Alo Mattiisen

Estonian composer (1961–1996).

Born April 22nd, 1961 in Jõgeva.

Died May 30th, 1996 at 35 years old in Tallinn.

Álvaro Magalhães

Portuguese footballer.

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

Thomas Zehetmair

Austrian violinist and conductor.

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

Bruno Podalydès

French actor, film director and screenwriter.

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

Anthony Wong

Hong kong actor, screenwriter and film producer (*1961).

Born September 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in British Hong Kong.

Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz

Polish politician (born 1961).

Born July 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Kielce.

Shlomo Benizri

Israeli politician.

Born February 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Haifa. ^[ref]

Vincent Long Van Nguyen

Australian bishop.

Born December 3rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Đồng Nai.

William Ayache

French association football player.

Born January 10th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Algiers.

Bruno Faidutti

French board game designer.

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

Jörg Baberowski

German historian.

Born March 24th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Radolfzell am Bodensee.

Sandra M. Díaz

Argentinian ecologist.

Born October 27th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bell Ville. ^[ref]

Aleš Debeljak

Slovenian poet, essayist, critic (1961-2016).

Born December 25th, 1961 in Ljubljana.

Died January 28th, 2016 at 54 years old in Peračica (struck by vehicle). ^[ref]

Gesine Lötzsch

German politician.

Born August 7th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Berlin, Lichtenberg.

Sara Mingardo

Italian opera singer.

Born March 2nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Venice.

Keith Arkell

English chess grandmaster.

Born January 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Birmingham.

Michael Schulz

German football player.

Born September 3rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Hitzacker, Witten.

Robert Ameerali

Surinamese politician.

Born August 16th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Paramaribo.

Goran Petrović

Serbian writer (1961–2024).

Born July 1st, 1961 in Kraljevo.

Died January 26th, 2024 at 62 years old in Belgrade. ^[ref]

Pasi Rautiainen

Finnish footballer and football manager (born 1961).

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

Gintaras Krapikas

Lithuanian basketball player and coach.

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

Thae Yong-ho

North korean defector and south korean politician.

Born July 25th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Pyongyang.

Rein Raud

Estonian writer, academic (born 1961).

Born December 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Tallinn.

Cai Zhenhua

Male former table tennis player from china.

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

Ezel Akay

Turkish actor and director (born 1961).

Born January 20th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Kastamonu.