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In the year 1961

1,838 Notable birthdays

Julian Bailey

Racecar driver.

Born October 9th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Woolwich.

Guri Schanke

Norwegian singer.

Born December 14th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Eastern Norway. [ref]

Yobes Ondieki

Athletics competitor from kenya.

Born February 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Kisii.

Troels Rasmussen

Danish footballer.

Born April 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Ebeltoft.

Louis-Paul M'Fédé

Cameroonian footballer (1961-2013).

Born February 26th, 1961 in Yaoundé.

Died June 10th, 2013 at 52 years old in Yaoundé.

Ana-Maria Avram

Romanian composer (1961-2017).

Born September 12th, 1961 in Bucharest.

Died August 1st, 2017 at 55 years old [ref]

Yahiro Kazama

Japanese association football player and manager.

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

Christophe Mirmand

French official.

Born July 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Constantine. [ref]

Billy Konchellah

Kenyan distance runner.

Born October 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Kilgoris.

György Bognár

Hungarian footballer.

Born November 5th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Baja.

Mieczysław Mokrzycki

Polish bishop.

Born March 29th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Majdan Lipowiecki.

Jack Buckner

Athletics competitor.

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

Stanislav Griga

Slovak footballer.

Born November 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Žilina.

Mamady Youla

Guinean politician and economist.

Born November 5th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Conakry.

Richard Howitt

British politician (born 1961).

Born April 5th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Reading.

Kim Leine

Nurse, writer and novelist from norway.

Born August 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bø Municipality.

Hiroshi Jofuku

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born March 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tokushima.

Ayan Sadakov

Bulgarian footballer (1961–2017).

Born September 26th, 1961 in Plovdiv.

Died July 1st, 2017 at 55 years old in Plovdiv (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]

Davide Cassani

Racing cyclist and broadcaster.

Born January 1st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Faenza. [ref]

Rudy Dhaenens

Road bicycle racer (1961–1998).

Born April 10th, 1961 in Deinze.

Died April 6th, 1998 at 36 years old in Aalst (traffic collision).

Peter Chung Soon-taick

South korean archbishop.

Born August 5th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Daegu.

Yumi Takada

Japanese voice actress.

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

Renê Weber

Brazilian footballer (1961–2020).

Born July 7th, 1961 in Roque Gonzales, Rio Grande do Sul.

Died December 16th, 2020 at 59 years old in Rio de Janeiro (COVID-19). [ref]

Dzhanik Fayziev

Soviet and russian film director.

Born July 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Tashkent.

Brian Diemer

Athletics competitor.

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

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