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In the year 1961

1,838 Notable birthdays

Abdullah Musa

Emirati footballer.

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

Bert van Megen

Dutch roman catholic archbishop.

Born October 4th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Eygelshoven.

Johann Passler

Italian biathlete.

Born August 18th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Rasen-Antholz.

Svetlana Demina

Russian sport shooter.

Born April 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Vologda Oblast.

Oleg Bozhev

Soviet speed skater.

Born August 25th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Moscow.

Jörg Müller

Swiss cyclist.

Born January 23rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Aarau.

Pavel Kuznetsov

Soviet weightlifter.

Born July 10th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Strunino.

Gyula Hajszán

Hungarian footballer.

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

Nebojša Zorkić

Olympic medalist in basketball.

Born August 21st, 1961 (age 64 years) in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Jan Balabán

Czech writer and translator (1961–2010).

Born January 21st, 1961 in Šumperk. [ref]

Died April 23rd, 2010 at 49 years old in Ostrava. [ref]

Jógvan Martin Olsen

Faroese footballer.

Born July 30th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Toftir. [ref]

Nico Verhoeven

Dutch racing cyclist.

Born October 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Tilburg.

Cláudia Monteiro

Brazilian tennis player.

Born May 8th, 1961 (age 64 years).

Alexander Roitburd

Ukrainian artist and painter (1961–2021).

Born October 14th, 1961 in Odesa. [ref]

Died August 8th, 2021 at 59 years old in Odesa (cancer). [ref]

Ömer Asan

Turkish photographer and writer (born 1961).

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

Elena Golovina

Soviet, later russian biathlete.

Born February 16th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Komarovo.

Ghanim Oraibi

Iraqi footballer.

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

Al Lawrence

Jamaican sprinter.

Born April 26th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Jamaica.

Wolfgang Knaller

Austrian association football player.

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

Vaughn Jefferis

New zealand equestrian (born 1961).

Born May 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Huntly.

Sabine Everts

Athletics competitor.

Born March 4th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Düsseldorf.

Tomasz Tomczykiewicz

Polish politician (1961-2015).

Born March 2nd, 1961 in Pszczyna.

Died November 28th, 2015 at 54 years old in Katowice (kidney disease).

Gerald Messlender

Austrian footballer (1961-2019).

Born October 1st, 1961 in Baden.

Died June 20th, 2019 at 57 years old in Guntramsdorf (heart failure). [ref]

Marek Solczyński

Polish archbishop.

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

Thomas Müller

West german nordic combined skier.

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

Birthdays 1601 to 1625 of 1838

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