2021

2021 (MMXXI) is the current year. It is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:	2018 2019 2020 – 2021 – 2022 2023 2024

2021 is scheduled to host most major events that were originally scheduled for 2020, including the Eurovision Song Contest, UEFA Euro 2020, 2020 Summer Olympics and among other events that were postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

January

On 6 January, domestic terrorists supporting U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

On 9 January, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes in the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia

On 13 January, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time over the storming of the U.S. Capitol

On 20 January, former Vice President Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States

On 26 January, Kaja Kallas becomes the first woman to be Prime Minister of Estonia, following the resignation of Jüri Ratas

• January 1
  • The African Continental Free Trade Area comes into effect.
  • Cuba formally unifies its dual currency system after 27 years, with Cuban convertible peso (CUC) leaving and making the Cuban peso (CUP) the only national currency.
  • Munster Technological University is opened in Cork, and Tralee, Ireland.
• January 4
  • A British judge blocks the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States and Mexico offers him political asylum.
  • Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is re-elected to a second term, winning 54% of the vote.
  • The border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopens.
• January 6
  • Domestic terrorists supporting U.S. President Donald Trump storm inside the United States Capitol while congress was certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Democratic Party officially gains control of the United States Senate, now controlling both chambers of the United States Congress.
  • 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong police arrest over 50 democracy activists under the national security law.
• January 7 – 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis: Iraq issues an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump over the drone strike killing of Qasem Soleimani.
• January 9 – Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 is declared missing after the plane dropped 10,000 ft within a minute north of Jakarta, Indonesia. The plane was believed to have crashed and was carrying over 60 passengers. A search and rescue team were deployed.
• January 10 – Kim Jong-un is elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, taking the title from his late father Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011.
• January 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 90 million worldwide.
• January 13
  • In Lyon, France, the first transplant of both arms and shoulders is performed on an Icelandic patient at the Édouard Herriot Hospital.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time following the storming of the United States Capitol. He is the only president of the United States to be impeached twice.
  • Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas resigns following a criminal investigation into the Estonian Centre Party.
• January 14 – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is re-elected winning 58.64% of the vote, defeating Bobi Wine.
• January 15
  • An earthquake occurs in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing at least 35 people.
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from the virus passes two million.
  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his government resign as a result of a child welfare scandal.
• January 17 – LauncherOne becomes the first liquid-fueled aircraft launched rocket to reach orbit.
• January 20 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States with Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice President of the United States.
• January 21 – Governor General of Canada Julie Payette announced her resignation following allegations of a "toxic workplace" environment.
• January 23 – In Russia, police arrest more than 3,000 people who were protesting in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was also arrested.
• January 24 – President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is re-elected in a landslide victory winning 60.7% of the vote.
• January 25 – Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte resigned following a loss of confidence from the coalition government that originally backed him in 2018.
• January 26
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 100 million worldwide.
  • Kaja Kallas becomes the 19th Prime Minister of Estonia following a coalition government, becoming Estonia's first female prime minister.
• January 27
  • The Polish Constitutional Tribunal rules that abortion for fetal defects is unconstitutional and resulting in a near-total ban of the practice in Poland.
  • GameStop short squeeze: Investment funds report major losses after GME stock prices raised 900 times their record low.
• January 28 – GameStop short squeeze: American financial services company Robinhood restricts the trade of stocks of several companies, including GameStop, causing outrage online.
• January 31 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for a third five year term of top leader in Vietnam.

February

On 1 February, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) is removed from power in a military coup d'état led by Min Aung Hlaing (right)

On 7 February, a glacial burst in Uttarakhand, India kills at least 36 people

On 13 February, former U.S. President Donald Trump is found not guilty in his second impeachment trial for inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol

From 13 to 17 February, a deadly winter storm hits North America killing 70 people and cutting off water, power and heating for millions

• February 1
  • A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule with Min Aung Hlaing as state leader.
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Over 100 million vaccinations given to people worldwide.
• February 2 – Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO of Amazon and names AWS CEO Andy Jassy as his replacement.
• February 3 – Canada becomes the first country to name the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization.
• February 4 – U.S. President Joe Biden announces that the United States will stop providing weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for use in the Yemeni Civil War.
• February 7
  • A glacial burst in Uttarakhand, India kills at least 36 people and over 200 people are missing.
  • In American football, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs with a 31 to 9 point margin at Super Bowl LV.
• February 9
  • COVID-19 pandemic: A joint WHO-China investigation into the source of the outbreak is concluded with experts saying a Wuhan laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in bats being a more likely origin.
  • The United Arab Emirates' Hope spacecraft becomes the first Arabian mission to successfully enter orbit around Mars.
• February 10 – China's Tianwen-1 is launched to Mars to learn about the planet's environmental quality.
• February 11 – In Fort Worth, Texas, at least nine people were killed in an accident involving 133 vehicles on a Texas highway; affected by the weather conditions left by a snowstorm system.
• February 12 – Former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, who was picked in 2014 to be in charge of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, resigned from the Olympic committee after sexist comments he made.
• February 13
  • A winter storm in North America begins which would cause 70 deaths and several million others without clean water or power.
  • Former U.S. President Donald Trump is found not-guilty by the United States Senate for causing the storming of the United States Capitol during his second impeachment trial.
  • Mario Draghi is appointed as the Prime Minister of Italy, a month after the resignation of Giuseppe Conte due to a failed coalition government.
• February 14 – Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem, who supported Peronist ideas, dies at aged 90.
• February 15 – Nigerian-American economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is picked as the first woman and first African to be Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
• February 17 – 27 students and staff members at a school in Nigeria's Niger State are kidnapped by armed gunmen, killing one student. After government negotiations, all 27 were released on February 27.
• February 18 – NASA's Mars 2020 mission lands on Mars after seven months of travel.
• February 19
  • Porfirije becomes the 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, replacing Irinej who died of COVID-19 in November 2020.
  • The United States officially rejoins the Paris Agreement, 107 days after leaving.
• February 20
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations given worldwide pass 200 million.
  • 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak: 7 people test positive for H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in southern Russia, making them the first human cases.
• February 21 – Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic win the Women's and Men's Singles respectively at the Australian Open.
• February 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to pass half a million deaths from the virus.
• February 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: Ghana becomes the first country to receive vaccines through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.
• February 25
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 2.5 million.
  • The Armenian military calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign and Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a coup d'état.
• February 26 – More than 300 schoolgirls are kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in Nigeria's Zamfara State.

March

On 1 March, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison

On 17 March, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is re-elected to a fourth term with his VVD party winning the elections

On 18 March, a series of massive floods occur in New South Wales, Australia with over 18,000 people being evacuated and three people killed

On 23 March, the Ever Given blocks the Suez Canal after a sandstorm forcibly moves the container ship

• March 1 – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison.
• March 2 – Microsoft acknowledges a series of data breaches and cyberattacks, affecting about 250,000 servers globally.
• March 5 – Moldova becomes the first country in Europe to receive coronavirus vaccines through COVAX.
• March 7
  • A series of explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea kills over 100 people and injures more than 600.
  • In a referendum, Switzerland approved a nationwide ban on the burqa.
• March 8
  • Prime Minister of Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko dies from cancer after being hospitalized with COVID-19, aged 56. Patrick Achi is nominated to replace him.
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The amount of vaccinations passed 300 million worldwide.
  • In the United States, the murder trial of the four police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd begin in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• March 11 – 30 students and several staff members are kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
• March 13 – Former interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez is arrested on charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy over her actions during the 2019 coup of then-President Evo Morales.
• March 16 – A mass shooting kills eight people in Atlanta, Georgia, with most of the victims being Asian American women. The attack is being called a hate crime against Asian-Americans mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• March 17
  • Mathematicians Avi Wigderson of Hungary and László Lovász of Israel both win the Abel Prize for their work in complexity theory and graph theory.
  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) wins the general elections, with liberal parties gaining seats.
  • President of Tanzania John Magufuli dies in office from heart failure, aged 61. Vice President Samia Suluhu replaces him the following day, becoming the country's first female president.
• March 18
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations given worldwide are 400 million.
  • In Australia, floods in New South Wales cause the evacuation of over 18,000 people and three killed.
• March 20 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his country's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention by a presidential decree, becoming the first country to withdraw from it.
• March 22
  • A mass shooting kills ten people at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. The suspect is shot and arrested by police.
  • A fire breaks out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, killing 15 people and injuring over 500 people.
• March 23
  • The Israeli general elections take place, the fourth Knesset election in two years, with Likud winning the most seats.
  • Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, loses control and causes a major blockage in the Suez Canal causing a large disruption of global trade.
• March 24 – Over twenty people are killed and 35,000 flee when Islamist rebels take the city of Palma in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.
• March 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administrated worldwide exceeds 500 million.
• March 28 – Former President of Madagascar Didier Ratsiraka dies of problems caused by influenza in Antananarivo, aged 84.
• March 30 – A series of riots break out in loyalist areas of Derry in Northern Ireland.
• March 31 – Alfred Aho of Canada and Jeffrey Ullman of the United States win the Turing Award for their work in programming language compilers.

April

On 9 April, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the royal consort of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at Windsor Castle (flag at half-staff pictured) at aged 99

On 10 April, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso is elected the 47th President of Ecuador

On 13 April, Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years

On 20 April, President of Chad Idriss Déby is shot and killed during a military conflict in the Tibesti Region

Play media

On 22 April, the United States hosts a global summit on climate change where many countries promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions

• April 2
  • At least 51 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck rolled onto the track.
  • Russia warns NATO against sending any troops to aid Ukraine, amid reports of a large Russian military build-up on its borders.
• April 4
  • In Bulgaria, the conservative-populist GERB party led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov wins the majority of seats in the parliamentary elections.
  • Vjosa Osmani is elected the fifth President of Kosovo by the Assembly of Kosovo, becoming the second woman to hold this position.
• April 6 – Cyclone Seroja makes landfall in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 160 people.
• April 9
  • Naomi Mataʻafa is elected the 7th and first female Prime Minister of Samoa, after defeating the incumbent Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi.
  • La Soufrière, a Caribbean volcano in Saint Vincent, erupts which forced over 20,000 people to evacuate.
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the royal consort of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at Windsor Castle at aged 99.
• April 10 – Banker and former Governor of Guayas Guillermo Lasso is elected the 47th President of Ecuador, defeating socialist candidate Andrés Arauz.
• April 11 – Iran accuses Israel of "nuclear terrorism" and vows revenge, after a large explosion destroys the internal power system of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, a nuclear power plant.
• April 13 – Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, with full support of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• April 15 – Scientists announce they successfully injected human stem cells into the embryos of monkeys, creating chimera-embryos.
• April 17 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 3 million.
• April 18
  • Twelve football clubs, including the "big six" from the Premier League and leading clubs from the Serie A and La Liga, agree to join a new breakaway European Super League, despite condemnation from UEFA, FIFA and politicians including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  • Ulisses Correia e Silva is re-elected Prime Minister of Cape Verde.
• April 19
  • NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars 2020 mission, performs the first powered flight on another planet in history.
  • Raúl Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, ending more than 62 years of rule by the Castro brothers in Cuba. President Miguel Díaz-Canel is picked as his replacement.
• April 20
  • President Idriss Déby is killed during a rebel attack in North Chad, aged 68.
  • The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment on the Perseverance rover creates oxygen from carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere.
• April 21 – COVID-19 pandemic: With global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date.
• April 22 – World leaders mark Earth Day by hosting a virtual summit on climate change hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, during which more targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions are proposed, including a 50% cut by 2030 for the United States.
• April 24
  • Following an international search and rescue effort, the Indonesian navy reports the sinking of KRI Nanggala with 53 crew members, the largest loss of life aboard a submarine since 2003.
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide passes 1 billion. Half of these doses have been administered in just three countries.
  • A hospital fire in Baghdad, where COVID-19 patients were being treated during the pandemic in Iraq, kills 82 people with 110 people injured.
• April 25
  • Edi Rama is re-elected Prime Minister of Albania with his Socialist Party winning a narrow majority of 74 seats.
  • Nomadland wins the Academy Award for Best Picture with its director (Chloé Zhao) and leading actress (Frances McDormand) winning Best Director and Best Actress respectively. Youn Yuh-jung, Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya also won the awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.
• April 28
  • The European Union approves of a major trade agreement with the United Kingdom following their exit from the European Union.
  • After members of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) issue a motion of no confidence, DUP Leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster announced her resignation effective the following month.
  • American astronaut Michael Collins, the command module pilot for Apollo 11, dies at the age of 90.
  • Clashes on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border leave at least 46 people dead and 30,000 civilians displaced.
• April 29 – China launches the Tianhe space station module, the first module in the upcoming Tiangong space station.
• April 30 – In Israel, at least 45 people are crushed to death with over 150 injured at a religious festival on Mount Meron.

May

On 2 May, many protests break out in Colombia against a tax increase policy. The protests would result in the deaths on six civilians

On 3 May, a section of the Mexico City Metro overpass ​collapses, killing 26 people

On 11 May, a crisis between Israel and Palestine began after Hamas launched rockets onto Israeli cities while Israel hits the Gaza Strip with airstrikes

On 14 May, CNSA's ​Zhurong rover lands on Mars, making China the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the planet

On 24 May, Naomi Mataʻafa becomes Samoa's first female Prime Minister, however her leadership is disputed as her predecessor Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi refuses to leave office

• May 1
  • In horse racing, Medina Spirit wins the Kentucky Derby, the record seventh victory for trainer Bob Baffert.
  • A ceasefire is declared following a border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
• May 2
  • The SpaceX Crew-1 mission ends, returning four crewmembers of Expedition 64 and 65 to Earth from the International Space Station aboard Crew Dragon Resilience.
  • Nationwide protests in Colombia against proposed tax increases to fund a basic income program result in at least six dead. President Iván Duque announced his withdrawal of the tax increase.
• May 3
  • An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro overpass ​collapses, killing 26 people and injuring 70.
  • Mark Selby wins the World Snooker Championship, defeating Shaun Murphy.
• May 5 – SpaceX successfully flies, lands, and recovers a Starship prototype for the first time, after four unsuccessful previous attempts.
• May 6
  • In Brazil, at least twenty-five people are killed in a police raid shootout in Rio de Janeiro.
  • In the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party win the majority of local elections with picking up few seats from the Labour Party.
• May 8
  • Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party is re-elected Mayor of London winning 55% of the vote against Conservative Shaun Bailey.
  • In Afghanistan, a bombing near a school in Kabul kills at least 85 people and injures 147 more.
• May 11
  • Israel hits the Gaza Strip with airstrikes as Hamas increases rocket fire.
  • Seven students and two adults are killed, and at least 21 more people are wounded, in a mass shooting at a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
• May 14
  • The China National Space Administration lands its Zhurong rover on Mars, making China the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the planet and only the second to land a rover.
  • In India, Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall, leaving 87 people dead and over 80 people are missing. On the same day, the country also reported that 4,329 deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of COVID-related deaths in a single-day.
• May 15
  • Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continues to escalate, as the death toll exceeds 150. A high-rise office in Gaza occupied by Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other media outlets is destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.
  • Leicester City wins the FA Cup and Manchester City wins the Premier League.
• May 17 – Darwin's Arch, a rock formation in the Galápagos Islands, collapses because of natural erosion.
• May 18–22 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants Måneskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".
• May 20 – After international pressure and nearly 250 deaths, Israel agrees a ceasefire deal to end the conflict with Gaza militants, effective the next day at 2:00 AM local time.
• May 22 – In Samoa, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi refuses to acknowledge his defeat and locks Naomi Mataʻafa from the Legislative Assembly causing a constitutional crisis.
• May 23
  • Phil Mickelson wins the PGA Championship, becoming the oldest major championship winner in golf history at aged 50.
  • In Peru, a militant communist group kills 18 people as protest against the presidential candidacy of conservative Keiko Fujimori just two weeks before the general election run-off.
  • 14 people are killed in the cable car crash near Lake Maggiore in Italy.
  • In Belarus, journalist and opposition activist Roman Protasevich is arrested after his Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land at Minsk National Airport under the orders of President Alexander Lukashenko.
• May 24 – Members of the Malian Armed Forces captured and arrest President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane in a coup d'état.
• May 26
  • Bashar al-Assad is re-elected President of Syria, winning 95% of the vote even though the votes cast for Assad was higher than the total population of Syria.
  • The second-shortest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs, with totality lasting for 14 minutes. The eclipse was visible over the Pacific Ocean, Oceania, Antarctica and parts of Asia and the Americas.
  • Shell becomes the first company to be legally mandated to cut its carbon emissions and follow the Paris climate accord, following a landmark court ruling in the Netherlands.
• May 27 – Poul Schlüter, Denmark's Prime Minister for over a decade and introduced the krone to the European Union, dies at aged 92.
• May 29
  • In Canada, a mass grave with the remains of 215 children are found on the grounds of a former Indian residential school in British Columbia.
  • Chelsea defeats Manchester City in the final of the UEFA Champions League.
• May 30 – Brazilian driver Hélio Castroneves wins the Indy 500 for the fourth time.

June

On 2 June, former Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog is elected the 11th President of Israel

On 9 June, El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make Bitcoin a legal tender in the country

On 11 June, teacher Pedro Castillo is elected the 63rd President of Peru

• June 2
  • The Iranian oil fleet IRIS Kharg catches fire and sinks near the Gulf of Oman. No deaths were reported.
  • Former Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog is elected as the 11th President of Israel defeating educator Miriam Peretz.
  • The X-Press Pearl sinks near Colombo, Sri Lanka leaking many tons of nitric acid and oil into the Indian Ocean, causing the country's worst marine ecological disaster. The ship had been on fire for the past two weeks.
  • The first daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is born in the United States in Santa Barbara, California. Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne.
  • French writer David Diop wins the 2021 International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood Is Black.
• June 3 – Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who was Mauritius's Prime Minister for a total of twenty-years and its President for a decade, dies at aged 91.
• June 4
  • Twitter's operations in Nigeria would be "suspended" permanently, with Nigeria arguing that the company causes activities that "are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. This comes after the company deleted tweets by President Muhammadu Buhari who was sending messages threatening violence.
  • At least 152 people are killed in attacks on two villages in Burkina Faso. The attack lasted until the early hours of June 5.
• June 5 – The G7 agrees on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% meant to stop world's richest people from not paying taxes.
• June 6
  • In Canada, four Muslims are killed after being attacked by a truck in London, Ontario in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as a "terrorist attack" caused by Islamophobia.
  • The United States wins the first edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, defeating Mexico in the final by a scoreline of 3–2 after overtime.
• June 7
  • Two trains crash in Ghotki District in Sindh, Pakistan, killing 50 people and injuring another 120.
  • The Juno spacecraft performed its only flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It was the first flyby of the moon by any spacecraft in over twenty years.
• June 9
  • Former Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh is elected the 6th President of Mongolia, winning 72% of the vote.
  • El Salvador becomes the first country to make Bitcoin as legal tender.
• June 10 – An annular solar eclipse is visible from parts of the Northeast United States, Canada, Greenland, the North Pole, and the Russian Far East.
• June 11
  • Rural farmer and teacher Pedro Castillo is elected the 63rd President of Peru, defeating conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori.
  • The New York Times wins the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • World leaders meet at the 47th G7 summit, hosted by the United Kingdom, with topics of discussion including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the corporate taxation.

Other events

Predicted and scheduled events

• June 11 – July 11 – The UEFA Euro 2020 is scheduled to be held across Europe, and the 2021 Copa América to be held in Argentina and Colombia. Both competitions were rescheduled from June 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• June 18 – Israel is scheduled to hold a presidential election.
• July 23 – August 8 – The 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan. They were rescheduled from July 24, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• September 1 – Singapore plans to prohibit the ivory trade on this date.
• September 5 – The Hong Kong Special Administration Region in China is scheduled to hold an election for the Legislative Council.
• September 13 – Norway plans a parliamentary election. All seats in the Norwegian Storting will be up for election.
• October 1 – The 2020 World Expo is scheduled to take place. It was rescheduled from October 20, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• October 1 – October 31 – The Russian Federation plans to hold a nationwide census.
• October 22 – Japan is scheduled to hold a general election for the House of Representatives.
• October 23 – November 27 – The 2021 Rugby League World Cup is scheduled to take place in England.
• October 24 – Germany is scheduled to hold a federal election for the Bundestag no later than this date.
• October 31 – NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and the Space Telescope Science Institute plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
• November – Planned launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the first integrated flight of the agency's Orion MPCV and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
• November 1 – November 12 – The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference is scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was rescheduled from November 9, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• December 4 – Total solar eclipse.

Date unknown

• The Polish Parliament assigned several patrons for the year 2021 so that it is to be known as the Stanisław Lem Year, Stefan Wyszyński Year, Cyprian Norwid Year, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Year, Tadeusz Różewicz Year, as well as the Constitution of 3 May Year in Poland.
• The European Union will abolish daylight saving time.
• The National Institute for Health Protection will begin operations in the United Kingdom.
• GB News, a 24-hour television news channel, will begin broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
• The television network France 4 will cease broadcasting in France.
• China will begin construction of a large modular space station.
• Armenia is scheduled to hold a constitutional referendum.
• The Large Hadron Collider will recommence operations after a period of renovations.
• In the US, Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge for the first time since 2004.
• Costa Rica is planned to become a completely carbon-neutral nation (date set by President Óscar Arias) and ban "single use" plastic products (date set by President Luis Guillermo Solís).
• The Grand Egyptian Museum, described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, is expected to be completed.
• Science first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is anticipated for 2021 with full science operations to begin a year later.
• Plan S, an initiative for open-access science publishing launched in 2018, requires that from 2021 papers from over 10 European countries that resulted from research funded by public grants must be published under an open licence in compliant journals or platforms, available to all.

Births

• March 26 – Prince Julian, Duke of Halland
• June 4 – Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor

Deaths

See also: List of deaths due to COVID-19

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2021

Martinus J. G. Veltman

Colin Bell

Michael Apted

Sheldon Adelson

Phil Spector

Hank Aaron

Hal Holbrook

Larry King

Cloris Leachman

Paul J. Crutzen

Cicely Tyson

Sophie

• January 1
  • Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese singer (b. 1939)
  • Elmira Minita Gordon, 1st Governor-General of Belize (b. 1930)
  • Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Iranian Islamic cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
• January 2
  • Cléber Eduardo Arado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1972)
  • Modibo Keita, 8th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1942)
  • Paul Westphal, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
• January 3
  • Roger Hassenforder, French racing cyclist (b. 1930)
  • Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1942)
• January 4
  • Alexi Laiho, Finnish death metal singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
  • Tanya Roberts, American actress (b. 1955)
  • Gregory Sierra, American actor (b. 1937)
  • Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1931)
• January 5
  • Colin Bell, English footballer (b. 1946)
  • C. George Boeree, Dutch-born American psychologist (b. 1952)
  • Ed Bruce, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1939)
  • John Richardson, English actor (b. 1934)
• January 7
  • Michael Apted, English filmmaker (b. 1941)
  • Vladimir Kiselyov, Ukrainian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1957)
  • Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
  • Marion Ramsey, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
  • Henri Schwery, Swiss cardinal (b. 1932)
• January 8
  • Steve Carver, American movie director (b. 1945)
  • Květa Eretová, Czech chess player (b. 1926)
• January 9 – Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Soviet-Russian physicist (b. 1919)
• January 10
  • Hubert Auriol, French rally driver (b. 1952)
  • Julie Strain, American actress and model (b. 1962)
  • Walter Taibo, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1931)
• January 11
  • Sheldon Adelson, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)
  • Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-born French writer and translator (b. 1943)
  • Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower and Olympic champion (b. 1965)
  • David Khakhaleishvili, Georgian judoka and Olympic champion (b. 1971)
  • William E. Thornton, American astronaut (b. 1929)
• January 12
  • Mona Malm, Swedish actress (b. 1935)
  • Philaret, Russian-born Belarusian Orthodox prelate (b. 1935)
• January 13
  • Tim Bogert, American rock singer-songwriter and bassist (b. 1944)
  • Siegfried Fischbacher, German-American magician and entertainer (b. 1939)
  • Bernd Kannenberg, German race walker and Olympic champion (b. 1942)
  • Joël Robert, Belgian motorcross racer (b. 1943)
  • Marielle de Sarnez, French politician (b. 1951)
  • Eusébio Scheid, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1932)
  • Sylvain Sylvain, American punk rock musician and songwriter (b. 1951)
• January 14
  • Gimax, Italian racing driver (b. 1938)
  • Peter Mark Richman, American actor (b. 1927)
  • Joanne Rogers, American pianist and puppeteer (b. 1928)
  • Jan de Vries, Dutch motorcycle racer (b. 1944)
• January 15 – Vicente Cantatore, Argentine-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• January 16 – Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939)
• January 17 – Sammy Nestico, American composer and arranger (b. 1924)
• January 18
  • Jean-Pierre Bacri, Algerian-born French actor and screenwriter (b. 1951)
  • Lubomir Kavalek, Czech-American chess player (b. 1943)
  • Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Israeli footballer (b. 1940)
  • Don Sutton, American baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1945)
  • Juan Carlos Tabío, Cuban movie director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• January 19
  • Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer and writer (b. 1929)
  • Gustavo Peña, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1942)
  • Felipe Quispe, Bolivian historian, indigenous leader and politician (b. 1942)
  • Giovanni Zucchi, Italian rower and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931)
• January 20
  • Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress (b. 1955)
  • Justin Lekhanya, Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho (b. 1938)
  • Peter Swan, English footballer (b. 1936)
• January 21 – Nathalie Delon, French actress and movie director (b. 1941)
• January 22
  • Hank Aaron, American baseball player (b. 1934)
  • Luton Shelton, Jamaican footballer (b. 1985)
• January 23
  • Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and movie producer (b. 1919)
  • Alberto Grimaldi, Italian movie producer (b. 1925)
  • Hal Holbrook, American actor (b. 1925)
  • Larry King, American talk show host (b. 1933)
• January 24
  • George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
  • Arik Brauer, Austrian artist and writer (b. 1929)
  • Nikolay Chebotko, Kazakhstani Olympic cross country skier (b. 1982)
  • Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Icelandic footballer (b. 1950)
• January 26
  • Margitta Gummel, German shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
  • Hana Maciuchová, Czech actress (b. 1945)
  • Lars Norén, Swedish playwright (b. 1944)
  • Jozef Vengloš, Slovak footballer and manager (b. 1936)
• January 27
  • Gert Blomé, Swedish ice hockey player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1934)
  • Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver and team owner (b. 1960)
  • Cloris Leachman, American actress (b. 1926)
  • Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1975)
• January 28
  • Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch atmospheric chemist and Nobel winner (b. 1933)
  • Vasily Lanovoy, Soviet-Russian actor (b. 1934)
  • Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)
  • Lewis Wolpert, South African-born British biologist (b. 1929)
• January 29
  • Yvon Douis, French footballer (b. 1935)
  • Hilton Valentine, English guitarist (b. 1943)
• January 30
  • József Csatári, Hungarian wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1943)
  • Sophie, Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1986)
• January 31
  • Justo Tejada, Spanish footballer (b. 1933)
  • Abraham J. Twerski, American-born Israeli rabbi and psychiatrist (b. 1930)

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2021

Captain Sir Tom Moore

Haya Harareet

Christopher Plummer

George P. Shultz

Mary Wilson

Chick Corea

Carlos Menem

Rush Limbaugh

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Sir Michael Somare

• February 1
  • Dustin Diamond, American actor and comedian (b. 1977)
  • Ryszard Szurkowski, Polish road cyclist racer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1946)
  • Tamara Rylova, Russian speed skater and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931)
• February 2
  • Edward Babiuch, 5th Prime Ministers of the Polish People's Republic (b. 1927)
  • Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut and molecular biologist (b. 1945)
  • Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)
  • Fausta Morganti, Captains Regent of San Marino (b. 1944)
• February 3
  • Haya Harareet, Israeli actress (b. 1933)
  • Tony Trabert, American tennis player and commentator (b. 1930)
  • Albán Vermes, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1957)
• February 5
  • Joseph Benz, Swiss bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1944)
  • Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929)
  • Leon Spinks, American professional boxer (b. 1953)
• February 6
  • Krzysztof Kowalewski, Polish actor (b. 1937)
  • George Shultz, American politician (b. 1920)
• February 7
  • Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1937)
  • Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1925)
  • J. Hillis Miller, American literary critic (b. 1928)
  • Mario Osbén, Chilean footballer (b. 1950)
  • René Victor Pilhes, French writer (b. 1934)
  • Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer (b. 1923)
  • Moufida Tlatli, Tunisian movie director and politician (b. 1947)
  • Ron Wright, American politician (b. 1953)
• February 8
  • Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • Shlomo Hillel, Iraqi-born Israeli politician (b. 1923)
  • Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)
• February 9
  • Chick Corea, American jazz keyboardist (b. 1941)
  • Rajiv Kapoor, Indian actor (b. ˞˞˞˞˞1962)
  • Franco Marini, Italian politician (b. 1933)
• February 10
  • Larry Flynt, American publisher (b. 1942)
  • Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Georgian linguist (b. 1929)
  • Pachín, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• February 11 – Isadore Singer, American mathematician and Abel Prize winner (b. 1924)
• February 13
  • Kadir Topbaş, Turkish businessman and politician (b. 1945)
  • Yury Vlasov, Russian politician and Olympic weightlifting champion (b. 1935)
• February 14
  • Carlos Menem, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1930)
  • Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian intelligence officer and defector (b. 1928)
• February 15
  • Leopoldo Luque, Argentine footballer (b. 1949)
  • Johnny Pacheco, Dominican musician and label executive (b. 1935)
• February 16
  • Bernard Lown, Lithuanian-born American cardiologist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1921)
  • Joan Margarit i Consarnau, Spanish poet and Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (b. 1938)
  • Gustavo Noboa, 42nd President of Ecuador (b. 1937)
  • Jan Sokol, Czech philosopher, politician and translator (b. 1936)
• February 17
  • Özcan Arkoç, Turkish footballer (b. 1939)
  • Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator (b. 1951)
  • Gianluigi Saccaro, Italian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
  • Martí Vergés, Spanish footballer (b. 1934)
• February 18 – Andrey Myagkov, Russian actor (b. 1938)
• February 19
  • Đorđe Balašević, Serbian singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1953)
  • Arturo Di Modica, Italian-born American sculptor (b. 1941)
• February 20
  • Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer (b. 1950)
  • Chris Craft, British racing driver (b. 1939)
• February 21
  • André Dufraisse, French racing cyclist (b. 1926)
  • Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player, manager and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
• February 22 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet (b. 1919)
• February 23
  • Fausto Gresini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1961)
  • Tormod Knutsen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and Olympic champion (b. 1932)
  • Juan Carlos Masnik, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1943)
  • Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1930)
• February 24
  • Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1925)
  • Ronald Pickup, English actor (b. 1940)
• February 26
  • Aleksandr Klepikov, Russian rower and Olympic champion (b. 1950)
  • Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver (b. 1942)
  • Sir Michael Somare, 1st Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1936)
• February 27 – Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (b. 1951)
• February 28
  • Milan Bandić, 50th and 52nd Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1955)
  • Glenn Roeder, English footballer (b. 1955)

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2021

Zlatko Kranjčar

Bunny Wailer

Lou Ottens

Hamed Bakayoko

Murray Walker

John Magufuli

Nawal El Saadawi

Bertrand Tavernier

Beverly Cleary

• March 1
  • Bernard Guyot, French Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1945)
  • Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1956)
  • Ian St John, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
  • Mikhail Studenetsky, Russian basketball player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1934)
  • Anatoliy Zlenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1938)
• March 2
  • Chris Barber, English jazz trombonist and songwriter (b. 1930)
  • George Bass, American archaeologist (b. 1932)
  • Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• March 3
  • Medea Abrahamyan, Armenian cellist (b. 1932)
  • Nicola Pagett, British actress (b. 1945)
• March 5 – Mark Pavelich, American ice hockey player (b. 1958)
• March 6
  • Franco Acosta, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1996)
  • Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1926)
• March 7
  • Keith Greene, British racing driver (b. 1938)
  • Sanja Ilić, Serbian composer and folk keyboardist (b. 1951)
  • Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer (b. 1972)
• March 8 – Rasim Öztekin, Turkish actor (b. 1959)
• March 9
  • Agustín Balbuena, Argentine footballer (b. 1945)
  • James Levine, American conductor and pianist (b. 1943)
  • Erling Lorentzen, Norwegian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1923)
  • Roger Mudd, American broadcast journalist (b. 1928)
  • John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest (b. 1930)
  • Cliff Simon, South African actor (b. 1962)
• March 10
  • Hamed Bakayoko, 11th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1965)
  • Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 4th President of Somalia (b. 1939)
  • Manuel Saturnino da Costa, 6th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1942)
• March 11 – Isidore Mankofsky, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
• March 12
  • Ivo Trumbić, Croatian water polo player and Olympic champion (b. 1935)
  • Goodwill Zwelithini, South African royal (b. 1948)
• March 13
  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer (b. 1954)
  • Kiyoko Ono, Japanese Olympic bronze medalist and politician (b. 1936)
  • Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (b. 1923)
• March 14 – Henry Darrow, American actor (b. 1933)
• March 15 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor (b. 1939)
• March 16
  • Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1940)
  • Sabine Schmitz, German motor racer and television presenter (b. 1969)
• March 17
  • Antón García Abril, Spanish composer (b. 1933)
  • Dick Hoyt, American marathon and triathlon runner (b. 1940)
  • John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania (b. 1959)
• March 20
  • Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
  • Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian operatic singer (b. 1938)
• March 21
  • Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist writer (b. 1931)
  • Adam Zagajewski, Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist (b. 1945)
• March 22
  • Elgin Baylor, American professional basketball player, coach, and executive (b. 1934)
  • John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racecar driver and peer (b. 1958)
• March 23
  • Hana Hegerová, Slovak singer and actress (b. 1931)
  • George Segal, American actor (b. 1934)
• March 24
  • Toshihiko Koga, Japanese judoka and Olympic champion (b. 1967)
  • Ezra T. Miller, American physicist (b. 1929)
  • Jessica Walter, American actress (b. 1941)
• March 25
  • Bill Brock, American politician (b. 1930)
  • Beverly Cleary, American children's writer (b. 1916)
  • Larry McMurtry, American novelist (b. 1936)
  • Uta Ranke-Heinemann, German theologian, academic, and writer (b. 1927)
  • Bertrand Tavernier, French filmmaker and actor (b. 1941)
• March 27 – Petr Kellner, Czech businessman and billionaire (b. 1964)
• March 28 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (b. 1936)
• March 29 – Bashkim Fino, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1962)
• March 30 – G. Gordon Liddy, American FBI agent and criminal (b. 1930)
• March 31
  • Kamal Ganzouri, 46th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1933)
  • Ursula Happe, German swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1926)
  • Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, Armenian major general (b. 1939)

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2021

Isamu Akasaki

Robert Mundell

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Bernie Madoff

Helen McCrory

Walter Mondale

Idriss Déby

Michael Collins

• April 1
  • Patrick Juvet, Swiss disco singer-songwriter and model (b. 1950)
  • Isamu Akasaki, Japanese physicist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1929)
• April 2
  • Arthur Kopit, American playwright (b. 1937)
  • Christian Tumi, Cameroonian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1930)
• April 3
  • Guram Dochanashvili, Georgian writer (b. 1939)
  • Gloria Henry, American actress (b. 1923)
  • Stan Stephens, Canadian-born American politician (b. 1929)
• April 4
  • Dame Cheryl Gillan, British politician (b. 1952)
  • Sugako Hashida, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1925)
  • Zygmunt Malanowicz, Polish actor (b. 1938)
  • Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1932)
  • Roland Thöni, Italian alpine ski racer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1951)
• April 5
  • Philip K. Chapman, Australian-born American astronaut (b. 1935)
  • Paul Ritter, English actor (b. 1966)
  • Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist (b. 1930)
• April 6
  • Alcee Hastings, American politician and judge (b. 1936)
  • Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author (b. 1928)
  • Julen Madariaga, Spanish Basque nationalist militant and lawyer (b. 1932)
• April 8
  • Jovan Divjak, Bosnian general (b. 1937)
  • Conn Findlay, American sailor, rower and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
• April 9
  • Ramsey Clark, American politician and lawyer (b. 1927)
  • DMX, American rapper, songwriter and actor (b. 1970)
  • Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1952)
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921)
  • Judith Reisman, American writer (b. 1935)
• April 10 – Edward Cassidy, Australian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1924)
• April 14
  • Yıldırım Akbulut, 20th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1935)
  • Bernie Madoff, American market maker, investment advisor, financier and convicted fraudster (b. 1938)
• April 16
  • Helen McCrory, English actress (b. 1968)
  • Charles Geschke, American businessman and computer scientist (b. 1939)
  • Andrew Peacock, 22nd Opposition Leader of Australia (b. 1939)
• April 17 – Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Lesothian cardinal (b. 1929)
• April 19
  • Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1928)
  • Jim Steinman, American lyricist, record producer and composer (b. 1947)
  • Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and scout (b. 1946)
• April 20 – Idriss Déby, 6th President of Chad (b. 1952)
• April 21
  • Håkon Brusveen, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1927)
  • Marc Ferro, French historian (b. 1924)
• April 23 – Milva, Italian singer and actress (b. 1939)
• April 24
  • Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer (b. 1931)
  • Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano (b. 1928)
• April 26
  • Vassos Lyssarides, Cypriot politician and businessman (b. 1920)
  • Tamara Press, Ukrainian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1937)
• April 27
  • Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, South Korean Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)
  • Aristóbulo Istúriz, 27th Vice President of Venezuela (b. 1946)
• April 28
  • Michael Collins, American astronaut (b. 1930)
  • El Risitas, Spanish comedian and actor (b. 1956)
  • Federico Salas, 136th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1950)
• April 29
  • Hans van Baalen, Dutch politician (b. 1960)
  • Anne Buydens, German-born American philanthropist (b. 1919)
  • Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (b. 1946)
  • Zhang Enhua, Chinese footballer (b. 1973)
• April 30 – Eli Broad, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2021

Olympia Dukakis

Humberto Maturana

José Manuel Caballero

Svante Thuresson

Norman Lloyd

Franco Battiato

Lee Evans

Eric Carle

Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Poul Schlüter

B. J. Thomas

• May 1
  • Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931)
  • Helen Murray Free, American chemist (b. 1923)
• May 2
  • Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, choreographer and actor (b. 1934) ​
  • Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican politician and activist (b. 1932)
  • Bobby Unser, American racing driver (b. 1934)
• May 3
  • Jagmohan, Indian politician (b. 1927)
  • Lloyd Price, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• May 4
  • Simon Achidi Achu, 5th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1934)
  • Nick Kamen, English pop singer-songwriter, musician and model (b. 1962)
  • Leslie Marr, British racing driver and landscape artist (b. 1922)
  • Alan McLoughlin, Irish footballer (b. 1967)
• May 5
  • Bertil Johansson, Swedish footballer (b. 1935)
  • George Jung, American drug trafficker and smuggler (b. 1942)
  • Georgy Prokopenko, Ukrainian swimmer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1937)
• May 6
  • Yitzhak Arad, Israeli brigadier general and historian (b. 1926)
  • Humberto Maturana, Chilean philosopher and biologist (b. 1928)
  • Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)
• May 7
  • Hubert Hughes, 5th and 7th Premier of Anguilla (b. 1933)
  • Tawny Kitaen, American actress (b. 1961)
  • Yegor Ligachyov, Russian politician (b. 1920)
  • Martín Pando, Argentine footballer (b. 1934)
• May 8
  • Bo, First Dog of the United States (b. 2008)
  • Pete du Pont, American politician (b. 1935)
  • Curtis Fuller, American jazz trombonist (b. 1934)
  • Helmut Jahn, German-American architect (b. 1940)
  • Ronald Inglehart, American political scientist (b. 1934)
  • Theodore Katsanevas, Greek academic and politician (b. 1947)
  • Lee Han-dong, 33rd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1934)
  • Spencer Silver, American chemist and inventor (b. 1941)
• May 9 – José Manuel Caballero, Spanish poet and novelist, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (b. 1926)
• May 10
  • Michel Fourniret, French serial killer (b. 1942)
  • Svante Thuresson, Swedish jazz musician (b. 1937)
• May 11
  • Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)
  • Buddy Van Horn, American stunt performer and movie director (b. 1928)
  • Lester L. Wolff, American politician (b. 1919)
• May 13 – Christa Stubnick, German sprinter and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1933)
• May 15
  • R. L. Bhatia, Indian politician (b. 1921)
  • Đorđe Marjanović, Serbian pop rock singer (b. 1931)
  • Eva Wilma, Brazilian actress (b. 1933)
• May 16
  • Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
  • Bruno Covas, Brazilian politician (b. 1980)
  • M. S. Narasimhan, Indian mathematician (b. 1932)
• May 17 – Buddy Roemer, American politician (b. 1943)
• May 18
  • Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter, musician and filmmaker (b. 1945)
  • Charles Grodin, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
• May 19
  • Lee Evans, American athlete and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1947)
  • Paul Mooney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1941)
  • Aleksandr Privalov, Russian biathlete and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1933)
  • Guillermo Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer (b. 1934)
• May 20
  • Francisco Brines, Spanish poet and academic, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (b. 1932)
  • Abubakar Shekau, 2nd Leader of Boko Haram (b. 1965, 1969 or 1975)
• May 21 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman (b. 1928)
• May 22
  • Francesc Arnau, Spanish footballer (b. 1975)
  • Jorge Larrañaga, Uruguayan politician (b. 1956)
  • Robert Marchand, French racing cyclist (b. 1911)
  • Yuan Longping, Chinese agronomist (b. 1930)
• May 23
  • Eric Carle, American children's writer and illustrator (b. 1929)
  • Cristóbal Halffter, Spanish classical composer and conductor (b. 1930)
  • Ron Hill, English Olympic marathon runner (b. 1938)
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (b. 1928)
  • Max Mosley, British racing driver and lawyer (b. 1940)
• May 24 – Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer (b. 1946)
• May 25
  • Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
  • Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Syrian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic hierarch (b. 1934)
  • John Warner, American politician (b. 1927)
• May 26 – Jerome Hellman, American movie producer (b. 1926)
• May 27
  • Carla Fracci, Italian ballet dancer and actress (b. 1936)
  • Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (b. 1921)
  • Jaime Lerner, Brazilian architect, urban planner and politician (b. 1937)
  • Poul Schlüter, 22nd Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)
• May 28 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player (b. 1957)
• May 29
  • Marcell Jankovics, Hungarian animator and movie director (b. 1941)
  • Gavin MacLeod, American actor and writer (b. 1931)
  • Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (b. 1951)
  • B. J. Thomas, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• May 30 – Rick Mitchell, Australian sprinter and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1955)
• May 31 – Arlene Golonka, American actress (b. 1936)

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2021

Anerood Jugnauth

Richard R. Ernst

Ei-ichi Negishi

Gottfried Böhm

• June 1 – Price Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)
• June 2 – Ottorino Sartor, Peruvian footballer (b. 1945)
• June 3
  • F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (b. 1933)
  • Lakshmi Nandan Bora, Indian writer (b. 1931)
  • Anerood Jugnauth, 2nd Prime Minister of Mauritius and 4th President (b. 1930)
  • Ernie Lively, American actor (b. 1947)
• June 4
  • Richard R. Ernst, Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1933)
  • Vadim Kapranov, Soviet-born Russian basketball player, coach and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1940)
  • Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet (b. 1924)
  • John Malcolm Patterson, American politician (b. 1921)
  • Clarence Williams III, American actor (b. 1939)
• June 5 – T. B. Joshua, Nigerian televangelist (b. 1963)
• June 6
  • Revaz Gabriadze, Georgian filmmaker, painter and playwright (b. 1936)
  • Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Indonesian politician (b. 1929)
  • Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1935)
  • Mansour Ojjeh, French-Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1952)
• June 7
  • Guglielmo Epifani, Italian politician and trade unionist (b. 1950)
  • Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer (b. 1971)
• June 9
  • Gottfried Böhm, German architect and sculptor (b. 1920)
  • Edward de Bono, Maltese philosopher and writer (b. 1933)
  • Diogo Correa de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983)
  • Libuše Šafránková, Czech actress (b. 1953)
  • Valentina Sidorova, Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1954)
• June 10
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Indian filmmaker and poet (b. 1944)
  • Neno, Portuguese footballer (b. 1962)
  • Dingko Singh, Indian Olympic boxer (b. 1979)
• June 13 – Ned Beatty, American actor (b. 1937)

Nobel Prizes

• Chemistry –
• Economics –
• Literature –
• Peace –
• Physiology or Medicine –

Related pages

• 2021 in association football