Aaliyah (1979-2001)
R&B Singer
1
George Harrison (1943-2001)
Guitarist
2
Dale Earnhardt (1951-2001)
Race Car Driver
3
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)
TV Actor
4
Thuy Trang (1973-2001)
TV Actress
5
Victor Wong (1927-2001)
Movie Actor
6
Willie Stargell (1940-2001)
Baseball Player
7
Nigel Hawthorne (1929-2001)
8
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
Novelist
9
Joey Ramone (1951-2001)
Punk Singer
10
Chuck Schuldiner (1967-2001)
11
Perry Como (1912-2001)
Pop Singer
12
Eddie Mathews (1931-2001)
13
Donald Bradman (1908-2001)
Cricketer
14
Todd Beamer (1968-2001)
15
John Phillips (1935-2001)
16
Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)
Entrepreneur
17
Betty Ong (1956-2001)
18
William Hanna (1910-2001)
Cartoonist
19
Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
20
Tove Jansson (1914-2001)
Children's Author
21
Peter Griffith (1933-2001)
22
Bobby Bass (1936-2001)
23
Jane Greer (1924-2001)
Movie Actress
24
Celebrities Born in 2001
Deaths by Year
Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001)
25
Les Brown (1912-2001)
Jazz Singer
26
Mike Mentzer (1951-2001)
Bodybuilder
27
Welles Crowther (1977-2001)
28
Joe Lynch (1925-2001)
29
David Lewis (1941-2001)
Philosopher
30
Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
31
Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
32
Kevin Cosgrove (1955-2001)
Business Executive
33
Justin Wilson (1914-2001)
Chef
34
Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)
Doctor
35
Sandy Saddler (1926-2001)
Boxer
36
Jennifer Syme (1972-2001)
37
Rhonda Sing (1961-2001)
Wrestler
38
John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
39
Foster Brooks (1912-2001)
40
Josef Bican (1913-2001)
Soccer Player
41
David Angell (1946-2001)
TV Producer
42
Melanie Thornton (1967-2001)
43
Stuart Adamson (1958-2001)
44
Joe Henderson (1937-2001)
Saxophonist
45
Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)
46
Lance Fuller (1928-2001)
47
Morton Downey Jr. (1932-2001)
TV Show Host
48