Authors born in 1881
- Hans Fischer Chemist, 1881
- Irving Langmuir Physicist, 1881
- John Gresham Machen Theologian, 1881
- Johnny Evers Baseball Player, 1881
- Juan Ramon Jimenez Poet, 1881
- L. E. J. Brouwer Philosopher, 1881
- Lascelles Abercrombie Poet, 1881
- Lu Xun Literary, 1881
- Ludwig von Mises Economist, 1881
- Mary Antin Author, 1881
- Mary MacLane Writer, 1881
- Mary Webb Novelist, 1881
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Statesman, 1881
- Nikolaj Velimirovic Saint, 1881
- Nora May French Poet, 1881
- Norman MacEwen Marshal, 1881
- Olive Wyon Author, 1881
- Otto Bauer Politician, 1881
- P. G. Wodehouse Writer, 1881
- Pablo Picasso Painter, 1881
- Padraic Colum Poet, 1881
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Philosopher, 1881
- Walter Rudolf Hess Physician, 1881
- Walther von Brauchitsch Marshal, 1881
- William Ewart Napier Chess Player, 1881
- William McFee Writer, 1881
- William Pickens Orator, 1881
- William T. Piper Businessman, 1881
- William Z. Foster Politician, 1881
- Willie Gallacher Politician, 1881
- Witter Bynner Poet, 1881
- Wladyslaw Sikorski Military Leader, 1881