page_title: 1961
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Roth speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
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: May 1 – Marilyn Milian, American judge
  May 2 – Steve James, English snooker player
  May 3
  Joe Murray, American animator
  David Vitter, U.S. Senator (R-LA)
  May 4
  Jay Aston, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
  Mary Elizabeth McDonough, American actress, producer, director and author
  May 5
  Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler
  Sarah Zivale, American actress
  May 6
  George Clooney, American actor
  Wally Wingert, American actor and voice actor
  Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and European Commissioner
  May 7 – Robert Spano, American conductor and pianist
  May 8
  Bill de Blasio, 109th Mayor of New York City
  Janet McTeer, British actress
  Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
  May 9
  Rene Capo, American judoka (d. 2009)
  John Corbett, American actor and country music singer
  May 10 – Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
  May 11
  Paul Begala, American political commentator
  Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
  May 12 – Billy Duffy, British guitarist (The Cult)
  May 13 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
  May 14
  Urban Priol, German Kabarett artist and comedian
  Tim Roth, English actor and director
  May 16
  Solveig Dommartin, French actress (d. 2007)
  Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian
  Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
  May 17 – Enya, Irish musician
  May 18 – Jim Bowden, American baseball executive
  May 20 – Clive Allen, British footballer
  May 21 – Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2017)
  May 22
  Mike Breen, American sports announcer
  Ann Cusack, American actress
  May 23
  Mitar Subotić, Serbian musician and composer (d. 1999)
  Karen Duffy, American actress
  May 24 – Ilaria Alpi, Italian journalist (d. 1994)
  May 27 – Peri Gilpin, American actress
  May 28 – Roland Gift, British singer and musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
  May 29 – Melissa Etheridge, American musician
  May 30
  Ralph Carter, American actor
  Harry Enfield, English comedian, actor, writer and director
  May 31
  Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
  Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician
  Lea Thompson, American actress
caption: Tim Roth
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