List of Famous people who died in 1981

Nair de Teffé von Hoonholtz, mostly known as Nair de Teffé, was Brazil's first female cartoonist, as well as a painter, singer and pianist.

Boļeslavs Sloskāns (1893-1981) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born 31 August 1893 near Stirniene and died on 18 April 1981 in Leuven, Belgium.

Barry Jones was an actor seen in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.

Hadrianus Sinaga is the eighth minister of health of Indonesia. He was also the member of the People's Representative Council from 1950 until 1954. He was also the third general secretary of the Indonesian Christian Party. He was a surgeon, and established of the Medical Faculty of the Christian University of Indonesia.

Roger Legris was a French actor.

Petar Đurković was a Serbian astronomer known for discovering two asteroids in 1936 and 1940, respectively. One is named for the Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković, the other for Zvezdara, the hill in Belgrade where the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory is located.