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 – Alessandro Gamberini, Italian 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

* 1981 – Jon Wood, American NASCAR driver

* Jon Favreau, ( 1981 – Present ), Director of Speechwriting for Barack Obama

* Jon Parkin ( 1981 – present ) Professional footballer, playing for Preston North End in the Championship and nicknamed ' The Beast '

The books were adapted for radio and television a number of times, most successfully with former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee taking the lead role from 1979 to 1981 on ITV ; originally produced in the UK, but later in New Zealand

Among them: Trace, Steve Hackett, Third Eye Blind, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Jon Brion, Blur, Marco Benevento, Fiona Apple, Kraftwerk ( Orchestron ), Money Mark, Ani DiFranco, Michael Penn, Steve Fisk, Tom Waits, Nan Vernon, Hala Strana, TISM, The Real Tuesday Weld, and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo — who mixed in parts of the " Banjo Sing-Along " disc on a later remix of Devo's 1981 single, " Beautiful World.

* Jon Ryan ( born 1981 ), American football player

Jonny Lang ( born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., January 29, 1981 ) is a Grammy Award-winning American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist.

In 1981, Ronald Sisson joined them to relieve Jon of bass guitar duties.

bar: Jon from: 03 / 01 / 1980 till: 06 / 01 / 1981 color: Vocalbass

bar: Jon from: 06 / 01 / 1981 till: 09 / 01 / 1985 color: Vocals

Also from Twin Galaxies, the Rapid Fire setting ( depression of the fire button causes continuous shooting ) world record and Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga: Class of 1981 Fast Shot setting world records are held by Jon Klinkel of Battle Creek, MI with scores of 3, 210, 590 and 2, 913, 720 respectively.

In 1981, under the direction of Jon Kertzer, KCMU turned to its listening audience for public funding after the UW's budget was cut.

* Jon Wood ( born 1981 ), NASCAR driver

The first Klebnikov Lecture was held on May 12, 2006, at the 25th reunion of Klebnikov's Exeter class ( 1981 ), and featured remarks by Wall Street Journal correspondent and Exeter alumnus Jon Karp.

* Cat Island ( novel ), a 1981 science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams

*" Hinson, Facing a Morals Charge, Shuns Clamor to Quit Congress ," New York Times, March 9, 1981, A18 ; AP, " Jon Hinson Dies at 53 ," July 25, 1995 ; Art Harris, " Hinson's Memory Haunts His Mississippi District ," Washington Post, June 17, 1981.

Her recording career began in 1981, when she met producer, future manager and longtime collaborator Jon St. James.

In 1981, Westfall and her husband Jon left Epyx, the video game developer and publisher her husband co-founded just three years earlier.

It was founded in 1981 by Jon Freeman, his wife, game programmer Anne Westfall, and game designer Paul Reiche III.

With Herbert von Karajan, he also recorded Fidelio ( opposite Jon Vickers, 1970 ), Le nozze di Figaro ( 1978 ), Pelléas et Mélisande ( 1978 ), Parsifal ( with Peter Hofmann, 1979 – 1980 ), Die Zauberflöte ( as Sarastro, 1980 ), and Der fliegende Holländer ( to Dunja Vejzovic's Senta, 1981 – 1983 ), as well as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ( with Janet Perry, 1983 ).

* Jon Dunn ( born 1981 ), American football player

degree in computer science and mathematics from Yale University in 1975, and a Ph. D. degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981, where his advisors were Jon Bentley and H. T. Kung.

The original vinyl release of the album, narrated by Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson, was produced by Jon Badeaux in 1981.