List of Famous people who died in 2021
Eddy Posthuma de Boer
Eddy Posthuma de Boer was a Dutch photographer and photojournalist. He worked for a number of Dutch media and as a freelancer. Posthuma de Boer made portraits of writers, musicians, and ordinary people.
Sergey Shevchenko
Sergey Shevchenko was a Soviet and later Russian footballer between 1990 and 2017. He played among others for FC Iskra Smolensk, FC Kristall Smolensk and FC Naftan Novopolotsk.
Antonio Valdés Castillo
Antonio Gómez Valdés de Castillo, better known as Ratón Valdés, was a Mexican actor and comedian, brother of the actors Germán, Manuel and Ramón. Antonio participated in the programs La Cosa and Puro Loco, tracing the origin of his career during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, where he participated in several films with his brothers.
Alia Muhammad Baker
Alia Muhammad Baker was an Iraqi librarian who was the chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library in Basra, Iraq. Baker saved an estimated 30,000 books from destruction during the Iraq War, including a biography of Muhammad from around 1300.
Tamara Kamenszain
Tamara Kamenszain was an Argentine poet and essayist.
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux was a French editor.
Boris Chochiev
Boris Yeliozovich Chochiev was a South Ossetian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 2008.
Aggrey Awori
Aggrey Siryoyi Awori was a Ugandan economist, politician and Olympic hurdler, who served as Minister for Information and Communications Technology in the Cabinet of Uganda from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011.
Adrian Garrett
Henry Adrian Garrett Jr., nicknamed "Pat" and "Smokey", was an American professional baseball player and coach. A utility man in Major League Baseball, he appeared in 163 total games during eight seasons between 1966 and 1976 for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and California Angels. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
Aydin Ibrahimov
Aydin Ali oglu Ibrahimov was an Azerbaijani wrestler.