List of Famous people who died in 2021

Awa Diop was a Senegalese politician and an early militant of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). She was a deputy in the National Assembly and a minister under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade.

Biserka Cvejić was a Serbian operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, and a university professor of Croatian descent. Her career began at the Belgrade Opera in 1954. She was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1959 to 1979, performing internationally. She first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961 as Amneris in Verdi's Aida, returning in many more leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire.

John Howard Gomery was a Canadian jurist.

Moufida Tlatli was a Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and editor. She is noted for her breakthrough film The Silences of the Palace in 1994, which won several international awards. She went on to direct two more films: The Season of Men (2000) and Nadia and Sarra (2004).

Vladimir Kirsanov was a Russian choreographer and dancer.

Bob Brett was an Australian tennis coach. Brett worked as a ball boy for American player Arthur Ashe and veteran Australian coach Harry Hopman in the 1960s. In addition to one-on-one coaching, Brett's other roles included the founding of a tennis academy in San Remo, Italy, and a coaching job with the Japanese tennis federation.

Jordi Cussà was a Spanish Catalan-language writer.

Arsenio Lope Huerta was a Spanish writer and politician.

Pierre-Paul Savoie was a Canadian dancer and choreographer. He founded the company PPS Danse in Montreal.

Selma Gürbüz was a Turkish painter and sculptor.