Mary Elizabeth McDonough

American actress.

Born May 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Van Nuys.

Yolanda Adams

American gospel singer.

Born August 27th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Houston.

Glenn E. Plummer

American actor (1961-).

Born August 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Richmond.

Koji Kondo

Japanese composer and pianist (born 1961).

Born August 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Nagoya.

Ben Johnson

Canadian sprinter.

Born December 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Trelawny Parish.

Dexter Scott King

American civil rights activist (1961-2024).

Born January 30th, 1961 in Atlanta.

Died January 22nd, 2024 at 62 years old in Malibu (prostate cancer). ^[ref]

Casey Siemaszko

American actor.

Born March 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Chicago.

Clark Kellogg

American basketball player.

Born July 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Cleveland.

Ray Mercer

American boxer.

Born April 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Jacksonville.

Vladimir Potanin

Russian billionaire.

Born January 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Moscow.

Tom Emmer

U.s. representative from minnesota and far-right somalophobic activist.

Born March 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in South Bend.

Tatanka

American professional wrestler.

Born June 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Pembroke.

Petr Pavel

Czech general and statesman, 4th president of the czech republic.

Born November 1st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Planá. ^[ref]

Willi Ninja

American dancer (1961-2006).

Born April 12th, 1961 in Middletown.

Died September 2nd, 2006 at 45 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications). ^[ref]

Bhupesh Baghel

Indian politician and current chief minister of chhattisgarh.

Born August 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Durg.

Luis de la Fuente

Spanish association football manager and former player.

Born June 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Haro.

Timur Bekmambetov

Russian film director.

Born June 25th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Atyrau.

Richard Garriott

British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur.

Born July 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Cambridge.

Jack Dee

English comedian and actor (born 1961).

Born September 24th, 1961 (age 64 years) in London Borough of Bromley.

Jon Secada

American singer.

Born October 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Havana.

Isaac Mizrahi

Fashion designer and television personality.

Born October 14th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Brooklyn.

Claude Puel

French football manager (born 1961).

Born September 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Castres.

Iris DeMent

American singer and songwriter.

Born January 5th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Paragould.

Tom Byron

American pornographic actor.

Born April 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Houston. ^[ref]

Yossi Cohen

Former director of mossad, the national intelligence agency of israel.

Born September 10th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Jerusalem.