List of Famous people who died in 2021

Pavel Oliva, born Pavel Ohrenstein was a Czech classical philologist, historian of antiquity, writer, and Holocaust survivor.

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander was a German-born Canadian landscape architect. Her firm, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects, was founded in 1953, when she moved to Vancouver.

Siegfried Matthus was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as Judith, were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. In 1991, he founded the chamber opera festival Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and directed it until 2018. In 2005, he composed a Te Deum for the reopening of the Dresden Frauenkirche. Matthus is considered one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers.

Mahmoud Hassan Hammoud, also known as Hajj Mahmoud Hammoud, was a Lebanese football player and manager.

Paul Polansky was an American writer and Romani activist.

André Ribeiro was a Brazilian racing driver who raced in CART from 1995 through 1998, where he claimed three wins.

Jean-Paul Jeannotte was a Canadian operatic tenor, academic teacher, and opera administrator. He founded the Opéra de Montréal in 1979 and was its artistic director until 1989.

Luís Cristóvão Dias de Aguiar, commonly known as Cristóvão de Aguiar, was a Portuguese writer.

Gordon Spice was a British racing driver who competed in both sports cars and Touring Car racing in the 1960s and 1970s, before starting Spice Engineering with fellow racing driver Ray Bellm in the 1980s.

Nikolay Sergeyevich Chebotko was a Kazakhstani cross country skier who competed from 2000, until his death. His best individual World Cup finish was fourth in a sprint event in Finland in 2013.