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
Eddie Mathews (1931-2001)
Baseball Player
6
Chuck Schuldiner (1967-2001)
7
Willie Stargell (1940-2001)
8
Nigel Hawthorne (1929-2001)
9
Victor Wong (1927-2001)
Movie Actor
10
Joey Ramone (1951-2001)
Punk Singer
11
Perry Como (1912-2001)
Pop Singer
12
Donald Bradman (1908-2001)
Cricketer
13
Betty Ong (1956-2001)
14
Jane Greer (1924-2001)
Movie Actress
15
Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)
Entrepreneur
16
John Phillips (1935-2001)
17
William Hanna (1910-2001)
Cartoonist
18
Todd Beamer (1968-2001)
19
Mike Mentzer (1951-2001)
Bodybuilder
20
Tove Jansson (1914-2001)
Children's Author
21
Peter Griffith (1933-2001)
22
Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001)
23
Joe Lynch (1925-2001)
24
Celebrities Born in 2001
Deaths by Year
Melanie Thornton (1967-2001)
25
Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
26
Les Brown (1912-2001)
Jazz Singer
27
Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
Novelist
28
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
29
Welles Crowther (1977-2001)
30
Kevin Cosgrove (1955-2001)
Business Executive
31
Troy Donahue (1936-2001)
32
Jennifer Syme (1972-2001)
33
Justin Wilson (1914-2001)
Chef
34
David Angell (1946-2001)
TV Producer
35
Sandy Saddler (1926-2001)
Boxer
36
Bobby Bass (1936-2001)
37
Ray Walston (1914-2001)
38
Joe Henderson (1937-2001)
Saxophonist
39
Bob Verne (1944-2001)
40
John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
41
Harvey Ball (1921-2001)
42
Berry Berenson (1948-2001)
43
Lorenzo Music (1937-2001)
Voice Actor
44
Maureen Reagan (1941-2001)
Politician
45
Charles Trenet (1913-2001)
46
Marvin Harris (1927-2001)
Anthropologist
47
Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
48