List of Famous people who born in 1961

Sophie Cluzel is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been as the Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 17 May 2017.

William Woodard Self is an English author, journalist, political commentator and television personality. He has written eleven novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas, and five collections of non-fiction writing.

Kirsten Fehrs is a Lutheran bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.

Gary Joseph Knipfing, better known by his stage name Gary Valentine, is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is the older brother of actor Kevin James. He starred as Danny Heffernan in The King of Queens (1998–2007) as Kevin James' cousin.

Austin Scott Miller is a United States Army general who currently serves as the commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan. He previously served as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command from March 30, 2016 to August 2018. He participated in numerous combat operations, such as the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, and, since 2001, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He assumed his current assignment on September 2, 2018.

Angela Christine Smith is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge from 2010 to 2019 and MP for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she was previously an MP for the Labour Party and Change UK. She was also an Independent politician before joining the Liberal Democrats.

María Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio is a Spanish politician, journalist and businesswomen who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014.

Georg Bätzing is a German Catholic theologian who has been Bishop of Limburg since 2016 and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference since March 2020.

Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association football manager and former player who played as defender and former international player.

Chris Chavis is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under a legend's contract. He is part of the Lumbee tribe. He is best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and 2005 to 2007. His ring name is a Lakota word that means "buffalo".