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Died on Tuesday December 21, 2021
- John Aardema (85), Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
- Jantje Luiting (101), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Beligje Burggraaf (90), Herwijnen (Lingewaal) (GL)
- Johannes Martinus Theodorus Krijnen- (62), Bennington, New York, VS
- Coleen Marie MADDEN (70), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Camille Nowé (97), Gand
- Adrie van Duijvenvoorde (71), Katwijk aan Zee
- Fons Vanherck (95), Sint-Truiden, België
- Jan Harm Fischer (93), Emmen
- Jos Brans (69), Hasselt, België
Born on December 21
- 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
- 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
- 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player
- 1983 » Steven Yeun, American actor
- 1985 » Tom Sturridge, English actor
- 1988 » Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
- 1989 » Mark Ingram Jr., American football player
- 1989 » Tamannaah, South Indian actress
- 1991 » Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
- 1995 » Ronnie Bassett Jr., American race car driver
Died on December 21
- 2006 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
- 2009 » Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (b. 1934)
- 2009 » Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2010 » Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- 2013 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
- 2013 » John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
- 2014 » Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
- 2014 » Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
- 2014 » Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
- 2017 » Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (b. 1937)
Names that were popular for boys in 2021
- Jonathan
- Puk
- Jan
- Jacob
- Jonas
- Willem
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Lucas
- Cornelis
- Albert
- Xander
- Klaas
- Benjamin
- Noud
- Luca
Names that were popular for girls in 2021
- Emma
- Lilibet
- Sophie
- Olivia
- Mila
- Julia
- Elin
- Anna
- Hannah
- Lynn
- Tess
- Livia
- Evie
- Jill
- Lotte
- Madelief