List of Famous people who died in 2001
Russell M. Saunders
Russell Maurice Saunders was a stunt man and acrobat.
Hannes Nikel
Johannes Maria Bernhard "Hannes" Nikel was a German film editor. He is best known for his works in Das Boot (1981) and Stalingrad (1993), the former of which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.
Jean Dorst
Jean Dorst was a French ornithologist.
Frans De Mulder
Frans De Mulder was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963.
Artur Semedo
Hans Fiebrandt
Giovanni Grimaldi
Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.
Willy Vannitsen
Willy Vannitsen was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France.
William Grant Stratton
William Grant Stratton, known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of Illinois from 1953 to 1961 and succeeded Adlai Stevenson II in that office.