Notable deaths on December 21

American actor (1942–2024)

South African actress (1962–2024)

British engineer (1938–2019)

American aviator and astronaut (1937–2017)

British actress (1932–2014)

Indonesian poet

Austrian singer and composer (1934–2014)

Canadian-American businessman (1929–2013)

United States Army general, military historian, diplomat (1922–2013)

Italian football player and manager (1927–2010)

Greek businessman

American biochemist (1918–2009)

President of Turkmenistan from 1991 to 2006

Indian medical scientist (1925–2004)

German SS surgeon

American blues musician (1923–1992)

American violinist (1904–1992)

American actress and acting teacher (1901–1992)

Dutch zoologist and ethologist (1907–1988)

American literary theorist (1919–1983)

Pakistani poet (1900–1982)

American actor (1927–1974)

Icelandic writer and visual artist

Italian football manager (1886–1968)