List of Famous people who died at 81

Luis Ciges Martínez was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges.

Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn was a renowned Kurdish author and poet. He is known to be one of the most influential Kurdish writers and poets in the Kurdistan region of the Middle East, and his work has been renewed for the creation of hundreds of songs and played a crucial role in the preservation of Kurdish cultural heritage.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim was an Iraqi Shia marja'.

Münir Nurettin Selçuk was a Turkish classical musician and tenor singer.

Nicolo Gargano was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He fought as Nicky Gargano.

Jean De Mesmaeker known by the pseudonym Jidéhem ("JDM"), was a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. He was best known for his series featuring a cute, playful and adventurous young girl, Sophie. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, and noted for his work with Starter and Uhu-man, he is known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André Franquin during a long career at the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou, working on Spirou et Fantasio and Gaston Lagaffe, on which he shared co-authorship for several years.

Joe Cecil "Red" Simpson was an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs.

Giorgio Sergio Alessando Gomelsky was a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Charles Miossec was a French politician.

Manuel José Bonnet Locarno was a Colombian military officer, Commander of the National Army of Colombia between December 1996 and July 1997, under the presidency of Ernesto Samper. Born in Ciénaga, Bonnet also was Commandant during Toma de Miraflores. He was a distinguished intellectual, professor of political science at Del Rosario University, Ambassador of Colombia in Greece and philosopher.