List of Famous people who are 81

Karina is a Peruvian-born Venezuelan Latin pop music singer, songwriter, and actress.

Renee MacRae was a Scottish woman who has been missing since 1976 and is presumed to have been murdered. MacRae's disappearance, along with that of her 3-year-old son, Andrew, is currently the United Kingdom's longest-running missing persons case, and within Scotland is as notorious as Glasgow's Bible John murders. On 11 September 2019, William (Bill) MacDowell was charged with the murder of MacRae and her son. Their bodies have never been found.

Brigit Forsyth is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the BBC comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Helen Yeldham in the ITV drama Boon. Since December 2013, Forsyth has appeared in the BBC comedy Still Open All Hours.

Nasser Al-Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician who served as Prime Minister of Kuwait from 7 February 2006 until resigning on 28 November 2011.

Barry John Sheerman is a British Labour Co-op politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield since the 1979 general election.

Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the fourth most senior apostle in the church.

Dame Janet Hilary Smith,, styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Smith, is an English barrister and former High Court Judge and President of the Council of The Inns of Court. She was the judge who prepared The Shipman Inquiry, a report on the activities of the British serial killer Harold Shipman, and the Dame Janet Smith Review, a report on the activities of the British media personality and paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Alla Ilinichna Surikova is a Soviet and Russian film director, writer, and teacher.

Galina Konstantinovna Stakhanova is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema.

Shahnaz Pahlavi is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt.