List of Famous people who died in 2001

Jean Danet was a French actor, activist, and gay theorist. He appeared in 27 films between 1942 and 1983.

Jean Champion was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1962 and 1996.

Sir William Michael John Grylls was a British Conservative politician. He was implicated in the cash-for-questions affair, a political scandal of the 1990s. He was the father of adventurer and Chief Scout Bear Grylls.

Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, was a Welsh Labour politician, usually associated with the moderate wing of the party. He was also regarded, particularly in later years, as a non-political figure of stature in Wales having held posts of importance in bodies such as the University of Wales.

Iskra Leonidovna Babich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Her 1981 film Muzhiki! was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.

Christopher Montague "Monty" Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington, was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford from 1959 to 1966 and again from 1970 to 1974. He was also a visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1956 to 1964.