List of Famous people who born in 1961

Hervé Maurey is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Eure department. He is a member of the New Centre (NC). He has been the mayor of Bernay, Eure since 2003.

Julius Kariuki was the winner of the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sa'duddin was an Indonesian politician and a member of the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Giles Nuttgens, BSC is a British cinematographer, perhaps best known for the 2016 film Hell or High Water, for which he received a 2017 BAFTA nomination and 2020 film Enola Holmes. Fans of independent art house fare may also be familiar with his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children (2012). He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Water.

Marius Nacht 1962–) is one of Israel's leading serial entrepreneurs, founders and investors. In 1993 Marius Nacht co-founded Check Point Software, along with Gil Shwed & Shlomo Kramer, and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Israel’s cybersecurity industry. They launched their tiny startup with a mere loan of $300K, and built Check Point into a Nasdaq 100 company with a market cap of about $18 billion. Nacht served in various managerial roles including R&D, Product, Sales, Marketing, and Support. In 2020, he stepped down as Chairman of Check Point, to focus on healthtech initiatives and other ventures he has founded and funded.