List of Famous people who died in 1981

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rufus Isaacs

First Name Rufus

Last Name Isaacs

Born on June 11, 1914

Died on January 18, 1981 (aged 66)

Born in United States of America, New York

Rufus Philip Isaacs was a game theorist especially prominent in the 1950s and 1960s with his work on differential games.

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Hans Flesch-Brunningen

First Name Hans

Last Name Flesch-Brunningen

Born on February 5, 1895

Died on August 1, 1981 (aged 86)

Born in Czech Republic, South Moravian Region

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Margaret Rose Mary Reynolds

First Name Margaret

Last Name Reynolds

Died on January 1, 1981 (aged 11)

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Paddy Chayefsky

First Name Paddy

Born on January 29, 1923

Died on August 1, 1981 (aged 58)

Born in United States of America, New York, New York City

Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.

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Arvid Richert

First Name Arvid

Born on April 5, 1887

Died on August 22, 1981 (aged 94)

Born in Sweden, Västra Götaland County

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Leonid Melnikov

First Name Leonid

Born on May 31, 1906

Died on April 16, 1981 (aged 74)

Leonid Georgievich Melnikov was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

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Evelyn Hugh Levinge

First Name Evelyn

Last Name Levinge

Born on January 1, 1915

Died on January 1, 1981 (aged 66)

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Marguerite Oswald

First Name Marguerite

Last Name Oswald

Born on July 19, 1907

Died on January 17, 1981 (aged 73)

Born in United States of America, Louisiana

Marguerite Frances Claverie Oswald Ekdahl, was the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Ivan Starchak

First Name Ivan

Last Name Starchak

Born on February 16, 1905

Died on August 29, 1981 (aged 76)

Born in Ukraine, Poltava Oblast

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Boyd Neel

First Name Boyd

Last Name Neel

Born on July 19, 1905

Died on September 30, 1981 (aged 76)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Louis Boyd Neel O.C. was an English, and later Canadian conductor and academic. He was Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. Neel founded and conducted chamber orchestras, and contributed to the revival of interest in baroque music and in the 19th and 20th Century string orchestra repertoire.

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