List of Famous people who born in 1961

Andrey Borisovich Perlov is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.

Dayna Smith is an American photojournalist. She worked at The Washington Post for 21 years before going freelance. In 1999 she won World Press Photo of the Year.

Risto Isomäki is a Finnish author of science fiction books. His 2005 novel The Sands of Sarasvati was nominated for the Finlandia Prize in 2005 and won the Tähtivaeltaja Award in 2006. Two of his novels, The Sands of Sarasvati and Lithium-6 have been published in English, along with a graphic novel adaptation of The Sands of Sarasvati.

Adrian Johnston is an English musician and composer for film and television, who resides in London and Samois-sur-Seine.

Cliff Lyons is an indigenous Australian former international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Clive Churchill Medallist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning grand finals with them in 1987 and 1996. Lyons also represented New South Wales and Australia, being part of the successful 1990 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France.

Stefan Ruzowitzky is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.