1981 deaths

Mexican religious (1904-1981)

Yiddish writer (1890–1981)

Norwegian writer (1922–1981)

poet

American writer (1905-1981)

French painter (1897-1981)

American boxer (1901-1981)

American serial killer (1957-1981)

writer (1909–1981)

French cyclist (1912–1981)

German geneticist (1902–1981)

Swiss composer and conductor (1895-1981)

Poet, novelist, translator (1891–1981)

screenwriter, esayist and novelist (1929–1981)

German entomologist (1890-1981)

Spanish association football player (1899-1981)

Brazilian Air Force Marshal (1896-1981)

Basque writer, politician and nationalist leader (1904-1981)

Austrian classical philologist (1896-1981)

German actress (1896–1981)

Soviet Azerbaijani painter (1898-1981)

Czech ice hockey player (1901-1981)

Chinese photojournalist

politician in the German Democratic Republic, Minister of Education (1888-1983)

Romanian writer (1902-1981)

German comedian (1927-1981)

Mexican footballer (1953-1981)

Greek novelist and journalist (1913–1981)

writer, humorist (1900–1981)

Estonian chemist and freedom fighter (1940–1981)

Israeli politician (1907–1981)

Mexican writer and diplomat

British gardener (1880-1981)

Latvian-Australian chess player (1909-1981)

Iranian film director, playwright and poet

German actor (1906-1981)

Italian association football player (1903-1981)

American actress (1895–1981)

Italian actor (1905-1981)

Norwegian cross-country skier and runner

Israeli politician (1911-1981)

Second Lady of the United States (1888-1981)

French politician (1901-1981)

Italian actor (1904–1981)

Jewish Alsatian poet (1892–1981)

Nicaraguan doctor and feminist

Dutch journalist and diplomat (1892-1981)

Indian politician (1908–1981)

Albanian resistance leader and general (1900-1981)

German photographer (1942–1981)

Polish singer (1942-1981)

(1893 - 1981), Scottish novelist, poet, educator

English comedy actress (1904-1981)

actress, singer (1911-1981)

Polish-American violinist & conductor (1892-1981)

French cyclist (1896–1981)

Brazilian journalist and art critic (1900-1981)

British cinematographer (1920-1981)

American aviator

Pakistani judge (1910–1975)