List of Famous people who born in 1961

Thomas J. Kinne is a German translator, author, editor, proofreader, travel writer, movie expert, comic-book collector. He became widely known in his home country for his frequent appearances as a contestant and winner on a wide variety of game shows on German and U.S. television. Since 2018, he is one of the “chasers” on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German version of the U.K. game show The Chase.

Prince Heinrich of Hanover is a historian and publisher in Göttingen with publishing firm MatrixMedia.

Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist, especially opposing political corruption.

William Camp is an American character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Lincoln (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love and Mercy (2015), Loving (2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), and Joker (2019), as well as the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The Outsider in 2020, and the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit in 2020.

Hannelore Kraft is a German politician. She served as the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011, she was the President of the Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office. She is the former leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and served on the SPD's federal executive from November 2009 until May 2017, and was one of the four federal deputy chairs.

Cássio Gabus Mendes is a Brazilian actor.

Jörg Schüttauf is a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. Since 2002 he has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort.

Sergio Scariolo is an Italian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the head coach of the senior Spain national team.

Birol Ünel was a Turkish-German actor who played in German and Turkish films, television, and theatrical productions. He was perhaps best known for his role as the alcoholic Cahit Tomruk in Fatih Akin's 2004 drama film Head-On, for which he received the German film prize for Best Actor.

Pascal Olmeta is a French former football goalkeeper who played for Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais in the 1990s.