List of Famous people who died in 2001

Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter.

Beatrice Macola was an Italian actress.

Luis Barboo was a Spanish actor.

Madeleine Barbulée was a French film, stage and television actress.

Morris Lapidus was an architect, primarily known for his Neo-baroque "Miami Modern" hotels constructed in the 1950s and 60s, which have since come to define that era's resort-hotel style, synonymous with Miami and Miami Beach.

Neptali Alvaro Gonzales, better known as Neptali Gonzales, Sr., was the President of the Philippine Senate from 1992 to 1993, 1995 to 1996, and 1998.

Atsushi Miyata is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7-dan. He is a six-time winner of the Tsume Shogi Solving Competition.

Panos Papadopulos was a German-Greek actor.

Maurice James Noble was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros. in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc? and the Road Runner series.