1981 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister:
• * until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
• * 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
• * starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens

  Events

• July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
• October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
• November 8 - General election

  Publications

• Cowboy Henk strip first published
• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg

  Births

• 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
• 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor

• 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
• 27 February
• * Evi Goffin, singer
• * Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter

• 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian

• 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist

• 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist

  Deaths

• January 27 - Leo Collard, politician
• February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
• February 9 - Albert Dejonghe, cyclist
• April 5 - Émile Hanse, footballer
• May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
• August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
• October 21 - Wilfried Puis, footballer
• November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist