List of Famous people who are 81

Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official, corporate director, and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992–1993 to President George H.W. Bush, during which she led a Presidential mission to China.

Norma Heyman is a British film producer and actress. Heyman produced the 1983 independent film, The Honorary Consul in 1983, becoming the first British woman to produce an independent feature film entirely by herself. In 1988, Heyman and producer Hank Moonjean received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination for their producing the dramatic film, Dangerous Liaisons.

Elizabeth Margaret Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, DL, is a British peer and patron of the arts. She is the widow of John Smith, the former Labour Party leader.

Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans.

Milan Lasica was a popular Slovak comedian, actor, singer, writer, lyricist and satirist. Active from 1961 up to his death, he was known mainly from his double act with Július Satinský and their collaboration with musician Jaroslav Filip.

Molly Christine Meacher, Baroness Meacher, known from 2000 to 2006 as Lady Layard, is a British life peer and former social worker.

Nabil Sawalha is a Jordanian comedian, born near the city of Madaba in 1941. His family, especially his mother, encouraged him and his brother Nadim Sawalha, a well-known British actor, to pursue a career in acting, which was not a normal career path in Jordan at the time. Sawalha began his theater career by acting in BBC radio plays in 1950s while studying engineering in the UK. In 1962, he returned to Jordan and joined the Jordanian National Theatre Group. In 1968, Sawalha formed his own production company, Urdon Co., and began producing series for local and regional Arab networks, such as “Tamara”.

Conrad John Schuck Jr. is an American actor, primarily in stage, movies and television. He is best known for his role as Sgt. Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama McMillan & Wife. He also played Herman Munster in the late-1980s/early 1990s sitcom The Munsters Today, in which he reprised the role originated by Fred Gwynne in the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.