Upside Down You're Turning Me

As far as I can think, the only years of the last millenium that read the same upside down were:

1001
1111
1691
1881
1961

Maybe there's some others, but that bitch-whore Kelly just met tough-guy Jake at the beach which means she's about to have her heart broken and we're about to get Melrose Place, so excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!

But 1881 and 1961 are close enough that someone coulda been born in 1881 and died in 1961, no? How cool would that be? Lemme go to Wikipedia, see if there's an example...

YES!

George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881) (that's so weird, he's my favorite jurist/educator!!!  LOVE that guy!)
Max Weber, Polish-American artist (b. 1881) (some Polack)