List of Famous people who died in 2021

Massimo Cuttitta was an Italian professional rugby union player and coach. He used to play as a prop. He was the twin brother of Marcello Cuttitta.

Carole Lavallée was a Canadian politician.

Raúl Baglini was an Argentine politician who served in both houses of the National Congress of Argentina, representing the Radical Civic Union.

Jonas Augustino Gricius was a Lithuanian cinematographer, known for his work on a number of classical films starting from the late 1950s, including Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, and The Blue Bird.

Gimax, pseudonym of Carlo Franchi was an Italian racing driver. He never raced under his real name, and his son has also raced using the name "Gimax".

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin was a Soviet footballer who played as a defender.

Abdelkader Jerbi was a Tunisian film director.

Jean Josselin was a French welterweight boxer. He competed at the 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships. After that he turned professional and won his first 19 bouts. On 25 April 1966 he won the European title, and later in 1966 unsuccessfully contested the WBA and WBC titles against Curtis Cokes. He lost the European title to Carmelo Bossi in 1967, regained it from Silvano Bertini in 1969, and lost four months later to Johann Orsolics. Josselin retired in 1972 after a string of 8 losses, 4 draws and 1 victory.

Charles Jeremy Lewis was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative, last serving California's 41st congressional district. He was first elected to Congress in 1978, and previously represented the 40th, 35th, and 37th districts. A Republican, he was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, serving in that role during the 109th Congress. In January 2012 he announced that he was not running for re-election and would end his congressional career in January 2013.

Kristofer Marinus Schipper, also known as Rik Schipper and by his Chinese name Shi Zhouren, was a Dutch sinologist. He was an emeritus professor of Oriental studies at Leiden University, appointed there in 1993. Schipper has worked as researcher for École française d'Extrême-Orient and later taught as directeur de recherche in History of Daoism studies at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. He was head of the Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises from the Collège de France. He also taught at Fuzhou University and Zhangzhou College. After his retirement he and his wife Dr. Yuan Bingling moved to Fuzhou (Fujian) in China.