List of Famous people who are 61

Mariano Peña García is a Spanish regular and voice actor, mostly known for his role as Mauricio Colmenero in Aída and Benito Benjumea in Allí abajo.

Matthew Douglas Salinger is an American actor and producer, known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America. He is the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.

Eduard Volodymyrovych Shifrin is a Ukrainian-Russian entrepreneur who is a co-owner of the Midland Group. He is a resident in London.

Christian Petzold is a German film director.

Osvaldo Ríos Alonso is a Puerto Rican actor, model, singer, and guitarist, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas. He has appeared in several soap operas, including Abrazame muy Fuerte, Kassandra and the 1996 version of La Viuda de Blanco.

Alexander Wrabetz is the Director General of the Austrian public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) and Member of the Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union.

Takeo Hirata is a Japanese researcher at the Waseda University.

Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team. A small, technically gifted center, he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for Team Russia in the 1990s. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round at number 169 overall. He opted, however, to never play in the NHL.

Metin Tokat is a former Turkish association football referee who was active on the highest level in Europe between 1998 and 2003 and in Turkey between 1980 and 2006. He refereed international matches as well as matches in the Europa League and the Süper Lig. In his career, he refereed 305 matches.

Sergio Pascual Vargas Parra, known artistically as Sergio Vargas. He is a performer of merengue and bolero, who was very popular in the 80s and 90s, during the "golden age of merengue" and today remains active as one of the leading figures in Dominican merengue. His brothers, Kaki and Johnny, are also interpreters of the genre and have been by his side for much of their respective musical careers.