List of Famous people who died in 2021

Marcel Garrouste was a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993.

Friedrich Meyer-Oertel was a German opera director. After positions at Staatstheater Mainz, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Opernhaus Wuppertal and Staatstheater Darmstadt, he was active as a freelance stage director.

Frederic Anthony Rzewski was an American composer and pianist who is considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist Coming Together and the variation set The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, which has been called "a modern classic".

Stanley Aronowitz (1933–2021) was a professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center. He was also a veteran political activist and cultural critic, an advocate for organized labor and a member of the interim consultative committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society. In 2012, Aronowitz was awarded the Center for Study of Working Class Life's Lifetime Achievement Award at Stony Brook University.

Hichem Djait, was a prominent historian and scholar of Islam.

Julie Ditty Qualls was an American professional tennis player.

Rudolf Burger was an Austrian philosopher.

Ayla Karaca was a Turkish-Greek actress.

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison was an American author and journalist. Her published works include rock criticism, a memoir, and two series of science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery novels. Her books are evenly divided between the series The Keltiad and The Rock&Roll Murders: The Rennie Stride Mysteries.