Notable deaths on May 21

American racing driver (1985–2026)

American politician (1950–2025)

Polish composer (1953–2024)

American academic administrator (1941–2020)

Kenyan writer and editor (1971–2019)

Belgian film director (1925–2019)

American drummer (1964–2016)

Italian race walker

American baseball player (1936–2015)

Former Kuwaiti Speaker of Parliament

American bass guitarist (1955–2015)

English singer-songwriter (1948–2015)

Iranian wrestler (1956–2014)

President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989

American baseball player (1926–2014)

Tunku Bendahara of Kedah

American musician (1924–2013)

American baseball player (1923–2013)

Danish royal (1942–2013)

French journalist and essayist

American composer, arranger, conductor, and trombonist

American businessman (1933–2013)

Australian academic (1939–2012)

American football coach (1952–2012)