List of Famous people who born in 1961
Luisa Fernandez
Luisa Fernandez is a Spanish-born, Germany based pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her hit single, "Lay Love on You" from 1978.
Yoshiki Okamoto
Yoshiki Okamoto , sometimes credited as Kihaji Okamoto, is a Japanese video game designer. He is credited with producing popular titles for Konami, including Gyruss and Time Pilot, and for Capcom, including Final Fight and Street Fighter II. He also played a role in the creation of Rockstar's Red Dead franchise. He later founded the company Game Republic, and then created the hit mobile games Dragon Hunter and Monster Strike for Mixi. Several franchises he helped create are among the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time, including Street Fighter II, Monster Strike and Red Dead.
I Dewa Gede Palguna
I Dewa Gede Palguna is a constitutional law academic who served two terms as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. He holds the record for having been the youngest ever justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. In February 2020, he was appointed to the ethics council of Indonesia's Child Protection Commission.
Daniel S. Loeb
Daniel Seth Loeb is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive of Third Point, a New York-based hedge fund focused on event-driven, value-oriented investing with $10.8 billion in assets under management, as of March 2016.
Alexander Bard
Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist.
Thierry Wasser
Thierry Wasser is a contemporary perfumer who as of 2008 was appointed as the in-house perfumer of Guerlain. Prior to this he worked under the fragrance firms Firmenich and Givaudan.
Peter Rubeck
Peter Rubeck is a retired German football midfielder.
Yumi Takada
Yumi Takada is a former Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce.
Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto, is a Cameroonian-born politician from Quebec, Canada, who was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films.
Salvador Mejía Alejandre
Salvador Mejía Alejandre is a Mexican producer and director.