List of Famous people who born in 1981

Simon Hanselmann is a Tasmanian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg and Owl series. Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, twice for an Eisner Award and won Best Series at Angouleme 2018.

Leandro Atilio Romagnoli is an Argentine former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Ayad Lamdassem is a Moroccan-born long distance runner who competes for Spain internationally. He has represented Spain twice in the 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics as well as the European Athletics Championships.

Amara Sohn-Walker is an American journalist and news anchor. She previously anchored CNN International's CNN Today with colleague Michael Holmes. Since 2019, Walker is a correspondent & fill-in anchor for CNN U.S..

Emma Donovan is an Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, The Donovans. In 2000, she became a founding member of Stiff Gins, leaving the band three years later to release the solo album Changes in 2004. She performs with The Black Arm Band and released a solo EP, Ngaaraanga, in 2009.

Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, is a French Canadian actress.

Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian basketball executive and retired professional basketball player, currently the commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation.

Cecilia Wang Shi Shi, also known as Cissy Wang, is a Hong Kong model. She was the 2000 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant Champion. She is best known as the wife of Donnie Yen.

Jamie Lynn Szantyr is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to Ring of Honor as one-third of the heel stable The Allure alongside Beautiful People teammates Angelina Love and Mandy Leon. She is best known for her time in impact Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a former two-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion and is a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion as part of The Beautiful People, with the group defending the title under the Freebird rule.

Tobias Josef Zech is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2017 and from 2020 until 2021.