page_title: 1961
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: Emilie de Ravin &amp; Robert Carlyle Once Upon a Time Panel at the 2014 Comic-Con International.
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: April 1
  Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
  Kujira, Japanese voice actress
  April 2 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
  April 3
  Elizabeth Gracen, American beauty queen, actress and model
  Eddie Murphy, African-American actor and comedian
  Edward Highmore, English actor
  April 5 – Lisa Zane, American actress
  April 6 – Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2000)
  April 7
  DONDI, American graffiti artist (d. 1998)
  Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
  April 9 – Mick Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 2019)
  April 10 – Rudy Dhaenens, Belgian road bicycle racer (d. 1998)
  April 11 – Vincent Gallo, American actor
  April 12 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
  April 14
  Robert Carlyle, Scottish film and television actor
  Neil Dougherty, American basketball coach (d. 2011)
  Humberto Martins, Brazilian actor
  April 17
  Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader
  Boomer Esiason, American football player and color commentator
  Greg Gianforte, U.S. Representative from Montana's at large district
  Daphna Kastner, Canadian actress
  April 18 – Jane Leeves, English actress
  April 20
  Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
  Don Mattingly, American baseball player
  April 21
  John Jairo Arias Tascón 'Pinina', Colombian criminal (d. 1990)
  Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress
  April 22 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian musician and composer (d. 1996)
  April 23
  Dirk Bach, German actor and comedian (d. 2012)
  George Lopez, American actor and comedian
  April 26
  Mike Francis, Italian singer and composer (d. 2009)
  Anthony Cumia, American radio personality
  April 27 – Moana Pozzi, Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician (d. 1994)
  April 28 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
  April 29 – Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese voice actor
  April 30 – Isiah Thomas, African-American basketball player, coach and team owner
caption: Robert Carlyle
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