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In the year 2001
768 Notable deaths
Thomas Winning
Archbishop of glasgow (1925–2001).
Born June 3rd, 1925 in Wishaw.
Died June 17th, 2001 at 76 years old in Glasgow.
David McTaggart
Badminton player and greenpeace founder (1932–2001).
Born June 24th, 1932 in Vancouver.
Died March 23rd, 2001 at 68 years old in Paciano (traffic collision).
Maximos V Hakim
Melkite greek catholic patriarch of antioch (1908–2001).
Died June 29th, 2001 at 93 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Stephen Malcolm
Jamaican footballer (1970-2001).
Born May 2nd, 1970 in Montego Bay.
Died January 28th, 2001 at 30 years old in Duncans (traffic collision).
Boris Rybakov
Soviet archaeologist (1908–2001).
Born June 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died December 27th, 2001 at 93 years old in Moscow.
Grigori Chukhrai
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001).
Born May 23rd, 1921 in Melitopol.
Died October 28th, 2001 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Walter Dukes
American basketball player (1930-2001).
Born June 23rd, 1930 in Rochester.
Died March 13th, 2001 at 70 years old in Detroit.
Kwoh-Ting Li
Taiwanese politician (1910-2001).
Born January 28th, 1910 in Nanjing.
Died May 31st, 2001 at 91 years old in Taipei.
Hal Haig Prieste
American centenarian and olympic bronze medalist (1896–2001).
Born November 23rd, 1896 in Fresno.
Died April 19th, 2001 at 104 years old in Camden. [ref]
Igor Stechkin
Russian designer (1922-2001).
Born November 15th, 1922 in Aleksin.
Died November 28th, 2001 at 79 years old in Tula.
Gellu Naum
Romanian writer (1915–2001).
Born August 1st, 1915 in Bucharest.
Died September 29th, 2001 at 86 years old in Bucharest.
Halina Czerny-Stefańska
Polish musician (1922–2001).
Born December 31st, 1922 in Kraków.
Died July 1st, 2001 at 78 years old in Kraków.
Nancye Wynne Bolton
Australian tennis player.
Born December 2nd, 1916 in Melbourne.
Died November 9th, 2001 at 84 years old in Melbourne.
Mikhail Budyko
Russian climatologist (1920–2001).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Gomel.
Died December 10th, 2001 at 81 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jan Lenica
Polish graphic designer and cartoonist (1928–2001).
Born January 4th, 1928 in Poznań.
Died October 5th, 2001 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Rudolf Witzig
German world war ii fallschirmjäger (1916-2001).
Born August 14th, 1916 in Röhlinghausen.
Died October 3rd, 2001 at 85 years old in Oberschleißheim.
Samuel Khachikian
Iranian film director.
Born October 22nd, 1923 in Tabriz.
Died October 22nd, 2001 at 78 years old in Tehran.
Colin Webster
Welsh footballer (1932-2001).
Born July 17th, 1932 in Cardiff.
Died March 1st, 2001 at 68 years old in Swansea (cancer).
Alessandro Natta
Italian politician (1918–2001).
Born January 7th, 1918 in Oneglia.
Died May 23rd, 2001 at 83 years old in Imperia.
Humayun Abdulali
Naturalist, ornithologist, wildlife conservationist, taxonomist, biologist (1914–2001).
Died June 3rd, 2001 at 87 years old in Mumbai.
Alex Scott
Scottish footballer (1937-2001).
Born November 22nd, 1937 in Falkirk.
Died September 13th, 2001 at 63 years old in Falkirk.
Helen Vita
Swiss actor and singer (1928-2001).
Born August 7th, 1928 in Hohenschwangau.
Died February 16th, 2001 at 72 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Sándor Kopácsi
Participant in, and chronicler of, the hungarian revolution of 1956 (1922–2001).
Born March 5th, 1922 in Miskolc.
Died March 2nd, 2001 at 78 years old in Toronto.
Gustave Thibon
French philosopher.
Born September 2nd, 1903 in Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche.
Died January 19th, 2001 at 97 years old in Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche.
Pedro Laín Entralgo
Medical researcher (1908-2001).
Born February 15th, 1908 in Urrea de Gaén. [ref]
Died June 5th, 2001 at 93 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Deaths 451 to 475 of 768
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown