In the year 2001

768 Notable deaths

Luigi Broglio

Italian aerospace engineer (1911-2001).

Born November 11th, 1911 in Mestre.

Died January 14th, 2001 at 89 years old in Rome.

Algodão

Brazilian basketball player (1925–2001).

Born March 1st, 1925 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died March 10th, 2001 at 76 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Horace Gwynne

Canadian boxer (1912-2001).

Born October 5th, 1912 in Toronto.

Died April 16th, 2001 at 88 years old in Toronto.

Mauro Bicicli

Italian footballer and manager (1935–2001).

Born April 17th, 1935 in Crema.

Died August 22nd, 2001 at 66 years old in Crema.

Bill Homeier

Racecar driver.

Born August 31st, 1918 in Rock Island.

Died May 5th, 2001 at 82 years old in Houston.

Mario Perazzolo

Italian footballer and manager (1911-2001).

Born June 7th, 1911 in Padua.

Died August 3rd, 2001 at 90 years old in Padua.

Maurice Estève

French artist (1904-2001).

Born May 2nd, 1904 in Culan.

Died June 29th, 2001 at 97 years old in Culan.

Alex Blignaut

South african racing driver.

Born November 30th, 1932 in Johannesburg.

Died January 15th, 2001 at 68 years old in Johannesburg.

Terry Gathercole

Australian swimmer, olympic silver medallist, former world record-holder, coach (1935-2001).

Born November 25th, 1935 in Tallimba.

Died May 30th, 2001 at 65 years old in Canberra.

Emin Sabitoglu

Film score composer (1937-2000).

Born November 2nd, 1937 in Baku.

Died October 18th, 2001 at 63 years old in Baku.

Kaija Siren

Finnish architect (1920–2001).

Born October 23rd, 1920 in Kotka. [ref]

Died January 15th, 2001 at 80 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Brenda Helser

American swimmer.

Born May 26th, 1926 in San Francisco.

Died March 26th, 2001 at 74 years old

Guy Carlton

American weightlifter.

Born January 16th, 1954 in Amherst.

Died May 11th, 2001 at 47 years old in Arrowsmith.

Eliezer Shostak

Israeli politician (1911–2001).

Born December 16th, 1911 in Volodymyrets. [ref]

Died August 20th, 2001 at 89 years old in Israel.

Ramon Barnils i Folguera

Catalan journalist (1940–2001).

Born October 13th, 1940 in Sabadell.

Died March 14th, 2001 at 60 years old in Reus (cancer).

Henry Jonsson

Swedish middle- and long distance runner.

Born May 12th, 1912.

Died March 9th, 2001 at 88 years old in Stockholm.

Phil Cade

American racecar driver (1916–2001).

Born June 12th, 1916 in Charles City.

Died August 28th, 2001 at 85 years old in Winchester.

Ibrahim Shams

Egyptian weightlifter.

Born January 16th, 1917 in Alexandria.

Died January 16th, 2001 at 84 years old in Alexandria.

Maria von Tasnady

Hungarian actress (1911-2001).

Born November 16th, 1911 in Petrila.

Died March 16th, 2001 at 89 years old in Munich.

Ruhi Sarıalp

Turkish track athlete (1924–2001).

Born December 15th, 1924 in Manisa.

Died March 3rd, 2001 at 76 years old in İzmir. [ref]

Gerardo Barbero

Argentine chess player (1961–2001).

Born August 21st, 1961 in Lanús.

Died March 4th, 2001 at 39 years old in Budapest (cancer).

Simon Slåttvik

Norwegian nordic combined skier (1917-2001).

Born July 24th, 1917 in Valnesfjord.

Died May 3rd, 2001 at 83 years old in Lillehammer. [ref]

Luise Krüger

German javelin thrower (1915-2001).

Born January 11th, 1915 in Cotta.

Died June 13th, 2001 at 86 years old in Dresden.

Paula Wiesinger

Italian alpine skier (1907–2001).

Born February 27th, 1907 in Bolzano.

Died June 11th, 2001 at 94 years old in Seiser Alm. [ref]

Aleksandr Petrov

Basketball player (1939-2001).

Born May 14th, 1939 in Baku.

Died May 5th, 2001 at 61 years old in Moscow.

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