Brian Diemer

Athletics competitor.

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

Dietmar Mögenburg

German high jumper.

Born August 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Leverkusen.

Franz Engstler

German racing driver.

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

Salvador Mejía Alejandre

Mexican producer and director (born 1961).

Born February 12th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Toluca de Lerdo.

Gintaras Grušas

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born September 23rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Washington, D.C..

Peter Larsson

Swedish footballer (born 1961).

Born March 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Torsby.

Angelo d'Arrigo

Italian aviator.

Born April 3rd, 1961 in Catania.

Died March 26th, 2006 at 44 years old in Comiso. ^[ref]

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician.

Born November 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Strand Municipality. ^[ref]

Luis Guevara Mora

Salvadoran footballer.

Born September 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in San Salvador.

Pierluigi Tami

Swiss football manager.

Born September 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Clusone.

Michael Roll

German actor.

Born April 29th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Munich.

Viktor Pasulko

Soviet and ukrainian football player and manager.

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

Petra Thümer

East german swimmer.

Born January 29th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Chemnitz.

Scott Johnson

American artistic gymnast.

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

Eva Biaudet

Finnish politician.

Born February 27th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Helsinki. ^[ref]

Peter Bartram

Danish general.

Born May 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Aarhus.

Dariusz Gnatowski

Polish actor (1961-2020).

Born May 24th, 1961 in Ruda Śląska.

Died October 20th, 2020 at 59 years old in Kraków (respiratory failure, COVID-19). ^[ref]

Basil Gorgis

Iraqi footballer.

Born September 6th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Ankawa.

Juan Cayasso

Costa rican footballer.

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

Joëlle Milquet

Belgian federal minister of the interior.

Born February 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Montignies-sur-Sambre. ^[ref]

Iolanda Chen

Russian long and triple jumper.

Born July 26th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Moscow.

Peter Machajdík

Slovak composer.

Born June 1st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Bratislava. ^[ref]

Jurga Ivanauskaitė

Lithuanian writer (1961-2007).

Born November 14th, 1961 in Vilnius.

Died February 17th, 2007 at 45 years old in Vilnius (cancer). ^[ref]

Wolf Bachofner

Austrian actor.

Born July 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Vienna. ^[ref]

Agneta Andersson

Swedish canoeist.

Born April 25th, 1961 in Karlskoga. ^[ref]

Died October 8th, 2023 at 62 years old in Karlskoga (cancer). ^[ref]