List of Famous people who died in 2001

Prof Arthur Geoffrey Walker FRS FRSE was a British mathematician who made important contributions to physics and physical cosmology. Although he was an accomplished geometer, he is best remembered today for two important contributions to general relativity.

Robert Ludlum was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.

Harry Winter, born Horst Winter, was a German-Austrian singer, musician and band director.

Erich Grützner was an East German Trades unionist and a senior official in the country's ruling SED (party).

Heinrich Georg (Heinz) Kühnle was a German Vizeadmiral and Inspector of the Navy from 1971 until 1975.

Josef Klaus was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (Landeshauptmann) of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and as Chancellor of Austria from 1964 to 1970.

Fabijan Šovagović was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer.