Famous people born in 1981
The best-known people born in 1981, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known


Britney SpearsAmerican singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981)
December 2
Photo: Jen from USA., CC BY 2.0

Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedish association football player (born 1981)
October 3
Photo: Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0

Justin TimberlakeAmerican singer and actor (born 1981)
January 31
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0


Meghan, Duchess of Sussexmember of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018
August 4
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0

Elijah WoodAmerican actor (born 1981)
January 28
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ivanka TrumpAmerican businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
October 30
Photo: Andrea Hanks/Official White House Photo, Public domain
Anna KournikovaRussian tennis player and model
June 7
Photo: Senior Airman Felicia Juenke, Public domain




Nemanja VidićSerbian association football player (born 1981)
October 21
Photo: Austin Osuide, CC BY 2.0
Sunny LeoneAmerican-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress
May 13
Photo: Verghese TK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tulsi GabbardAmerican politician (born 1981)
April 12
Photo: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain

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January
- January 2 · Maxi Rodriguez, Argentine association football player
- January 10 · Jared Kushner, American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
- January 15 · Pitbull, American rapper (born 1981)
- January 20 · Owen Hargreaves, English association football player
- January 30 · Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
- January 30 · Peter Crouch, English association football player (born 1981)
February
- February 11 · Kelly Rowland, American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1981)
- February 17 · Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor and filmmaker (born 1981)
- February 23 · Gareth Barry, English association football player
- February 24 · Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player and tennis coach
- February 25 · Park Ji-Sung, South Korean association football player
- February 25 · Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor (born 1981)
March
- March 2 · Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress and filmmaker (born 1981)
- March 16 · Péter Magyar, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026
- March 18 · Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
- March 19 · Kolo Touré, Ivorian association football manager (born 1981)
- March 27 · Cacau, German association football player
- March 28 · Julia Stiles, American actress
April
- April 11 · Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
- April 12 · Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer
- April 19 · Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor (born 1981)
- April 19 · Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian diplomat and politician (born 1981)
- April 24 · Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Japanese association football player
- April 30 · John O'Shea, Irish footballer and coach
May
- May 1 · Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
- May 8 · Andrea Barzagli, Italian association football player
- May 8 · Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
- May 9 · Denis Pushilin, Russian politician and head of the Donetsk People's Republic
- May 11 · Daisuke Matsui, Japanese association football player
- May 15 · Patrice Evra, French footballer (born 1981)
June
- June 1 · Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress (born 1981)
- June 2 · Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
- June 7 · Amrita Rao, Indian actress and model
- June 9 · Anoushka Shankar, British-American musician
- June 14 · Elano, Brazilian footballer and manager
- June 25 · Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
July
- July 8 · Keita Suzuki, Japanese association football player
- July 8 · Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- July 15 · Peter Odemwingie, Nigerian footballer (born 1981)
- July 25 · Yūichi Komano, Japanese association football player
- July 26 · Maicon, Brazilian football player (1981–)
- July 28 · Michael Carrick, English footballer and manager (born 1981)
August
- August 12 · Djibril Cissé, French footballer (born 1981)
- August 16 · Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
- August 18 · Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
- August 20 · Ben Barnes, British actor and singer
- August 24 · Chad Michael Murray, American actor
- August 25 · Rachel Bilson, American actress
September
- September 6 · Yuki Abe, Japanese association football player (born 1981)
- September 8 · Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese association football player
- September 12 · Jennifer Hudson, American singer, actress, model and spokesperson
- September 16 · Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
- September 16 · Alexis Bledel, American actress
- September 22 · Serdar Berdimuhamedow, 3rd President of Turkmenistan since 2022
October
- October 9 · Ryoichi Maeda, Japanese association football player
- October 19 · Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish racecar driver
- October 25 · Shaun Wright-Phillips, English association football player (born 1981)
- October 27 · Volkan Demirel, Turkish association football player and manager (born 1981)
- October 28 · Milan Baroš, Czech association football player (born 1981)
- October 30 · Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
November
- November 2 · Esha Deol, Indian actress
- November 5 · Kseniya Sobchak, Russian television personality and politician
- November 8 · Joe Cole, English association football player (born 1981)
- November 11 · Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, monarch of Luxembourg since 2025
- November 26 · Natasha Bedingfield, English and New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1981)
- November 27 · Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
December
- December 9 · Dia Mirza, Indian model and actress
- December 11 · Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
- December 13 · Amy Lee, American singer, pianist and songwriter
- December 15 · Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer
- December 27 · Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress (born 1981)
- December 28 · Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch association football player (born 1981)
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