In the year 2021
1,567 Notable deaths
Gianluigi Saccaro
Fencer (1938-2021).
Born December 29th, 1938 in Milan.
Died February 17th, 2021 at 82 years old in Milan. [ref]
Vladimir Vysotskiy
Russian admiral.
Born August 18th, 1954 in Komarno.
Died February 5th, 2021 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Lothar Claesges
Olympic cyclist (1942–2021).
Born July 3rd, 1942 in Krefeld.
Died November 12th, 2021 at 79 years old in Krefeld.
Yeo Hyo-jin
South korean association football player.
Born April 25th, 1983 in Busan.
Died July 31st, 2021 at 38 years old in South Korea (cancer). [ref]
Winfried Bölke
German cyclist (1941–2021).
Born May 25th, 1941 in Genthin.
Died January 26th, 2021 at 79 years old in Dortmund. [ref]
Willy Kemp
Luxembourgian road bicycle racer (1925–2021).
Born December 28th, 1925 in Kopstal.
Died October 18th, 2021 at 95 years old in Bertrange. [ref]
Helga Klein
German sprinter (1931–2021).
Born August 15th, 1931 in Mannheim.
Died January 27th, 2021 at 89 years old in Mannheim. [ref]
Paulino Lukudu Loro
South sudanese catholic priest (1940-2021).
Born August 23rd, 1940 in Juba.
Died April 5th, 2021 at 80 years old in Nairobi.
Giuseppe Galante
Italian rower (1937–2021).
Born September 2nd, 1937 in Domaso.
Died December 19th, 2021 at 84 years old in Gravedona ed Uniti. [ref]
Cesare Salvadori
Italian fencer (1941-2021).
Born September 22nd, 1941 in Turin. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2021 at 79 years old in Turin. [ref]
Giacomo Capuzzi
Catholic bishop.
Born August 14th, 1929 in Manerbio.
Died December 26th, 2021 at 92 years old in Brescia.
Daniel Eon
French footballer.
Born December 20th, 1939 in Saint-Nazaire.
Died March 15th, 2021 at 81 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Aleksandr Blinov
Former soviet equestrian and olympic champion (1954-2021).
Born August 19th, 1954 in Bishkek.
Died February 9th, 2021 at 66 years old [ref]
Ștefan Tudor
Romanian rower.
Born March 3rd, 1943 in Poienarii Burchii.
Died February 15th, 2021 at 77 years old
Medea Abrahamyan
Armenian cellist.
Born March 8th, 1932 in Yerevan.
Died March 3rd, 2021 at 88 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Peter Rock
East german footballer (1941–2021).
Born December 16th, 1941 in Rudolstadt.
Died June 20th, 2021 at 79 years old in Jena. [ref]
Ioánnis Paleokrassás
Greek politician (1934–2021).
Born March 27th, 1934 in Athens.
Died October 2nd, 2021 at 87 years old in Athens. [ref]
Naohiro Ikeda
Japanese volleyball player (1940-2021).
Born January 17th, 1940 in Kashima.
Died January 3rd, 2021 at 80 years old in Nagasaki. [ref]
Zdeněk Růžička
Czech olympic gymnast (1925–2021).
Born April 15th, 1925 in Ivančice.
Died April 18th, 2021 at 96 years old in Brno. [ref]
Gildardo García
Colombian chess player (1954-2021).
Born March 9th, 1954 in Medellín.
Died January 15th, 2021 at 66 years old in Medellín (COVID-19). [ref]
Serhiy Novikov
Ussr judoka (1949–2021).
Born December 15th, 1949 in Moscow.
Died April 16th, 2021 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Marcel Courthiade
French linguist (1953–2021).
Born August 2nd, 1953 in Montceau-les-Mines.
Died March 4th, 2021 at 67 years old in Tirana. [ref]
Erika Fisch
German athlete (1934–2021).
Born April 29th, 1934 in Hanover.
Died November 9th, 2021 at 87 years old in Hanover. [ref]
Tomoyasu Asaoka
Japanese association football player (1962–2021).
Born April 6th, 1962 in Tokyo.
Died October 6th, 2021 at 59 years old [ref]
József Csatári
Olympic wrestler (1943–2021).
Born December 17th, 1943 in Budapest.
Died January 30th, 2021 at 77 years old [ref]
Deaths 1426 to 1450 of 1567
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler