List of Famous people who are 81

Heinz van Haaren is a Dutch former football midfielder.

Gianni Dei was an Italian actor and singer.

Jia Qinglin is a retired senior leader of the People's Republic of China and of its ruling Communist Party. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest ruling organ, between 2002 and 2012, and Chairman of the National Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference between 2003 and 2013. Jia's functions as the head of China's consultative legislative body were largely ceremonial in nature.

Elisabeth Raiser is a 21st-century historian, former President of the German Evangelical Church Assembly, and daughter of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

François Bizot is a French anthropologist, the only Westerner to have survived imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge.

Mieke Wijaya is an Indonesian actress who has won three Citra Awards.

Gaspare Mutolo is a Sicilian mafioso, also known as "Asparino". In 1992 he became a pentito. He was the first mafioso who spoke about the connections between Cosa Nostra and Italian politicians. Mutolo’s declarations contributed to the indictment of Italy’s former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and to an understanding of the context of the 1992 Mafia murders of the politician Salvo Lima and the magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.

Wilfried Erdmann is one of the most famous German sailors. He is known for his single-handed, non-stop circumnavigations. He also is a successful author, some of his books became bestsellers in Germany.

Chen Chao-min was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China in 2008–2009.