List of state leaders in 81
AD 80 state leaders – Events of AD 81 – AD 82 state leaders – State leaders by year
Africa
Asia
Europe
- Bosporan Kingdom – Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis I, Roman client King of Bosporus (68–90)
- Caucasian Iberia – Kaos, King of Caucasian Iberia (72–87)
- Dacia – Duras, King of Dacia (68–87)
- Ireland – Túathal Techtmar, High King of Ireland (76–106)
- Roman Empire (Principate – Flavian dynasty)
- Titus, Roman Emperor (79–81)
- Domitian, Roman Emperor (81–96)
- Lucius Flavius Silva, Consul (81)
- Lucius Asinius Pollio Verrucosus, Consul (81)
- Gaius Iulius Iuvenalis, Consul suffectus (81)
- Marcus Roscius Coelius, Consul suffectus (81)
- Lucius Vettius Paullus, Consul suffectus (81)
- Titus Iunius Montanus, Consul suffectus (81)
- Lucius Carminius Lusitanicus, Consul suffectus (81)
- Marcus Petronius Umbrinus, Consul suffectus (81)
- Lucius Julius Ursus, Praetorian prefect (81–83)
- Cornelius Fuscus, Praetorian prefect (81–86)
- Roman Britain (Britannia Province) – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor (78–84)
- Ægyptus Province – Gaius Tettius Priscus, Roman Prefect (80–82)
- Judea (Iudaea Province)
Middle East