People on Time Covers 1981

Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. His most significant achievement was the signing of a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, for which he shared the Nobel Prize for Peace.

American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. He discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering.

King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realm. As Prince, he married in 1981.

Member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry.

American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his final film role in On Golden Pond.

Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his killing in 2011 by rebel forces.

United States secretary of state and White House chief of staff. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a Republican senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003.

American actress. She received Academy Awards for her performances in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and On Golden Pond.

American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He achieved critical and popular acclaim after the success of The World According to Garp. Many of his novels, including The Hotel New Hampshire and The Cider House Rules were put into film and won awards

Polish military general, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He imposed martial law in December 1981.

Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

French politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France.

American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.

American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the New York Yankees. In 1980 - 1982, he managed the Oakland A's.

American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. As foreign minister he engineered the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty] and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo Accords.

American politician and actor who served as the US president from 1981 to 1989. He is considered one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history. Man of the Year 1980.

A pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthropist.

Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination on 6 October 1981. He and Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with US President Jimmy Carter, for which they won the Nobel Peace Prize.

American actress. She gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in Pretty Baby, in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she was 11 years old. She later starred in The Blue Lagoon, and Endless Love

Called the greatest actress of her generation, she won her first Emmy for the miniseries Holocaust, and received her first Oscar nomination for The Deer Hunter that same year. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer followed by the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as a Holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice. Her success continued to her third Oscar for Iron Lady in 2011.

British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.

American politician and businessman. He was Secretary of Defense from January 1981 to November 1987. He was indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing government investigations as part of the Iran–Contra investigation.