Editing 1961 (section)

===September===
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Eero Saarinen]], Finnish architect (b. [[1910]])<ref>{{cite book|author=University of Michigan. Board of Regents|title=Proceedings of the Board of Regents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDcXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA525|year=1960|publisher=The University|pages=525}}</ref>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Richard Mason (explorer)|Richard Mason]], British explorer (b. [[1934]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Charles D.B. King]], [[President of Liberia]] from 1920 to 1930 (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZgeAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=William Little|page=461}}</ref> 
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Lewis Akeley]], American academic (b. [[1861]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Funeral Set for Dr. Akeley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-obituary-for-lewis-akeley/149409354/ |access-date=June 16, 2024 |work=[[Argus-Leader]] |agency=Associated Press |date=September 7, 1961 |location=Vermillion |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Pieter Gerbrandy]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] 1940 to 1945 (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Obituaries from the Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iUOAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Newspaper Archive Developments Limited|isbn=978-0-903713-98-6|page=300}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] 
** [[Percy Chapman]], English cricketer (b. [[1900]])
** [[Hasan Fehmi (Ataç)|Hasan Fehmi]], Turkish politician (b. [[1879]])
* [[September 17]] 
** [[Miguel Gómez Bao]], Spanish-born Argentine actor (b. [[1894]])
** [[Adnan Menderes]], Turkish statesman, 9th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (executed) (b. [[1899]])
* [[September 18]]
** [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], Swedish diplomat, politician and author, 2nd [[Secretary General of the United Nations]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephan Mögle-Stadel|title=Dag Hammarskjöld: Visionary for the Future of Humanity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_WfAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Novalis Press|isbn=978-3-8251-7268-8|page=51}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Georgia Ann Robinson]], community worker and first [[African Americans|African American]] woman to be appointed a [[Los Angeles]] [[police officer]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Marion Davies]], American actress (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stacey Endres|author2=Robert Cushman|title=Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the World-famous Chinese Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XMIAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Pomegranate Press|isbn=978-0-938817-08-6|page=78}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Elmer Diktonius]], Finnish poet and composer (b. [[1896]])<ref name="Schoolfield1985">{{cite book|author=George C. Schoolfield|title=Elmer Diktonius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyxcAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-24760-6|page=xvii}}</ref>
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Sumner Welles]], American diplomat (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], American vaudeville comedian and film and stage actor (b. [[1891]])
* [[September 26]]
** [[Robert L. Eichelberger]], American general (b. [[1886]])
** [[Juanita Hansen]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[H.D.]] (Hilda Doolittle), American poet and novelist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elaine Showalter|author2=Lea Baechler|author3=A. Walton Litz|title=Modern American Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=30UkL9DTj5UC&pg=PA81|date=27 September 1993|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-02-082025-3|pages=81}}</ref>