Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Reggae Singer
1
Terry Fox (1958-1981)
Runner
2
Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
Movie Actress
3
Vera Ellen (1921-1981)
4
Jack Albertson (1907-1981)
Stage Actor
5
Bernard Lee (1908-1981)
Movie Actor
6
Adam Walsh (1974-1981)
Family Member
7
Harry Chapin (1942-1981)
Folk Singer
8
Nargis Dutt (1929-1981)
9
Walter Knott (1889-1981)
Entrepreneur
10
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
Boxer
11
Eric Williams (1911-1981)
World Leader
12
Edith Head (1899-1981)
Fashion Designer
13
Bill Haley (1925-1981)
Rock Singer
14
Beulah Bondi (1889-1981)
15
Ann Harding (1902-1981)
16
Gerry Bertier (1953-1981)
Football Player
17
Moshe Dayan (1915-1981)
Politician
18
Audrey Smith (1915-1981)
Biologist
19
Robert Moses (1888-1981)
Engineer
20
Chief Dan George (1899-1981)
Novelist
21
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981)
Director
22
Fred Crist Trump Jr. (1938-1981)
23
Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
Composer
24
Celebrities Born in 1981
Deaths by Year
Mariama Ba (1929-1981)
25
William Saroyan (1908-1981)
26
Anwar Sadat (1918-1981)
27
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
Pianist
28
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
29
Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981)
30
Keefe Brasselle (1923-1981)
31
Anita Loos (1889-1981)
Screenwriter
32
Lowell Thomas (1892-1981)
Radio Host
33
Frank McHugh (1898-1981)
34
Dorothy Jo Gideon (1924-1981)
35
Abraham Regelson (1896-1981)
Poet
36
William Holden (1918-1981)
37
Allen Ludden (1917-1981)
Game Show Host
38
Richard Boone (1917-1981)
39
Albert Speer (1905-1981)
Architect
40
Nigar Rafibeyli (1913-1981)
41
Bill Shankly (1913-1981)
Soccer Coach
42
Zarah Leander (1907-1981)
World Music Singer
43
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
44
Jorge Ferreira Chaves (1920-1981)
45
Robert C. Henry (1921-1981)
46
Ziaur Rahman (1936-1981)
47
Omar Bradley (1893-1981)
War Hero
48
