List of Famous people who born in 1981

José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish basketball executive and a former professional basketball player. With the Spain national team, he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, two Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2011, two silver medals in 2003 and 2007 as well as a bronze in 2013. Calderón earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2007. He also held the record for most assists in the history of the Toronto Raptors, until Kyle Lowry surpassed him in January of 2020.

Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He is a left-handed tennis player, but is right-handed in everyday life. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he has played doubles in several tournaments.

Kunal Nayyar is a British-born Indian actor. He is known for portraying Rajesh Koothrappali on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019). Forbes listed Nayyar as the world's third-highest-paid TV actor in 2015 and 2018, with earnings of US$20 million and US$23.5 million, respectively.

Sandeep Singh is an Indian film producer who works in Hindi films. He started his career as a journalist and later joined Bhansali Productions as the CEO in 2011. He founded the film production company Legend Studios in 2015. Singh is known for producing movies like Mary Kom, Aligarh, Sarabjit, Bhoomi, PM Narendra Modi, and Jhund.

Jan Frodeno is a German triathlete. He is the gold medal winner in men's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 3-time winner of the Ironman World Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2019, and 2-time winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2015 and 2018. He is the world record holder for the long distance, set in Roth, Germany in 2016 with 7:35:39 hours.

Antje Traue is a German actress. She speaks German and English fluently, and appeared in her first English-language role in the film Pandorum. She is internationally best known for her portrayal of the villainous, indestructible character of Faora in the 2013 Superman movie Man of Steel, and her role as Agnes Nielsen in the German Netflix series Dark.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Degtyarev is a Russian politician and the acting Governor of Khabarovsk Krai since 20 July 2020.

Jared Cain O'Mara is a British former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, and was elected as the Labour candidate.

Tomás Gonzalo Fonzi is an Argentine actor. His older sister Dolores Fonzi is also an actress in the Cinema of Argentina.

John Philip Walker Lindh is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001. He was captured and detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, used as a prison. He denied participating in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent uprising of the Taliban prisoners, during which all but 86 of the estimated 300–500 prisoners were killed, along with CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann. Brought to trial in United States federal court in February 2002, Lindh accepted a plea bargain; he pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released on supervision on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release.