Allan Dwan ( April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981 ) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.

* 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aviation industrialist ( d. 1981 )

* 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American writer ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer

* 1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player and agent

* 1981 – Kari Jobe, American singer and songwriter ( Gateway Worship )

* 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

* 1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle ( Columbia ) takes place-the STS-1 mission.

* 1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer

* 1981 – Grant Holt, English footballer

* 1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist

* 1981 – John O ' Shea, Irish footballer

* 1981 – Emma Pierson, English actress

* 1981 – Kunal Nayyar, Indian-English actor

* 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist ( d. 1981 )

* 1933 – Joke Smit, Dutch activist and politician ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer

* 1981 – Demetria McKinney, American actress

* 1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver

* 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and songwriter ( Gym Class Heroes )

* 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater

* 1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player

* 1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player

* 1981 – Claire Dames, American porn actress

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Luigi Longo ( 1946 – 1947 ), Palmiro Togliatti ( 1947 – 1964 ), Pietro Ingrao ( 1964 – 1972 ), Alessandro Natta ( 1972 – 1979 ), Fernando Di Giulio ( 1979 – 1981 ), Giorgio Napolitano ( 1981 – 1986 ), Renato Zangheri ( 1986 – 1990 ), Giulio Quercini ( 1990 – 1992 )

Ford has two children Elise born in 1981 and Alessandro born in 1996.

Jarama hosted its last Formula One race in 1981 directed by Alessandro Rocci when it was deemed too narrow for modern racing.

* Alessandro Evangelisti ( born 1981 ), Italian footballer

* E. Schleier, " Ancora su Aontonio Caracci e il ciclo di Alessandro Magno per il Cardinal Montalto " in Paragone XXXII / 381 ( 1981 ), pp. 10 – 25

* 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-born Italian rugby player

* 1981 – Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Matías Agüero, Argentine-born Italian rugby player

* 1981 – Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver

* 1981 – Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer

His Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah ( Chicago, 1981 ; translated into Hebrew and Italian ) is the classic statement of his work and the first of many comparable volumes on the other documents of the rabbinic canon.

* 1981 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver

* 1981 – The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.

Associated with the Fête de la Musique, created by Jack Lang in Paris in 1981 to celebrate music and musicians, the Festa was incorporated into the Italian Minister of Culture's agenda in 1994, and has since spread across Italy as well as the world, encouraging the cooperation and musical exchanges between the participating cities.

* 1981 – Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress

* 1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer

Original documents in French and Italian, Actes et documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, were published in eleven volumes between 1965 and 1981.

Rudolph Giuliani was born in an Italian-American enclave in East Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the only child of working-class parents, Harold Angelo Giuliani ( 1908 – 1981 ) and Helen ( née D ' Avanzo ; 1909 – 2002 ), both first-generation Americans, children of Italian immigrants.

* 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player

* 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist

Vangelis also collaborated in 1981 and 1986 with Italian singer Milva, achieving success especially in Germany with the albums Ich hab ' keine Angst and Geheimnisse ( I have no fear and Secrets ).

** Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet, and activist ( died 1981 )