Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1981

George Walsh fue un atleta y actor cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense. Disfrutó de un período de fama de unos cuarenta años, recibiendo varios apodos, como "the Laughing Athletic Thunderbolt," "the Apollo of the Silver Sheet," "the Screen’s Greatest Athlete" y "the King of Smiles". Su carrera en el cine abarcó veinte años de la época dorada, durante los cuales participó en unas 80 producciones, trabajando para estudios como Mutual, Triangle, Fox, Universal Studios, Goldwyn, United Artists, Chadwick, y Paramount Pictures.

Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers.

Marlin Skiles (1906–1981) was an American composer of film and television scores.

Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1944.

Mady Correll was a Canadian-American actress. She made her screen debut in Midnight Madonna after years on Broadway theatre and later starred in Monsieur Verdoux.

Liselotte Strelow was a German photographer.