List of Famous people who born in 1961

Evan Handler is an American actor who is best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York on Sex and the City (2002–2004) and Charlie Runkle, Hank Moody's comically bumbling friend and agent, on Californication (2007–2014). Handler currently stars as Eastern District US Attorney Jacob Warner in the STARZ drama Power.

Crystal Lynn Bernard is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her role as Helen Chappell-Hackett on the sitcom Wings.

Elpidia Carrillo is a Mexican actress and director. Her career includes roles in both Latin American and US film and television. She is best known in the United States for her supporting role in the iconic action film Predator, as well as Bread and Roses and Nine Lives.

Simon Charles Kunz on stage and screen.

Ivan Blakeley Kaye is an English film, television and theatre actor and producer. After playing roles in national productions like Bryan in the comedy series The Green Green Grass, his international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three Seasons of The Borgias, and King Aelle in the first four Seasons of History channel's series Vikings. More recent projects include action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and the series pilot for Amazon's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

Campbell Scott is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist. His roles include George Tunner in The Sheltering Sky, Steve Dunne in Singles, Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz in Royal Pains, Mark Usher in House of Cards, Joseph Tobin in Damages, and Richard Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as numerous stage appearances.

Angie Stone is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence. Soon after, Stone began working with futuristic rap group Mantronix and singer Lenny Kravitz. In the early 1990s, she became a member of the R&B trio Vertical Hold. In 1999, Stone released her solo debut Black Diamond on Arista Records, which was certified gold and spawned the R&B number-one hit "No More Rain ". After transitioning to J Records, she released another gold-seller, Mahogany Soul (2001), which included the hit single "Wish I Didn't Miss You", followed by Stone Love (2004) and The Art of Love & War (2007), her first number-one album on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Sarah Sutton is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Mark Ferguson is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.

Julie Therese Wallace is an English actress.