List of Famous people who died in 2001

Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese film and stage actress.

Terry Ray Gordy Sr. was an American professional wrestler. Gordy is best known for his appearances in the United States with promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling and the Universal Wrestling Federation as a member of The Fabulous Freebirds, as well as his appearances in Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling as one-half of The Miracle Violence Connection.

Milton William "Bill" Cooper was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving extraterrestrial life. Cooper also described HIV/AIDS as a man-made disease used to target blacks, Hispanics, and homosexuals, and that a cure was made before it was implemented. He has been described as a "militia theoretician".

Takanori Hashimoto is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.

Gloria Foster was an American actress. She had acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career.

On October 26, 2001, twenty-five-year-old Chante Jawan Mallard struck 37-year-old Gregory Glenn Biggs, a homeless man, with her automobile, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. The force of the crash lodged Biggs into the windshield. Mallard then drove home and left the man lodged in her windshield, where he died a day or two later. Mallard was convicted and sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment for her role in his death.

Byron De La Beckwith Jr. was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi, who assassinated the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Two trials in 1964 on that charge, with all-white juries, resulted in hung juries. In 1994, he was tried by the state in a new trial based on new evidence and was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Edmond Vartan was a French musician, bandleader, arranger, and record producer.

Anthony Joshua Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister and advertising executive.

Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie was a British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician. He was the younger son, and youngest child, of Shane Leslie, and his wife Marjorie. He invented the multi-track mixing desk.