1981 deaths

Danish diplomat (1925-1981)

American musician (1904-1981)

Austro-Hungarian flying ace

Panamanian academic and poet (1900-1981)

association football player (1914–1981)

Olympic gymnast (1941–1981)

Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" ("king of poets") and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Mat

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

gymnast (1883–1981)

Danish mathematician and astronomer (1885-1981)

Stage and film actress (1917-1981)

English actress (1909-1981)

African philosopher (1912-1981)

Algerian footballer (1955-1981)

Russian composer (1905–1981)

Soviet plasma physicist (1903–1981)

Hungarian art historian (1899-1981)

actress (1919–1981)

Irish hunger striker (1956-1981)

American musician (1920–1981)

Portuguese writer (1921–1981)

gymnast (1886–1981)

American clinical and research psychologist (1909–1981)

Swedish silent film actress (1888–1981)

American art historian and museum director (1902-1981)

Indian composer (1903-1981)

Egyptian poet

American writer (1902–1981)

Swiss racing driver (1940-1981)

Canadian-British ice hockey player (1899–1981)

American composer (1901-1981)

American actress (1902-1981)

Cook Islands politician (1907-1981)

French diplomat (1905-1981)

American politician (1915-1981)

Egyptian poet (1892-1981)

Italian engineer (1891–1981)

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

actress (1910-1981)

Wilopo (21 October 1909 – 20 January 1981) was an Indonesian statesman and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Indonesia from April 1952 to August 1953. He served in various other positions during his career, including as the speaker of the Constitutional Assembly and the chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council. He also held ministerial offices in several cabinets, including as the minister of labour, the minister of economic affairs, and the minister of defense.

American priest, Martyr and Blessed (1935–1981)

British journalist (1904-1981)

Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician (1909-1981)

Soviet geophysicist, Hero of the Soviet Union (1910–1981)

French skier (1902–1981)

South African journalist, novelist, and lecturer (1913–1981)

Soviet athletics competitor (1917–1981)

musicologist (1898–1981)

American television personality, actor, emcee and game show host (1917-1981)

Italian oil tycoon. (1909–1981)

gymnast

Finnish politician (1894-1981)

polo player (1895–1981)

French botanist (1891-1981)

American statistician (1910-1981)

Canadian mathematician (1914–1981)

Chinese politician and diplomat (1904–1981)

sailor (1899–1981)

American actor (1912-1981)

British actress (1895-1981)