Who Was Alive in 1981
144 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1981
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 94
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 82
HirohitoAge 80
Marlene DietrichAge 80
Bob HopeAge 78
Salvador DalíAge 77
Simone de BeauvoirAge 73
Dorothy HodgkinAge 71
Mother TeresaAge 71
Akira KurosawaAge 71
Jacques CousteauAge 71
Ronald ReaganAge 70
Naguib MahfouzAge 70
Rosa ParksAge 68
Richard NixonAge 68
Gerald FordAge 68
Hedy LamarrAge 67
Orson WellesAge 66
Frank SinatraAge 66
Ingrid BergmanAge 66
Roald DahlAge 65
Ella FitzgeraldAge 64
Indira GandhiAge 64
Ingmar BergmanAge 63
Nelson MandelaAge 63
Richard FeynmanAge 63
Edmund HillaryAge 62
Pope John Paul IIAge 61
Toshiro MifuneAge 61
Stan LeeAge 59
Marlon BrandoAge 57
James BaldwinAge 57
Jimmy CarterAge 57
George H. W. BushAge 57
Margaret ThatcherAge 56
B.B. KingAge 56
Fidel CastroAge 55
Elizabeth IIAge 55
Gabriel García MárquezAge 54
Pope Benedict XVIAge 54
James WatsonAge 53
Andy WarholAge 53
Stanley KubrickAge 53
Maya AngelouAge 53
Vera RubinAge 53
Noam ChomskyAge 53
Audrey HepburnAge 52
Grace KellyAge 52
Chinua AchebeAge 51
Neil ArmstrongAge 51
Ray CharlesAge 51
Tu YouyouAge 51
Desmond TutuAge 50
Toni MorrisonAge 50
Mikhail GorbachevAge 50
Johnny CashAge 49
Elizabeth TaylorAge 49
Yoko OnoAge 48
Wole SoyinkaAge 47
Carl SaganAge 47
Jane GoodallAge 47
Dalai LamaAge 46
Woody AllenAge 46
Pope FrancisAge 45
Jack NicholsonAge 44
Saddam HusseinAge 44
Kofi AnnanAge 43
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 42
PeléAge 41
Wangari MaathaiAge 41
Bob DylanAge 40
Muhammad AliAge 39
Aretha FranklinAge 39
Stephen HawkingAge 39
Paul McCartneyAge 39
Muammar GaddafiAge 39
Joe BidenAge 39
Billie Jean KingAge 38
George HarrisonAge 38
Lech WałęsaAge 38
George LucasAge 37
Aung San Suu KyiAge 36
Bob MarleyAge 36
Freddie MercuryAge 35
Steven SpielbergAge 35
Donald TrumpAge 35
George W. BushAge 35
Bill ClintonAge 35
David BowieAge 34
Hillary ClintonAge 34
Charles IIIAge 33
Haruki MurakamiAge 32
Benjamin NetanyahuAge 32
Narendra ModiAge 31
Robin WilliamsAge 30
Vladimir PutinAge 29
Xi JinpingAge 28
Oprah WinfreyAge 27
Angela MerkelAge 27
Hugo ChávezAge 27
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAge 27
François HollandeAge 27
Steve JobsAge 26
Bill GatesAge 26
Nicolas SarkozyAge 26
Pope Leo XIVAge 26
Ai WeiweiAge 24
Osama bin LadenAge 24
Michael JacksonAge 23
PrinceAge 23
Keith HaringAge 23
MadonnaAge 23
Rigoberta MenchúAge 22
Jean-Michel BasquiatAge 21
Diego MaradonaAge 21
NaruhitoAge 21
Princess DianaAge 20
Wayne GretzkyAge 20
Barack ObamaAge 20
Whitney HoustonAge 18
Michael JordanAge 18
Rafael CorreaAge 18
Jeff BezosAge 17
Michelle ObamaAge 17
Kamala HarrisAge 17
J. K. RowlingAge 16
Dmitry MedvedevAge 16
Jimmy WalesAge 15
Kurt CobainAge 14
Michael SchumacherAge 12
Elon MuskAge 10
Tupac ShakurAge 10
Anna NetrebkoAge 10
EminemAge 9
BanksyAge 8
Angelina JolieAge 6
ShakiraAge 4
Emmanuel MacronAge 4
Kobe BryantAge 3
Volodymyr ZelenskyyAge 3
Heath LedgerAge 2
Roger FedererAge 0
BeyoncéAge 0
Serena WilliamsAge 0
Born in 1981
Beyoncé
Global pop icon, Lemonade
Roger Federer
Tennis legend, 20 Grand Slam titles
Serena Williams
Greatest female tennis player of all time
Also Born in 1981
American singer (born 1981)
Israeli and American actress (born 1981)
Swedish footballer (born 1981)
Spanish racing driver (born 1981)
American actress (born 1981)
American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1981)
American media personality (born 1981)
Spanish footballer (born 1981)
American actor (born 1981)
American singer and songwriter (born 1981)
American member of the British royal family (born 1981)
Cameroonian footballer (born 1981)
Died in 1981
Also Died in 1981
President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
Italian writer (1896–1981)
Japanese physicist (1907–1981)
German architect (1905–1981)
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
American physical chemist (1893–1981)
Dutch chess grandmaster (1901–1981)
American actress (1938–1981)
American actor (1918–1981)
American writer (1908–1981)
German-born American film director (1902–1981)
Sources
- 1981 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Bob Dylan — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Aretha Franklin — Wikipedia
- Stephen Hawking — Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney — Wikipedia
- Muammar Gaddafi — Wikipedia
- Joe Biden — Wikipedia
- Billie Jean King — Wikipedia
- George Harrison — Wikipedia
- Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
- George Lucas — Wikipedia
- Aung San Suu Kyi — Wikipedia
- Bob Marley — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Steven Spielberg — Wikipedia
- Donald Trump — Wikipedia
- George W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Bill Clinton — Wikipedia
- David Bowie — Wikipedia
- Hillary Clinton — Wikipedia
- Charles III — Wikipedia
- Haruki Murakami — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Netanyahu — Wikipedia
- Narendra Modi — Wikipedia
- Robin Williams — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Putin — Wikipedia
- Xi Jinping — Wikipedia
- Oprah Winfrey — Wikipedia
- Angela Merkel — Wikipedia
- Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Wikipedia
- François Hollande — Wikipedia
- Steve Jobs — Wikipedia
- Bill Gates — Wikipedia
- Nicolas Sarkozy — Wikipedia
- Pope Leo XIV — Wikipedia
- Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
- Osama bin Laden — Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
- Prince (musician) — Wikipedia
- Keith Haring — Wikipedia
- Madonna — Wikipedia
- Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
- Diego Maradona — Wikipedia
- Naruhito — Wikipedia
- Diana, Princess of Wales — Wikipedia
- Wayne Gretzky — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Whitney Houston — Wikipedia
- Michael Jordan — Wikipedia
- Rafael Correa — Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Kamala Harris — Wikipedia
- J. K. Rowling — Wikipedia
- Dmitry Medvedev — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Michael Schumacher — Wikipedia
- Elon Musk — Wikipedia
- Tupac Shakur — Wikipedia
- Anna Netrebko — Wikipedia
- Eminem — Wikipedia
- Banksy — Wikipedia
- Angelina Jolie — Wikipedia
- Shakira — Wikipedia
- Emmanuel Macron — Wikipedia
- Kobe Bryant — Wikipedia
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Wikipedia
- Heath Ledger — Wikipedia
- Roger Federer — Wikipedia
- Beyoncé — Wikipedia
- Serena Williams — Wikipedia