Curated category
1961 births
- Barack ObamaBarack Obama was born on the 4th of August 1961, at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Peter JacksonPeter Jackson was born on the 31st of October 1961 in Wellington, New Zealand. He grew up in a suburb called Pukerua Bay with parents who had immigrated from…
- David A. BellDavid Avrom Bell entered the world in 1961 within a Jewish family in New York City. His father Daniel Bell worked as a sociologist while his mother Pearl…
- Isiah ThomasIsiah Lord Thomas III arrived in Chicago on the 30th of April 1961. He grew up as the youngest of nine children on the city's West Side.
- Julia GillardJulia Eileen Gillard was born on the 29th of September 1961 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Her father John Oliver Gillard worked as a psychiatric nurse…
- Eric Allin CornellEric Allin Cornell arrived in Palo Alto, California on the 19th of December 1961. His parents were finishing their graduate studies at Stanford University…
- Julia Louis-DreyfusJulia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus was born in New York City on the 13th of January 1961. Her father Gérard Louis-Dreyfus was a French billionaire who…
- EnyaEithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin arrived in the Dore area of Gaoth Dobhair, known as Gweedore, on the 17th of May 1961. She grew up as the sixth child among…
- Yuri MilnerYuri Milner was born on the 11th of November 1961 in Moscow. He grew up as the second child of Soviet intellectuals. His father worked at the Institute of…
- Richard FoltzRichard Foltz began his life in 1961 as a Canadian citizen. He did not start as an academic historian. His early career took him to Europe where he worked as…
- Lothar MatthäusLothar Herbert Matthäus entered the world on the 21st of March 1961 in Erlangen, Bavaria. His father Heinz worked as a canteen manager after fleeing across…