List of Famous people who born in 1961

Chao Chuan, known sometimes as "Chief" Chao, is a Taiwanese pop singer.

Horace Chin Wan-kan, born 8 November 1961), better known by his pen name Chin Wan, is a Hong Kong scholar advocating localism, best known for his publications On the Hong Kong City-State series. He is the founder and leader of the Hong Kong Resurgence Order and is the ideological leader of the "Hong Kong Autonomy Movement," dubbed as the "godfather of localism" in Hong Kong. Until mid-2016, Chin was an assistant professor at the Department of Chinese of the Lingnan University.

Lita Cabellut is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. Cabellut works on large scale canvases using a contemporary variation of the fresco technique.

Gültan Kışanak is a Turkish politician from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Turkey. Kışanak is a Kurd from Elazığ.

Ingo Althöfer is a German mathematician at the University of Jena, where he holds the chair of operations research.

Gonzalo Arconada Echarri is a Spanish football manager.

Hernando César Molina Araújo is a Colombian politician. Son of Hernando Molina Céspedes and Consuelo Araújo, he studied at the Colegio Nacional Loperena in Valledupar and later studied Law in the Antonio Nariño University, but dropped out. He declares himself a self-taught man. Molina was governor of the Colombian Department of Cesar for the period 2004–2007, a term which he did not complete due to his involvement in the Parapolitica scandal. he was called to testify on May 17, 2007 at the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia.

Li Yi Ph.D. is a sociologist. He is the author of several books and journal articles on sociology.

Éric Rochant is a French film director and screenwriter. He is an alumnus of the IDHEC (FEMIS) from the generation of Arnaud Desplechin and Noémie Lvovsky. Rochant is of Jewish background.

Liu Ning is a Chinese politician, serving since August 2018 as the Governor of Qinghai. He spent much of his career in water resources.