Authors born in 1861
- Alfred North Whitehead Mathematician, 1861
- Alice Moore Hubbard Author, 1861
- Amy Levy Essayist, 1861
- Antoine Bourdelle Sculptor, 1861
- Aristide Maillol Sculptor, 1861
- Arthur Alfred Lynch Politician, 1861
- Arthur E. Kennelly Electrical Engineer, 1861
- August Bier Surgeon, 1861
- Bliss Carman Poet, 1861
- Cavour Statesman, 1861
- Chung Ling Soo Magician, 1861
- Clifford Sifton Lawyer, 1861
- Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Poet, 1861
- Dorothy Dix Journalist, 1861
- Douglas Haig Military General , 1861
- Edith Roosevelt Celebrity, 1861
- Edward Jenks Jurist, 1861
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink Singer, 1861
- Felix Feneon Activist, 1861
- Frank Crane Speaker, 1861
- Frederick Jackson Turner Historian, 1861
- Fridtjof Nansen Explorer, 1861
- George F. Richards Apostol, 1861
- George Tyrrell Priest, 1861
- George Veditz President, 1861
- George W. Norris Politician, 1861
- Halford Mackinder Geographer, 1861
- J. Arthur Thomson Naturalist, 1861
- J. B. Bury Historian, 1861
- James Mark Baldwin Philosopher, 1861
- James Mooney Folklorist, 1861
- James Naismith Physician, 1861
- Jose Rizal Activist, 1861
- Minna Antrim Writer, 1861
- Nellie Melba Musician, 1861
- Rabindranath Tagore Painter, 1861
- Walter Alexander Raleigh Scholar, 1861
- Walter Rauschenbusch Theologian, 1861
- William Bateson Biologist, 1861
- William Bell Riley Clergyman, 1861