List of Famous people who died in 2021
Vladimir Fyodorov
Vladimir Anatolyevich Fyodorov was a Soviet-Russian actor and physicist.
Lou Angotti
Louis Frederick Angotti was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues from 1964 to 1974.
Lise Vidal
Lise Vidal was a French windsurfer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth.
Karl Heinz Bohrer
Karl Heinz Bohrer was a German literary scholar and essayist. He worked as chief editor for literature of the daily FAZ, and became co-publisher and author of the cultural magazine Merkur. He taught at the Bielefeld University for decades, and also at Stanford University, California. His autobiography appeared in two volumes in 2012 and 2017. Bohrer is regarded as a disputative intellectual thinker and critic, reflecting his time. He received notable awards for criticism, German language and literature, including the Johann Heinrich Merck Prize and the Heinrich Mann Prize.
Ellinah Wamukoya
Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya was a Swazi Anglican bishop.
Horacio González
Horacio González was an Argentine teacher and essayist. Until December 2015, he was the director of the National Library of the Argentine Republic.
Alfreda Markowska
Alfreda Noncia Markowska was a Polish-Romani woman who during World War II saved approximately fifty Jewish and Roma children from death in the Holocaust and the Porajmos genocide.
Gunilla Bergström
Gunilla Elisabet Dukure Bergström was a Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator. She is best known for her series of children's books about the character Alfie Atkins, which she wrote and illustrated. Books about her character were translated into many languages, and some were adapted into film, television and theatre plays. She received several awards, including the royal Litteris et Artibus.
Matej Marin
Matej Marin was a Slovenian professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2015 for the Perutnina Ptuj and Felbermayr–Simplon Wels teams. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Hana Hegerová
Hana Hegerová was a Slovak singer and actress. Often referred to as the Queen of Czechoslovak chanson, she gained popularity primarily as a singer of chansons. Outside of her homebase, Hegerová has attained a recognition especially in German-speaking countries. She lived in Prague, Czech Republic.