List of Famous people who born in 1961

Erden Eruç is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, United States. The journey had started from Bodega Bay a little more than five years earlier on 10 July 2007. The modes of transport included a rowboat to cross the oceans, a sea kayak for shorelines, a bicycle on the roads and hiking on trails, along with canoes for a few river crossings. The route he followed was 66,299 km (41,196 mi) long, crossed the equator twice and all lines of longitude, and passed over twelve pairs of antipodal points, meeting all the requirements for a true circumnavigation of the globe. Guinness World Records has officially recognized Eruç for the "First solo circumnavigation of the globe using human power" on a journey that lasted 5 years 11 days 12 hours and 22 minutes.

Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn is an English actress and writer.

Katherine Kelly Lang is an American actress. She is best known for playing Brooke Logan in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful for the CBS Daytime programming block.

Maria Aparecida Pereira Anastásio is a Brazilian actress, director, and producer.

Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter is a convicted murderer and impostor. Born in Germany, he is currently serving a prison sentence in California. In his late teens, Gerhartsreiter moved to the US, where he lived under a succession of aliases while variously claiming to be an actor, director, art collector, a physicist, a ship's captain, a negotiator of international debt agreements, and an English aristocrat.

Gary Ablett Sr., is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players, and was especially renowned for his high-flying spectacular marks and his prolific goalkicking.

Elizabeth Ann Holloway is an American speech pathologist and motivational speaker. She became widely known in the international media after her eighteen-year-old daughter, Natalee, disappeared while she was on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005.

Helmut Bradl is a German former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He raced exclusively in the 250 class. His best year was in 1991 when he won 5 races on a Honda and ended the season ranked second after a tight points battle with Luca Cadalora. His son Stefan Bradl, won the 2011 Moto2 World Championship.

Dirk Heidemann is a former professional ballroom dancer, fashion model, now author, dance sport coach and choreographer from Germany. He has several years of experience in the various fields of dancing.