List of Famous people who died in 2021

Vladimir Nikolaevich Shadrin was an ice hockey centre who played in the Soviet Hockey League from 1964 to 1979 for HC Spartak Moscow. He also played in the Japan Ice Hockey League for Oji Seishi between 1979 and 1983. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971.

Arnold Odermatt was a Swiss police photographer whose work spanned more than 40 years. Originally trained as a baker, he was a photographer for the Nidwalden cantonal police from 1948 until his retirement in 1990. He is best known for his eerily beautiful black and white photographs of the aftermaths of motor vehicle accidents. Odermatt joined the police in 1948 and rose to become a lieutenant, chief of the transport police, and deputy chief inspector of the Nidwalden Police before he retired.

Oldemiro Júlio Marques Balói was a Mozambican political figure who served in the government of Mozambique as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2017.

Michael Horovitz was a German-born British poet, editor, visual artist and translator who was a leading part of the Beat Poetry scene in the UK. In 1959, while still a student, he founded the "trail-blazing" literary periodical New Departures, publishing experimental poetry, including the work of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and many other American and British beat poets. Horovitz read his own work at the 1965 landmark International Poetry Incarnation, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, deemed to have spawned the British underground scene, when an audience of more than 6,000 came to hear readings by the likes of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Djibril Tamsir Niane was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer.

Maksim Vitalyevich Ishkeldin was a Russian professional bandy player. He played for the Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Bandy Club from 2020, and previously for the Novosibirsk Sibselmash (2006–2010) and the Krasnogorsk Zorky (2010–2015) and the SKA-Neftyanik (2015–2020) and was part of the Russia national bandy team in world championship competitions. After the 2017–18 season he was elected the best player in the Russian Super League, as well as after the 2018–19 season.

Cléber Eduardo Arado was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Jaoid Chiguer, by some sources spelled Jaouad, was a French amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight.

Werner Rataiczyk was a German painter.

José Ángel García was a Mexican stage and television actor and director. He was the father of actor Gael García Bernal.