Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2001

Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese film and stage actress.

Terry Ray Gordy Sr. was an American professional wrestler. Gordy is best known for his appearances in the United States with promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling and the Universal Wrestling Federation as a member of The Fabulous Freebirds, as well as his appearances in Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling as one-half of The Miracle Violence Connection.

Milton William Cooper fue un escritor estadounidense y locutor de onda corta. Cooper llegó a la conciencia de la opinión pública a finales de 1980 y se le conoce mejor como Bill Cooper.

Takanori Hashimoto is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.

Gloria Foster fue una actriz estadounidense, reconocida por sus trabajos en teatro en Broadway, incluyendo sus aclamados papeles en In White America y Having Our Say, ganando tres premios Obie durante su extensa carrera.

On October 26, 2001, twenty-five-year-old Chante Jawan Mallard struck 37-year-old Gregory Glenn Biggs, a homeless man, with her automobile, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. The force of the crash lodged Biggs into the windshield. Mallard then drove home and left the man lodged in her windshield, where he died a day or two later. Mallard was convicted and sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment for her role in his death.

Byron De La Beckwith Jr. was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi, who assassinated the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Two trials in 1964 on that charge, with all-white juries, resulted in hung juries. In 1994, he was tried by the state in a new trial based on new evidence and was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Edmond Vartan was a French musician, bandleader, arranger, and record producer.

Anthony Shaffer fue un autor teatral y guionista cinematográfico.

Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie was a British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician. He was the younger son, and youngest child, of Shane Leslie, and his wife Marjorie. He invented the multi-track mixing desk.