List of Famous people who born in 1961

Ian Cameron Mercer is an English actor. He is known for playing Gary Mallett in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 to 2000, having previously appeared in 1987 as a different character. His other television credits include Brookside (1982–83), Cracker (1993), and The Street (2007).

Kent Nielsen is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Silkeborg IF. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup with AaB. He started his coaching career as caretaker manager of AGF, before getting his breakthrough with AC Horsens, guiding the club to promotion to the top-flight Superliga championship in 2005. He has also coached Superliga clubs Brøndby IF and OB.

Hauke Jagau is a German politician (SPD).

Arnis Mednis is a Latvian singer. He represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Denmark with the song, "Too Much", and finished in 18th place out of the 23 competing nations, with 16 points.