In the year 2001
695 Notable deaths
Jean-Philippe Lauer
French architect and egyptologist (1902-2001).
Born May 7th, 1902 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2001 at 99 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alexei Tupolev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1925-2001).
Born May 20th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died May 12th, 2001 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Marita Petersen
Prime minister of the faroe islands (1940-2001).
Born October 21st, 1940 in Vágur.
Died August 26th, 2001 at 60 years old in Tórshavn (cancer).
Alexey Suetin
Chess player (1926–2001).
Born November 16th, 1926 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died September 10th, 2001 at 74 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Luis Santaló
Spanish mathematician (1911-2001).
Born October 9th, 1911 in Girona.
Died November 22nd, 2001 at 90 years old in Buenos Aires.
Helia Bravo Hollis
Mexican botanist, botanical collector, university teacher and director of the botanical garden at the national autonomous university of mexico (1901-2001).
Born September 30th, 1901 in Mixcoac. [ref]
Died September 26th, 2001 at 99 years old in Mexico City.
Ernst Baier
German figure skater (1905–2001).
Born September 27th, 1905 in Zittau. [ref]
Died July 8th, 2001 at 95 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. [ref]
Ranko Marinković
Croatian writer (1913–2001).
Born February 22nd, 1913 in Komiža.
Died January 28th, 2001 at 87 years old in Zagreb.
Gianluigi Bonelli
Italian comic book author and writer (1908-2001).
Born December 22nd, 1908 in Milan.
Died January 12th, 2001 at 92 years old in Alessandria.
Necati Cumalı
Turkish novelist (1921–2001).
Born January 13th, 1921 in Florina.
Died January 10th, 2001 at 79 years old in Istanbul (liver cancer).
Deaths 491 to 500 of 695
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha