List of Famous people who born in 1961

Nathalie Saint-Criq is a French journalist, working for France Télévisions.

Francis Rolleston Gardner is a British journalist and author. He is currently the BBC's Security Correspondent. His parents were both diplomats and his early life was spent in The Hague before being educated at Saint Ronan's School, and Marlborough College. He was commissioned into the British Army Reserves as a second lieutenant joining the 4th Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets in September 1984. After a career working in various jobs in the Middle East including nine years as an investment banker, Gardner joined BBC World as a producer and reporter in 1995. He became the BBC's first full-time Gulf correspondent in 1997, before being appointed BBC Middle East correspondent in 1999. After the 11 September attacks on New York, Gardner specialised in covering stories related to the War on Terror.

Monique Luiz, also known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl", is an American former child model best known for starring in the Daisy advertisement, part of the incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's re-election campaign. Working under the stage name Monique Cozy, her first commercial came at age two. She appeared in advertisements for various American companies like Kodak, Velveeta and Prudential Insurance. She moved to France in 1975, where she remained until her adulthood, and returned to the US in 1983. She appeared in the 2014 documentary Bombs Away, and was enlisted by the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to appear in a "sequel" for her presidential campaign against Donald Trump.

Gregory James LeMond is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship and a three-time winner of the Tour de France, LeMond is considered by many to be the greatest American cyclist of all time, one of the great all-round cyclists of the modern era, and an icon of the sport's globalisation.

Serge Van Laeken, known as Marka, is a Belgian singer, songwriter, composer and film-maker.

Curt Smith is an English-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and co-founding member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Smith played the bass guitar, co-wrote several of the band's songs, and sang lead vocals on the hits "Mad World", "Pale Shelter", "Change", "The Way You Are", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Advice for the Young at Heart". Smith possesses a tenor singing voice.

María del Sol is a Mexican singer. She is the daughter of lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of Peggy Echánove and actor Alonso Echánove.

Dexter Scott King is an American civil rights activist and the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. King is also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King.

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, known professionally as Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal, Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic folk band Clannad in 1980 on keyboards and backing vocals. She left in 1982 with their manager and producer Nicky Ryan to pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Enya developed her sound over the following four years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age, Celtic, classical, church, and folk music. She has sung in ten languages.

Martín Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, currently the manager of the Chile national team.