1981 in Croatia

Events from the year 1981 in Croatia.

Births

 * January 14 – Jadranka Đokić, actress.
 * January 28 – Marko Babić, footballer.
 * February 26 – Tomislav Dujmović, footballer.
 * March 29 – Dolores Lambaša, actress.
 * April 14 – Jacques Houdek, singer.
 * July 6 – Jelena Kostanić Tošić, tennis player.
 * September 8 – Žanamari Lalić, singer and winner of Hrvatski Idol (season 1)
 * November 27 – Nataša Janjić, actress.
 * December 2 – Danijel Pranjić, footballer.
 * December 4 – Matija Kvasina, cyclist.
 * December 18 – Nives Celsius, singer and writer.

Deaths

 * September 2 – Andrija Maurović, comic book author (born 1901).
 * December 29 – Miroslav Krleža, writer (born 1893).
 * December 30 – Franjo Šeper, Cardinal (born 1905).