List of Famous people who born in 1961

Mikhail Dmitrievich Balakin is a Russian billionaire, chairman of the SU-155 group of companies and Moscow politician, member of the Moscow City Duma from 38th constituency.

Wakako Matsumoto , better known by the stage name Kujira , is a Japanese voice actress from the Tokyo Metropolis area. She is employed by 81 Produce. Her best-known roles are Otose in Gin Tama and Orochimaru in Naruto. She also voices Sakura Ogami in Danganronpa and the Scooter Lady in the You're Under Arrest series.

Rubén Darío Insúa is an Argentine former football player who works as a manager. The last team he managed was the Colombian team Deportivo Cali. He was the club's manager since approximately October 2011 until 4 March 2012. He has defended Argentina several times. During his playing career, he earned the nickname "el Poeta del Futbol".

Josimar Higino Pereira, more commonly known as Josimar, is a Brazilian former footballer. Throughout his career, he played as a right-back, mainly with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and the Brazilian national team. In his prime, he was named the best right-back in the world by FIFA. He is currently assistant coach at Botafogo.

Patrice Lair is a French football coach. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club EA Guingamp.

Alain Portes is a French handball player and coach, who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He coaches the Algerian national team, and have formerly coached the Tunisian national team and France women's national team.

Dora Heldt is a German writer. Several of her novels have reached the top of German bestselling lists, including her 2009 novel Tante Inge haut ab, which got to second place.

Lu Qi is a Chinese-American software executive and engineer who is the head of MiraclePlus, a startup incubator in China. Previously, Lu was the head of Y Combinator China until it was shut down. He was formerly chief operating officer of Baidu until he stepped down in May 2018. He has served as executive vice president of Microsoft, leading development of Bing, Skype, and Microsoft Office, and software engineer and manager for Yahoo!'s search technology division.

Danae Stratou is a Greek visual and installation artist and former adjunct professor of fine art. She was born in Athens in 1964.

Carlos Enrique Estrada Mosquera is a Colombian football forward who played for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club.