List of Famous people who born in 1961

Goran Petrović is a Serbian writer and academic.

Cuono "Nello" Di Costanzo is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward.

Lothar Heinz Wieler is a German veterinarian and microbiologist who has been serving as president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) since 2015. In this capacity, he advises the German Federal and State Governments on topics of public health, especially infection hazards, and on the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand novelist, playwright, journalist, television writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing the biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and The Two Popes (2019). He received Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.

Perry Benson is an English character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995–1997) and Operation Good Guys (1997–2000). His first television appearance was as "Boy on Stairs" in the second episode of the BBC Children's drama, Grange Hill, in 1978.

Helen Grant is a British Conservative Party politician. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald since 2010, when she succeeded Ann Widdecombe.

Catherine Lloyd Burns is an actress and writer, best known for her role as Caroline Miller in the TV show Malcolm in the Middle.