List of Famous people who born in 1981

James Michael Cochran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He specialized in the technical events and his best World Cup finish was seventh in a Giant slalom in December 2005.

Roy Eugene Williams Jr. is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Chicago Bears. He played college football for the University of Texas Longhorns.

Alejandro Ramírez Calderón is a Colombian former road racing cyclist.

Johan Vansummeren is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Relax–Bodysol, Silence–Lotto, Garmin–Sharp and AG2R La Mondiale teams.

Brandon Scott Trost is an American cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director whose credits include writing and directing The FP (2011) with his brother Jason, as well as being the cinematographer of several films, including Crank: High Voltage, Halloween II, MacGruber, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and That's My Boy. Trost is also a frequent collaborator with Seth Rogen, including the films This Is the End, Neighbors, The Interview, The Night Before and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Trost's first film as a solo director, An American Pickle, was released in 2020.

Tucker Murphy is an American-born British cross-country skier who represents the British Overseas territory of Bermuda and has competed since 2006. He finished 88th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at Dartmouth College and Merton College, Oxford.