List of Famous people who born in 2001

Alexander Anthony Keith Bain is an English actor from Blackburn, England. He plays Simon Barlow in Coronation Street a role he has played since 2008.

Ten Miyagi is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for Kawasaki Frontale. He was born to a Burmese father and Japanese mother.

Jannat Zubair Rahmani is an Indian film and television actress. She started her career in 2009 but gained recognition through Colors TV's Phulwa in 2011. She has also played the role of Young Phool Kanwar in Bharat Ka Veer Putra–Maharana Pratap and Pankti Sharma in Tu Aashiqui. In 2018, she was seen in the Bollywood film Hichki, where she played the role of a student.

Lilliane Catherine Diomi, known professionally as pretty pink cocaine or ppcocaine, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for songs that gained popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok.

David Ochoa is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national under-21 team.

Rodion Ruslanovich Amirov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted in the first round, 15th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

Ellis Simms is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Everton, as a striker.

Brian Yang is a Canadian badminton player. He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. He clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. Brian won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles. He represented Canada in 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2019 Sudirman Cup. Brian was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team, ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition.

Anna Elendt is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke and women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Zuriel Elise Oduwole is an American education advocate and film maker best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa. Her advocacy has since made her in the summer of 2013 at the age of 10, the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes. In November 2014, at age 12, Zuriel became the world's youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced and self-edited work screened, after her film showed in two movie chains, and then went on to show in Ghana, England, South Africa, and Japan.