List of Famous people who are 81

Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah was the head of state of Mauritania from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2003 presidential election and the 2007 presidential election.

Harold Thomas Keramidas is an American film and television editor. He is perhaps best known for his work in the Back to the Future film trilogy, co-editing with Arthur Schmidt. He has also edited the films Children of the Corn, About Last Night..., The Favor, Judge Dredd, among other films. His older brother George "Furious George" Keramidas is a soccer star.

Harold Hurrell is a British conceptual artist and former member of the Art & Language artist group.

Richard Michael Schulze is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Best Buy and was chairman and CEO. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked number 722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.

Reginald Volney Johnson was an American jazz double-bassist.