List of Famous people who born in 1961

Kilian Kleinschmidt is a German entrepreneur and former UNHCR official who served as the director of the Zaatari refugee camp.

Lutfi Arıboğan is the Chief Executive Officer of Galatasaray Sportif A.Ş.

Ute Oberhoffner is an East German luger who competed during the 1980s. She won two medals in the women's singles event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1984.

Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin is a Russian writer and the only author to have won the Russian Booker Prize (2000), the Russian National Bestseller (2005), and Big Book Prize (2010). His books have been translated into 30 languages. He also writes in German.

Toshinao Sasaki is a Japanese freelance journalist and critic, a regular writer for CNET Japan, and a one-time reporter for Mainichi Shimbun. He was born in Hyōgo Prefecture.

Fatih Kısaparmak is a singer-songwriter of traditional Turkish folk music.

Hiroyuki Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of Hiro Saito . He was the first AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Şenol Çorlu is a retired Turkish football player and currently Fenerbahçe SK academy director as of September 2008. He was one of the fans' favourites when he was playing for Fenerbahçe.