List of Famous people who are 61

Shuichi Takatori is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Joetsu, Niigata he was elected for the first time in 2005.

Frédéric Courant is a French journalist, well known from the educational TV show C'est pas sorcier that he presented with Jamy Gourmaud and Sabine Quindou and was produced from the channel France 3.

Zhou Qiang is a Chinese politician who is the current Chief Justice and President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Previously, he served as the secretary of the Communist Party of China Hunan committee, first-in-charge of the central Chinese province. He served as the province's governor between 2007 and 2010. Zhou also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China between 1998 and 2006.

Liu Yi-te is a Taiwanese politician. While affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 2000. He joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union upon its establishment in 2001, and since April 2016, has served as party chairman.

Jahan Rejepowna Pollyýewa is the Chief of Staff of the State Duma of Russia. Song's author. A member of the Writers' Union of Russia.

Joëlle Ursull is a French singer of Guadeloupean origins.

Lee Mi-sook is a South Korean actress. One of the best-known actresses of 1980s Korean cinema, Lee's most famous films from this era include Bae Chang-ho's Whale Hunting and The Winter That Year Was Warm, Lee Doo-yong's Mulberry and Eunuch, and Kwak Ji-kyoon's Wanderer in Winter. She retired from film after getting married in 1987, though she still appeared on television in dramas such as How's Your Husband? (1993). Then a decade later, Lee made her comeback with an award-winning leading role in E J-yong's feature debut An Affair (1998). She has since remained active in film and television, notably in the May–December romance Solitude (2002), the Dangerous Liaisons adaptation Untold Scandal (2003), the mockumentary Actresses (2009), and the family dramas Smile, Mom (2010)

Jolanta Beata Fedak was a Polish politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Policy from 2007 to 2011.

Evgeniy Lennorovich Giner is a Russian businessman, since February 2001 the president of PFC CSKA Moscow, head of the Financial Committee of Russian Football Union.

Didier Van Cauwelaert is a French author of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt.