List of Famous people who are 61

Igor Shpilenok is a Russian wildlife photographer, founder and first director of the Bryansky Les Nature Reserve, author of several books, environmental inspector. Shpilenok is a two times winner of theBBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, in 2006 and 2007 he received the first prize at ‘Golden Turtle’ international photo festival.

Osmo Pekonen, PhD, D.Soc.Sc.,, is a Finnish mathematician, historian of science, and author. He is a docent of mathematics at the University of Helsinki and at the University of Jyväskylä, a docent of history of science at the University of Oulu, and a docent of history of civilization at the University of Lapland. He is the Book Reviews section editor of The Mathematical Intelligencer.

Julián Gorospe Artabe is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1982 and 1994, entirely for the Banesto team. Gorospe also worked as the directeur sportif of Euskaltel–Euskadi between 1998 and 2006.

Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia’s rapid economic development during the 1990s. He is a member of the centre-right Isamaa party.