List of Famous people who died at 81

Wolf-Dieter Dube was a German art historian.

Henry Allan Hartley known professionally as Al Hartley, was an American comic book writer-artist known for his work on Archie Comics, Atlas Comics, and many Christian comics. He received an Inkpot Award at the 1980 San Diego Comic-Con.

Édouard Jaguer was a French poet and art critic linked with the surrealist movement including Maurice Blanchard, Laurence Iché, Régine Raufast, Robert Rius and Tita.

Henry Herman ("Heinz") Barschall was a German-American physicist.

Harry Leo Schein was an Austrian-born Swedish chemical engineer, writer and a major figure in Swedish culture. Born in Vienna, Schein was a founder of the Swedish Film Institute and acted as its first Managing Director from 1963 to 1978.

Hermann Biechele was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Charmion King was a Canadian actress.

Amélie Jakobovits, Baroness Jakobovits was a British charity patron, and the wife of Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, and an important figure in Jewish life in the UK in her own right, who was known as the "Queen Mother" of the UK's Jewish community.

Doris Margaret Kenyon was an American actress of motion pictures and television.