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In 1961, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born. Sometime this year, reference book writer David J. Howe was born. People with known 1961 birthdays included:
- 12 January - Actor Sean Blowers was born.[1]
- 12 January - Actor Simon Russell Beale was born.[2]
- 19 February - Actor Susan Baker was born.
- 20 February - Actor Imogen Stubbs was born.[3]
- 11 March - Writer Jake Arnott was born.[4]
- 16 March - Actor Elizabeth McKechnie was born.[5]
- 22 March - Writer Simon Furman was born.[6]
- 28 March - Actor Orla Brady was born.[7]
- 3 April - Actor Edward Highmore was born.
- 9 April - Actor Perry Benson was born.[8]
- 23 April - Comic penciller Art Wetherell was born.[9]
- 25 April - Actor Cyril Nri was born.[10]
- 2 May - Writer Tom Arden was born.[11]
- 3 May - Actor Michael Gould was born.[12]
- 6 May - Actor Pippa Haywood was born.[13]
- 14 May - Writer David Quantick was born.[14]
- 17 May - Actor Corey Johnson was born.[15]
- 20 May - Actor Owen Teale was born.[16]
- 26 May - Actor Dean Hollingsworth was born.[17]
- 28 May - Actor Shobu Kapoor was born.[18]
- 2 June - Actor Liam Cunningham was born.[19]
- 2 June - Actor Sean Chapman was born.[20]
- 24 June - Actor Iain Glen was born.[21]
- 27 June - Actor Meera Syal was born.[22]
- 9 July - Actor Richard Pearce was born.[23]
- 16 August - Actor Saskia Reeves was born.[24]
- 24 August - Writer David J. Howe was born.[25]
- 25 August - Artist Kev Hopgood was born.[26]
- 9 September - Actor Jamie Bradley was born.
- 14 September - Writer Justin Richards was born.[27]
- 15 September - Actor Colin McFarlane was born.[28]
- 23 September - Actor Jay Villiers was born.
- 29 September - Actor, Writer, Director and Executive Producer Nicholas Briggs was born.[29]
- 26 October - Actor Sakuntala Ramanee was born.[30]
- 31 October - Actor Moya Brady was born.
- 18 November - Writer Steven Moffat was born.[31]
- 25 November - Actor Simon Fisher-Becker was born.[32]
- 27 November - Actor Samantha Bond was born.[33]
- 28 November - Actor Martin Clunes was born.[34]
- 6 December - Actor Robin Aspland was born.
- 12 December - Actor Sarah Sutton was born.[35][36]
- 15 December - Director Paul Wilmshurst was born.[37]
- 19 December - Actor Matthew Waterhouse was born.[35]
Footnotes
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ People Pill
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- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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- ↑ Locus Mag
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- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Burrell, Ian (17 December 2011). Steven Moffat: Storyteller in chief. The Independent. Retrieved on 10 September 2019.
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
- ↑ Doctor Who Official (12 December 2016). Happy birthday to Sarah Sutton - the brilliant Nyssa of Traken!. Twitter. Retrieved on 13 December 2016.
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide