page_title: 1961
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 / Births / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Vidhya Bhandari in a program on women's participation in politics.
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: June 1
  Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
  Dilipkumar Viraji Thakor, Indian politician
  June 2 – Dez Cadena, American musician
  June 3
  Lawrence Lessig, American academic and political activist
  Ed Wynne, English musician (Ozric Tentacles)
  June 4
  El DeBarge, American urban singer; was member of American urban group DeBarge
  Sam Harris, American actor and pop musician
  June 5
  Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
  Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
  Rosie Kane, Member of Scottish Parliament
  June 6 – Tom Araya, Chilean-born rock musician (Slayer)
  June 8 – Katy Garbi, Greek singer
  June 9
  Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer and author
  Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer and playwright
  June 10
  Kim and Kelley Deal, American musicians
  Maxi Priest, born Max Elliott, British reggae singer
  June 14 – Boy George, born George O'Dowd, British singer-songwriter and music producer
  June 15 – Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer
  June 17
  Muslimgauze, British ethnic electronica and experimental musician (d. 1999)
  Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese voice actor
  June 18
  Sakahoko Nobushige, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2019)
  Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
  Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter
  June 19 – Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 2nd President of Nepal
  June 20 – Karin Kania, German speed skater
  June 21 
  Iztok Mlakar, Slovenian singer-songwriter and theatre actor
  Joko Widodo, 7th President of Indonesia
  June 23
  Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
  David Leavitt, American novelist
  June 24
  Raja Yong Sofia, Malaysian aristocrat
  Lisa Bevill, American Christian musician
  Iain Glen, Scottish actor
  Curt Smith, British singer and keyboardist
  June 25
  Jamil Khir Baharom, Malaysian politician and former military officer
  Mike Breen, American broadcaster
  Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, writer, director, and singer in Seona Dancing
  June 26 – Greg LeMond, American cyclist
  June 27
  Tim Whitnall, English playwright, screenwriter and actor
  Meera Syal, British-Indian comedian and actress
  June 28
  Jeff Malone, American basketball player
  Eliezer Melamed, Israeli rabbi
  June 29
  Greg Hetson, American rock guitarist
  Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer and dancer
caption: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
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