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

She hosted a radio call-in advice show distributed by NBC Talknet which ran from Monday November 2, 1981 to 1987, but is most famous for hosting the television talk show, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show ( later shortened to simply Sally ), which ran in first-run syndication from October 17, 1983 to 2002.

Tunick gave Raphael a one-hour trial run on NBC's Washington, D. C. affiliate, WRC, in August 1981.

In the 1980s, his notable starring TV roles included: Alexander the Great's close companion Hephaistion in the PBS miniseries The Search for Alexander the Great ; serial killer Neville Heath in an episode of the murder-trial reenactment series Ladykillers ( 1981 ); naive Scot turned powerful South African magnate Jamie MacGregor in the miniseries Master of the Game ( 1984 ); Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland's Story ( 1984 ); romantic lead Clarence Dandridge in the period miniseries Louisiana ( 1984 ) opposite Margot Kidder ; and protagonist Victor Geary in the stylish and clever Oxbridge Blues ( 1984 ), written by Frederic Raphael, directed by James Cellan Jones, and co-starring Amanda Redman, Rosalyn Landor, and Malcolm Stoddard.

Raphael " Raffi " Torres ( born October 8, 1981 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

* 1981 – Antonio Mendes, Brazilian mixed martial artist

* 1981 – Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver

* 1981 – Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Luisão, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian model

* 1981 – Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model and actress

* 1981 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Nenê, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel

* 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model

* 1981 – Germano Borovicz Cardozo Schweger, Brazilian footballer

* 1981 – Mauricio Rua, Brazilian mixed martial artist

* 1981 – Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer

* Orlando dos Santos Costa ( born 1981 ), Brazilian footballer

* Maurício Rua ( born 1981 ), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter

* Robson Toledo ( b. 1981 ), Brazilian football ( soccer ) player

In 1981, Biggs's Brazilian son became a member of a successful band Turma do Balão Mágico, bringing a new source of income to his father.

Another Rio's State Championship in 1981 and two Brazilian Championships – 1982 and 1983 – closed the Golden Age in a fantastic way.

* Marcel Augusto Ortolan ( born 1981 ), a Brazilian footballer

* Elias Alves da Silva ( born 1981 ), Brazilian football player

Martel also stated that his inspiration for the book's premise came from reading a book review of Brazilian author Moacyr Scliar's 1981 novella Max and the Cats, about a Jewish-German refugee who crossed the Atlantic Ocean while sharing his boat with a jaguar.

In 1981, Lucélia posed naked for Playboy again, in order to promote the film Luz del Fuego, which tells the story of the eponymous ballet dancer which shocked the Brazilian society of the early 1950s by founding the a naturist political party and creating the first clothes-free area in Brazil at an island in Baía de Guanabara.