Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1981

Maurice Rose fue un piloto de automovilismo estadounidense que compitió en el Campeonato Nacional de la AAA en las décadas de 1930 a 1950. Obtuvo la victoria en las 500 Millas de Indianápolis de 1941, 1947 y 1948, y resultó puesto en 1934, tercero en 1930 y 1950, y cuarto en 1936. Asimismo, fue campeón de la AAA en 1936, subcampeón en 1934, y tercero en 1940, 1947 y 1948.

Lawrence Edward Watkin was an American writer and film producer. He has become known especially as a scriptwriter for a series of 1950s Walt Disney films.

Paul Herget was an American astronomer and director of the Cincinnati Observatory, who established the Minor Planet Center after World War II.

Sir Thomas Playford was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served continuously as Premier of South Australia and leader of the Liberal and Country League (LCL) from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965. Though controversial, it was the longest term of any elected government leader in Australian history. His tenure as premier was marked by a period of population and economic growth unmatched by any other Australian state. He was known for his parochial style in pushing South Australia's interests, and was known for his ability to secure a disproportionate share of federal funding for the state as well as his shameless haranguing of federal leaders. His string of election wins was enabled by a system of malapportionment and gerrymander that bore his name, the 'Playmander'.

Edith Schultze-Westrum fue una actriz de teatro, televisión y cine alemana.

Isobel Elsom fue una actriz teatral, cinematográfica y televisiva de nacionalidad británica.

Franz Wilhelm Beidler fue un escritor y jurista suizo hijo del director de orquesta Franz Beidler (1872–1930) y de Isolde Wagner, la primera hija «natural» de Richard Wagner y Cosima Liszt.

Bram van Velde was a Dutch painter known for an intensely colored and geometric semi-representational painting style related to Tachisme, and Lyrical Abstraction. He is often seen as member of the School of Paris but his work resides somewhere between expressionism and surrealism, and evolved in the 1960s into an expressive abstract art. His paintings from the 1950s are similar to the contemporary work of Matisse, Picasso and the abstract expressionist Adolph Gottlieb. He was championed by a number of French-speaking writers, including Samuel Beckett and the poet André du Bouchet.

Ella Tambussi Grasso fue una política estadounidense adscrita al Partido Demócrata, Ejerció como gobernadora de Connecticut en dos mandatos entre 1975 y 1980, y anteriormente fue miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos entre 1971 y 1975. Fue la primera mujer en ser elegida gobernadora de un estado de los Estados Unidos sin haber sido la esposa o viuda de un gobernador anterior.