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2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
2021 is scheduled to host most major events that were originally scheduled for 2020, including the 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals, Eurovision Song Contest, UEFA Euro 2020, 2020 Summer Olympics, 2021 Copa América, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, and Expo 2020, events that were postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
The United Nations declared 2021 as the International Year of Peace and Trust,[2] the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development,[3] the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables,[4] and the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.[5] The Catholic Church has proclaimed 2021 as the Year of Saint Joseph.[6]
Events
January
- January 1 – The African Continental Free Trade Area comes into effect.[7]
- January 4
- A British judge blocks the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, while Mexico offers him political asylum.[8]
- The border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopens.[9]
- January 6 – Supporters of President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol, disrupting certification of the 2020 presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate. Five people die during the riot, including a police officer and a woman who is shot and killed inside the Capitol building.[10] The event is classified as a domestic terrorist attack and draws international condemnation.[11]
- January 10 – Kim Jong-un is elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, inheriting the title from his late father Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011.[12]
- January 13 – In Lyon, France, the first transplant of both arms and shoulders is performed on an Icelandic patient at the Édouard Herriot Hospital.[13]
- January 15
- The Lao People's Revolutionary Party elects Thongloun Sisoulith as its new General Secretary, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachith. Sisoulith is elected for a five-year term as top leader in Laos.[14]
- COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 2 million.[15]
- January 20 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, becoming the oldest individual to hold the office.[16]
- January 22 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, comes into effect.[17]
- January 24 – 2021 Portuguese presidential election: Incumbent president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is reelected.[18]
- January 26 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.[19]
- January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: The European Union invokes Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol following a row over COVID-19 vaccine supplies before reversing the decision.[20]
- January 31 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected for a third five-year term as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[21]
February
- February 1
- A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule leading to widespread demonstrations across the country.[22][23][24]
- Kosovo officially establishes diplomatic ties with Israel and announces plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem.[25]
- COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 100 million.[26][27]
- February 3 – Canada becomes the first country to designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist organisation.[28]
- February 4 – President Joe Biden announces that the United States will cease providing weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for use in the Yemeni Civil War.[29]
- February 9
- COVID-19 pandemic: A joint WHO–China investigation into the source of the outbreak concludes. Investigators deem a Wuhan laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in bats being a more likely origin.[30]
- The UAE's uncrewed Hope spacecraft becomes the first Arabian mission to successfully enter orbit around Mars.[31]
- February 13–17 – A major winter storm kills at least 136 people and causes over 9.9 million power outages in the U.S.[32]
- February 18 – NASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel.[33]
- February 19 – The United States officially rejoins the Paris Agreement, 107 days after leaving.[34]
- February 20 – 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak: 7 people test positive for H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in southern Russia, becoming the first known human cases.[35]
- February 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 500,000 deaths from the virus.[36]
- February 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: Ghana becomes the first country to receive vaccines through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.[37]
- February 25
- COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million.[38]
- The Armenian military calls for prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a coup d'état.[39][40]
March
- March 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: Moldova becomes the first country in Europe to receive vaccines through COVAX.[41]
- March 6 – Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq. It is the first ever meeting between a pope and a grand ayatollah.[42]
- March 7 – Switzerland becomes the seventh European nation to ban the wearing of the burqa in public, joining Austria, Denmark, France, Belgium, Latvia, and Bulgaria.[43][44]
- March 17 – The Dutch general elections for the House of Representatives of the Netherlands take place.[45]
- March 19 – North Korea severs diplomatic ties with Malaysia due to its citizens being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges. Malaysian authorities order North Korean officials to leave the country in 48 hours.[46]
- March 20 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces his country's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the first country to do so.[47]
- March 21 – Clashes in Apure between Colombian FARC dissidents and the Venezuelan Armed Forces cause at least eight casualties and 4,000 displaced Venezuelans.[48][49]
- March 23
- The Israeli general elections take place, the fourth Knesset election in two years.[50]
- Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal, disrupting global trade.[51] The ship is freed on March 29.[52]
- March 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 500 million.[53]
April
- April 2 – Russia warns NATO against sending any troops to aid Ukraine, amid reports of a large Russian military build-up on its borders.[54]
- April 4
- The 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election takes place.[55]
- At least 167 people in Indonesia and 42 people in East Timor are killed after Cyclone Seroja strikes the island of Timor.[56]
- April 9 – Roscosmos launches the Soyuz MS-18 mission, carrying three Expedition 65 crewmembers to the International Space Station.[57]
- April 11
- Peru holds a general election.[58][59]
- Iran accuses Israel of "nuclear terrorism" and vows revenge after a large explosion destroys the internal power system of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant.[60]
- April 13
- Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, with full support of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The decision is opposed by China, South Korea, and Taiwan.[61]
- The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is paused over causing rare blood clots.[62]
- April 15 – Scientists announce they successfully injected human stem cells into the embryos of monkeys, creating chimera-embryos.[63]
- April 17
- COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3 million.[64]
- The Czech government announced that the Russian GRU was responsible for the blast of two ammo warehouses in Vrbětice in 2014. Subsequently, 18 Russian diplomats and alleged spies were expelled.[65]
- The Soyuz MS-17 mission concludes, returning three crewmembers of Expedition 64 to Earth from the International Space Station.[66]
- April 18
- Twelve football clubs, including three from the La Liga and leading clubs from the Premier League and Serie A, agree to join a new breakaway European Super League, prompting international condemnation.[67] Two days later, following major protests from supporters, other clubs and politicians, Manchester City withdraw from the league; this prompts all the remaining Premier League clubs and three others to do the same.[68]
- The 2021 Cape Verdean parliamentary election takes place.[69]
- April 19
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars 2020 mission, performs the first powered flight on another planet in history.[70][71]
- Raúl Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, ending more than 62 years of rule by the Castro brothers in Cuba.[72]
- April 20 – Idriss Déby, President of Chad, is killed in clashes with rebel forces after 30 years in office. The constitution is suspended and a Transitional Military Council is established to govern the country for 18 months.[73]
- April 21 – COVID-19 pandemic: With global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date.[74]
- April 22 – World leaders mark Earth Day by hosting a virtual summit on climate change, during which more ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions are proposed, including a 40% cut by 2030 for the United States.[75]
- April 23 – SpaceX launches the Crew-2 mission, carrying four crew members of Expedition 65 and 66 to the International Space Station aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour.[76]
- April 24
- Following an international search and rescue effort, the Indonesian navy reports the sinking of KRI Nanggala with 53 crew members, the largest loss of life aboard a submarine since 2003.[77]
- COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 1 billion. Half of these doses have been administered in just three countries (the United States, China and India).[78]
- April 25 – Albania holds parliamentary elections.[79][80][81]
- April 27 – India receives its first foreign aid shipments following the country's destructive COVID-19 second wave.[82]
- April 28
- At least 55 people are killed and nearly 50,000 more are displaced in one of the most serious clashes in Central Asia following border disputes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[83]
- The European Union approves the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, governing the relationship between the EU and UK after Brexit.[84]
- Protestors rally in major Colombian cities against increased taxes and healthcare reforms proposed by President Iván Duque Márquez, resulting in police violence and the deaths of dozens of protestors, which is condemned by the United Nations and Human Rights Watch.[85][86]
- April 29
- COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 150 million worldwide.[87]
- The China National Space Administration launches the first module of its Tiangong space station, named Tianhe, beginning a two-year effort to build the station in orbit.[88]
- April 30 – In Israel, 45 people are killed and another 150 injured in a crowd crush at a religious festival on Mount Meron.[89]
May
- May 2 – The SpaceX Crew-1 mission ends, returning four crew members of Expedition 64 and 65 to Earth from the International Space Station aboard Crew Dragon Resilience.[90]
- May 5 – SpaceX successfully flies, lands, and recovers a Starship prototype for the first time, after four unsuccessful previous attempts.[91][92]
- May 11
- 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis: Israel hits the Gaza Strip with airstrikes as Hamas increases rocket fire.[93] This occurred after Israel began displacing Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.[94]
- May 14 – The China National Space Administration lands its Zhurong rover at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the planet and only the second to land a rover.[95][96]
- May 15 – Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continues to escalate, as the death toll exceeds 150. A high-rise office in Gaza occupied by Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other media outlets is destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.[97]
- May 18–22 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is scheduled to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[98][99]
- May 20 – Following international pressure, and nearly 250 deaths, Israel agrees a ceasefire deal to end the conflict with Gaza militants, effective the next day at 2:00 AM local time.[100]
Predicted and scheduled events
- May 26 – The second-shortest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century will occur, lasting just 14 minutes and 30 seconds.[101]
- June 2 – Israel is scheduled to hold a presidential election.
- June 3–6 – The 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals is scheduled to be held in Denver, United States. They were originally scheduled for June 4–7, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[102][103]
- June 10 – Annular solar eclipse.[104]
- June 11–July 11 – The UEFA Euro 2020 is scheduled to be held across Europe, and the 2021 Copa América to be held in Argentina and Colombia. Both competitions were originally scheduled for 12 June–12 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[105][106]
- June 20 – Armenia will hold a parliamentary election.
- July 10–August 1 – The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup is scheduled to be held in the United States.[107]
- July 11 – Moldova will hold a parliamentary election.
- July 23–August 8 – The 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 24 July–9 August 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[108]
- September 5 – The Hong Kong Special Administration Region in China is scheduled to hold an election for the Legislative Council. It was originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- September 11 – The United States shall withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks ending its involvement in the War in Afghanistan.[109]
- September 13 – Norway is scheduled to hold a parliamentary election, with all seats in the Storting up for election.
- September 26 – Germany is scheduled to hold the federal election for the Bundestag on this date.
- October 1 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai is scheduled to begin. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[110]
- October 6–10 – The 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals is scheduled to be held in Italy. They were originally scheduled for 2–6 June 2021, but were moved to 6–10 October 2021 following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[111]
- October 22 – Japan is scheduled to hold a general election for the House of Representatives.
- October 23–November 27 – The 2021 Rugby League World Cup is scheduled to take place in England.[112]
- October 31 – NASA, the ESA, the Canadian Space Agency, and the Space Telescope Science Institute plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.[113]
- November – Planned launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the first integrated flight of the agency's Orion MPCV and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.[114]
- November 1–12 – The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference is scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was originally scheduled for 9–20 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[115]
- November 30 – Barbados is due to become a republic by this date, on its 55th anniversary of independence.[116]
- December 4 – Total solar eclipse.[117]
Date unknown
- The Large Hadron Collider will recommence operations after a period of renovations.[118]
- The Grand Egyptian Museum, described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, is expected to be completed.[119]
- The first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is anticipated to occur in 2021 with full science operations beginning a year later.[120][121][122]
- Plan S, an initiative for open access science publishing launched in 2018,[123][124] requires that from 2021 papers from over 10 European countries that resulted from research funded by public grants must be published under an open license in compliant journals or platforms, available to all.[125][126]
Deaths
January
- January 1
- Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese singer (b. 1939)[127]
- Elmira Minita Gordon, 1st Governor-General of Belize (b. 1930)[128]
- January 2
- Modibo Keita, 8th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1942)[129]
- Michael McKevitt, Irish republican paramilitary leader (b. 1949)[130]
- January 3 – Gerry Marsden, English musician (b. 1942)[131]
- January 4
- Tanya Roberts, American actress (b. 1955)[132]
- Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1931)[133]
- Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1935)[134]
- January 5 – Colin Bell, English footballer (b. 1946)[135]
- January 7
- Michael Apted, English filmmaker (b. 1941)[136]
- Henri Schwery, Swiss cardinal (b. 1932)[137]
- Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)[138]
- January 11
- Sheldon Adelson, American businessman and casino magnate (b. 1933)[139]
- Kathleen Heddle, Canadian Olympic rower (b. 1965)[140]
- William E. Thornton, American astronaut (b. 1929)[141]
- January 13
- Siegfried Fischbacher, German-born American magician (b. 1939)[142]
- Eusébio Oscar Scheid, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1932)[143]
- January 16 – Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939)[144]
- January 18
- Jean-Pierre Bacri, Algerian-born French actor (b. 1951)[145]
- Dündar Ali Osman, Turkish prince, 45th Head of the House of Osman, the ruling family of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1930)[146]
- January 20
- Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)[147]
- Justin Lekhanya, Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho (b. 1938)[148]
- January 21 – Nathalie Delon, French actress (b. 1941)[149]
- January 22 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (b. 1934)[150]
- January 23
- Alberto Grimaldi, Italian film producer (b. 1925)[151]
- Hal Holbrook, American actor (b. 1925)[152]
- Larry King, American talk show host (b. 1933)[153]
- January 24 – Gunnel Lindblom, Swedish actress (b. 1931)[154]
- January 26
- Lars Norén, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (b. 1944)[155]
- Jozef Vengloš, Slovak footballer and manager (b. 1936)[156]
- January 27
- Adrián Campos, Spanish Formula One driver (b. 1960)[157]
- Cloris Leachman, American actress (b. 1926)[158]
- Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1975)[159]
- January 28
- Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch Nobel atmospheric chemist (b. 1933)[160]
- Vasily Lanovoy, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1934)[161]
- Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)[162]
- January 29
- Yvon Douis, French footballer (b. 1935)[163]
- Hilton Valentine, English guitarist (b. 1943)[164]
- January 30 – Sophie, Scottish record producer, songwriter and DJ (b. 1986)[165]
February
- February 1 – Edward Babiuch, 5th Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic (b. 1927)[166]
- February 2
- Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920)[167]
- Fausta Morganti, former Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1944)[168]
- February 3
- Haya Harareet, Israeli actress (b. 1931)[169]
- Tony Trabert, American tennis player and commentator (b. 1930)[170]
- February 4 – Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut and molecular biologist (b. 1945)[171]
- February 5
- Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929)[172]
- Leon Spinks, American professional boxer (b. 1953)[173]
- February 6 – George Shultz, American politician, diplomat and economist (b. 1920)[174]
- February 7 – Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer (b. 1923)[175]
- February 8
- Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist and screenwriter (b. 1931)[176]
- Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)[177]
- February 9 – Chick Corea, American jazz keyboardist (b. 1941)[178]
- February 10 – Larry Flynt, American porn publisher (b. 1942)[179]
- February 11 – Isadore Singer, American mathematician (b. 1924)[180]
- February 12 – Milford Graves, American jazz drummer, percussionist, and free jazz pioneer (b. 1941)[181]
- February 13 – Yury Vlasov, Soviet and Russian weightlifter and writer (b. 1935)[182]
- February 14 – Carlos Menem, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1930)[183]
- February 15 – Leopoldo Luque, Argentine footballer (b. 1949)[184]
- February 16
- Bernard Lown, Lithuanian-American Nobel cardiologist and inventor (b. 1921)[185]
- Joan Margarit, Spanish poet (b. 1938)[186]
- Gustavo Noboa, 42nd President of Ecuador (b. 1937)[187]
- February 17 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality (b. 1951)[188]
- February 18 – Andrey Myagkov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1938)[189]
- February 19 – Đorđe Balašević, Serbian recording artist and singer-songwriter (b. 1953)[190]
- February 21 – Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player and coach (b. 1961)[191][192]
- February 22
- Luca Attanasio, Italian diplomat and ambassador (b. 1977)[193]
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher (b. 1919)[194]
- February 23 – Fausto Gresini, Italian motorcycle racer and team manager (b. 1961)[195]
- February 24
- Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1925)[196]
- N'Singa Udjuu, First State Commissioner of Zaire (b. 1934)[197]
- February 25 – Michael Somare, 1st Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1936)[198]
- February 26 – Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver (b. 1942)[199]
March
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- March 1
- Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian football player and manager (b. 1956)[200]
- Ian St John, Scottish footballer (b. 1938)[201]
- March 2
- Chris Barber, English jazz musician (b. 1930)[202]
- Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (b. 1947)[203]
- March 6 – Lou Ottens, Dutch inventor (b. 1926)[204]
- March 9
- James Levine, American conductor and pianist (b. 1943)[205]
- John Polkinghorne, English theoretical physicist and Anglican priest (b. 1930)[206]
- March 10
- March 12 – Goodwill Zwelithini, South African royal (b. 1948)[210]
- March 13
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer (b. 1954)[211]
- Murray Walker, British motor racing commentator (b. 1923)[212]
- March 15 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor (b. 1939)[213]
- March 16
- Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1940)[214]
- Sabine Schmitz, German motor racer and television presenter (b. 1969)[215]
- March 17 – John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania (b. 1959)[216]
- March 20 – Peter Lorimer, Scottish international footballer (b. 1946)[217]
- March 21
- Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist writer (b. 1931)[218]
- Adam Zagajewski, Polish poet, essayist and translator (b. 1945)[219]
- March 22
- Johnny Dumfries, Scottish peer and racing driver (b. 1958)[220]
- Elgin Baylor, American professional basketball player, coach, and executive (b. 1934)[221]
- March 23 – George Segal, American actor (b. 1934)[222]
- March 24 – Jessica Walter, American actress (b. 1941)[223]
- March 25
- Beverly Cleary, American author (b. 1916)[224]
- Larry McMurtry, American author (b. 1936)[225]
- Bertrand Tavernier, French film director and actor (b. 1941)[226]
- March 28 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (b. 1936)[227]
- March 29 – Bashkim Fino, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1962)[228]
- March 31 – Kamal Ganzouri, 46th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1933)[229]
April
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- April 1 – Isamu Akasaki, Japanese Nobel physicist (b. 1929)[230]
- April 2 – Christian Tumi, Cameroonian cardinal (b. 1930)[231]
- April 3 – Robert Mundell, Canadian Nobel economist (b. 1932)[232]
- April 5
- Paul Ritter, British actor (b. 1966)[233]
- Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist (b. 1930)[234]
- April 6
- April 8 – Jovan Divjak, Bosnian army general (b. 1937)[237]
- April 9
- April 10 – Edward Cassidy, Australian cardinal (b. 1924)[240]
- April 14
- Yıldırım Akbulut, 20th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1935)[241]
- Bernie Madoff, American investment advisor, financier and convicted fraudster (b. 1938)[242]
- April 16
- Helen McCrory, English actress (b. 1968)[243]
- Charles Geschke, American businessman and computer scientist (b. 1939)[244]
- Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (b. 1939)[245]
- April 19
- Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1928)[246]
- Jim Steinman, American rock lyricist and composer (b. 1947)[247]
- Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer (b. 1946)[248]
- April 20 – Idriss Déby, 6th President of Chad (b. 1952)[249]
- April 23 – Milva, Italian singer and actress (b. 1939)[250]
- April 24 – Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano (b. 1928)[251]
- April 26 – Tamara Press, Soviet Olympic shot put and discus thrower (b. 1937)[252]
- April 27 – Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, South Korean cardinal (b. 1931)[253]
- April 28
- Michael Collins, American astronaut (b. 1930)[254]
- El Risitas, Spanish comedian and actor (b. 1956)[255]
- Federico Salas, 136th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1950)[256]
May
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- May 1 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931)[257]
- May 2 – Bobby Unser, American Hall of Fame racing driver (b. 1934)[258]
- May 3 – Lloyd Price, American singer-songwriter and businessman (b. 1933)[259]
- May 4
- Simon Achidi Achu, 2nd Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1934)[260]
- Leslie Marr, English racing driver and artist (b. 1922)[261]
- May 6
- Humberto Maturana, Chilean philosopher and biologist (b. 1928)[262]
- Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)[263]
- May 7
- Hubert Hughes, 5th and 7th Premier of Anguilla (b. 1933)[264]
- Martín Pando, Argentine footballer (b. 1934)[265]
- May 8
- Lee Han-dong, 33rd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1934)[266]
- Helmut Jahn, German-born American architect (b. 1940)[267]
- Spencer Silver, American chemist and inventor (b. 1941)[268]
- May 9 – José Manuel Caballero, Spanish poet and novelist (b. 1926)[269]
- May 10 – Svante Thuresson, Swedish jazz musician (b. 1937)[270]
- May 11 – Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)[271]
- May 15
- May 16 - Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1942)[274]
- May 18
- Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker (b. 1946)[275]
- Charles Grodin, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)[276]
- May 19
- May 20 – Francisco Brines, Spanish poet (b. 1932)[279]
- May 21 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman (b. 1928)[280]
- Sundarlal Bahuguna, Environmentalist, Pioneer of 'Chipko Movement' (b. 1927)
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