Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2001

Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon,, was a British peer and racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969. He was the only son of the 6th Earl of Carnarvon by his wife Catherine Wendell. From his birth to September 1987, he was known by the courtesy title Lord Porchester. He owned the family seat, Highclere Castle.

Dolores Rae Michaels was an American actress.

Raden Mas Sumitro Djojohadikusumo was one of Indonesia's most prominent economists. During his lifetime Sumitro held several prominent roles including Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Finance, also Minister of Research during the New Order era. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia.

Deborah Walley fue una actriz teatral, cinematográfica y televisiva estadounidense, conocida por interpretar el papel del título en Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), así como por su trabajo en diferentes filmes del subgénero Beach Party.

René Dumont fue un ingeniero agrónomo, sociólogo y ecologista francés

Hidaya Sultan al-Salem,, sometimes transliterated as Hedaya, was a Kuwaiti journalist and author, who owned and edited the one of Kuwait's earliest political magazines al-Majalis in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She was Kuwait's first female to serve as an editor of a publication. She was a feminist and secularist, and she campaigned against corruption and on behalf of women's rights and suffrage in Kuwait. She was the first journalist to be killed in Kuwait since the Committee to Protect Journalists began recording these acts in 1992.

Udo Proksch was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of six people as part of a major insurance fraud. Proksch died in prison.

Donald James Woods, CBE, was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the Daily Dispatch, he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by the police after being detained by the South African government. Woods continued his campaign against apartheid in London, and in 1978 became the first private citizen to address the United Nations Security Council.

Laurent-Désiré Kabila fue un político y guerrillero de la República Democrática del Congo, presidente durante el periodo 1997-2001. Murió asesinado en el transcurso de la Segunda Guerra del Congo.

Kumudlal Ganguly, más conocido por su nombre artístico Ashok Kumar, fue un actor de cine indio que alcanzó un estatus icónico en la industria como miembro de la familia cinematográfica Ganguly. Fue reconocido en 1988 con el Premio Dadasaheb Phalke, el galardón cinematográfico más importante otorgado por el Gobierno de la India, y también recibió el Premio Padma Bhushan en 1999 por sus contribuciones al cine del país asiático. Era considerado uno de los mejores actores de la historia de la India y reconocido por interpretar papeles protagónicos y antagónicos con igual suficiencia.