List of Famous people who born in 1961

Sergey Yevgenyevich Tsivilyov, is a Ukrainian-born Russian statesman, politician, economist and former military officer who is currently serving as the 3rd Governor of Kemerovo Oblast since 17 September 2018. He is the member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.

Constantine Alexander Payne is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999), About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), Nebraska (2013), and Downsizing (2017). His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2017, Metacritic ranked Payne 2nd on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century.

Lisa Read Bloom is an American attorney known for advising Harvey Weinstein amid sexual abuse allegations and for representing women whose sexual harassment claims precipitated the firing of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News. Bloom founded and owns the Bloom Firm, a law firm that has represented clients including Kathy Griffin and Mischa Barton. Bloom was also the anchor of Lisa Bloom: Open Court, a two-hour live legal news program on truTV's In Session, from 2006 to 2009.

Kenichi Endō is a Japanese actor and writer. He is best known for his roles in Visitor Q (2001), Crows Zero (2007), Crows Zero 2 (2009), and The Raid 2: Berandal (2014). He is also known for his yakuza roles, such as Joji Yazaki, the head of Soshu Family Syndicate and the main antagonist of Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2, and Hideaki Goto, the head of Goto Family, a powerful yakuza family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta in The Raid 2: Berandal.

Jeremy Philip Northam is an English actor. After a number of television roles, he earned attention as Mr. Knightley in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. He has appeared in the films An Ideal Husband, Gosford Park, Amistad, The Winslow Boy, Enigma, and Martin and Lewis, amongst others. He also played Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors. From 2016 to 2017 he appeared as Anthony Eden in the Netflix series The Crown.

József Szájer is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) of the Fidesz party. He resigned as MEP on 29 November 2020 after having been caught by Belgian police at a gay sex party on the night of 27 November, in violation of local COVID-19 regulations.

Shane Black is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long Kiss Goodnight. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987).

Virginia Gayle Madsen is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in Class (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. After moving to Los Angeles, director David Lynch cast her as Princess Irulan in the science fiction film Dune (1984). Madsen then starred in a series of successful teen movies, including Electric Dreams (1984), Modern Girls (1986), and Fire with Fire (1986).

Sir Simon William English served as the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017.

Toby Keith Covel is an American country singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several Top Ten singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated.