* 1961 – David Morales, American DJ and producer

* 1961 – David Brooks, American journalist and author

* 1961 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author ( d. 2011 )

Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower ( pronounced, ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969 ) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

* 1961 – David Wild, American writer

* 1961 – David Lovering, American drummer ( Pixies )

* 1961 – David Anthony Higgins, American actor

In 1961, an EDSAC 2 version of Autocode, an ALGOL-like high-level programming language for scientists and engineers, was developed by David Hartley.

Having completed her excavations at Jericho in 1958, Kenyon excavated in Jerusalem from 1961 to 1967, concentrating on the ' City of David ' to the immediate south of the Temple Mount.

David Pears and Brian McGuinness ( 1961 ), Routledge, hardcover: ISBN 0-7100-3004-5, 1974 paperback: ISBN 0-415-02825-6, 2001 hardcover: ISBN 0-415-25562-7, 2001 paperback: ISBN 0-415-25408-6 ; ** Philosophische Untersuchungen ( 1953 ) or Philosophical Investigations, translated by G. E. M.

* 1961 – David Vitter, American politician

* 1961 – David Winning, Canadian director

Nominalism has been endorsed or defended by many, including William of Ockham, Peter Abelard, D. C. Williams ( 1953 ), David Lewis ( 1983 ), and arguably H. H. Price ( 1953 ) and W. V. O. Quine ( 1961 ).

* David Pears and Brian McGuinness ( 1961 ), Routledge, hardcover: ISBN 0-7100-3004-5, 1974 paperback: ISBN 0-415-02825-6, 2001 hardcover: ISBN 0-415-25562-7, 2001 paperback: ISBN 0-415-25408-6

* The 2009 horror film directed by David DeCoteau bears little resemblance to the original story but, like the 1961 version, utilizes the large swinging pendulum in the penultimate scene.

They had two children, both born by Caesarean section at Margaret's request: David, Viscount Linley in 1961 and Lady Sarah in 1964.

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten Pulitzer Prizes: Russell Jones ( International Reporting, 1957 ), Andrew Lopez ( News Photography, 1960 ), Yasushi Nagao ( News Photography, 1961 ), Merriman Smith ( National Reporting, 1964 ), Kyoichi Sawada ( News Photography, 1966 ), Toshio Sakai ( Feature Photography, 1968 ), Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers ( National Reporting, 1971 ), and David Hume Kennerly ( Feature Photography, 1972 ).

Since 1961 David Sutherland has drawn the strip, and has drawn roughly 2100 strips.

* Minar, David M. ( 1961 ) " Ideology and Political Behavior ", Midwest Journal of Political Science.

The first film of indri was obtained by using tape lures, on an expedition forming the basis of David Attenborough's 1961 BBC series Zoo Quest to Madagascar

David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994 ) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

* David Thompson ( Barbadian politician ) ( 1961 – 2010 ), Prime Minister of Barbados

* 1961: Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald

* The Guns of Navarone ( film )-a 1961 film starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn, based on the novel

* 1961 – Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book artist, writer and media entrepreneur

Todd McFarlane ( born March 16, 1961 ) is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.

* E. R. Eswaran ( born 1961 ), Indian politician and entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu

* James Ford Bell ( 1879 – 1961 ), American entrepreneur ; founder of General Mills

In late 1961 Stigwood had made a record production deal with Sir Joseph Lockwood, managing director of EMI, who proved to be the crucial link between the record company and the budding entrepreneur, just as Lockwood had been in the 1950s for Larry Parnes, and just as he would be a couple of years later for Brian Epstein and The Beatles.

Thomas E. " Tommy " Ryan ( 1872 – November 19, 1961 ) was a Canadian sportsman and entrepreneur who created five-pin bowling.

Powel Crosley, Jr. ( September 18, 1886 – March 28, 1961 ) was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur.

Peter H. Diamandis ( pronounced ) ( born May 20, 1961 ) is an American engineer, physician and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, the co-founder and chairman of Singularity University and the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think.

* Richard Garriott ( born 1961 ), video game developer and entrepreneur

* Yuri Milner ( born 1961 ), Russian entrepreneur

Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren ( 5 June 1881-24 November 1961 ) was a Swedish entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest men in the world during the 1930s.

Scott Miller ( born 1961 in Florida ) is an American entrepreneur best known for founding Apogee Software, Ltd. ( dba 3D Realms Entertainment ) in 1987.

* Stephen Brown ( film producer ) ( born 1961 ), American film producer, media executive and entrepreneur

Frederick McKinley Jones ( May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961 ) was an African American inventor, entrepreneur, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Richard N. Cabela ( born 1936 −) in Chappell, Nebraska is an entrepreneur, known as a founder in 1961 of Cabela's, one of the world's leading outfitters of outdoor sporting and recreational goods.

Sir Thomas Blane Hunter ( born 6 May 1961 ) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

* Sir Tom Hunter ( born 1961 ), Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist

Marshall David Brain ( born May 17, 1961 ) is an American author, public speaker, and entrepreneur.

* John D. Hertz ( 1879 – 1961 ), American entrepreneur