List of Famous people who are 61

Zvonko "Toni" Kurbos, better known as Tony Kurbos is a retired Slovenian-German football player who was a prolific striker, scoring almost 100 goals in his relatively short career.

Christian Paul is a French Socialist politician.

Christiane de Souza Yared more commonly known as Christiane Yared is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative since 2015.

Jean-Philippe Durand is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Elia Suleiman is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention, a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Elia Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.

Akio Nakamori , real name Ansaku Shibahara , is a columnist and editor born on January 1, 1960, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He is credited as popularizing the term "otaku" in its modern colloquial usage. After dropping out of Meiji University's Nakano Junior and Senior High Schools, he graduated from Wako University. Along with Yūichi Endō, he launched the Tokyo Otona Club in 1982.

Colin John Gibson is an English former footballer. He was an attacking left back who could also play in midfield. In a 17-year career, he scored 25 goals in 362 appearances in the Football League, and also won caps for the England under-21 and England B teams.

Galina Khomchik is a Russian singer, acoustic guitarist and pianist, a prominent figure of the country's modern folk/bard movement. Khomchik, the three Soviet bard festivals' laureate and a XX Workers' Festival's golden medal winner. A popular radio and TV presenter, she was the author of the TV series I'll Sing To You and Let's Fill With Music... and filmed an eight-part TV film on the history of the bard movement in the USSR. Khomchik is known also as director and producer of many musical videos, including those of the pop bard Oleg Mityaev. Both on her own and as a member of an all-star project Songs of Our Century she toured Europe, Australia, Israel and USA

Lisa Marie Henson is an American television and movie producer and former actress who has been involved in television shows such as Sid the Science Kid.

Chen Kunshan is a Taiwanese scientist. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).