José Touré

French footballer.

Born September 24th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Nancy.

Luíza Tomé

Brazilian actress.

Born May 10th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Itapipoca.

Rose Kabuye

Rwandan soldier and politician.

Born April 22nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Muvumba.

Barbara Potter

Us tennis player.

Born October 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Woodbury.

Lu Shiow-yen

Taiwanese politician.

Born August 31st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Anle District.

Wolfram Wuttke

German football player and coach (1961–2015).

Born November 17th, 1961 in Castrop-Rauxel.

Died March 1st, 2015 at 53 years old in Lünen (liver cirrhosis).

Alexey Gorinov

Russian politician and political prisoner.

Born July 26th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Moscow. ^[ref]

Tonči Gabrić

Croatian footballer (1961–2024).

Born November 11th, 1961 in Split.

Died October 28th, 2024 at 62 years old in Split. ^[ref]

Kjell Westö

Swedish-speaking writer and journalist from finland.

Born August 6th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Helsinki. ^[ref]

Nelson J. Perez

Roman catholic archbishop.

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

Andrei Khomutov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born April 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Yaroslavl.

Yutaka Sado

Japanese conductor.

Born May 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Kyoto.

Nikolo Kotzev

Bulgarian musician.

Born June 6th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Pazardzhik.

Piotr Ugrumov

Soviet, latvian and russian cyclist.

Born January 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Riga.

Anna Signeul

Swedish footballer and manager.

Born May 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Falun.

Kelly Evernden

New zealand tennis player.

Born September 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Gisborne.

Claudio Langes

Italian racing driver.

Born August 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Brescia.

Einars Repše

Latvian politician (born 1961).

Born December 9th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Jelgava.

Dietmar Bär

German actor.

Born February 5th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Dortmund.

Dan Perjovschi

Romanian artist, writer and cartoonist (born 1961).

Born October 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Sibiu.

Dan Corneliusson

Swedish association football player.

Born October 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Trollhättan.

Gian Francesco Giudice

Italian theoretical physicist.

Born January 25th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Padua.

Ni Yulan

Chinese human rights activist.

Born March 24th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Beijing.

Michael Mortensen

Danish tennis player.

Born March 12th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Glostrup Hospital.

Peter Kam

Hong kong composer.

Born August 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Hong Kong.