List of Famous people who died in 2021

Ujwal Thapa was a Nepali youth leader and activist, entrepreneur and social worker. He was the president of Bibeksheel Nepali party. Bibeksheel Nepali, under his leadership, has staged protests at Maitighar Mandala in support of senior orthopaedic surgeon of Tribhuwan University Maharajganj Teaching Hospital Dr. Govinda K.C. who has been in fast-unto-death for reforms in Medical Sector. He also led a symbolic protest against members of Legislature Parliament of Nepal at Baneshwor, Kathmandu demanding affordable medical facilities for the citizens.

Dündar Ali Osman, also known as Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu, with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade (Prince) Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu Efendi, was the 45th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922. If the Ottoman monarchy were restored, he would have been Sultan Ali II.

Norman Russell "Rusty" Young was an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, best known as one of the frontmen in the influential country rock and Americana band Poco.

Reinaldo Antonio Stennett Porte was a Panamanian professional baseball second baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1971–79) and San Francisco Giants (1980–81). He batted and threw right-handed. A World Series champion with the Pirates in 1979, Stennett is one of three players to collect seven hits in a game, which he did in a 22–0 victory over the Chicago Cubs, in 1975. Stennett was also a member of the first all-black starting lineup in big league history.

Spencer Ferguson Silver III was an American chemist and inventor who specialized in adhesives. 3M credits him with devising the adhesive that Art Fry used to create Post-it Notes.

Kalyani Menon was an Indian playback singer who worked in the Indian film industry. After beginning her career in the 1970s as a classical singer, Kalyani established a parallel career as a singer in the film industry and worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was awarded Kalaimamani Award in 2010 and was also a recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.

Peter Warner was an Australian seafarer and ship's captain who discovered six Tongan youths marooned on a Pacific island in 1966, more than a year after they had been presumed dead. He also won the line honours three times in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Waka Joseph Nathan was a New Zealand rugby union player who played rugby union for the New Zealand national team as a flanker. His feats on the field gained him the nickname "The Black Panther".

Michael John Bailey was an Australian television weather presenter, journalism educator, political aspirant and football club chairman.

Mohamed Salleh bin Abas was a lord president of the Federal Court of Malaysia. He was dismissed from his post during the 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis. This action was condemned internationally and widely considered to be the event that triggered a marked reduction in the independence of the Malaysian judiciary.