Births in 1961
See also Deaths in 1961
- Fiona Phillips born 1 January 1961
- Todd Haynes born 2 January 1961
- Susannah Constantine born 8 January 1961
- Janet Jones born 10 January 1961
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus born 13 January 1961
- Wayne Coyne born 13 January 1961
- Mark Messier born 18 January 1961
- Daniel Johnston born 22 January 1961
- Nastassja Kinski born 24 January 1961
- Wayne Gretzky born 26 January 1961
- Alexander Payne born 10 February 1961
- Henry Rollins born 13 February 1961
- Andy Taylor born 16 February 1961
- Christopher Atkins born 21 February 1961
- Ricky Gervais born 25 February 1961
- Rae Chong born 28 February 1961
- Camryn Manheim born 8 March 1961
- Elias Koteas born 11 March 1961
- Todd McFarlane born 16 March 1961
- Dana Reeve born 17 March 1961
- Steve Holmes born 23 March 1961
- John Stockwell born 25 March 1961
- Amy Sedaris born 26 March 1961
- Billy Warlock born 26 March 1961
- Michael Winterbottom born 29 March 1961
- Christopher Meloni born 2 April 1961
- Eddie Murphy born 3 April 1961
- Rory Bremner born 6 April 1961
- Lisa Gerrard born 12 April 1961
- Liz Callaway born 13 April 1961
- Daniel Clowes born 14 April 1961
- Robert Carlyle born 14 April 1961
- Jane Leeves born 18 April 1961
- Joan Chen born 26 April 1961
- Isiah Thomas born 30 April 1961
- George Clooney born 6 May 1961
- Bruce McCulloch born 12 May 1961
- Dennis Rodman born 13 May 1961
- Tim Roth born 14 May 1961
- Kevin McDonald born 16 May 1961
- Enya born 17 May 1961
- Peri Gilpin born 27 May 1961
- Melissa Etheridge born 29 May 1961
- Harry Enfield born 30 May 1961
- Ralph Carter born 30 May 1961
- Carl Lewis born 1 June 1961
- Tom Araya born 6 June 1961
- Michael Fox born 9 June 1961
- Aaron Sorkin born 9 June 1961
- Kim Deal born 10 June 1961
- Caroline Quentin born 11 June 1961
- Boy George born 14 June 1961
- Thomas Haden Church born 17 June 1961
- Timur Bekmambetov born 25 June 1961
- Meera Syal born 27 June 1961
- Princess Diana born 1 July 1961
- Toby Keith born 8 July 1961
- Jackie Earle Haley born 14 July 1961
- Forest Whitaker born 15 July 1961
- Elizabeth McGovern born 18 July 1961
- Woody Harrelson born 23 July 1961
- Laurence Fishburne born 30 July 1961
- Dana Sparks born 1 August 1961
- Barack Obama born 4 August 1961
- The Edge born 8 August 1961
- David Brooks born 11 August 1961
- Susan Olsen born 14 August 1961
- Jared Harris born 24 August 1961
- Ally Walker born 25 August 1961
- Virginia Madsen born 11 September 1961
- Dave Mustaine born 13 September 1961
- Dan Marino born 15 September 1961
- James Gandolfini born 18 September 1961
- Bonnie Hunt born 22 September 1961
- Elizabeth Pena born 23 September 1961
- Heather Locklear born 25 September 1961
- Irvine Welsh born 27 September 1961
- Andy Lau born 27 September 1961
- Eric Stoltz born 30 September 1961
- Crystal Bernard born 30 September 1961
- Isaac Mizrahi born 14 October 1961
- Bob Mould born 16 October 1961
- Wynton Marsalis born 18 October 1961
- Chad Smith born 25 October 1961
- Dylan McDermott born 26 October 1961
- Peter Jackson born 31 October 1961
- Ralph Macchio born 4 November 1961
- Leif Garrett born 8 November 1961
- Nadia Comaneci born 12 November 1961
- Meg Ryan born 19 November 1961
- Mariel Hemingway born 22 November 1961
- Arundhati Roy born 24 November 1961
- Steve Oedekerk born 27 November 1961
- Alfonso Cuaron born 28 November 1961
- Martin Clunes born 28 November 1961
- Tom Sizemore born 29 November 1961
- Jeremy Northam born 1 December 1961
- Ann Coulter born 8 December 1961
- Bill Hicks born 16 December 1961
- Scott Cohen born 19 December 1961
- Sean Hannity born 30 December 1961
