List of Famous people who died at 81

Harald Grønningen was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received the King's cup in 1963 and 1967. Grønningen won the 15 km twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival and earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1961.

Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg was the son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. He was born in Stuttgart, and became head of the formerly reigning royal House of Württemberg on the death of his father in 1939. He died in Ravensburg, aged 81.

William Nicholas Stone Courtney was a British actor. He was known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Jack George Shaheen Jr. was a writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes. He is the author of Reel Bad Arabs, The TV Arab (1984) and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture (1997).

Johan Jakob Jakobsen was a Norwegian politician, member of the Norwegian Centre Party.

Hebe Uhart was an Argentine writer. In 2017, she received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award.

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen was the eldest child of Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen, a younger son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a daughter of Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld. By marriage, she was known as Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Ursula Vian-Kübler was a Swiss ballerina and actress.

Aud Egede-Nissen was a Norwegian actress, director and producer. She appeared in many early 20th-century German silent films.

Carlos Armando Biebrich Torres was a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Sonora from 1973-1975.