List of Famous people who died in 2001
Mirvarid Dilbazi
Mirvarid Dilbazi, was an Azerbaijani poet.
Chen Lifu
Chen Lifu or Ch'en Li-fu was a Chinese politician and anti-communist of the Republic of China.
Jean Margaret Niblock-Stuart
Pretaap Radhakishun
Pretaapnarian Shawh Radhecheran Radhakishun was a Surinamese politician. He was Prime Minister of Suriname from July 1986 to April 1987, and Vice President of Suriname from September 1996 to August 2000.
Lucas Vargas Terra
Ulla Poulsen Skou
Ulla Poulsen Skou, formerly Baroness Ulla Rosenørn-Lehn, was a Danish ballerina and actress. She was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet and is best known for being the subject of a series of portraits by Gerda Wegener.
Sully Boyar
Irving "Sully" Boyar was an American actor of Russian-Jewish descent.
Michael Ritchie
Michael Brunswick Ritchie was an American film director, producer, and writer of films with comical or satirical leanings, such as The Candidate and Smile. He scored commercial successes directing sports films, like Downhill Racer and The Bad News Bears, and Chevy Chase's Fletch comedies and Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child.