Notable deaths on September 21

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1929–2024)

Musical artist

American football player (1947–2024)

Guatemalan lawyer and activist (1943–2024)

Brazilian volleyball player (1979–2023)

Indian comedian, actor and politician (1963–2022)

American actor (1964–2021)

American physicist (1922–2020)

President of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018

Ukrainian statesman (1928–2018)

Australian jazz saxophonist (1938–2015)

American football player and coach (1941–2015)

Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2015)

American basketball player (1950–2014)

Israeli intelligence officer (1927–2014), involved in the failed Lillehammer affair

American stage director

American politician (1932–2013)

Dutch politician

Ghanaian poet and author (1935–2013)

Canadian filmmaker

German politician (1932–2013)

British naval officer, yachtsman, author

American pianist and manager

Danish writer (1917–2012)