Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1981

Paolo Mosconi was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1967 and served briefly as Apostolic Nuncio in Madagascar and Iraq.

Shigeru Egami fue un maestro pionero del Karate Shotokan y fundador del estilo Shotokai. Fue alumno de Gichin Funakoshi, considerado el fundador del karate moderno.

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer.

Don Megowan was an American actor. He played the Gill-man on land in The Creature Walks Among Us, the final part of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy.

Jakob Ackeret, FRAeS was a Swiss aeronautical engineer. He is widely viewed as one of the foremost aeronautics experts of the 20th century.

Marcel Raymond fue un crítico literario especializado en literatura francesa. Se le agrupa con la llamada Escuela de Ginebra.