In the year 1981
530 Notable deaths
Irving Chernev
Russian-american chess player.
Born January 29th, 1900 in Pryluky.
Died September 29th, 1981 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
Julius Arigi
Austro-hungarian flying ace.
Born October 3rd, 1895 in Děčín.
Died August 1st, 1981 at 85 years old in Seewalchen am Attersee.
Richard Dorson
American folklorist.
Born March 12th, 1916 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1981 at 65 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Edvard Kocbek
Slovenian writer (1904-1981).
Born September 27th, 1904 in Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
Died November 3rd, 1981 at 77 years old in Ljubljana.
Martinus Thomsen
Danish mystic (1890-1981).
Born August 11th, 1890 in Sindal.
Died March 8th, 1981 at 90 years old in Frederiksberg.
Stanisław Mazur
Polish mathematician.
Born January 1st, 1905 in Lviv.
Died November 5th, 1981 at 76 years old in Warsaw.
James H. Schmitz
American science fiction writer (1911–1981).
Born October 15th, 1911 in Hamburg.
Died April 18th, 1981 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Tadeusz Kotarbiński
Polish philosopher.
Born March 31st, 1886 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1981 at 95 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Rudolf Geiger
German climatologist (1894-1981).
Born August 24th, 1894 in Erlangen.
Died January 22nd, 1981 at 86 years old in Munich.
Regino Sainz de la Maza
Spanish guitarist and composer.
Born September 7th, 1896 in Burgos.
Died November 26th, 1981 at 85 years old in Madrid.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy