List of Famous people who died at 41

Noboru Yamaguchi was a Japanese light novel and game scenario author from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He was well known for being the author of The Familiar of Zero light novels and visual novels by Frontwing.

José Ignacio Ustarán Ramírez was a Spanish politician, candidate for UCD in the first elections for the Basque Parliament and killed by the Basque separatist organization ETA on September 29, 1980.

Arkady Dmitrievich Severny was a popular singer from Leningrad. He was very popular in the Soviet Union in the 1970s primarily because of his criminal songs. He sang more than 1,000 songs based on criminal folklore and literature. Severny worked with well-known Russian jazz and restaurant musicians. He recorded more than 80 albums, both solo and orchestral.

Guy Hocquenghem was a French writer, philosopher, and queer theorist.

Clementa Carlos "Clem" Pinckney was an American politician and pastor who served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District from 2000 until his death in 2015. He was previously a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1997 through 2000.

Massimo Troisi was an Italian actor, cabaret performer, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for his works in the films I'm Starting from Three (1981) and Il Postino: The Postman (1994), for which he was posthumously nominated for two Oscars. Nicknamed "the comedian of feelings," he is considered one of the most important actors of Italian theater and cinema.

Benoît Régent was a French actor.

José Ribamar de Oliveira, best known as Canhoteiro was a Brazilian footballer, who played most notably for São Paulo FC. Canhoteiro means essentially "left footed."

Danial Jahić was a Serbian long jumper. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was national indoor record holder for 20 years.

Alan Leslie Barton was a British singer and member of the hit-making duo Black Lace. Their hits included "Agadoo", "Superman" and their United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest 1979 seventh-place finisher "Mary Ann" in Jerusalem.