List of Famous people who are 81

Dino Zandegù is a former Italian professional cyclist. He is most known for winning the Points Classification at the 1967 Giro d'Italia. He also won the Tour of Flanders in 1967 as well. He retired from racing in 1972.

Franco Bitossi is an Italian former professional cyclist for Filotex. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano.

Lanfranco Turci is an Italian politician.

Raymond Y. Chiao is an American physicist best known for his experimental work in quantum optics. He is currently an emeritus faculty member at the University of California, Merced physics department, where he is conducting research on gravitational radiation.

Paulino Lukudu Loro was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, South Sudan, from 1983 to 2019.

Thue Christiansen is a Greenlandic Inuit teacher, artist and politician. Christiansen is best known as the designer of the current flag of Greenland, which was adopted on 21 June 1985. Christiansen also served as the Greenlandic Minister of Culture and Education from 1979, when Greenland was granted home rule, until 1983.