917–1979
- Baal Shem Tov ↗Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism · 1698–1760
- John Franklin ↗British naval officer and explorer · 1786–1847
- Stefan Żeromski ↗Polish writer · 1864–1925
- Arthur Adamov ↗Playwright · 1908–1970
- Horace Greeley ↗American politician and publisher · 1811–1872
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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