page_title: 1961
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 / Births / March
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek Finance minister Dr. Yanis Varoufakis at a press conference that took place at a meeting between German Finance minister Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble and his Greek counterpart on 5 February 2015 at Berlin. Deutsch: Bei der Pressekonferenz anlässlich des Treffens zwischen Bundesfinanzminister Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble und seinem griechischen Amtskollegen Dr. Giannis Varoufakis am 5. Februar 2015 in Berlin.
context_page_description: 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1961st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 961st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1960s decade.
  As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first "upside-up" year — i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down, a strobogrammatic number — since 1881. The next such year will be 6009.
context_section_description: March 1 – Michael Sundin, English television presenter (d. 1989)
  March 3
  Milorad Mandić, Serbian actor (d. 2016)
  Mary Page Keller, American actress
  John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer
  March 4
  Ray Mancini, American boxer
  Steven Weber, American actor
  Roger Wessels, South African golfer
  March 5 – Charles Poliquin, Canadian strength coach
  March 6 – John Blake American football coach
  March 9
  Mike Leach, American college football coach
  Rick Steiner, American professional wrestler
  March 10
  Mike Bullard, American hockey player
  Laurel Clark, American astronaut (d. 2003)
  Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
  March 11 – Elias Koteas, Canadian film and television actor
  March 14
  Kim Boyce, American Christian musician
  Gary Dell'Abate, American radio producer
  Marc Koska, English businessman and inventor
  March 16
  Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player
  Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book creator and entrepreneur
  Michiru Ōshima, Japanese composer
  March 17
  Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician
  Alexander Bard, Swedish musician (Army of Lovers)
  Sam Bowie, American basketball player
  Dana Reeve, American actress, singer and activist (d. 2006)
  Casey Siemaszko, American actor
  March 21
  Kassie DePaiva, American actress
  Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
  March 22
  Simon Furman, British comic book writer
  March 23
  Norrie McCathie, Scottish footballer (d. 1996)
  Ali Hewson, Irish activist and businesswoman
  Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster
  March 24
  Mitsuru Ogata, Japanese voice actor
  Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist, Greek Finance Minister
  March 25 – Reggie Fils-Aimé, American businessman
  March 26 – William Hague, former UK Foreign Secretary and former Leader of the UK Conservative Party
  March 27 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z)
  March 28 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
  March 29
  Amy Sedaris, American actress, comedian and writer
  Gerardo Teissonniere, Puerto Rican pianist
  March 30 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
  March 31 – Gary Winick, American filmmaker (d. 2011)
caption: Yanis Varoufakis
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