List of Famous people who died in 2021

Absattar Baghysbaiuly Derbisali was a Kazakh Grand Mufti. He served as mufti from June 24, 2000 to February 18, 2013.

James Catherwood Hormel was an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, diplomat, and heir to the Hormel meatpacking fortune. He served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001, and was the first openly gay man to represent the United States as an ambassador.

Marcel Henry was a politician from Mayotte, France, who served as French senator (1977–2004). He was one of the founders of the Mahoré People's Movement.

Sawsan Rabie was an Egyptian television and film actress. She studied at Ain Shams University.

Rory Young was a Zambian-born Irish conservationist. Rory Young was an Irish national and a wildlife conservationist and anti-poaching strategist. His company Chengeta Wildlife, operates across Africa. Young was killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso, West Africa, along with the Spanish journalist David Beriáin and the documentary filmmaker Roberto Fraile while working on a documentary about his work in Africa.

Porfirio Armando Betancourt Carranza was a Honduran professional footballer.

Robert Green Hall was an American special makeup effects artist, film director, musician, and owner of PostHuman FX, specializing in providing seamlessly integrated makeup and visual effects.

Flory Jagoda was a Bosnian-Jewish–born American guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter. She was known for her composition and interpretation of Sephardic songs, Judeo-Espanyol (Ladino) songs and the Bosnian folk ballads, sevdalinka.

Muammer Sun was a Turkish composer of classical music.

Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.