List of Famous people who born in 1921

Erich Fried was an Austrian-born poet, writer and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer he mostly wrote plays and short novels. He also translated works by different English writers from English into German, most notably works by William Shakespeare.

Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.

Paul Guimard was a French writer known for combining his passion for writing with his love of the sea. His most famous work was Les Choses de la Vie, which was adapted to film, with a complete change of its ending, by Claude Sautet, with Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli.

Jules Schelvis was a Dutch Jewish historian, writer, printer, and Holocaust survivor. Schelvis was the sole survivor among the 3,005 people on the 14th transport from Westerbork to Sobibor extermination camp, having been selected to work at nearby Dorohucza labour camp. He is known for his memoirs and historical research about Sobibor, for which he earned an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam, Officier in the Order of Orange-Nassau, and Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Ali Yahia Abdennour, born January 18, 1921, in Aït Yahia, Algeria is an Algerian lawyer, politician and human rights activist.

Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE, was an English code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park.

Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

Antonio Ferrandis Monrabal was a Spanish actor, remembered especially for the role of Chanquete in the Spanish television serie Verano azul.

Michiko Inukai was a Japanese Roman Catholic author and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Michiko Inukai Foundation, which provides financial aid for refugees seeking education.

Maria Schwarz (1921-2018) was a German architect and professor best known for her church architecture.