Hideo Nakata

Japanese film director.

Born July 19th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Okayama.

Mohammed Dahlan

Palestinian politician.

Born September 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Khan Yunis Camp.

Chris Anderson

American author and entrepreneur.

Born July 9th, 1961 (age 64 years) in London.

Tetsuo Hara

Japanese manga artist.

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

Amy Stiller

American actress.

Born September 8th, 1961 (age 64 years) in New York City.

Anne Donovan

American basketball player and coach (1961–2018).

Born November 1st, 1961 in Ridgewood.

Died June 13th, 2018 at 56 years old in Wilmington (heart failure). ^[ref]

Jeff Malone

American basketball player-coach.

Born June 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Mobile.

Stephen Hough

British-born classical pianist, composer and writer.

Born November 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Heswall.

Maria De Filippi

Italian television presenter (1961).

Born December 5th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Milan.

Solveig Dommartin

French-german actress (1961-2007).

Born May 16th, 1961 in Constantine.

Died January 11th, 2007 at 45 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Juan Vargas

American politician.

Born March 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in National City.

Akiyuki Shinbo

Japanese animation director.

Born September 27th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Koori.

Bernard Werber

French writer (born 1961).

Born September 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Toulouse.

Elizabeth Kolbert

American journalist and author.

Born July 6th, 1961 (age 64 years) in The Bronx.

Arnór Guðjohnsen

Icelandic association football player.

Born July 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Reykjavík.

Manny Coto

American director, producer and writer (1961–2023).

Born June 10th, 1961 in Havana.

Died July 9th, 2023 at 62 years old in Pasadena. ^[ref]

Tokuro Fujiwara

Japanese video game designer.

Born April 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Japan.

Andrei Shleifer

American economist.

Born February 20th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Moscow.

Christine Kangaloo

Politician from trinidad and tobago.

Born December 1st, 1961 (age 64 years) in San Fernando.

Linda Eder

American actress and musician.

Born February 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tucson.

Peter MacKenzie

American actor.

Born January 19th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Boston.

Martha Hackett

American actress.

Born February 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Boston.

Fiona

American rock singer and actress.

Born September 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Phillipsburg.

Gary Shaw

English footballer (1961–2024).

Born January 21st, 1961 in Kingshurst.

Died September 16th, 2024 at 63 years old in Birmingham. ^[ref]

Tom Holt

British writer.

Born September 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in London.