Famous Deaths on July 21

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995)

Canadian academic and mathematician (1920–2006)

Mexican artist (1920-2005)

New Zealand limnographer and academic administrator (1930 - 2012)

Russian physicist (1930–2023)

Swedish histologist (1842–1919)

Finnish astronomer and physicist

Irish film director (1892–1950)

English actress (1847–1928)

Finnish politician, writer, teacher and journalist

Canadian politician

Indian lawyer, social worker and film producer

Canadian businessman and photographer (1830–1915)

Irish composer (1910–1992)

Austrian archivist (1870–1939)

Painter known in Ontario in the 20th century, promoting Franco-ontarian culture

Brazilian association football player (1891-1934)

Serbian composer (1910–2000)

American journalist (1786-1860)

Swedish poet (1790–1855)

French draughtsman, engraver (1783–1847)

Civil servant and bibliographer (1784-1853)

Italian astronomer and physician

Swedish writer, historian, agronomist and poet

Irish lawyer

Physician and chemist

Spanish historian and lawyer

Italian renaissance painter (1476-1551)

Spanish book-seller, publisher and engraver (fl. 1519-1560)

Pope of the Catholic Church

Japanese princess

Pope from 498 to 514

Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia