List of Famous people who died in 2021

Renée Doria was a French opera singer, one of the leading lyric coloratura sopranos of her era in France.

Mohsin Ahmad Alaini was a Yemeni politician, who served as the prime minister of the Yemen Arab Republic five times between 1967 and 1975.

Paul Aulagnier was a French Traditionalist Catholic priest. Once a member of the Society of Saint Pius X, he then became one of the principal founders of the Institute of the Good Shepherd, an organisation in full communion with the Pope which upholds the Tridentine Mass.

Louis Andriessen was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although his music was initially dominated by neoclassicism and serialism, his style gradually shifted to a synthesis of American minimalism, jazz and the manner of Stravinsky.

Burton Greene was an American free jazz pianist born in Chicago, Illinois, though most known for his work in New York City. He explored multiple genres, including avant-garde jazz and the Klezmer medium.

Modibo Keita was a Malian politician who was Prime Minister of Mali on two separate occasions, from 18 March 2002 to 8 June 2002 and from 9 January 2015 to 9 April 2017.

Andrea Paggiaro, better known as Tuono Pettinato, was an Italian comics writer and illustrator.

Mark Davidovich Lubotsky, Russian: Марк Давыдович Лубоцкий was a Russian violinist, music teacher, writer, and memoirist.

Dieter Timpe was a German historian best known for his theories on Arminius and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Arturo Umberto Samuele Schwarz was an Italian scholar, art historian, poet, writer, lecturer, art consultant and curator of international art exhibitions.