Matthias Brandt

German actor.

Born October 7th, 1961 (age 64 years) in West Berlin.

Thomas Dooley

German-american soccer player and manager.

Born May 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bechhofen.

John C. Baez

American mathematician and mathematical physicist.

Born June 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in San Francisco.

Jon Ola Sand

Norwegian television executive, former executive supervisor of the eurovision song contest.

Born December 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Oslo. ^[ref]

Maia Chiburdanidze

Georgian chess grandmaster.

Born January 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Kutaisi.

Oz Fox

American musician.

Born June 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Whittier.

David Leavitt

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor (born 1961).

Born June 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Pittsburgh.

Andy Griffiths

Australian children's author.

Born September 3rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Katsina Airport.

Noriyuki Abe

Anime director.

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

Eric Darnell

American animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and occasional voice actor.

Born August 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Prairie Village.

Scott E. Parazynski

American astronaut.

Born July 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Little Rock.

Moungi Bawendi

American chemist of french and tunisian descent.

Born March 15th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Paris.

Christian Ntsay

Malagasy politician.

Born March 27th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Antsiranana. ^[ref]

Kokhir Rasulzoda

Tajikistani politician.

Born March 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Khistevarz.

Éric Dupond-Moretti

French lawyer and politician.

Born April 20th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Maubeuge.

Chad Brown

American actor and poker player (1961-2014).

Born August 13th, 1961 in Manhattan.

Died July 2nd, 2014 at 52 years old in The Bronx (cancer).

Femi Taylor

Nigerian-born british writer.

Born April 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Niger.

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Polish actor.

Born July 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Brzeziny.

Achim Steiner

German politician and public servant (born 1961).

Born May 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Carazinho.

Can Dündar

Turkish journalist (born 1961).

Born June 16th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Ankara.

Ramesh Krishnan

Indian tennis player.

Born June 5th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Chennai.

Gary Winick

American film producer (1961–2011).

Born March 31st, 1961 in New York City.

Died February 27th, 2011 at 49 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Tonye Patano

American actress.

Born October 16th, 1961 (age 64 years) in United States.

Todd Holland

American director and producer.

Born December 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Kittanning.

John Nicolson

Scottish politician and journalist (born 1961).

Born June 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Glasgow.