List of Famous people who born in 1901

Gustav Machatý was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed films in Czechoslovakia, USA and Germany including Erotikon and Ecstasy.

Zachariah Keodirelang "ZK" Matthews was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at South African Native College, where many future leaders of the African continent were among his students.

Alfonso Piccin was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1925 Tour de France.

Anna Lise Phillips is an Australian actress. She is sometimes credited as Anna Lise, Anna Lise Philips, or Anna-Lise Phillips.

Perry Pirkanen is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 1980 Italian cannibal film Cannibal Holocaust. Pirkanen, then a student at New York City's Actors Studio, was hired by director Ruggero Deodato who was looking for unknown actors to play the film's four protagonists. In the film, he was in an infamous scene where he butchered a large turtle. He is even seen holding the turtle's head next to his mouth. However, after filming the scene, he cried and had an emotional breakdown off camera.