List of Famous people who born in 1981

Beatrice Fihn is a Swedish lawyer and, since 1 July 2014, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Together with Hiroshima survivor, Setsuko Thurlow, she accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN.

Lior Suchard is an Israeli mentalist and self-described "mystifier" who performs "supernatural entertainment".

Shatha Amjad Al-Hassoun, better known as Shatha Hassoun, is an Arab singer of Iraqi and Moroccan ancestry, who rose to fame as the winner of the 4th season of the pan-Arab television talent show Star Academy Arab World. She was the first Arab woman to win the competition. She is currently one of the most popular singers in both the Middle East and Maghreb region, and is referred to as the "daughter of Mesopotamia".

Daniel James Heatley is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League (NHL) rookie of the year in 2002. However, after being responsible for a car crash in September 2003 that killed teammate and close friend Dan Snyder, he requested a trade away from Atlanta and was subsequently dealt to the Ottawa Senators.

Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.

Itsuki Shoda is a Japanese baseball player for the Ehime Mandarin Pirates. He was originally drafted by the Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2000, playing 5 seasons, before playing for the Hanshin Tigers.

Pascal Feindouno is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a winger. In his prime, he was widely recognised as one of the best footballers to come out of Guinea. He scored 30 goals in 85 appearances between 1998 and 2012 for the Guinea national team.

JAF is an Argentine rock singer and guitar player, who was part of the hard rock band Riff in the mid-80s.

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Danylyuk is Ukrainian public figure, lawyer, human rights activist. Coordinator of the public movement "Spilna Sprava". Chief Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey on a voluntary basis from July 15 to November 5, 2014.

Michael Gspurning is a retired Austrian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.