List of Famous people who died in 2021

Yves Dassonville was a French civil servant and statistician. He served as the High Commissioner of New Caledonia from 25 October 2007, succeeding Michel Mathieu, who resigned following a disagreement with then Minister of Overseas France Christian Estrosi over general strikes and social problems in the territory, until 2010.

Osian Gwynn Ellis was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher. He was principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, and a harp teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. Many composers wrote music for him. He had a close professional partnership with Benjamin Britten, from 1959 till the composer's death, and often first performed and recorded Britten's works.

Gianfranco D'Angelo was an Italian actor and comedian.

Donald Kagan was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. Kagan was considered among the foremost American scholars of Greek history.

Saranya Sasi was an Indian actress who worked in Malayalam and Tamil films and television soap operas.

Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga was a member of the Senate of France, representing French citizens living abroad. She was a member of the Socialist Party.

Zhang Enhua was a Chinese professional football player and coach.

Samuel Louis Nistico, better known as Sammy Nestico, was an American composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra.

Heinz Klevenow Jr. was a German actor and theatre director.

Viktor Grigoryevich Shuvalov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Ruzayevka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1953. He also played soccer in the Soviet Top League for VVS Moscow from 1950 to 1952.