List of Famous people who died in 2021

Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević was a Croatian professional handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.

Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez was a Uruguayan politician, lawyer, and newspaper columnist. He served as Vice President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.

James Richard Cross was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October Crisis of October 1970. He was ultimately released almost two months later, and subsequently returned to the United Kingdom.

Cyril Alexander Mango was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire and celebrated as one of the leading Byzantinists of the 20th century. He was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London, the University of Oxford Bywater and Sotheby Professor Emeritus of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and emeritus professorial fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

Gustavo Peña Velasco was a Mexican football defender and manager.

Filippo Mondelli was an Italian rower, who won the gold medal at the 2018 European Rowing Championships in the men's quadruple sculls, and also at the World Championships that year.

Francisco Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez was a Mexican lawyer and politician who was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as deputy of the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 2015 to 2018, representing Sonora's sixth district. Previously, he was a member of the Congress of Sonora and the attorney general of the same state.

Carlos Andrés Escudé Carvajal was an Argentine political scientist and author, who during the 1990s served as special advisor to foreign minister Guido di Tella. As such, he advised on Argentine foreign policy strategy vis-à-vis the Western powers particularly in the wake of the Falklands War.

Carmen Dolores Cohen Sarmento was a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. She played in among others the film Camões and television programm Chuva de Maio. She received several awards. She became Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Portugal, Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry and Knight of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword. At the 2004 Golden Globes of Portugal she became the best stage actress.

Jan Sokol was a Czech philosopher, dissident, politician and translator. He briefly served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in 1998 under Prime Minister Josef Tošovský. From 1990 to 1992 he was Member of Parliament for Prague. From 2000 to 2007 he served as the first dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University in Prague. Sokol ran for President of the Czech Republic in the 2003 election but lost to Václav Klaus.