Died in 2001
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Died in 2001
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | Singer | 16-Jan-1979 | 25-Aug-2001 | R&B singer, died in plane crash |
| Douglas Adams | Author | 11-Mar-1952 | 11-May-2001 | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Stuart Adamson | Musician | 11-Apr-1958 | 16-Dec-2001 | Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| Larry Adler | Musician | 10-Feb-1914 | 6-Aug-2001 | Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Mortimer J. Adler | Philosopher | 28-Dec-1902 | 28-Jun-2001 | How to Read a Book |
| Jorge Amado | Novelist | 10-Aug-1912 | 6-Aug-2001 | Dona Flor and her Two Husbands |
| A. R. Ammons | Poet | 18-Feb-1926 | 25-Feb-2001 | Sphere |
| Poul Anderson | Author | 25-Nov-1926 | 31-Jul-2001 | Tau Zero |
| Frank Annunzio | Politician | 12-Jan-1915 | 8-Apr-2001 | Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93 |
| Earl Anthony | Bowling | 27-Apr-1938 | 14-Aug-2001 | Professional bowler |
| Lewis Arquette | Actor | 14-Dec-1935 | 10-Feb-2001 | Arquette patriarch |
| Mary Kay Ash | Business | 12-May-1918 | 22-Nov-2001 | Cosmetics mogul |
| Chet Atkins | Guitarist | 20-Jun-1924 | 30-Jun-2001 | Prominent country picker |
| Mohammed Atta | Terrorist | 1-Sep-1968 | 11-Sep-2001 | Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | Actor | 5-Jan-1911 | 30-Jan-2001 | La Machine Infernale |
| Bonny Lee Bakley | Victim | 7-Jun-1956 | 4-May-2001 | Baretta's wife, got whacked |
| Christiaan Barnard | Doctor | 8-Nov-1922 | 2-Sep-2001 | Performed the first heart transplant |
| Nikolay G. Basov | Physicist | 14-Dec-1922 | 1-Jul-2001 | Invention of the maser and laser |
| Abraham D. Beame | Politician | 20-Mar-1906 | 10-Feb-2001 | Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 |
| Irving Bernstein | Historian | 15-Nov-1916 | 25-Sep-2001 | Labor historian |
| Barend Biesheuvel | Head of State | 5-Apr-1920 | 29-Apr-2001 | Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971-73 |
| Julie Bishop | Actor | 30-Aug-1914 | 30-Aug-2001 | Northern Pursuit |
| Budd Boetticher | Film Director | 29-Jul-1916 | 29-Nov-2001 | Seven Men From Now |
| Edward Boland | Politician | 1-Oct-1911 | 4-Nov-2001 | Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89 |
| Lou Boudreau | Baseball | 17-Jul-1917 | 10-Aug-2001 | MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| Roy Boulting | Film Director | 21-Nov-1913 | 5-Nov-2001 | There's a Girl in My Soup |
| Don Bradman | Cricket | 27-Aug-1908 | 25-Feb-2001 | Greatest batsman of all time |
| Foster Brooks | Comic | 11-May-1912 | 20-Dec-2001 | Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts |
| L. Dean Brown | Diplomat | 21-Aug-1920 | 2-May-2001 | US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Les Brown | Musician | 14-Mar-1912 | 4-Jan-2001 | Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
| Philip W. Buchen | Government | 17-Feb-1916 | 21-May-2001 | White House Counsel, 1974-77 |
| Sandy Bull | Guitarist | 1941 | 11-Apr-2001 | Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo |
| Corinne Calvet | Actor | 30-Apr-1925 | 23-Jun-2001 | Sailor Beware |
| Roy D. Chapin, Jr. | Business | c. 1916 | 5-Aug-2001 | Former CEO of American Motors |
| Imogene Coca | Actor | 18-Nov-1908 | 2-Jun-2001 | Your Show of Shows |
| Perry Como | Singer | 18-May-1912 | 12-May-2001 | It's Impossible |
| Frederick De Cordova | Film/TV Producer | 27-Oct-1910 | 15-Sep-2001 | Producer of The Tonight Show |
| Gregory Corso | Poet | 26-Mar-1930 | 17-Jan-2001 | Beat poet, Gasoline |
| Lawrence Coughlin | Politician | 11-Apr-1929 | 30-Nov-2001 | Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
| Donald J. Cram | Chemist | 22-Apr-1919 | 17-Jun-2001 | Synthesis of molecules |
| Samuel H. Day | Activist | 5-Oct-1926 | 26-Jan-2001 | Antinuke crusader |
| Rosemary DeCamp | Actor | 14-Nov-1910 | 20-Feb-2001 | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Delia Derbyshire | Electronic Musician | 5-May-1937 | 3-Jul-2001 | Constructed the Doctor Who theme |
| Anthony Dexter | Actor | 19-Jan-1913 | 27-Mar-2001 | Valentino |
| Gordon R. Dickson | Novelist | 1-Nov-1923 | 31-Jan-2001 | Dorsai |
| Yvonne Dionne | Victim | 28-May-1934 | 23-Jun-2001 | Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| Teri Diver | Pornstar | 6-Sep-1971 | 2-Jan-2001 | What's Up, Tiger Pussy? |
| Troy Donahue | Actor | 27-Jan-1936 | 2-Sep-2001 | A Summer Place |
| Morton Downey, Jr. | Talk Show Host | 9-Dec-1933 | 12-Mar-2001 | Mort the Mouth |
| Daniel C. Drucker | Engineer | 1918 | 25-Aug-2001 | Drucker's stability postulate |
| Dale Earnhardt | Auto Racing | 29-Apr-1951 | 18-Feb-2001 | NASCAR driver died in Daytona 500 accident |
| Jim Ellis | Computer Programmer | c. 1956 | 28-Jun-2001 | Usenet co-creator |
| Dale Evans | Country Musician | 31-Oct-1912 | 7-Feb-2001 | Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| Rowland Evans | Columnist | 28-Apr-1921 | 23-Mar-2001 | Evans and Novak |
| John Fahey | Guitarist | 28-Feb-1939 | 22-Feb-2001 | The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death |
| Joan Finney | Politician | 12-Feb-1925 | 28-Jul-2001 | Governor of Kansas, 1991-95 |
| Arlene Francis | Actor | 20-Oct-1907 | 31-May-2001 | What's My Line? |
| Kathleen Freeman | Actor | 17-Feb-1919 | 23-Aug-2001 | Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| E. H. Gombrich | Historian | 30-Mar-1909 | 3-Nov-2001 | Art and Illusion |
| David Graf | Actor | 16-Apr-1950 | 7-Apr-2001 | Movie, TV and videogame work |
| Katharine Graham | Publisher | 16-Jun-1917 | 17-Jul-2001 | Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Jane Greer | Actor | 9-Sep-1924 | 24-Aug-2001 | Out of the Past |
| Albert Hague | Composer | 13-Oct-1920 | 12-Nov-2001 | Redhead |
| Anne Haney | Actor | 4-Mar-1934 | 26-May-2001 | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| William Hanna | Cartoonist | 14-Jul-1910 | 22-Mar-2001 | Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop |
| Marvin Harris | Anthropologist | 18-Aug-1927 | 25-Oct-2001 | Anthropological historian |
| George Harrison | Musician | 25-Feb-1943 | 29-Nov-2001 | Beatle |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Actor | 5-Apr-1929 | 26-Dec-2001 | The Madness of King George |
| Eileen Heckart | Actor | 29-Mar-1919 | 31-Dec-2001 | Butterflies Are Free |
| Herblock | Cartoonist | 13-Oct-1909 | 7-Oct-2001 | Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Christopher Hewett | Actor | 5-Apr-1922 | 3-Aug-2001 | Mr. Belvedere |
| William Hewlett | Business | 20-May-1913 | 12-Jan-2001 | Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
| Billy Higgins | Jazz Musician | 11-Oct-1936 | 3-May-2001 | Leading free-jazz and bop drummer |
| John H. Holdridge | Diplomat | 21-Aug-1924 | 12-Jul-2001 | US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1983-86 |
| John Lee Hooker | Musician | 22-Aug-1917 | 21-Jun-2001 | Prominent blues musician |
| Fred Hoyle | Astronomer | 24-Jun-1915 | 20-Aug-2001 | Opposed the Big Bang but named it |
| Ken Hughes | Film Director | 19-Jan-1922 | 28-Apr-2001 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. | Diplomat | 1-Jun-1920 | 6-Feb-2001 | US Ambassador to China, 1981-85 |
| Jackie "Butch" Jenkins | Actor | 29-Aug-1937 | 14-Aug-2001 | MGM child star |
| Elizabeth Jennings | Poet | 18-Jul-1926 | 26-Oct-2001 | Song for a Birth or a Death |
| Jaromil Jires | Film Director | 10-Dec-1935 | 24-Oct-2001 | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| J. J. Johnson | Jazz Musician | 22-Jan-1924 | 4-Feb-2001 | Jazz trombonist |
| Burt Kennedy | Film Director | 3-Sep-1922 | 15-Feb-2001 | Support Your Local Sheriff |
| Ken Kesey | Novelist | 17-Sep-1935 | 10-Nov-2001 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Hank Ketcham | Cartoonist | 14-Mar-1920 | 1-Jun-2001 | Dennis the Menace |
| Victor Kiam | Business | 7-Dec-1926 | 27-May-2001 | Liked it so much, he bought the company |
| John Knowles | Novelist | 16-Sep-1926 | 29-Nov-2001 | A Separate Peace |
| Howard W. Koch | Film/TV Producer | 11-Apr-1916 | 16-Feb-2001 | The Manchurian Candidate |
| Stanley Kramer | Film Director | 29-Sep-1913 | 19-Feb-2001 | It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Paul Landres | Film Director | 21-Aug-1912 | 26-Dec-2001 | B-Movie and television director |
| Denys Lasdun | Architect | 8-Sep-1914 | 11-Jan-2001 | British modernist architect |
| Friedrich Leibacher | Criminal | 21-Jul-1944 | 28-Sep-2001 | Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage |
| Jack Lemmon | Actor | 8-Feb-1925 | 27-Jun-2001 | The Odd Couple |
| Chandra Levy | Victim | 14-Apr-1977 | 1-May-2001 | Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Daniel Lewin | Mathematician | 14-May-1970 | 11-Sep-2001 | Co-founder of Akamai, died in 9/11 |
| John C. Lilly | Scientist | 6-Jan-1915 | 30-Sep-2001 | Human-dolphin communication |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Aviator | 22-Jun-1906 | 7-Feb-2001 | Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
| Jay Livingston | Composer | 28-Mar-1915 | 17-Oct-2001 | Que Sera Sera |
| Henry Lee Lucas | Criminal | 23-Aug-1936 | 12-Mar-2001 | Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Robert Ludlum | Novelist | 25-May-1927 | 12-Mar-2001 | Holcroft Covenant |
| Peter Maas | Author | 27-Jun-1929 | 23-Aug-2001 | Serpico |
| Mike Mansfield | Politician | 16-Mar-1903 | 5-Oct-2001 | US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
| Jacques Marin | Actor | 9-Sep-1919 | 10-Jan-2001 | Charade |
| Connie Marshall | Actor | 28-Apr-1933 | 22-May-2001 | Dragonwyck |
| William Masters | Scientist | 27-Dec-1915 | 16-Feb-2001 | Human Sexual Response |
| Eddie Mathews | Baseball | 13-Oct-1931 | 18-Feb-2001 | Hit 512 home runs |
| Whitman Mayo | Actor | 15-Nov-1930 | 22-May-2001 | Grady on Sanford and Son |
| Charles McClendon | Football | 17-Oct-1923 | 6-Dec-2001 | LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
| Dorothy McGuire | Actor | 14-Jun-1916 | 13-Sep-2001 | A Summer Place |
| Gardner McKay | Actor | 10-Jun-1932 | 21-Nov-2001 | Adventures in Paradise |
| John McKay | Football | 5-Jul-1923 | 10-Jun-2001 | USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75 |
| Timothy McVeigh | Terrorist | 23-Apr-1968 | 11-Jun-2001 | Oklahoma City Bomber |
| Dolores Michaels | Actor | 30-Jan-1933 | 25-Sep-2001 | Warlock |
| Jason Miller | Actor | 22-Apr-1939 | 13-May-2001 | The Exorcist |
| Joseph Moakley | Politician | 27-Apr-1927 | 28-May-2001 | Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
| Pauline Moore | Actor | 14-Jun-1914 | 7-Dec-2001 | American character actress |
| Peggy Mount | Actor | 2-May-1916 | 13-Nov-2001 | George and the Dragon |
| R. K. Narayan | Author | 10-Oct-1906 | 13-May-2001 | Swami and Friends |
| Alex Nicol | Actor | 20-Jan-1916 | 29-Jul-2001 | The Man from Laramie |
| Virginia O'Brien | Actor | 18-Apr-1919 | 16-Jan-2001 | The Big Store |
| Carroll O'Connor | Actor | 2-Aug-1924 | 21-Jun-2001 | Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Lani O'Grady | Actor | 2-Oct-1954 | 25-Sep-2001 | Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough |
| John P. O'Neill | Government | 6-Feb-1952 | 11-Sep-2001 | Anti-Terrorism expert, died in 9/11 |
| Michel Oksenberg | Scholar | 12-Oct-1938 | 22-Feb-2001 | Leading sinologist |
| Barbara Olson | TV Personality | 27-Dec-1955 | 11-Sep-2001 | Conservative TV pundit |
| Charley Pell | Football | 17-Feb-1941 | 29-May-2001 | Florida Head Coach, 1979-84 |
| John Phillips | Musician | 30-Aug-1935 | 18-Mar-2001 | The Mamas and the Papas |
| J. H. Plumb | Historian | 20-Aug-1911 | 21-Oct-2001 | England in the Eighteenth Century |
| Nyree Dawn Porter | Actor | 22-Jan-1936 | 10-Apr-2001 | The Forsyte Saga |
| Wesley W. Posvar | Educator | 14-Sep-1925 | 27-Jul-2001 | Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91 |
| Heinz C. Prechter | Business | 19-Jan-1942 | 6-Jul-2001 | The sunroof king |
| Josephine Premice | Actor | 21-Jul-1926 | 13-Apr-2001 | Calypso singer, Broadway actress |
| Fletcher Prouty | Military | 24-Jan-1917 | 5-Jun-2001 | USAF Intelligence Officer |
| Nathan M. Pusey | Educator | 4-Apr-1907 | 14-Nov-2001 | President of Harvard, 1953-71 |
| Anthony Quinn | Actor | 21-Apr-1915 | 3-Jun-2001 | Zorba the Greek |
| Mohammad Rabbani | Head of State | 1955 | 21-Apr-2001 | Taliban leader, Prime Minister |
| Alan Rafkin | Film Director | 23-Jul-1928 | 6-Aug-2001 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken |
| Joey Ramone | Singer | 19-May-1951 | 15-Apr-2001 | The Ramones |
| Robert C. Randall | Victim | 23-Jan-1948 | 2-Jun-2001 | First recipient of federal marijuana |
| Maureen Reagan | Relative | 4-Jan-1941 | 8-Aug-2001 | Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman |
| Rick Rescorla | Victim | 27-May-1939 | 11-Sep-2001 | Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| James A. Rhodes | Politician | 13-Sep-1909 | 4-Mar-2001 | Twice Governor of Ohio |
| Mordecai Richler | Novelist | 27-Jan-1931 | 3-Jul-2001 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
| Michael Ritchie | Film Director | 28-Nov-1938 | 16-Apr-2001 | The Candidate |
| William P. Rogers | Government | 23-Jun-1913 | 2-Jan-2001 | US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
| Herbert Ross | Film Director | 13-May-1927 | 9-Oct-2001 | Steel Magnolias |
| R. J. Rushdoony | Religion | 25-Apr-1916 | 8-Feb-2001 | Institutes of Biblical Law |
| Dick Schaap | Journalist | 27-Sep-1934 | 21-Dec-2001 | Flashing Before My Eyes |
| John G. Schmitz | Politician | 12-Aug-1930 | 10-Jan-2001 | Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
| Karl Schnabel | Pianist | 6-Aug-1909 | 27-Aug-2001 | Modern Technique of the Pedal |
| Chuck Schuldiner | Musician | 13-May-1967 | 13-Dec-2001 | Death metal pioneer |
| Harry Secombe | Actor | 8-Sep-1921 | 11-Apr-2001 | Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show |
| Léopold Senghor | Head of State | 9-Oct-1906 | 20-Dec-2001 | President of Senegal, 1960-80 |
| Vernon Sewell | Film Director | 4-Jul-1903 | 21-Jun-2001 | Director of British B movies |
| Anthony Shaffer | Screenwriter | 15-May-1926 | 6-Nov-2001 | The Wicker Man, Sleuth |
| Claude Shannon | Scientist | 30-Apr-1916 | 24-Feb-2001 | Pioneer in information theory |
| Peter Shore | Politician | 20-May-1924 | 24-Sep-2001 | Former MP, Stepney |
| Clifford G. Shull | Physicist | 23-Sep-1915 | 31-Mar-2001 | Neutron scattering |
| Herbert A. Simon | Economist | 15-Jun-1916 | 9-Feb-2001 | Administrative Behavior |
| Joan Sims | Actor | 9-May-1930 | 28-Jun-2001 | Carry On... |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | Conductor | 2-Nov-1946 | 20-Apr-2001 | Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94 |
| Norman Sisisky | Politician | 9-Jun-1927 | 29-Mar-2001 | Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
| Gerald B. H. Solomon | Politician | 14-Aug-1930 | 26-Oct-2001 | Congressman from New York, 1979-99 |
| Ann Sothern | Actor | 22-Jan-1909 | 15-Mar-2001 | Private Secretary |
| Floyd Spence | Politician | 9-Apr-1928 | 16-Aug-2001 | Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001 |
| Kim Stanley | Actor | 11-Feb-1925 | 20-Aug-2001 | Seance on a Wet Afternoon |
| Willie Stargell | Baseball | 6-Mar-1940 | 9-Apr-2001 | National League MVP 1979 |
| Harold Stassen | Politician | 13-Apr-1907 | 4-Mar-2001 | Perennial presidential candidate |
| Anthony Steel | Actor | 21-May-1920 | 21-Mar-2001 | Where No Vultures Fly |
| Isaac Stern | Violinist | 21-Jul-1920 | 22-Sep-2001 | Violin virtuoso |
| Beatrice Straight | Actor | 2-Aug-1914 | 7-Apr-2001 | Network |
| William G. Stratton | Politician | 26-Feb-1914 | 2-Mar-2001 | Governor of Illinois, 1953-61 |
| Brother Theodore | Comic | 11-Nov-1906 | 5-Apr-2001 | Stand-up Tragedist |
| Nguyen Van Thieu | Head of State | 5-Apr-1923 | 29-Sep-2001 | President of South Vietnam, 1967-75 |
| Ralph Thomas | Film Director | 10-Aug-1915 | 17-Mar-2001 | Deadlier Than the Male |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Politician | 8-Mar-1912 | 19-Apr-2001 | Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
| Linden Travers | Actor | 27-May-1913 | 23-Oct-2001 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| Dorothy Tutin | Actor | 8-Apr-1930 | 6-Aug-2001 | Savage Messiah |
| Piero Umiliani | Composer | 17-Jul-1926 | 14-Feb-2001 | Mah Na Mah Na |
| Billy Vessels | Football | 22-Mar-1931 | 17-Nov-2001 | Winner, 1952 Heisman Trophy |
| Art Wall, Jr. | Golf | 25-Nov-1923 | 31-Oct-2001 | Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament |
| Deborah Walley | Actor | 12-Aug-1943 | 10-May-2001 | Gidget Goes Hawaiian |
| Ray Walston | Actor | 2-Dec-1914 | 1-Jan-2001 | My Favorite Martian |
| Jack Watling | Actor | 13-Jan-1923 | 22-May-2001 | We Dive at Dawn |
| Auberon Waugh | Columnist | 17-Nov-1939 | 16-Jan-2001 | Columnist for Private Eye |
| Al Waxman | Actor | 2-Mar-1935 | 18-Jan-2001 | Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey |
| Eudora Welty | Author | 13-Apr-1909 | 23-Jul-2001 | The Optimist's Daughter |
| Mary Whitehouse | Activist | 13-Jun-1910 | 23-Nov-2001 | British anti-pornography crusader |
| Daniel Wildenstein | Business | 11-Sep-1917 | 23-Oct-2001 | Wildenstein & Company |
| Michael Williams | Actor | 9-Jul-1935 | 11-Jan-2001 | Educating Rita |
| Pete Williams | Politician | 10-Dec-1919 | 17-Nov-2001 | US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Edward Winter | Actor | 3-Jun-1937 | 8-Mar-2001 | Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H |
| Victor Wong | Actor | 31-Jul-1927 | 12-Sep-2001 | Egg Shen |
| Leonard Woodcock | Labor Leader | 15-Feb-1911 | 16-Jan-2001 | 5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
| Robert F. Woodward | Diplomat | 1-Oct-1908 | 18-May-2001 | US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58 |
| Ben G. Wright | Publisher | c. 1911 | 10-Apr-2001 | Publisher, Field and Stream |
| Iannis Xenakis | Composer | 9-May-1922 | 4-Feb-2001 | Avant-garde composer |
| Chung Ju Yung | Business | 25-Nov-1915 | 21-Mar-2001 | Founder of Hyundai |
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