In the year 2021
1,567 Notable deaths
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Field hockey player (1955-2021).
Born May 2nd, 1955 in New Delhi.
Died May 8th, 2021 at 66 years old (COVID-19).
Bonfoh Abass
Togolese politician.
Born November 23rd, 1948 in Kabou.
Died June 30th, 2021 at 72 years old [ref]
Djibril Tamsir Niane
Senegalese and guinean writer and historian (1932–2021).
Born January 9th, 1932 in Conakry.
Died March 8th, 2021 at 89 years old in Dakar (COVID-19). [ref]
Svante Thuresson
Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1937–2021).
Born February 7th, 1937 in Stockholm.
Died May 10th, 2021 at 84 years old [ref]
Yekaterina Gradova
Soviet actress.
Born October 6th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died February 22nd, 2021 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Sabina Ajrula
Macedonian turkish actress.
Born April 17th, 1946 in Skopje. [ref]
Died August 10th, 2021 at 75 years old in North Macedonia. [ref]
Gloria Warren
American actress and singer (1926-2021).
Born April 7th, 1926 in Wilmington.
Died September 11th, 2021 at 95 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Nina Ruslanova
Soviet and russian actress (1945-2021).
Born December 5th, 1945 in Bohodukhiv.
Died November 21st, 2021 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli
Iranian islamic philosopher and theologian.
Born February 10th, 1926 in Ira.
Died September 25th, 2021 at 95 years old in Amol. [ref]
Olexander Omelchenko
Ukrainian politician.
Born August 9th, 1938 in Zoziv.
Died November 25th, 2021 at 83 years old in Kyiv (COVID-19).
Mario Camus
Screenwriter, film director (1935-2021).
Born April 20th, 1935 in Santander.
Died September 18th, 2021 at 86 years old in Santander. [ref]
Patricio Manns
Chilean recording artist; musician (1937–2021).
Born August 3rd, 1937 in Nacimiento.
Died September 25th, 2021 at 84 years old in Viña del Mar. [ref]
Gunilla Bergström
Swedish writer, illustrator and journalist (1942–2021).
Born July 3rd, 1942 in Johannebergs församling.
Died August 23rd, 2021 at 79 years old in Stockholms Gustav Vasa. [ref]
Marcia Freedman
Israeli politician.
Born May 17th, 1938 in Newark. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2021 at 83 years old in South Berkeley. [ref]
Chris Craft
British racing driver and engineer.
Born November 17th, 1939 in Porthleven.
Died February 20th, 2021 at 81 years old in Essex. [ref]
Philippe Jaccottet
Swiss poet (1925-2021).
Born June 30th, 1925 in Moudon.
Died February 24th, 2021 at 95 years old in Grignan. [ref]
Živko Radišić
Bosnian serb politician.
Born August 15th, 1937 in Prijedor.
Died September 5th, 2021 at 84 years old in Banja Luka. [ref]
Enrique San Francisco
Spanish actor (1955–2021).
Born March 10th, 1955 in Madrid. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2021 at 65 years old in Madrid (pneumonia). [ref]
Nina Urgant
Soviet and russian actress (1929—2021).
Born September 4th, 1929 in Luga.
Died December 3rd, 2021 at 92 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Merryl Wyn Davies
Welsh muslim scholar.
Born June 23rd, 1948 in Merthyr Tydfil.
Died February 1st, 2021 at 72 years old
George Bournoutian
Iranian-american professor and historian (1943–2021).
Born September 25th, 1943 in Isfahan.
Died August 22nd, 2021 at 77 years old in New Jersey.
Reg Lewis
American bodybuilder and actor (1936–2021).
Born January 23rd, 1936 in Fremont.
Died February 11th, 2021 at 85 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Luis de Pablo
Spanish composer (1930–2021).
Born January 28th, 1930 in Bilbao.
Died October 10th, 2021 at 91 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Stephen Vizinczey
Hungarian-canadian writer.
Died August 18th, 2021 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Karel Loprais
Czech rally driver (1949-2021).
Born March 4th, 1949 in Ostrava, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2021 at 72 years old in Nový Jičín (COVID-19). [ref]
Deaths 926 to 950 of 1567
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett