In the year 2021
1,567 Notable deaths
Pave Maijanen
Finnish singer (1950–2021).
Born September 3rd, 1950 in Lappeenranta. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2021 at 70 years old [ref]
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson
Icelandic football player (1950-2021).
Born September 3rd, 1950 in Reykjavík.
Died January 24th, 2021 at 70 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Nikolay Antoshkin
Russian air force colonel general and statesman (1942–2021).
Born December 19th, 1942 in Kuzminovka.
Died January 17th, 2021 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Vladimir Korenev
Soviet and russian actor (1940-2021).
Born June 20th, 1940 in Sevastopol.
Died January 2nd, 2021 at 80 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Peter Fleischmann
German film director (1937–2021).
Born July 26th, 1937 in Zweibrücken.
Died August 11th, 2021 at 84 years old in Potsdam. [ref]
Gianni Nazzaro
Italian singer (1948–2021).
Born October 27th, 1948 in Naples.
Died July 27th, 2021 at 72 years old in Rome (lung cancer). [ref]
Alexander Stefanovich
Russian film director (1944-2021).
Born December 13th, 1944 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 13th, 2021 at 76 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Don Kojis
American basketball player.
Born January 15th, 1939 in Milwaukee.
Died November 19th, 2021 at 82 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Simon Achidi
Cameroonian politician.
Born November 5th, 1934 in Bamenda.
Died May 4th, 2021 at 86 years old in United States.
Dragan Pantelić
Serbian footballer (1951–2021).
Born December 9th, 1951 in Lešnica.
Died October 20th, 2021 at 69 years old in Niš. [ref]
Stephen Wiesner
Israeli research physicist (1942–2021).
Born August 30th, 1942 in United States.
Died August 12th, 2021 at 78 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Emi Wada
Japanese costume designer (1937–2021).
Born March 18th, 1937 in Kyoto.
Died November 13th, 2021 at 84 years old [ref]
Ronald Gillespie
Canadian inorganic chemist (1924-2021).
Born August 21st, 1924 in London. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2021 at 96 years old in Dundas. [ref]
Renato Scarpa
Italian film actor (1939–2021).
Born September 14th, 1939 in Milan.
Died December 30th, 2021 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
German catholic theologian and author; world's first woman to hold a chair in catholic theology (1927-2021).
Born October 2nd, 1927 in Essen.
Died March 25th, 2021 at 93 years old in Essen. [ref]
Ezra T. Newman
American theoretical physicist (1929–2021).
Born October 17th, 1929 in The Bronx.
Died March 24th, 2021 at 91 years old in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Viktor Kazantsev
Russian general (1946-2021).
Born February 22nd, 1946 in Kochanava.
Died September 14th, 2021 at 75 years old in Krasnodar.
Kabori Sarwar
Bangladeshi actress.
Born July 9th, 1950 in Chittagong.
Died April 17th, 2021 at 70 years old in National Gastroliver Institute & Hospital (COVID-19).
Antón García Abril
Spanish composer (1933–2021).
Born May 19th, 1933 in Teruel.
Died March 17th, 2021 at 87 years old in Madrid (COVID-19). [ref]
Angela Bailey
Canadian sprinter (1962-2021).
Born February 28th, 1962 in Coventry.
Died July 31st, 2021 at 59 years old in Mississauga (cancer). [ref]
Alex Quiñónez
Ecuadorian sprinter.
Born August 11th, 1989 in Esmeraldas.
Died October 22nd, 2021 at 32 years old in Guayaquil. [ref]
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Polish actor (1937-2021).
Born March 20th, 1937 in Warsaw.
Died February 6th, 2021 at 83 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Teresa Żylis-Gara
Polish operatic soprano (1930–2021).
Born January 23rd, 1935 in Lentvaris. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2021 at 86 years old in Łódź. [ref]
Edward Cassidy
Australian roman catholic cardinal (1924–2021).
Born July 5th, 1924 in Sydney.
Died April 10th, 2021 at 96 years old in Newcastle. [ref]
Maki Kaji
Japanese businessman.
Born October 8th, 1951 in Sapporo.
Died August 10th, 2021 at 69 years old in Mitaka. [ref]
Deaths 876 to 900 of 1567
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel