1981 deaths

(1899-1981) Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer (1899-1981)

Spanish actor (1919-1981)

British actor (1895–1981)

Italian film and voice actress (1918–1981)

Polish footballer (1914-1981)

American rower (1903-1981)

gymnast (1888–1981)

Spanish tennis player

American aeronautical engineer and painter (1912-1981)

actress (1904–1981)

Australian artist (1912-1981)

American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981)

sailor (1893-1981)

American racing driver (1928-1981)

Czech prehistorian (1900–1981)

West German rower (1952–1981)

English footballer (1914–1981)

Czech musician (1951-1981)

Canadian politician (1896-1981)

Canoe racer (1928-1981)

Finnish soldier (1889–1981)

English dramatist, playwright, memoirist (1889-1981)

African-American NAACP leader

59th Governor of Rhode Island (1901–1981)

British classical scholar and philosopher (1906–1981)

Dutch painter (1895-1981)

American architect (1895–1981)

President of Guatemala (1912-1981)

American actress

American jazz trumpeter (1916–1981)

Egyptian singer

French cyclist (1894–1981)

Irish republican (1957–1981)

French composer (1907-1981)

American writer, playwright (1906–1981)

American actress (1941-1981)

boxer (1898-1981)

Italian painter (1911-1981)

Polish military officer and footballer (1897-1981)

Italian rower (1900-1981)

President of Nicaragua from 1966 to 1967

Austrian actor (1922–1981)

Swedish botanist (1894-1981)

sailor (1896-1981)

sailor (1891–1981)

Brazilian martial artist (1889–1981)

Danish gymnast (1900–1982)

Soviet architect (1901-1981)

Austrian composer

French actress (1892–1981)

Member of Sicilian Mafia (1939-1981)

Russian footballer (1937-1981)

French footballer (1916–1981)

American film actor (1893-1981)

association football player (1914–1981)

English writer (1921-1981)

British record producer, record label owner, and the manager of The Who

Swedish singer

Anglo-Indian dancer and actress

Russian composer (1905–1981)