Notable deaths on April 21

Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025

American journalist (1947–2024)

Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist (1968–2019)

Japanese supercentenarian (1900–2018)

English football player and coach (1972–2017)

American musician and songwriter (1958–2016)

American engineer and businessman (1936-2014)

Burmese writer and political prisoner (12 March 1929 – 21 April 2014)

Austrian Holocaust survivor (1905–2013)

Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013)

American writer

Dutch theologian and feminist (1920-2011)

Musical artist

President of the IOC from 1980 to 2001

Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930)

Member of the Gang of Four (1917–2005)

American musician (1933–2003)

American actor and musician (1904–1999)

French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (1924-1998)

President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965

Pakistani cricketer and politician

American horse racing announcer & television sports announcer (1918–1996)

Finnish author (1920–1992)

Austrian violinist and conductor