List of Famous people who died in 1901

Lillian June Henschel was an American soprano.

Nikolay Pavlovich Bogolepov was a Russian jurist and Minister of National Enlightenment, assassinated by a Socialist-Revolutionary activist.

Frederik Willem van Eeden was a Dutch amateur botanist. He was the father of the writer Frederik van Eeden.

Catherine Greenaway was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Female School of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. She began her career designing for the burgeoning holiday card market, producing Christmas and Valentine's cards. In 1879 wood-block engraver and printer, Edmund Evans, printed Under the Window, an instant best-seller, which established her reputation. Her collaboration with Evans continued throughout the 1880s and 1890s.

Prof Henry Augustus Rowland FRS(For) HFRSE was an American physicist. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society. He is remembered today particularly for the high quality of the diffraction gratings he made and for the work he did with them on the solar spectrum.