Andreas Trautmann

East german footballer.

Born May 21st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Dresden.

Paul Barber

Field hockey player.

Born May 21st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Peterborough.

Niklaus Riggenbach

Swiss engineer (1817–1899).

Born May 21st, 1817 in Guebwiller.

Died July 25th, 1899 at 82 years old in Olten.

Andrius Jurkūnas

Lithuanian basketball player.

Born May 21st, 1976 (age 50 years) in Kaunas.

Pedro Larrea

Ecuadorian footballer.

Born May 21st, 1986 (age 40 years) in Loja.

Fergus Kavanagh

Field hockey player.

Born May 21st, 1985 (age 41 years) in Dublin.

Diana Der Hovanessian

Armenian american poet, translator, and author (1934-2018).

Born May 21st, 1934 in Worcester.

Died March 1st, 2018 at 83 years old in Cambridge. ^[ref]

Tassilo Thierbach

German figure skater.

Born May 21st, 1956 in Chemnitz.

Died April 19th, 2025 at 68 years old in Chemnitz.

Aníbal Paz

Uruguayan footballer (1917-2013).

Born May 21st, 1917 in Montevideo.

Died March 21st, 2013 at 95 years old in Montevideo. ^[ref]

Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev

Uzbek politician (1930-2017).

Born May 21st, 1930 in Fergana.

Died March 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Fergana. ^[ref]

Todd White

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born May 21st, 1975 (age 51 years) in Kanata.

Anne Bremer

American painter (1868-1923).

Born May 21st, 1868 in San Francisco.

Died October 26th, 1923 at 55 years old in San Francisco.

Seiya Kishikawa

Japanese table tennis player.

Born May 21st, 1987 (age 39 years) in Kitakyūshū.

Helen Langehanenberg

German dressage rider.

Born May 21st, 1982 (age 44 years) in Münster. ^[ref]

Ömer Kaner

Turkish association football player and manager (1951-2026).

Born May 21st, 1951 in Istanbul.

Died February 12th, 2026 at 74 years old ^[ref]

Marc Pfertzel

French footballer.

Born May 21st, 1981 (age 45 years) in Mulhouse.

Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Prince of löwenstein-wertheim-rosenberg from 1849 to 1908.

Born May 21st, 1834 in Bor.

Died November 8th, 1921 at 87 years old in Cologne.

Anderson Rodrigues

Brazilian volleyball player.

Born May 21st, 1974 (age 52 years) in Belo Horizonte. ^[ref]

Thomas Moore

British gardener and botanist (1821–1887).

Born May 21st, 1821 in Guildford.

Died January 1st, 1887 at 65 years old in Chelsea.

Britt Janyk

Canadian alpine skier.

Born May 21st, 1980 (age 46 years) in North Vancouver.

Wolfgang Puschnig

Austrian saxophonist.

Born May 21st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Ignaz von Plener

Czech member of czech council (1810-1908).

Born May 21st, 1810 in Vienna.

Died February 17th, 1908 at 97 years old in Vienna.

Sergei Tumansky

Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft engine designer, scientist (1901-1973).

Born May 21st, 1901 in Minsk.

Died September 9th, 1973 at 72 years old in Moscow.

Lemlem Hailu

Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.

Born May 21st, 2001 (age 25 years) in Ethiopia.

Markus Feldmann

Member of the swiss federal council (1897-1958).

Born May 21st, 1897 in Thun.

Died November 3rd, 1958 at 61 years old in Bern.