List of Famous people who died at 81

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd was a Swedish painter and sculptor.

Élisabeth Burdot was a Belgian journalist. She worked for RTBF and specialized in investigative reporting.

Marguerite Renoir was a French film editor who worked on more than 60 films during her career. For many years, she and director Jean Renoir were lovers, and she edited many of his films. Although she and Renoir never married, she took his surname. She was a supporter of the French Communist Party.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.

Kei Satō was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no akuryō. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film.

Remo Bodei was an Italian philosopher. He was a Professor of the history of philosophy at the UCLA University, Los Angeles California, and also had taught at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.

Franck Venaille was a French poet and writer. His poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties.

Ethel Reschke was a German actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1931 and 1977.

Kinuko Tanida was a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.

Jean-Yves Veillard was a French historian.