page_title: 1981
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1981 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (1920–1981), first President of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1967-1969) Русский: Кахтан Мухаммед аш-Шааби (1920-1981), первый президент Южного Йемена в 1967-1969 годах
context_page_description: 1981 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: July 1
  Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-born American architect (b. 1902)
  George Voskovec, Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. 1905)
  July 3 – Ross Martin, American actor (b. 1920)
  July 7 – Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) (b. 1920)
  July 8
  Joe McDonnell, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1951)
  Isaac Soyer, American painter (b. 1902)
  July 10
  Giorgio De Lullo, Italian actor and director (b. 1921)
  Ken Rex McElroy, American murder victim (b. 1934)
  July 16 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
  July 22 – Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa, Mexican Roman Catholic religious professed and Blessed (b. 1904)
  July 27
  Adam Walsh, American murder victim, inspired Code Adam (b. 1974)
  William Wyler, American movie director (b. 1902)
  July 28 – Stanley Francis Rother, American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. 1935)
  July 29 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
  July 31 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian leader (b. 1929)
caption: Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi
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