Famous People Born in 1961

• Baio, Scott (September 22)

  Star of TV's Joanie Loves Chachi and Charles in Charge

• Blofeld, Ernst Stavro

  The arch-enemy of secret agent James Bond

• Boyle, Susan

  The plain-faced singer who wowed 'em on Britain's Got Talent

• Church, Thomas Haden (June 17)

  The has-been hunk Jack in the movie Sideways

• Clooney, George (May 6)

  The international star of the Ocean's Eleven films

• Clowes, Daniel (April 14)

  He did Ghost World and Art School Confidential

• Comaneci, Nadia (November 12)

  Perfect-scoring Romanian gymnast of the 1976 Olympics

• Cuarón, Alfonso (November 28)

  The Oscar-winning director of Gravity and Roma

• Diana, Princess of Wales (July 1)

  The "People's Princess" and ex-wife of Britain's Prince Charles

• Ed, Mister

  Star of the eponymous 1960s TV sitcom

• Enya (May 17)

  Singer of "Orinoco Flow" ("Sail Away")

• Etheridge, Melissa (May 29)

  Singer of "Come to My Window"

• Fishburne, Laurence (July 30)

  Morpheus in The Matrix

• Ford, Tom (August 27)

  The fashion designer who directed 'A Single Man'

• Fox, Michael J. (June 9)

  Out-of-time teen Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film series

• Gandolfini, James (September 18)

  Tony Soprano in the TV series The Sopranos

• Geithner, Timothy (August 18)

  U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2009-2013

• Gervais, Ricky (June 25)

  The creator of The Office and Extras

• Gretzky, Wayne (January 26)

  NHL legend and nine-time league MVP

• Hannity, Sean (December 30)

  The right-leaning TV host from Hannity & Colmes

• Harrelson, Woody (July 23)

  The guy from Cheers who played Larry Flynt in the movies

• Hatch, Richard (April 8)

  The original winner on the TV series Survivor

• Haynes, Todd (January 2)

  The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce

• Hunt, Bonnie (September 22)

  The mom in those Beethoven dog movies

• Jackson, Peter (October 31)

  The director of the Lord of the Rings movies

• Johnston, Daniel (January 22)

  The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?'

• Joseph, Jennifer

  The model for the latest Columbia Pictures logo

• Keith, Toby (July 8)

  Singer of "I Love This Bar"

• Kony, Joseph

  The murderous Ugandan rebel featured in the Kony 2012 video

• Lang, K.D. (November 2)

  Country and pop vocalist

• Locklear, Heather (September 25)

  The nasty Amanda on Melrose Place

• Lopez, George (April 23)

  Star of the ABC comedy George Lopez

• Louis-Dreyfus, Julia (January 13)

  Elaine on the sitcom Seinfeld

• Madsen, Virginia (September 11)

  Maya in the 2004 film Sideways

• Manz, Linda (August 20)

  The young narrator of 'Days of Heaven'

• Marsalis, Wynton (October 18)

  The trumpeter in the Marsalis jazz family

• McTeer, Janet (May 8)

   The Oscar-nominated star of Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobb

• Murphy, Eddie (April 3)

  The star of the Beverly Hills Cop films

• Obama, Barack (August 4)

  President of the United States, 2009-2017

• Parillaud, Anne (May 6)

  The star of the film La Femme Nikita

• Payne, Alexander (February 10)

  The Oscar-winning writer and director of the film Sideways

• Reed, Ralph (June 24)

  The executive director of the Christian Coalition, 1989-97

• Rodman, Dennis (May 13)

  The freaky former NBA star with the funny hair colors

• Ryan, Meg (November 19)

  Impish star of "When Harry Met Sally"

• San Giacomo, Laura (November 14)

  Maya Gallo on TV's Just Shoot Me

• Sedaris, Amy (March 29)

  The star of the oddball TV comedy Strangers With Candy

• Solnit, Rebecca (June 24)

  The author of 'The Faraway Nearby' and 'Men Explain Things to Me'

• Stubbs, Imogen (February 21)

  TV detective Anna Lee

• Werber, Bernard (September)

  Author of Empire of the Ants

• Whitaker, Forest (July 15)

  Oscar-winning star of The Last King of Scotland

• Young, Steve (October 11)

  Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers

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