List of Famous people who died in 1981
Manuel Sanchis i Guarner
Manuel Sanchís Guarner was a Spanish philologist, historian and writer.
Robert Garioch
Robert Garioch Sutherland was a Scottish poet and translator. His poetry was written almost exclusively in the Scots language, he was a key member in the literary revival of the language in the mid-20th century. However, his biggest influences were the 18th-century poet Robert Fergusson and the Italian dialect sonneteer Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.
Kazimierz Kordylewski
Kazimierz Kordylewski was a Polish astronomer.
Manfred Klaiber
Sara Haden
Sara Haden was a character actress of stage and in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series.
Lucienne Vernay
Marjorie Laura Pollock
Mathilde Gabriel-Péri
Mathilde Rose Thérèse Gabriel-Péri was a French politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament. She served in the National Assembly until 1958.
William M. Jennings
William M. Jennings was an executive in the National Hockey League.