Lewis Henry Morgan ( 1818 – 1881 ), a lawyer from Rochester, New York, became an advocate for and ethnological scholar of the Iroquois.

* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

* 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor ( d. 1961 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

Julius's wife, Alan's mother, was Ethel Sara ( née Stoney ; 1881 – 1976 ), daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways.

* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician ( d. 1940 )

* Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881 – the Pourtale ’ s abalone

* 1881 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal ( d. 1954 )

* 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1881 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast ( d. 1942 )

* 1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist ( d. 1956 )

* 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director ( d. 1959 )

* 1881 – George Enescu, Romanian composer ( d. 1955 )

Aga Khan I (; or, less commonly but more correctly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, Iran – 1881 in Bombay, India ), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, and prominent Muslim leader in Iran and later in the Indian Subcontinent.

* Alexander II of Russia ( 1818 – 1881 ), emperor of Russia

* Alexander II of Russia ( 1818 – 1881 ), Emperor of Russia

** Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist ( b. 1881 )

* Louella Parsons ( 1881 – 1972 ), writer and columnist

Louella Parsons ( August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972 ) was the first American movie columnist.

In 1657 and 1658 the Seneca visited as diplomats, Dutch Colonial officials in New Amsterdam ( Edmund Bailey O ’ Callaghan and Berthonl Fernow, Eds., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York ( Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1881 ) NYCD, 13: 184

Vide Citizens Insurance Company of Canada v. William Parsons ( 1881 ) 7 AC 96 ; The Attorney-General for Ontario v. Attorney-General for the Dominion of Canada 1894 A. C. 189 ; The Attorney General of Ontario v. Attorney-General for the Dominion ( 1896 ) AC 348 ; Union Colliery Company of British Columbia v. Bryden ( 1899 ) AC 580 ; Attorney-General for Canada v. Attorney-General for Ontario ( 1937 ) AC 355 ; Attorney-General for Alberta V. Attorney-General for Canada ( 1939 ) AC 117 and Board of Trustees of Letherbridge Northern Irrigation District v. Independent Order of Foresters ( 1940 ) AC 513.

In his journal written in October 1881, George Parsons referred to Brocius as " Arizona's most famous outlaw ".

* 1821 – James Springer White, American theologian ( d. 1881 )

The most successful was the American Association ( 1881 – 1891 ), sometimes called the " beer and whiskey league " for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators.

" That rich island ," he wrote on 1 December 1881, " the key to the Gulf of Mexico, is, though in the hands of Spain, a part of the American commercial system … If ever ceasing to be Spanish, Cuba must necessarily become American and not fall under any other European domination.

Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959 ) was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films.

* 1953 – Robert Stangland, American athlete ( b. 1881 )

* 1968 – Jess Willard, American boxer ( b. 1881 )

* 1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer ( d. 1946 )

* 1881 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer ( d. 1956 )

* 1881 – Howard Valentine, American track and field athlete ( d. 1932 )

* 1881 – Joseph B. Ely, American politician ( d. 1956 )

* 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player ( d. 1947 )

Irving Langmuir ( 31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957 ) was an American chemist and physicist.

* 1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier ( d. 1968 )

* 1881 – Smedley Butler, American marine general ( d. 1940 )

* 1881 – Ira Thomas, American baseball player ( d. 1958 )

* 1881 – Henrik Shipstead, American politician ( d. 1960 )

* 1881 – Billy the Kid, American outlaw ( b. 1859 )

* 1881 – George E. Wiley, American racing cyclist ( d. 1954 )