Elizabeth McGovern

American actress.

Born July 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Evanston.

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time olympic gold medalist (born 1961).

Born November 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Onești.

Marco Pierre White

British chef and restaurateur.

Born December 11th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Leeds.

Scott Baio

American actor.

Born September 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bay Ridge. ^[ref]

Nastassja Kinski

German actress.

Born January 24th, 1961 (age 65 years) in West Berlin.

Alfonso Cuarón

Mexican filmmaker (born 1961).

Born November 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Mexico City.

Dan Marino

American football player, quarterback, pro football hall of fame member.

Born September 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Pittsburgh. ^[ref]

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018).

Born August 21st, 1961 in Fort Sill. ^[ref]

Died November 26th, 2018 at 57 years old in San Marino (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Jane Leeves

British actress.

Born April 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Ilford.

Bonnie Hunt

American actress and comedian.

Born September 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Chicago.

Iain Glen

Scottish actor.

Born June 24th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Edinburgh.

George Lopez

American comedian and actor.

Born April 23rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Mission Hills.

k.d. lang

Canadian singer-songwriter.

Born November 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Edmonton.

Doc Rivers

American basketball coach and former player.

Born October 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Chicago. ^[ref]

Nancy Travis

American actress.

Born September 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in New York City.

George Stephanopoulos

American government official, journalist, writer.

Born February 10th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Fall River.

Carey Lowell

American actress.

Born February 11th, 1961 (age 65 years) in New York City, Huntington.

Tawny Kitaen

American actress (1961–2021).

Born August 5th, 1961 in San Diego.

Died May 7th, 2021 at 59 years old in Newport Beach (dilated cardiomyopathy).

Rob Hall

New zealand mountaineer (1961-1996).

Born January 14th, 1961 in Christchurch.

Died May 11th, 1996 at 35 years old in Mount Everest (hypothermia).

Joseph Kony

Leader of the lord's resistance army.

Born September 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Gulu. ^[ref]

Shiva Rajkumar

Kannada film actor.

Born July 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Karnataka.

Jackie Earle Haley

American actor.

Born July 14th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Northridge.

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist.

Born November 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Shillong.

Armin Meiwes

German cannibal.

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

Dana Reeve

American actress and singer (1961–2006).

Born March 17th, 1961 in Teaneck.

Died March 6th, 2006 at 44 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (lung cancer). ^[ref]