Esther Ibanga

Nigerian pastor.

Born March 31st, 1961 (age 65 years).

María Bayo

Spanish soprano.

Born May 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Tudela, Fitero. ^[ref]

Laurent Roussey

Footballer.

Born December 27th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Nîmes.

Stephen Batchelor

British field hockey player.

Born June 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Beare Green.

Masahiko Shimada

Japanese writer.

Born March 13th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tokyo.

Monika Fagerholm

Finnish writer.

Born February 26th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Helsinki. ^[ref]

Dirk De Wolf

Road bicycle racer.

Born January 16th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Aalst.

Jorge Amado Nunes

Paraguayan footballer.

Born October 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Berazategui.

Robert Wells

British boxer.

Born May 15th, 1961 in London.

Died October 9th, 2025 at 64 years old ^[ref]

Lee Heung-sil

South korean footballer.

Born May 28th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Jinhae district.

Rodney Harmon

Us tennis player.

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

Giovanni Evangelisti

Italian long jumper.

Born September 11th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Rimini.

Wadeck Stanczak

Actor.

Born November 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Arpajon.

Yvonne McGregor

English cyclist.

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

Urbano Ortega

Spanish football player/manager.

Born December 22nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Beas de Segura.

Mike Holland

American ski jumper.

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

Ewa Björling

Swedish politician.

Born May 3rd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Ekerö Municipality.

Miguel Abia Biteo

Equatorial guinean politician (1961-2012).

Born January 11th, 1961 in Baney.

Died December 6th, 2012 at 51 years old in Malabo (myocardial infarction).

Andrey Perlov

Athletics competitor.

Born December 12th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Novosibirsk. ^[ref]

Acácio da Silva

Road bicycle racer.

Born January 2nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Montalegre.

Alberto Vaquina

Mozambique politician.

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

Andris Ameriks

Latvian politician (born 1961).

Born March 5th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Jūrmala.

Igor Chudinov

Kyrgyzstani politician.

Born August 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bishkek.

Ara Papian

Armenian diplomat.

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

Steven Wood

Australian canoeist (1961–1995).

Born March 17th, 1961 in Brisbane.

Died November 23rd, 1995 at 34 years old in Brisbane.