List of Famous people who born in 1921

Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi was an Egyptian film and television actor, director and producer. He is the maternal uncle of Egyptian American actor Haythem Noor and Amr Youssri.

Georgy Grigorievich Nathanson was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema director, screenwriter and playwright. Directed by Mosfilm. People's Artist of Russia (1994), winner of the USSR State Prize (1977).

Raymond Russell Lindwall was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight rugby league football with St. George, appearing in two grand finals for the club before retiring to fully concentrate on Test cricket.

Ludmila Brožová-Polednová was a Czech state prosecutor sentenced at age 86 in September 2008 to six years' imprisonment for her participation in the show trials of Milada Horáková and others in 1950, which led to at least four executions.

Harry Landers was an American character actor. He was born in New York City.

Ellen Burka was a Canadian-Dutch figure skater and coach. She became Member of the Order of Canada in 1978 and was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

Christian Bonnet was a French politician.

Phanishwar Nath Mandal 'Renu' was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of Maila Anchal, which after Premchand's Godaan, is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel. Phanishwar Nath (Mandal) Renu was born on 4 March 1921 in a small village Aurahi Hingna near Simraha railway station in Bihar. The mandal community of Bihar to which Renu belonged constitutes an under-privileged social group in India. Renu's family, however, enjoyed the benefits of land, education, and social prestige. Renu's father, Shilanath Mandal, had been active in the Indian National Movement and was an extremely enlightened individual, taking a keen interest in modern ideas, culture and art.

James Winchester Montgomery was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church in Chicago, serving from 1971 to 1987.

Nexhmije Hoxha was an Albanian Communist politician, for many years she was the spouse of Enver Hoxha, the first leader of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania and the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. Very close to her husband, she attempted to remain politically influential after his death in 1985. She was one of the few spouses of a ruling Communist Party leader with a high political profile of her own.