List of Famous people who born in 1961

María P. Neira is a Spanish physician, international civil servant and diplomat, who has since 2005, served as the Director of the Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health Department (PHE) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Beatriz Kicis Torrents de Sordi, better known as Bia Kicis, is a Brazilian politician, activist, YouTuber, lawyer, and former attorney general for Brazil's Federal District, affiliated to the conservative Social Liberal Party. A self-declared right-winger, she defends the use of verifiable paper records to prevent electoral fraud in the Brazilian electronic voting system. Kicis was elected federal deputy for the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 general election.

Veselin Vujović is a Montenegrin former handball player and manager. He is the current manager of Borac Banja Luka.

Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe Province, which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three-time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout. He never lost a fight by knockout.

Louise Mushikiwabo is the fourth and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also served as Government Spokesperson. She had previously been Minister of Information.

Andrew Fung Wai-kwong is the current Information Coordinator for the Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., is a Brazilian scientist, physician and Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience at Duke University, best known for his pioneering work surrounding brain-machine interface technology.

Luca Zingaretti is an Italian actor, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Rome. He is the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti.

Hakim Ben Hammouda is a Tunisian economist and was recently appointed the interim Finance Minister of Tunisia by the Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa. He has previously worked with the African Development Bank.

Henri Falcón Fuentes is a Venezuelan politician. He was mayor for two consecutive terms of Barquisimeto, Iribarren Municipality (2000–2008) and governor of Lara State (2008–2017). He was a candidate in the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election.