List of Famous people who died in 2001

Raymond Patterson was an American animator, producer, and director. Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the younger brother of animator Don Patterson.

Jean-Marie-Clément Badré was a French Catholic bishop of the twentieth century. Born 17 Oct 1913 in Arbois, he was a son of Louis Badré, Inspector General of Water and Forests, and Mrs. Claire Maire and educated at Etudes: Lycée de Colmar, He was schooled at Ecole Massillon, Lycée Saint-Louis and Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow was an American illustrator of comics and paperback books. He is co-creator of the Marvel Comics muck-monster the Man-Thing and of DC Comics Old West vigilante El Diablo.

Prekshya Shah was a princess of Nepal who died in a helicopter accident in Rara Lake along with three other passengers.

Piero Natoli was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.

Robert Alexander Rankin FRSE FRSAMD was a Scottish mathematician who worked in analytic number theory.

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áillohaš in the Northern Sami language, was a Finnish Sami writer, musician and artist. He was born in Enontekiö in Lapland province, Finland. He lived most of his life in Käsivarsi, close to the border of Sweden, and also in Skibotn in Norway. Valkeapää was born to a family of traditional reindeer herders, but was trained as a school teacher. His most well-known international debut was when he performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Sun, My Father in 1991.