List of Famous people who are 81

Paula L. Boland is an American politician from California and a member of the Republican party.

Héctor Epalza Quintero P.S.S. was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.

Dieter Schmitt is a German fencer. He represented the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the individual foil event.

Juergen Bernhard Donges is a German economist. He is professor emeritus of political economics at the University of Cologne, and has been a longtime member of the German Council of Economic Experts.

Stephen Tong Tjong Eng is a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor, evangelist, teacher and musician. He heads the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia, which houses the megachurch Messiah Cathedral, and is the largest Christian Church building in Southeast Asia. He has preached in countries around the world, and guest lectured at theological seminaries and schools.

William Kane Reilly was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George H. W. Bush. He has served as president of World Wildlife Fund, as a founder or advisor to several business ventures, and on many boards of directors. In 2010, he was appointed by President Barack Obama co-chair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Martin Naughton, an Irish billionaire businessman and engineer. He is the founder of GlenDimplex, a company specializing in electrical appliances