List of Famous people who died at 81

Robert William Meusel was an American baseball left and right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was best known as a member of the Yankees' championship teams of the 1920s, nicknamed the "Murderers' Row", during which time the team won its first six American League (AL) pennants and first three World Series titles.

William Judson Holloway was an American principal, lawyer, and politician who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. Following Henry S. Johnston's impeachment and removal from office, Holloway became the eighth governor of Oklahoma.

İsmail Bilen was a Turkish politician. He was elected as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey in 1974.

Emilie Marie Baroness von Bach (1896–1978) was an Austrian pianist, violinist, composer and artist.

Lando Ferretti was an Italian journalist, politician and sports administrator.

Carlo Tamberlani was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. He was born in Salice Salentino, Italy and died in Subiaco, Italy. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor.

Henri Marthe Sylvie Rolin was a Belgian socialist politician, first part of the Belgian Workers' Party (POB-BWP) and later of its successor, the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB-BSP).