Aged 21
Famous people who died at 21
29 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 21, including Napoleon II, Sid Vicious and Sophie Scholl.
- Napoleon IIThe second Emperor of the French · 1811–1832
- Sid ViciousEnglish bassist · 1957–1979
- Sophie SchollGerman resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose · 1921–1943
- Saint LucySaint from Italy · c. AD 283–304
- Billy the KidAmerican outlaw and gunfighter · 1859–1881
- Amenhotep I ↗Second Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt · c. 1527–1506 BC
- Hostilian ↗Roman emperor in 251 · c. AD 230–251
- Valentinian II ↗Roman emperor from 375 to 392 · c. AD 371–392
- Stuart Sutcliffe ↗Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles · 1940–1962
- Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia ↗Grand Duchess of Russia (1897–1918); second daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) · 1897–1918
- Lil Peep ↗American rapper · 1996–2017
- Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ↗Duke of Albany and King consort of Scotland · 1545–1567
- Anandi Gopal Joshi ↗One of the first Indian woman doctor · 1865–1887
- Duncan Edwards ↗English footballer · 1936–1958
- Alexander Ulyanov ↗Russian revolutionary and activist · 1866–1887
- Kaspar Hauser ↗Man with a mysterious history · 1812–1833
- Nodar Kumaritashvili ↗Georgian luge athlete · 1988–2010
- Margaret Theresa of Spain ↗Holy Roman empress · 1651–1673
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales ↗British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) · 1796–1817
- Eddie Cochran ↗American rock and roll pioneer · 1938–1960
- Go-Momozono ↗Emperor of Japan · 1758–1779
- Lydia Litvyak ↗Soviet flying ace · 1921–1943
- Theudebald ↗King of Rhiems · c. AD 534–555
- Dalai Lama 10 Tsultrim Gyatso ↗10th Dalai Lama of Tibet · 1816–1837
- Momozono ↗Emperor of Japan · 1741–1762
- Tianqi Emperor ↗Emperor of the Ming Dynasty · 1605–1627
- John Goodricke ↗Dutch astronomer · 1764–1786
- Bernard of Italy ↗Illegitimate son of Pepin of Italy · c. AD 797–818
- Matthew Shepard ↗American LGBT student and murder victim · 1976–1998
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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