List of Famous people who born in 2001

Daniel Maldini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan.

Bukayo Ayoyinka T. M. Saka is an English professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder, left-back, or right winger for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team.

Ziaire Williams is an American college basketball player for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. At small forward, he stands 6 feet 8 inches and weighs 185 pounds. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best small forwards in the 2020 class. Williams finished his high school career at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California.

Anthony Edwards is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs. Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he plays the shooting guard position.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is a Canadian actress of Tamil Sri Lanka origin known for her leading role in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever (2020).

Caleb Reginald McLaughlin is an American actor. He is known for playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things for which he has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He has previously performed on the Broadway stage as Young Simba in the musical The Lion King. McLaughlin made his feature film debut in 2020 starring in Concrete Cowboy.

Raffi Quirke is an English rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks in the Premiership Rugby.

Yasunobu Okugawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Cade Cunningham is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. He stands 6 feet and 8 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best point guards in the 2020 class, with 247Sports and Rivals ranking him number one overall. Cunningham finished his high school career at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He won a gold medal for the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. He is widely projected to be the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

Maisie Louise Collender Smith is an English actress and singer. She appeared in the feature film The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) and played the regular role of Tiffany Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2008 to 2014. In November 2016, Smith temporarily returned to EastEnders for a guest stint, before making a full-time return in January 2018. In 2020, she competed in the eighteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.