Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae musician
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Helen Mirren
English actor
Eric Clapton
English musician
Goldie Hawn
American actress
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)
Rod Stewart
British singer-songwriter
Neil Young
Canadian and American musician
Mia Farrow
American actress and activist
Franz Beckenbauer
German footballer
John Lithgow
American actor
Rodrigo Duterte
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese politician
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- 1945–2021Gerd MüllerGerman footballerNovember 3
- 1945–2025Khaleda ZiaPrime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996; 2001–2006)August 15
- b. 1945Steve MartinAmerican comedian, actor, musician and writerAugust 14 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Bette MidlerAmerican actress and singerDecember 1 · Turns 81 this year
- b. 1945Priscilla PresleyAmerican businesswoman and actressMay 24 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Anni-Frid LyngstadSwedish singerNovember 15 · Turns 81 this year
- 1945–2015LemmyEnglish rock musicianDecember 24
- b. 1945Tom SelleckAmerican actorJanuary 29 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Vince McMahonAmerican professional wrestling promoterAugust 24 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Debbie HarryAmerican singer-songwriter and actressJuly 1 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Daniel OrtegaLeader of Nicaragua (1979–1990; 2007–present)November 11 · Turns 81 this year
- b. 1945Radovan KaradžićBosnian Serb politician and war criminalJune 19 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Van MorrisonNorthern Irish musicianAugust 31 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Björn UlvaeusSwedish musicianApril 25 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Wim WendersGerman filmmakerAugust 14 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Pete TownshendEnglish musician and songwriterMay 19 · Turned 81 this year
- 1945–2026Brenda FrickerIrish actressFebruary 17
- 1945–2013James AveryAmerican actorNovember 27
- b. 1945Henry WinklerAmerican actorOctober 30 · Turns 81 this year
- b. 1945Ehud OlmertPrime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009September 30 · Turned 81 this year
- 1945–2021John McAfeeBritish and American programmer and businessmanSeptember 18
- b. 1945Ritchie BlackmoreBritish guitaristApril 14 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Phil JacksonAmerican basketball player, coach and executiveSeptember 17 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Barry BostwickAmerican actorFebruary 24 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Ram Nath KovindFormer President of IndiaOctober 1 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Bryan FerryBritish singerSeptember 26 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Linda HuntAmerican actressApril 2 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Ian GillanEnglish singerAugust 19 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945John FogertyAmerican musicianMay 28 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945José FelicianoPuerto Rican musicianSeptember 10 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Abdelmadjid TebbounePresident of Algeria since 2019November 17 · Turns 81 this year
- b. 1945Adrienne BarbeauAmerican actressJune 11 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945George MillerAustralian filmmakerMarch 3 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Jaclyn SmithAmerican actressOctober 26 · Turns 81 this year
- 1945–2025Loni AndersonAmerican actressAugust 5
- b. 1945Ernie HudsonAmerican actorDecember 17 · Turns 81 this year
- 1945–1982Rainer Werner FassbinderGerman filmmakerMay 31
- 1945–1988DivineAmerican actor, singer and drag queenOctober 19
- 1945–1992Marsha P. JohnsonAmerican LGBTQ activist, sex worker and performerAugust 24
- b. 1945Yoshinori OhsumiJapanese cell biologistFebruary 9 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Eddy MerckxBelgian cyclistJune 17 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Don McLeanAmerican singer-songwriterOctober 2 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Bob SegerAmerican singer-songwriterMay 6 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Edie McClurgAmerican retired actressJuly 23 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Itzhak PerlmanIsraeli-American violinistAugust 31 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Dennis RaderAmerican serial killerMarch 9 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Pat RileyAmerican basketball player, coach, and executiveMarch 20 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Keith JarrettAmerican pianist and composerMay 8 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Joanna CassidyAmerican actressAugust 2 · Turned 81 this year
- 1945–2012Davy JonesBritish musicianDecember 30
- 1945–2015Dusty RhodesAmerican professional wrestlerOctober 12
- b. 1945Jupp HeynckesGerman football player and managerMay 9 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Mahinda RajapaksaPresident of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015November 18 · Turns 81 this year
- b. 1945Javed AkhtarIndian poet and lyricistJanuary 17 · Turned 81 this year
- 1945–2001Birendra of NepalKing of Nepal from 1972 to 2001December 28
- 1945–2013Huell HowserAmerican television personalityOctober 18
- b. 1945Dean KoontzAmerican writer and screenwriterJuly 9 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Rita CoolidgeAmerican singerMay 1 · Turned 81 this year
- b. 1945Joseph James DeAngeloAmerican serial rapist and serial killerNovember 8 · Turns 81 this year
- 1945–2026Abdrabbuh Mansour HadiPresident of Yemen from 2012 to 2022September 1