List of Famous people who died in 2021

Norman Douglas Somerville Provan was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. Also nicknamed "Sticks", he was a second-row forward with the St George Dragons during the first ten of their eleven consecutive premiership-winning years, from 1956 to 1966. Named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century, he was a representative in the Australia national team from 1954 to 1960, earning 14 Tests and two World Cups. In 2018, he was inducted as the 13th Immortal of Australian rugby league.

David Alexander Tweed was a Northern Irish politician and Irish rugby union international. He served as a Traditional Unionist Voice councillor on Ballymena Borough Council.

Russell Frank Ebert was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of Australian rules football in South Australia. Russell Ebert is the only player to have won four Magarey Medals which are awarded to the best and fairest player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Raj Kaushal was an Indian director, producer and stunt director who was active during the 1990s and mid 2000s. He was married to actress and TV presenter Mandira Bedi. He died on 30 June 2021 after a heart attack.

Nadia Chaudhri was a Canadian psychologist. She was a professor of psychology at Concordia University where she researched drug and alcohol abuse.

Terrence Clarke was an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best shooting guards in the 2020 class. Clarke finished his high school career at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

Clifford Rose was a British actor.

Margo Guryan was an American songwriter, singer, musician and lyricist. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song "Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky and Our Gang and Oliver, that she is perhaps best known. Her songs have also been recorded by Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell and Astrud Gilberto, among others.

Maureen Cleave was a British journalist. She worked for the London Evening Standard from the 1960s conducting interviews with many prominent musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Over 40 years, she continued as an interviewer of people in all walks of life, in the Standard, the Telegraph Magazine, Saga magazine, Intelligent Life magazine, and elsewhere.

William Alan Hawkshaw was a British composer and performer, particularly of library music used as themes for movies and television programs. Hawkshaw worked extensively for the KPM production music company in the 1950s to the 1970s, composing and recording many stock tracks that have been used extensively in film and TV.