Deaths on 21 April
2000s
Pope Francis
2025
Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
Terry A. Anderson
2024
American journalist (1947–2024)
Polly Higgins
2019
Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist (1968–2019)
Nabi Tajima
2018
Japanese supercentenarian
Ugo Ehiogu
2017
English football player and coach (1972–2017)
Prince (musician)
2016
American musician and actor (1958–2016)
George H. Heilmeier
2014
American engineer and businessman (1936-2014)
Win Tin
2014
Burmese writer and political prisoner (12 March 1929 – 21 April 2014)
Shakuntala Devi
2013
Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013)
Leopold Engleitner
2013
Austrian Holocaust survivor
Doris Betts
2012
American writer
Catharina Halkes
2011
Dutch theologian and feminist (1920-2011)
Gustav Lorentzen
2010
Musical artist
Juan Antonio Samaranch
2010
President of the IOC from 1980 to 2001
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan
2010
Zhang Chunqiao
2005
Member of the Gang of Four (1917–2005)
Nina Simone
2003
American singer-songwriter (1933–2003)
1900s
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
1999
American actor and musician (1904–1999)
Jean-François Lyotard
1998
French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (1924-1998)
Diosdado Macapagal
1997
President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
1996
Pakistani cricketer and politician
Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator)
1996
American horse racing announcer & television sports announcer (1918–1996)
Väinö Linna
1992
Finnish author (1920–1992)
Willi Boskovsky
1991
Austrian violinist and conductor
Erté
1990
Russian-born French artist and designer (1892–1990)
Gustav Bergmann
1987
Austrian-born American philosopher (1906-1987)
Marjorie Eaton
1986
American actress and artist (1901–1986)
Salah Jahin
1986
Egyptian poet and cartoonist
Rudi Gernreich
1985
Austrian-born American fashion designer (1922–1985)
Tancredo Neves
1985
Prime minister of Brazil from 1961 to 1962
Marcel Janco
1984
Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist
Hristo Prodanov
1984
Bulgarian mountaineer
Walter Slezak
1983
Austrian-born actor (1902–1983)
Alexander Oparin
1980
Soviet biochemist (1894–1980)
Sohrab Sepehri
1980
Iranian poet and painter (1928–1980)
Sandy Denny
1978
English folk rock singer-songwriter (1947–1978)
Thomas Wyatt Turner
1978
American activist, botanist and educator (1877–1978)
Gummo Marx
1977
American comedian (1892–1977)
Arthur Fadden
1973
Prime Minister of Australia in 1941
Kemal Tahir
1973
Turkish novelist and intellectual (1910-1973)
François Duvalier
1971
President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971
Edward Appleton
1965
British physicist (1892–1965)
Charles MacArthur
1956
American writer
Emil Leon Post
1954
American mathematician and logician (1897 – 1954)
Leslie Banks
1952
English actor (1890–1952)
Aldo Leopold
1948
American conservationist (1887–1948)
Meir Feinstein
1947
Israeli militant
John Maynard Keynes
1946
British economist (1883–1946)
Walter Model
1945
German military officer (1891–1945)
Fritz Manteuffel
1941
German gymnast
Muhammad Iqbal
1938
Islamic philosopher and poet (1877–1938)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl
1932
Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Vienna (1864–1932)
Robert Bridges
1930
British poet (1844-1930)
Eleonora Duse
1924
Italian actress (1858–1924)
Manfred von Richthofen
1918
German World War I flying ace (1892–1918)
Mark Twain
1910
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Vikramatji Khimojiraj
1900
Maharaja of Porbandar from 1831–1900
1800s
Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet
1863
Irish baronet, landowner and Conservative politician (1782–1863)
Ivan Nabokov
1852
Johann Friedrich Pfaff
1825
German mathematician (1765–1825)
Joseph Winston
1815
American farmer and politician (1746–1815)
Before 1800
Francesco Zerafa
1758
Maltese architect (1679–1758)
Thomas Tickell
1740
English poet (1685–1740)
Prince Eugene of Savoy
1736
Military commander in the service of Austria (1663–1736)
Robert Beverley Jr.
1722
American historian (died 1722)
Antoine Hamilton
1720
Irish soldier and writer (died 1719)
Philippe de La Hire
1719
French painter and architect (1640–1718)
Jean Racine
1699
17th-century French dramatist (1639–1699)
Jan Boeckhorst
1668
German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman (c. 1604–1668)
Yagyū Mitsuyoshi
1650
Japanese samurai (1607–1650)
Sen no Rikyū
1591
Japanese tea master (1522–1591)
Cosimo I de' Medici
1574
Duke of Florence later Grand Duke of Tuscany (1537–1574)
Petrus Apianus
1557
German astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer (1495–1552)
Henry VII of England
1509
King of England from 1485 to 1509
John Wittlebury
1400
Member of the Parliament of England
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
1329
Duke of Lorraine from 1312 to 1328
Maria of Montpellier
1213
Queen of Aragon from 1204 to 1213
Peter Abelard
1142
French philosopher (c. 1079–1142)
Stephen, Count of Tréguier
1136
Breton noble
Anselm of Canterbury
1109
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109
Pope Alexander II
1073
Head of the Catholic Church from 1061 to 1073
Bajkam
941
Turkish military commander (d. 941)
Bardas
866
9th-century Byzantine noble
Otgar
847
Name list
Liuvigild
586
Visigothic king
Emperor Xian of Han
234
Emperor of the Han dynasty from 189 to 220