List of Famous people who born in 1961

Carl Thomas Keifer is an American vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Cinderella.

Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess player. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. Chiburdanidze has won nine Women's Chess Olympiads.

Ray Mancini, best known as "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed professionally from 1979 to 1992 and who has since worked as an actor and sports commentator. He held the WBA lightweight title from 1982 to 1984. Mancini inherited his nickname from his father, boxer Lenny Mancini. In 2015, Ray was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Philip Kipchirchir Murgor is a Kenyan lawyer.

Mary Kaye Huntsman is an American activist and the wife of Jon Huntsman Jr. She launched and developed Bag of Hope and Power in You, programs that help children and teenagers deal with the emotional side of adversity with peer-to-peer and grownup support.

Maria L. Hinojosa is a Mexican-American journalist. She is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA on National Public Radio, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She is also the founder, president and CEO of Futuro Media Group, which produces the show.

Wycliffe "Wyc" K. Grousbeck is an American entrepreneur who is the majority owner and Governor of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics.

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.

Bülent Emin Yarar is a Turkish actor and theatre director.

Heiner Wilmer, SCJ is a Roman Catholic bishop, Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany and former Superior General of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians).