List of Famous people who born in 1961

Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, is a Jamaican-born Canadian former sprinter, who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. During the 1987–88 season he held the World fastest Man title, breaking both the 100m and the 60m indoor World Records. He was stripped of his gold medals in the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Summer Olympics after being disqualified for doping.

Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, daughter of Carmozina Motta dos Santos and Francisco dos Santos, known as Flordelis, is a Brazilian Contemporary Christian singer, pastor and former member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Rio de Janeiro. She belonged to the party Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (MDB) between 2004 and 2018, but has been a member of Partido Social Democrático (PSD) since 2018.

Michael Dean Lockwood is an American guitarist and producer. He is known for producing and performing with Lisa Marie Presley, Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple among others.

James Mathew Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He has played numerous minor roles in film and guest appearances on television, and often substitutes doing voice work for his older brother Tom Hanks. He has produced, directed, and filmed several short films. Hanks made his film debut in Buford's Beach Bunnies (1993).

Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. is an American actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Red Planet (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He also played Joey, Marissa's jealous ex-boyfriend in the film Zyzzyx Road (2006), and Anthony Sinclair in the revival television series Twin Peaks (2017).

Heng Swee Keat is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has served as the 12th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore since May 2019, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies since July 2020 and Minister for Finance since October 2015. He has also served as the First Assistant Secretary-General of PAP since November 2018. He has served the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Coast GRC for Bedok since July 2020. He served as the MP for Tampines GRC for Tampines Central from May 2011 to June 2020. He also served as the Minister for Education from May 2011 to September 2015.

Sally Yeh, sometimes credited as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-Man, is a Taiwanese-Canadian Cantopop singer and actress.

Sandra Myrna Díaz ForMemRS is an Argentinian ecologist and professor of ecology at the National University of Córdoba. She studies the functional traits of plants and investigates how plants impact the ecosystem.

Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor.

Ahmed Aboutaleb is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since 5 January 2009.