List of Famous people who died at 81

Ali Kılıç or Kilij Ali also known as Kılıç Ali Bey was an officer of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army. He was also a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He married with Füreya Koral, one of the first Turkish ceramicists. Football coach Gündüz Kılıç was his son.

Danny Cohen was an Israeli American computer scientist specializing in computer networking. He was involved in the ARPAnet project and helped develop various fundamental applications for the Internet. Cohen is probably best known for his 1980 paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" which adopted the terminology of endianness for computing. Cohen served on the computer science faculty at several universities and worked in the private industry.

Kim Hyi-ro was a second-generation Korean in Japan born in November, 1928 in Shimizu, Shizuoka, who became a national hero in South Korea after holding 18 Japanese citizens hostage in 1968.

Pierre Roche was a pianist, singer and composer, better known for his duo with Charles Aznavour (1943-1950). Roche and Aznavour met at a music hall and debuted on stage with their own songs in 1944. Edith Piaf noticed them and hired them for a tour in France with the Compagnons de la chanson. Charles Aznavour then decided to pursue a solo career in order to expand his repertoire, while his pianist settled in Quebec. In the 1970's, Aznavour invited Pierre Roche to join him on Olympia's stage to perform together.

Pierre Bernard Papillaud was a French billionaire businessman.

Catalina Margarita López Ramos, better known as Marga López, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress. Born in Argentina, she later acquired Mexican citizenship.

Philippe Rondot was a French general, formerly an important personality of the French intelligence. He worked for both the domestic intelligence DST and the foreign intelligence DGSE and was an aide to several Defence Ministers.

Ivan Fedorovych Drach was a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician, and political activist.

Klaus Enders was a German Sidecar racer. He was a six-time FIM Sidecar World Champion and a four-time winner of the sidecar class at the Isle of Man TT. Enders decided to retire at the end of the 1970 season and try car racing, only to return to sidecars a year later, winning three more world titles before retiring for good at the end of 1974. His co-drivers were Wolfgang Kalauch and Ralf Engelhardt.

Myroslav Skoryk was a Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains idioms from diverse sources including German, Welsh, English, and Eastern European artistic traditions.