In the year 2001

695 Notable deaths

Shidzue Katō

Japanese politician (1897-2001).

Born March 2nd, 1897 in Tokyo.

Died December 22nd, 2001 at 104 years old

Ettore Puricelli

Italian footballer (1916-2001).

Born September 15th, 1916 in Montevideo.

Died May 14th, 2001 at 84 years old in Rome.

Stepas Butautas

Lithuanian basketball player.

Born August 25th, 1925 in Kaunas.

Died March 22nd, 2001 at 75 years old in Kaunas.

Arne Sucksdorff

Swedish film director (1917-2001).

Born February 3rd, 1917 in Gustav Vasa parish.

Died May 4th, 2001 at 84 years old in Oscar Parish (pneumonia).

Hsieh Tung-min

6th vice president of republic of china.

Born January 25th, 1908 in Tainan.

Died April 9th, 2001 at 93 years old in Taipei.

Boris Rauschenbach

Soviet physicist.

Born January 18th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.

Died March 27th, 2001 at 86 years old in Moscow.

Zoltán Székely

Hungarian musician (1903-2001).

Born December 8th, 1903 in Kocs.

Died October 5th, 2001 at 97 years old in Banff.

Malati Bedekar

Indian writer.

Born March 18th, 1905.

Died May 7th, 2001 at 96 years old

Georgy Shakhnazarov

Russian politician (1924-2001).

Born October 4th, 1924 in Baku.

Died May 15th, 2001 at 76 years old in Tula Oblast.

Viveka Seldahl

Swedish actress (1944–2001).

Born March 15th, 1944 in Oscar Parish.

Died November 3rd, 2001 at 57 years old in Kungsholm parish (cancer).

Deaths 471 to 480 of 695

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