List of Famous people who died in 2021

Olivier Libaux was a French record producer, songwriter, and guitarist. A founding member of the band Les Objets, he was also the founder of the musical projects Nouvelle Vague and Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age.

Antonia Terzi was an Italian aerodynamicist who worked for the Ferrari and Williams Formula One teams.

Anil Panachooran was an Indian poet and lyricist, who worked in the Malayalam film industry. Anil panachooran was a lawyer by profession. His last lyrics were penned for the movie Within Seconds (2021).He completed the last lines of his song just a few hours before his death. While undergoing treatment for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, he died on 3 January 2021, following a cardiac arrest.

James Rodney Richard was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros from 1971 to 1980.

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, was a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.

Diomid Dzyuban, born Sergey Ivanovich Dzyuban, was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was the bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka from August 2000 to June 2008. He was also the formal leader of the extremely small non-canonical religious group "Holy Governing Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church".

Matti Juhani Puhakka was a Finnish politician representing the Social Democrats.

Ronald Martin Popeil, was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget it!" as well as popularizing the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s.

David Aleksandrovich Dushman was a Soviet Red Army soldier and a fencing trainer of the Soviet Olympic team. He was the second to last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp, after Ivan Martynushkin, who lives in Moscow. Dushman also fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk during World War II.