List of Famous people who died at 81

Pierre Boutang was a French philosopher, poet and translator. He was also a political journalist, associated with the currents of Maurrasianism and Royalism.

Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley DL was a British Conservative Party politician.

Vincent Korda was a Hungarian-born art director, later settling in Britain. Born in Túrkeve in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was the younger brother of Alexander and Zoltan Korda. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning once. He died in London, England. He is the father of writer and editor Michael Korda, and the grandfather of Chris Korda.

Lars Ahlin was an award-winning Swedish author and aesthetician.

Robert Irwin Chartoff was an American film producer and philanthropist.

Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician.