List of Famous people who born in 1961

Marcelo Miranda is an ex-governor of the Brazilian state of Tocantins. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

Kaoru Okazaki is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Aleksey Maratovich Orlov is a Kalmyk statesman who served as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia from October 2010 until March 2019.

Kazuharu Shoshi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Laurent Percerou is a French bishop of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Moulins from 2013 to 2020. He was named Bishop of Nantes on 11 August 2020.

Richard Martineau is a French-Canadian commentator. He is a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal newspaper. His columns also appear in the Infopresse and Elle Québec magazines. He also hosts Franchement Martineau, a public affairs programme which airs on Le Canal Nouvelles.

Sascha Konietzko, also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and record producer. He is the founder, frontman and "anchor" of the industrial band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the father of industrial rock. Keyboard Magazine wrote of him, "You won't find a more imaginative or effective keyboardist on the hard-core scene."

Katherine Elizabeth Vernon is a Canadian-born film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS soap opera Falcon Crest, the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink (1986), and Sophia in the 1992 Spike Lee film, Malcolm X.

Nathaniel Patrick Crosby is an American golfer. He won the 1981 U.S. Amateur and played on the winning 1982 Eisenhower Trophy and 1983 Walker Cup teams. He turned professional but had little success and was later reinstated as an amateur. He is the seventh child and sixth son of Bing Crosby.

Ralf Dujmovits is a German mountaineer. In May 2009 he became the 16th person, and the first German, to climb the 14 eight-thousanders.