List of Famous people who died at 81

María Luz Morales Godoy was a pioneering Spanish cultural journalist and writer of the 20th century.

Max Kohler was a Swiss painter.

Carl Peter Henrik Dam, was a Danish biochemist and physiologist.

Henry William Richardson was an English film editor with about 57 feature film credits. He edited five films over two decades with director Andrei Konchalovsky; their collaboration on Runaway Train (1985) earned Richardson nominations for an Academy Award and an Eddie Award.

Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes.

Joaquim Maria Moreira Cardozo, known as Joaquim Cardozo, was a Brazilian structural engineer, poet, short-story writer, and editor.

Alice Friedmann, known as Litzi Friedmann, was an Austrian Communist who was the first wife of Kim Philby, a member of the Cambridge Five. Records identify her as the Soviet agent with the code name Mary.

Keigo Abe was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association in 1999 and is its Chief Instructor. He holds the rank of 9th dan in karate, is a direct student of Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987), and was a senior instructor in the Japan Karate Association.