List of Famous people who died at 81

Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco was the younger sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar.

Ilicz Glejzer, better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.

Louis Ducreux was a French actor, screenwriter and composer. He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France. He made his film debut in 1938 and worked until his death. He received a Best Actor nomination at the César Awards in 1985 for Bertrand Tavernier's A Sunday in the Country. He also worked on Max Ophüls's La Ronde as a composer. He died in Paris at the age of 81.

Roland Lesaffre (1927–2009) was a French film actor. He appeared in many films directed by Marcel Carné.

Şule Yüksel Şenler was a Turkish writer, journalist, and women's rights activist.

Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist.

Jacques Marin was a French actor on film and television. Marin's fluency in English and his instantly recognisable features made him a familiar face in some major American and British productions and Disney movies.

Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender was an American inventor, who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, or "Fender" for short. In January 1965, he sold the company to CBS and later founded two other musical instrument companies, Music Man and G&L Musical Instruments.

Ann Smyrner was a Danish actress who was active in the 1960s in Italy, the United States, Austria and West Germany. She played in adventure, comedy, science fiction, crime, and horror movies, among which are the Sidney Pink science fiction movies Reptilicus and Journey to the Seventh Planet.

Julie Ann Felix was an American-born, British-based folk recording artist who achieved success, particularly on British television in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She later performed and released albums on her own record label.