Authors born in 1881
- Abraham Myerson Neurologist, 1881
- Alexander Fleming Scientist, 1881
- Alexander Kerensky Politician, 1881
- Alice Corbin Henderson Poet, 1881
- Anna Pavlova Ballet Dancer, 1881
- Antoine R. Ivins Theologian, 1881
- Anton Wildgans Poet, 1881
- Arthur Judson Businessman, 1881
- Artur Phleps Officer, 1881
- Bede Jarrett Priest, 1881
- Bela Bartok Composer, 1881
- Bess Streeter Aldrich Author, 1881
- Branch Rickey Baseball Player, 1881
- Carlo Carra Painter, 1881
- Cecil B. DeMille Film Maker, 1881
- Charles E. Sorensen Principal Secretary, 1881
- Clive Bell Critic, 1881
- Crystal Eastman Lawyer, 1881
- D. C. Jarvis Physician, 1881
- Daisy Ashford Writer, 1881
- Dana Burnet Writer, 1881
- E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Politician, 1881
- E. V. Knox Poet, 1881
- Eamonn Ceannt Activist, 1881
- Ed Walsh Baseball Player, 1881
- Edgar Guest Poet, 1881
- Edith Nourse Rogers Politician, 1881
- Edith Rogers Politician, 1881
- Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Statesman, 1881
- Eleanor Farjeon Writer, 1881
- Eleanour Sinclair Rohde Gardener, 1881
- Elizabeth Madox Roberts Novelist, 1881
- Emil Ludwig Writer, 1881
- Ernest Bevin Public Servant, 1881
- Ethel M. Dell Writer, 1881
- Ettore Bugatti Designer, 1881
- Eugene M. Kulischer Sociologist, 1881
- Fernand Leger Artist, 1881
- Franklin Pierce Adams Columnist, 1881
- Genevieve Behrend Author, 1881