List of Famous people who died in 2021

Mario Lavista was a Mexican composer, writer and intellectual.

Julija Portjanko, also known as Julija Nikolić, was a Macedonian handball player. She last played for the club ŽRK Vardar and for the Macedonia national team. She represented Macedonia at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where Macedonia finished 7th, and Portjanko was among the top-ten goalscorers at the championship.

Vladimir Borisovich Korenev was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and teacher. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia (1998).

Karen Christine Friele, known as Kim Friele, was a Norwegian gay rights and human rights activist, famous for being the first Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965. She acted as the leader for the previously secret organization Forbundet av 1948 between 1966 and 1971, and as its secretary general until 1989.

Kevin Nascimento Bueno, better known by his stage name MC Kevin, was a Brazilian singer of funk carioca.

Dan Kaminsky was an American security researcher. He was a Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of White Ops, a firm specializing in detecting malware activity via JavaScript. He has worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the Director of Penetration Testing. He is known among computer security experts for his work on DNS cache poisoning, for showing that the Sony Rootkit had infected at least 568,000 computers, and for his talks at the Black Hat Briefings.

John Gerald Geddert was an American gymnastics coach. He coached Olympic champion Jordyn Wieber and was a head coach for the London 2012 US Olympic Gymnastics Team. He was a long-time associate of sex offender Larry Nassar. Geddert himself was accused of physical, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse. One day after USA Gymnastics announced suspension of Geddert's membership pending investigation into the abuse allegations, Geddert retired from coaching. Geddert died by suicide following the announcement that he would face criminal charges for human trafficking and sexual assault of a minor.

Glenn Victor Roeder was an English football manager and player. As a player, Roeder represented England B on seven occasions. A defender, he played club football for Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, Newcastle United, Watford and Gillingham. His managerial career included spells with Gillingham, Watford, West Ham United, Newcastle United and Norwich City.

Danish Siddiqui was an Indian photo-journalist based in Mumbai. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 as part of the photography staff of Reuters. In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban militants near a border crossing with Pakistan.

Felipe Cazals was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer. His parents were from France but he is registered as born in Mexico, D.F. His wife was Rosa Eugenia Báez de Cazals.