List of Famous people who born in 1961

Javier Hernández Gutiérrez known as Chícharo, is a Mexican retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Marcos Valério Fernandes de Souza is a Brazilian businessman in the field of public relations. He is the owner of two communications firms, DNA and SMP&B. For his involvement in the Mensalão scandal he was sentenced to more than 40 years of imprisonment.

Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for the role of Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the ABC drama series NYPD Blue. The role garnered her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Glenn E. Plummer is an American film and television actor.

Brian Markinson is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting role in Angels in America.

Wade Andrew Williams is an American actor. He is known for his various character roles, and for his starring role as Brad Bellick on the Fox television series Prison Break.

Laurie Jill "Lar" Park Lincoln is an American actress. She appeared in the 1987 film House II: The Second Story as Kate, the 1988 horror film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Tina Shepard, and a 1988 episode of the anthology horror series Freddy's Nightmares as Karyn. Lincoln starred in the television series Knots Landing from 1987 to 1991.

Vincent Cochetel is a French official for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1986. As of 2016 he heads the European office of the organization. Previously, leading the organization's office in North Ossetia, he was kidnapped in January 1998 and held hostage until December the same year.

Mary Beth Evans is an American television actress, known for her role as Kayla Brady on the NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives, and her role as Sierra Estaban on the CBS daytime soap As the World Turns.

Matt Preston is an English-born Australian food critic, food journalist and recipe writer. He is best known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's MasterChef Australia and his weekly national food column appears in NewsCorp's metro newspapers, with a combined reach of over 2.9 million Australians each week. It runs in Stellar magazine every Sunday and in The Adelaide Advertiser. He is also a senior editor for Delicious. and Taste magazines. Matt is also well known in Australia as a judge and co-host of MasterChef Australia as well as on Celebrity MasterChef, Junior MasterChef, MasterChef Allstars and MasterChef: The Professionals. He is also the author of four best-selling cookbooks.