List of Famous people who died in 2021
Bernardo Tengarrinha
Bernardo David Mendes Salgueiro Campos Tengarrinha was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or a centre back.
Cesare Maestri
Cesare Maestri was an Italian mountaineer and writer.
Santiago García
Santiago Damián García Correa, nicknamed Morro, was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a striker.
Jay Pickett
Jay Harris Pickett was an American actor.
Satoshi Hirayama
Satoshi Hirayama was an American baseball player who played for the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. Hirayama was an All-Star twice in Japan.
Karl-Hermann Steinberg
Karl-Hermann Steinberg was an eminent German university lecturer in Chemistry who became a politician (CDU) and briefly, in 1990 a deputy party chairman, and a Government Minister during the final months of the German Democratic Republic.
Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz was an Israeli fashion designer. He was the creative director Lanvin in Paris from 2001 until 2015, after having done stints at a number of other fashion houses, including Geoffrey Beene, Guy Laroche, and Yves Saint Laurent. He founded the Richemont-backed label AZ Factory in 2019.
Mehdi Cerbah
Mehdi Cerbah was an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Big Daddy Graham
Big Daddy Graham was a comedian, writer, actor, recording artist, and sports radio personality on 94 WIP-FM in Philadelphia.
Jolidee Matongo
Jolidee Matongo was a South African politician who served as the mayor of Johannesburg from 10 August 2021 until his death on 18 September 2021. Prior to his election as mayor, he served as the member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for finance under his predecessor, Geoff Makhubo, who died from COVID-19 complications. Matongo was a member of the African National Congress.