List of Famous people who born in 1981

Mia Hansen-Love is a French film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She has won several accolades for her work. Her first feature film, All Is Forgiven, won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 along with Céline Sciamma's Water Lilies. Hansen-Løve's film Father of My Children won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, Hansen-Løve was awarded the status of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2016, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her film Things to Come at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Kathryn Wright Azaria is an American former actress.

Mariqueen Maandig Reznor is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is the vocalist for How to Destroy Angels, and was the former vocalist of Los Angeles-based rock band West Indian Girl.

Willie Kordell Green is an American former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his professional career, Green played in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers and Orlando Magic. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende and cash considerations.

Jonathan Cheung Wing-hong, native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, is a Hong Kong actor since 2001.

Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alta.

Eliza Kate Coupe is an American actress and comedian, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama Scrubs, her starring role as Tiger on the Hulu comedy series Future Man, and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in Quantico.

Jag Huang is a Taiwanese actor and acting coach who began his career in theater. He is known for starring in the television series Wake Up.

Seçkin Özdemir is a Turkish actor and former TV presenter, radio personality and disc jockey (DJ). His mother is of Turkish descent, from Xanthi, Greece. His mother was born in Greece and immigrated to Turkey. His father is from Sinop. Seçkin has established himself as a leading actor in Turkey with roles in several of the highly successful television series, that includes The Girl with the Red Scarf (2011), Bir Aşk Hikâyesi (2013), Günahkar (2014), Acı Aşk (2015) and Kuruluş: Osman (2020).

Nicholas Valensi is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his role as lead and rhythm guitarist in the American rock band The Strokes. Since 2001, the band has released six studio albums, some of which Valensi has also contributed keyboard and backing vocals. In 2013, he founded the band CRX, for which he acts as singer, songwriter, and lead and rhythm guitarist. Their debut album, New Skin, was released in 2016, and was followed by the 2019 album Peek. Valensi has also worked as a songwriter and session guitarist with various artists, including Sia, Regina Spektor and Kate Pierson.