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In the year 1961

1,838 Notable birthdays

Carsten Fischer

Field hockey player.

Born August 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Duisburg.

Hernando Calvo Ospina

Colombian writer.

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

Plamen Nikolov

Bulgarian footballer (born 1961).

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

Vincuk Viačorka

Belarusian activist.

Born July 7th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Brest.

Andrew Sudduth

American rower.

Born November 21st, 1961 in Baltimore.

Died July 15th, 2006 at 44 years old in Marion (pancreatic cancer).

Andrés Simón

Athletics competitor.

Born September 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Guantánamo. [ref]

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass

Norwegian cross-country skier.

Born April 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bromma i Hallingdal. [ref]

Martina Schettina

Austrian painter, graphic designer and sculptor.

Born March 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Vienna.

Donald Bolen

Canadian catholic prelate.

Born February 7th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Gravelbourg. [ref]

Arnis Mednis

Latvian singer.

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

César Zabala

Paraguayan footballer (1961-2020).

Born June 3rd, 1961 in Luque.

Died January 31st, 2020 at 58 years old in Luque (bladder cancer). [ref]

Sándor Zsótér

Hungarian actor and screenwriter.

Born June 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Budapest.

Armando Martínez

Cuban boxer.

Born August 29th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Majagua.

Connie Paraskevin

American cyclist and speed skater.

Born July 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Detroit.

Henrik Jørgensen

Danish athletics competitor (1961–2019).

Born October 10th, 1961 in Copenhagen. [ref]

Died January 26th, 2019 at 57 years old in Sorthat-Muleby (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Li Chevalier

French artist.

Born March 30th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Beijing.

Kirsten Emmelmann

East german sprinter.

Born April 19th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Warnemünde.

Jamie Lowery

Canadian soccer player.

Born January 15th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Port Alberni.

Peter Thomsen

Equestrian.

Born April 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Flensburg.

Elio

Italian singer.

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

Hein Vergeer

Dutch speed skater.

Born May 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Haastrecht.

Judi Brown

Athletics competitor.

Born July 14th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Milwaukee.

Jean-Marc Leclercq

French musician and esperantist.

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

Tetsuya Totsuka

Japanese association football player.

Born April 24th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Tokyo.

Jens Geier

German politician.

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

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