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
Chuck Schuldiner (1967-2001)
6
Perry Como (1912-2001)
Pop Singer
7
Willie Stargell (1940-2001)
Baseball Player
8
Victor Wong (1927-2001)
Movie Actor
9
Eddie Mathews (1931-2001)
10
Nigel Hawthorne (1929-2001)
11
Joey Ramone (1951-2001)
Punk Singer
12
Donald Bradman (1908-2001)
Cricketer
13
Todd Beamer (1968-2001)
14
John Phillips (1935-2001)
15
Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)
Entrepreneur
16
Betty Ong (1956-2001)
17
Tove Jansson (1914-2001)
Children's Author
18
David Lewis (1941-2001)
Philosopher
19
Bobby Bass (1936-2001)
20
Peter Griffith (1933-2001)
21
Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)
22
Jane Greer (1924-2001)
Movie Actress
23
William Hanna (1910-2001)
Cartoonist
24
Celebrities Born in 2001
Deaths by Year
Les Brown (1912-2001)
Jazz Singer
25
Joe Lynch (1925-2001)
26
Welles Crowther (1977-2001)
27
Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001)
28
Mike Mentzer (1951-2001)
Bodybuilder
29
Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)
Doctor
30
Kevin Cosgrove (1955-2001)
Business Executive
31
Justin Wilson (1914-2001)
Chef
32
Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
Novelist
33
Joe Henderson (1937-2001)
Saxophonist
34
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
35
Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)
36
Melanie Thornton (1967-2001)
37
David Angell (1946-2001)
TV Producer
38
Lorenzo Music (1937-2001)
Voice Actor
39
Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
40
Jennifer Syme (1972-2001)
41
Morton Downey Jr. (1932-2001)
TV Show Host
42
Marvin Harris (1927-2001)
Anthropologist
43
Stuart Adamson (1958-2001)
44
Billy Vessels (1931-2001)
Football Player
45
Foster Brooks (1912-2001)
46
Josef Bican (1913-2001)
Soccer Player
47
Tom Burnett (1963-2001)
48
