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In the year 1961

1,838 Notable birthdays

Seán Haughey

Irish politician.

Born November 8th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Raheny.

Ann Linde

Swedish politician.

Born December 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Helsingborg. [ref]

Laurent Boutonnat

French composer and director.

Born June 14th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Paris.

Nikita Dzhigurda

Russian actor.

Born March 27th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Kyiv.

Alireza Akbari

Iranian military officer and mi6 informant.

Born October 21st, 1961 in Shiraz.

Died January 14th, 2023 at 61 years old in Iran (hanging to death). [ref]

Richard A. Knaak

American writer.

Born May 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Chicago.

John Vlissides

American software scientist (1961–2005).

Born August 2nd, 1961 in Washington, D.C..

Died November 24th, 2005 at 44 years old in Lake Mohegan (brain cancer). [ref]

Florent Ibengé

Congolese football manager.

Born December 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Kinshasa. [ref]

Gabriel Oprea

Romanian politician.

Born January 1st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Fundulea.

Gianrico Carofiglio

Italian novelist and politician (born 1961).

Born May 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bari.

Pumpuang Duangjan

Thai female singer.

Born August 4th, 1961 in Hankha.

Died June 13th, 1992 at 30 years old in Phitsanulok (systemic lupus erythematosus).

Dayanita Singh

Indian photographer (born 1961).

Born March 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in New Delhi.

Viktor Muzhenko

Ukrainian general.

Born October 10th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Vystupovychi.

Choi Hwa-jung

South korean actress.

Born February 10th, 1961 (age 65 years) in South Korea. [ref]

José Luis Cuciuffo

Argentine footballer (1961-2004).

Born February 1st, 1961 in Córdoba.

Died December 11th, 2004 at 43 years old in Bahía San Blas (gunshot wound). [ref]

Anne White

American tennis player.

Born September 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Charleston.

Stéphane Richard

French businessman.

Born August 24th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Caudéran.

Anamika

Indian writer, poet and literary critic.

Born August 17th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Muzaffarpur.

Michael Ludwig

Austrian politician.

Born April 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Vienna.

Daniel C. Burbank

American astronaut.

Born July 27th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Manchester. [ref]

Linas Linkevičius

Lithuanian politician (born 1961).

Born January 6th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Vilnius.

Masayuki Kojima

Japanese anime director.

Born March 11th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Yamanashi.

Dietmar Woidke

German politician (spd), minister president of brandenburg.

Born October 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Naundorf. [ref]

Brett Dean

Australian composer, conductor.

Born October 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Brisbane.

Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam

Egyptian muslim scholar.

Born August 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Beheira Governorate.

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