Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2001

Whitman B. Mayo fue un actor estadounidense, conocido principalmente por su personaje Grady Wilson en la sitcom de la década de 1970 Sanford and Son.

Jean-Pierre Aumont fue un actor teatral, cinematográfico y televisivo francés, poseedor de Legión de Honor y de la Croix de guerre 1939-1945 por su servicio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Yee Keung Victor Wong, conocido artísticamente como Victor Wong, fue un actor y periodista estadounidense de ascendencia china. Wong protagonizó numerosos papeles secundarios durante la década de los 80 y 90.

Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes was an American fashion designer and costumer. She is the creator of the original Playboy Bunny costume.

Ramakrishna was a noted Telugu film Hero and actor. He has acted in over 200 films, including Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. He has acted in several super hit Telugu movies such as 'Nomu', 'Pooja', 'Nenu Naa Desam', 'Bomma Borusa', 'Badi panthulu', 'Kurukshetram', 'Yuvataram kadilindi', 'Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Vaaibhavam', 'Hantakulostunnaru jagrattha', 'Magadu', 'Katakatala Rudraiah', 'Doralu Dongalu', 'Kotalo paga', 'Vishwanadha Nayakudu'. He played various roles in several mythological films, including Yashoda Krishna, Vinayaka Vijayamu, Devude digivasthe. He had also acted alongside thespians N. T. Ramarao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

John Peder Ditlev-Simonsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Silja in the 8 metre class event.

Leonardo Salvador Sarao Sr. was the founder and owner of the Sarao Motors, a company known for designing, manufacturing and selling the jeepney, the most popular mode of transportation in the Philippines. He is not the first person to alter the surplus jeeps left behind by the U.S. Army from World War II, but he saw them as a business opportunity for mass transportation. He redesigned the surplus jeeps to increase its functionality by extending the body to accommodate at least twice the number of passengers and by putting some railings at the back and top for extra passengers to cling to, and for cargoes. He revolutionized a burgeoning industry and changed the life of generations of Filipinos.

Lyle Stevik fue el alias utilizado por un hombre estadounidense que, en 2001, se suicidó en Amanda Park, Washington, en la Península Olímpica. Aunque su cuerpo fue descubierto rápidamente, y las huellas dactilares, el ADN y la información dental fueron recopilados y registrados, no hubo coincidencias en ninguna base de datos y su identidad permaneció desconocida hasta 2018.

Cândida Branca Flor,, de su nombre verdadero Cândida Maria Coelho Soares, fue una reconocida cantante portuguesa.

Ejner Bainkamp Johansson was a Danish art historian, magister of art, writer, and documentary film director. He is also a 1998 N. L. Høyen Medal recipient.