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Born in 1981

3,521 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Stijn Stijnen

    association football player, politician

    45 years old

    April 7 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  2. Daniel Diges

    stage actor, singer

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    Source: Discogs

  3. Elastinen

    record producer, rapper

    45 years old

    April 18 · 1981

    No external source identified

  4. Robert Stieglitz

    boxer

    45 years old

    June 20 · 1981

    No external source identified

  5. Collin Samuel

    association football player

    45 years old

    August 27 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Chris Tomlinson

    athletics competitor

    45 years old

    September 15 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  7. Olivier Occéan

    association football player

    44 years old

    October 23 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  8. Natalya Antyukh

    sprinter, hurdler

    45 years old

    June 26 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  9. Franco Fagioli

    opera singer

    45 years old

    May 4 · 1981

    No external source identified

  10. Luis Flores

    basketball player

    45 years old

    April 11 · 1981

    Source: FIBA database

  11. Jonathan Santana

    association football player

    44 years old

    October 19 · 1981

    Source: As

  12. Paul Codrea

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    April 4 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  13. Khaled Aziz

    association football player

    45 years old

    July 14 · 1981

    No external source identified

  14. Newsha Tavakolian

    photojournalist, photographer

    Born 1981

    1981

    Source: loeildelaphotographie.com

  15. Mario Santana*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    December 23 · 1981

    Source: As

  16. Charlotte Frogner

    actor, film actor

    45 years old

    April 9 · 1981

    Source: sceneweb.no

  17. Yasuyuki Muneta

    judoka

    45 years old

    February 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  18. Takeshi Honda

    figure skating coach, figure skater

    45 years old

    March 23 · 1981

    No external source identified

  19. Siarhei Rutenka

    handball player

    45 years old

    August 29 · 1981

    No external source identified

  20. Matthieu Delpierre

    association football player

    45 years old

    April 26 · 1981

    Source: As

  21. Maria Maya

    film director, television actor

    45 years old

    June 29 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  22. Marta Larralde

    film director, screenwriter

    45 years old

    April 22 · 1981

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  23. Im Jeong-eun

    film actor, television actor

    45 years old

    March 31 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  24. Marina Maljković

    basketball coach

    45 years old

    September 26 · 1981

    Source: olympedia.org

  25. Bernhard Eisel

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    February 17 · 1981

    No external source identified

  26. Chinelo Okparanta

    novelist, fellow

    Born 1981

    1981

    No external source identified

  27. Sérgio Marone

    actor, film actor

    45 years old

    February 4 · 1981

    No external source identified

  28. Johnny MaloCuliaoHerrera

    association football player

    45 years old

    May 9 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  29. Blerim Destani

    film actor, actor

    45 years old

    April 12 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  30. Dino Drpić

    association football player

    45 years old

    May 26 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  31. Lee Hyo-jung

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    45 years old

    January 13 · 1981

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  32. Andrew Alberts

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    June 30 · 1981

    No external source identified

  33. David Testo

    association football player

    45 years old

    August 7 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Johan Wiland

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 24 · 1981

    Source: As

  35. Rebecca Smith

    association football player

    45 years old

    June 17 · 1981

    Source: Soccerdonna

  36. Ufuoma Ejenobor

    beauty pageant contestant, model

    45 years old

    April 23 · 1981

    No external source identified

  37. Élodie Ouédraogo

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    45 years old

    February 27 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  38. Marco Chiudinelli

    tennis player

    45 years old

    September 10 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  39. Eduardo Gonçalves de Oliveira

    association football player

    44 years old

    November 30 · 1981

    Source: As

  40. Joel Lindpere

    association football player

    45 years old

    October 5 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  41. Scott Lipsky

    tennis player

    45 years old

    August 14 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  42. Pape Sow

    basketball player

    44 years old

    November 22 · 1981

    Source: ACB.com

  43. Henrik von Eckermann

    show jumper

    45 years old

    May 25 · 1981

    Source: Swedish Olympic Committee

  44. Anna Bederke

    actor, film director

    Born 1981

    1981

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  45. Qu Bo

    association football player

    45 years old

    July 15 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  46. Cadú

    association football player, association football coach

    44 years old

    December 21 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Björn Dixgård

    singer, composer

    45 years old

    May 8 · 1981

    Source: Discogs

  48. Susanna Kallur

    sprinter

    45 years old

    February 16 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  49. Potito Starace

    tennis player

    45 years old

    July 14 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  50. Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

    writer, novelist

    44 years old

    November 25 · 1981

    Source: AlKindi

  51. Robert de Pinho de Souza

    association football player

    45 years old

    February 27 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  52. Roland Linz

    association football player

    45 years old

    August 9 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  53. Du Feng

    basketball player, basketball coach

    45 years old

    July 30 · 1981

    Source: sports-reference.com

  54. Tobias Stieler

    association football referee

    45 years old

    July 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  55. Jean-Jacques Pierre

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    January 23 · 1981

    Source: As

  56. Kokkai Futoshi

    rikishi

    45 years old

    March 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  57. David Aganzo

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  58. Derya Karadaş

    actor

    45 years old

    May 4 · 1981

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  59. Jan Jagla

    basketball player

    45 years old

    June 25 · 1981

    Source: ACB.com

  60. Tsubasa Imai

    actor, singer

    44 years old

    October 17 · 1981

    Source: Discogs

  61. Marcelo Sarvas

    association football coach, association football player

    44 years old

    October 16 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  62. Melissa Tancredi

    association football player

    44 years old

    December 27 · 1981

    Source: Soccerdonna

  63. Chiharu Niiyama

    actor, gravure idol

    45 years old

    January 14 · 1981

    No external source identified

  64. Klaas Dijkhoff

    politician, jurist

    45 years old

    January 13 · 1981

    No external source identified

  65. Rita Jeptoo

    marathon runner, athletics competitor

    45 years old

    February 15 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  66. Martin Kariya

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    October 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  67. Phyo Zeya Thaw

    human rights defender, politician

    1981–2022 · aged 41

    March 26 · 1981

    Source: openhluttaw.info

  68. Nerea Barros

    actor, film director

    45 years old

    May 12 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  69. Imre Szabics

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    March 22 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  70. Alexander Aan

    civil servant

    45 years old

    July 13 · 1981

    No external source identified

  71. Aleksandar Tunchev

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    July 10 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  72. Patrick Mtiliga

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 28 · 1981

    Source: As

  73. Sergei Lebedev (writer)

    opinion journalist, writer

    45 years old

    June 17 · 1981

    Source: books.yandex.ru

  74. Maritza Correia

    swimmer

    44 years old

    December 23 · 1981

    No external source identified

  75. Filippo Pozzato

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    September 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  76. Arzu

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    March 17 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  77. Sinan Kaloğlu

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    June 10 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Choi Ja-hye

    actor, television actor

    45 years old

    July 26 · 1981

    No external source identified

  79. Vasil Kiryienka

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    June 28 · 1981

    No external source identified

  80. David Martin

    tennis player

    45 years old

    February 22 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  81. Isabel Rodríguez García

    politician

    45 years old

    June 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  82. Zurab Zviadauri*

    judoka, athlete

    Date disputed

    July 2 · 1981

    Source: JudoInside.com

  83. LaToya Thomas

    basketball player

    45 years old

    July 6 · 1981

    Source: FIBA database

  84. Cherie Piper

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    June 29 · 1981

    Source: Team Canada database

  85. Chuan Chih-Yuan

    table tennis player

    45 years old

    April 2 · 1981

    Source: ittf.com

  86. Francesco Tristano Schlimé

    pianist, musician

    45 years old

    September 16 · 1981

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Kessarin Ektawatkul

    taekwondo athlete, film actor

    45 years old

    August 31 · 1981

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  88. Mads Junker

    association football player

    45 years old

    April 21 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  89. Diane Rwigara

    women's rights activist, politician

    Born 1981

    1981

    Source: spiegel.de

  90. Paulien van Deutekom

    speed skater

    1981–2019 · aged 37

    February 4 · 1981

    No external source identified

  91. Carol Gattaz

    volleyball player

    45 years old

    July 27 · 1981

    Source: olimpiadatododia.com.br

  92. Chae Young-in

    film actor, singer

    44 years old

    November 23 · 1981

    No external source identified

  93. Siyabonga Nkosi

    association football player

    45 years old

    August 22 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  94. Tsuyoshi Wada

    baseball player, baseball commentator

    45 years old

    February 21 · 1981

    Source: npb.jp

  95. Farzad Farzin

    recording artist, singer

    45 years old

    June 24 · 1981

    No external source identified

  96. Orel Grinfeeld

    association football referee

    45 years old

    August 21 · 1981

    No external source identified

  97. Amir Hossein Sadeghi

    association football player

    45 years old

    September 6 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  98. Igor Kunitsyn

    tennis player

    45 years old

    September 30 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  99. Abigail Spears

    tennis player

    45 years old

    July 12 · 1981

    Source: WTA website

  100. Kateryna Monzul

    architect, association football referee

    45 years old

    July 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  101. Ben Sigmund

    association football player

    45 years old

    February 3 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Stanislav Genchev

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    March 20 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  103. Dmitriy Karpov

    combined track and field event athlete, athletics competitor

    45 years old

    July 23 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  104. Guilherme do Prado

    association football player

    44 years old

    December 31 · 1981

    No external source identified

  105. Danai Udomchoke

    tennis player

    45 years old

    August 11 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  106. Etto

    association football player

    45 years old

    March 8 · 1981

    Source: transfermarkt.com

  107. Jonas Andersson

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    February 24 · 1981

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  108. Eri Sendai

    seiyū, child actor

    44 years old

    October 30 · 1981

    Source: myanimelist.net

  109. Matt Freije

    basketball player

    45 years old

    October 2 · 1981

    Source: FIBA database

  110. Alan Gagloyev

    politician

    45 years old

    February 6 · 1981

    Source: cominf.org

  111. Edyta Herbuś

    actor, singer

    45 years old

    February 26 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  112. Dolores Lambaša

    actor

    1981–2013 · aged 32

    March 29 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  113. Aoi Tada

    singer, singer-songwriter

    45 years old

    July 3 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  114. Hicham Aboucherouane

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    April 2 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  115. Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

    association football coach, association football player

    44 years old

    December 29 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  116. Nat Borchers

    association football player

    45 years old

    April 13 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Asmir Avdukić

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    May 13 · 1981

    Source: As

  118. Juho Hänninen

    rally driver

    45 years old

    July 25 · 1981

    No external source identified

  119. Dana Reizniece-Ozola

    politician, chess player

    44 years old

    November 6 · 1981

    No external source identified

  120. Harrysong

    performing artist, songwriter

    45 years old

    March 30 · 1981

    No external source identified

  121. Caroline Bittencourt

    actor, model

    1981–2019 · aged 37

    December 13 · 1981

    No external source identified

  122. Maria Yamamoto

    singer, screenwriter

    45 years old

    September 11 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  123. Baiba Skride

    violinist, musician

    45 years old

    March 17 · 1981

    Source: BnF authorities

  124. Martin Tomczyk

    racing automobile driver

    44 years old

    December 7 · 1981

    Source: Driver Database

  125. Tristan Garcia

    writer, philosopher

    45 years old

    April 5 · 1981

    Source: BD Gest'

  126. Benjamin Lauth

    association football player

    45 years old

    August 4 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  127. Ljubo Miličević

    association football player

    45 years old

    February 13 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Atsuko Ishizuka

    screenwriter, film director

    45 years old

    September 3 · 1981

    Source: city.okazaki.lg.jp

  129. Gianne Albertoni

    model, actor

    45 years old

    July 5 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  130. Sílvia Alberto

    television presenter, film actor

    45 years old

    May 18 · 1981

    No external source identified

  131. Laura Citarella

    film editor, composer

    Born 1981

    1981

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  132. Marek Matějovský

    association football player

    44 years old

    December 20 · 1981

    Source: As

  133. David Yelldell

    association football player

    45 years old

    October 1 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  134. Óscar Miñambres*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  135. Ruslan Alekhno

    singer

    44 years old

    October 14 · 1981

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  136. Markus Haris Maulana*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    March 14 · 1981

    Source: Soccerway

  137. Julie-Marie Parmentier

    stage actor, film actor

    45 years old

    June 13 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  138. Chris Thompson

    athletics competitor

    45 years old

    April 17 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  139. Andreas Vinciguerra

    tennis player

    45 years old

    February 19 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  140. Hitomi Obara

    amateur wrestler

    1981–2025 · aged 44

    January 4 · 1981

    No external source identified

  141. Mara Santangelo

    tennis player, writer

    45 years old

    June 28 · 1981

    Source: WTA website

  142. Josh Saunders

    association football player

    45 years old

    March 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  143. Marta Roure

    songwriter, singer

    45 years old

    January 16 · 1981

    No external source identified

  144. Olivier Pla

    racing automobile driver

    44 years old

    October 22 · 1981

    No external source identified

  145. Troy Perkins

    goalkeeper coach, association football player

    45 years old

    July 29 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  146. Teruyuki Moniwa

    association football player

    45 years old

    September 8 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  147. Jonas Poher Rasmussen

    film director, screenwriter

    45 years old

    May 19 · 1981

    Source: danskefilm.dk

  148. Linda Sundblad

    songwriter, model

    45 years old

    July 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  149. Francisco Medina Luna

    association football player

    45 years old

    May 26 · 1981

    Source: As

  150. Anderson Daronco

    association football referee, physical education teacher

    45 years old

    January 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

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