List of Famous people who born in 1961

Anne Gellinek is a German journalist and TV host. Gellinek is the Brussels Bureau Chief of German public-service television broadcaster ZDF and was ranked as number 6 among influential women in Brussels by European affairs weekly newspaper Politico in 2018.

Zhou Naixiang is a Chinese political figure and state-owned enterprise executive, currently serving as the chairman of China State Construction Engineering.

Hernán Martín Pérez Redrado is an Argentine economist. He served as President of the Central Bank between 2004 and 2010.

Günter Bresnik is an Austrian tennis coach.

Hennadiy Viktorovych Balashov is a Ukrainian businessman, blogger, politician and leader of 5.10 political party. He is an advocate of a radical reform of Ukraine's tax system, so-called "Tax Paradise for humanity".

Erwin Koeman is a Dutch retired professional football player and football manager who was last head coach of Oman.

Jean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger, and musician, primarily a keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth, a result of negligence in the hospital incubator, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.

Wang Ning is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Yunnan. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

João Fernando Cotrim de Figueiredo is a Portuguese businessman and Liberal Initiative politician. He was the party's first member of the Assembly of the Republic, for the Lisbon District, in October 2019. In December, he was elected leader of the party.

Klaus-Peter Willsch is a German politician of the CDU party and member of the Bundestag, representing Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg.