List of Famous people who died in 2021

Catherine MacPhail was a Scottish-born author. Although she had had other jobs, she always wanted to be a writer but she didn't think she would be suited to it. Her first published work was a sort of "twist-in-the-tale" story in Titbits, followed by a story in the Sunday Post. After she had won a romantic story competition in Woman's Weekly, she decided to concentrate on romantic novels, but after writing two, she decided that it wasn't right for her. In addition to writing books for children around their teens, she also wrote for adults, she is the author of the BBC Radio 2 series, My Mammy And Me.

Frank Fakaotimanava Lui was a Niuean politician, who served as the premier of the Pacific Island state of Niue from 1993 to 1999.

Jabbour Douaihy was a Lebanese writer. He was born in Zgharta in 1949, a member of the city's prominent El Douaihy family. He obtained a PhD in comparative literature from the New Sorbonne University and was a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University in Beirut. His novel June Rain was nominated for the 2008 Arabic Booker Prize and has been translated in several languages. An earlier work Autumn Equinox was translated into English by Nay Hannawi and won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award. His last novel was Chased Away. Douaihy also published short story collections and children's books.

Ahmed Achour ‎ was a Tunisian composer and conductor. He led the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 2010 and taught at the Higher Institute of Music in Tunis. He died in Tunis after a long illness, aged 75.

Bhageerathi Amma was an Indian woman who lived in the Kollam district of Kerala. She came to national attention when she returned to education at the age of 105. She was honoured with the Nari Shakti Puraskar the highest civilian award for women by Govt of India from the President of India and prime ministerNarendra Modi singled her out for praise.

Kaari Upson was an American artist. The bulk of Upson’s career was devoted to a single series titled The Larry Project – paintings, installations, performances, and films inspired by a collection of one man's personal items she found in 2003. The Larry Project was exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2008, as part of their program Hammer Projects. Her work resides in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and is known for exploring themes of psychoanalysis, obsession, memory, and the body. She had lived and worked in Los Angeles.

Nenad Stekić was a Serbian and Yugoslav long jumper, best known for his European record of 8.45 metres, second only to Bob Beamon's world record at the time.

Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira was a Brazilian experimental physicist, educator and scientific leader. He was awarded several prizes including the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit in the categories of Commander and Great Cross, the Conrado Wessel Prize for General Science, the Joaquim da Costa Ribeiro Prize and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Antonio Barrutia Iturriagoitia was a Spanish cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1966, he won the Vuelta a Andalucía in 1963 and seven stages of the Vuelta a España. He rode in eight editions of the Vuelta a España and three editions of the Tour de France.

Naïm Kattan, was a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into several languages.