Marek Żukow-Karczewski

Polish historian, journalist and opinion journalist.

Born May 6th, 1961 (age 64 years).

Iliya Valov

Bulgarian footballer (1961–2024).

Born December 29th, 1961 in Knezha.

Died July 13th, 2024 at 62 years old in Vratsa (pneumonitis). ^[ref]

Alycia Moulton

Us tennis player.

Born February 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Sacramento.

Vasili Pichul

Film director, screenwriter (1961-2015).

Born June 15th, 1961 in Mariupol.

Died July 26th, 2015 at 54 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).

Qasim Zia

Pakistani field hockey player.

Born August 7th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Lahore. ^[ref]

Lech Piasecki

Racing cyclist.

Born November 13th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Poznań.

Martin Andermatt

Swiss footballer.

Born November 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Baar.

Ravshan Khaydarov

Uzbekistani footballer.

Born July 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Tashkent.

Katina Schubert

German politician.

Born December 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Heidelberg.

Umayya Abu-Hanna

Palestine-born finnish politician, journalist and writer.

Born March 17th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Haifa.

Eva Pfaff

German tennis player.

Born February 10th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Königstein im Taunus.

Dominique Bijotat

French footballer.

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

Heiner Wilmer

German theologian and bishop.

Born April 9th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Schapen.

Jacek Zieliński

Polish footballer.

Born March 22nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tarnobrzeg.

Andrzej Kremer

Polish lawyer and diplomat (1961-2010).

Born August 8th, 1961 in Kraków.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 48 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).

Ernesto Álvarez Miranda

Peruvian lawyer and politician.

Born May 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Lima. ^[ref]

Sven Habermann

Canadian soccer player.

Born November 3rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Berlin.

Ian Stewart

Northern irish footballer.

Born September 10th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Belfast.

Bonaventure Djonkep

Cameroonian footballer.

Born August 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bafang.

Nikolay Abramov

Russian poet, author and translator (1961-2016).

Born January 24th, 1961 in Kazychenskaya.

Died January 23rd, 2016 at 54 years old in Petrozavodsk.

Ingvild Bryn

Norwegian journalist.

Born March 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Voss Municipality. ^[ref]

Colin McNab

British chess player.

Born February 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Dundee.

Igor Glek

Russian chess grandmaster and coach.

Born November 7th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Moscow.

Tamar Beruchashvili

Georgian politician.

Born April 9th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tbilisi.

Robert Berland

American olympic judoka.

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