Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 2001
643 Notable deaths
Araquem de Melo
Brazilian footballer (1944-2001).
Born July 7th, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died October 19th, 2001 at 57 years old in Miami.
Jim Taylor
English footballer (1917-2001).
Born November 5th, 1917 in Hillingdon.
Died March 6th, 2001 at 83 years old in Reading.
Milorad B. Protić
Serbian astronomer.
Born September 6th, 1911 in Belgrade. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2001 at 90 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Jerry Cornes
British athlete.
Born March 23rd, 1910 in Darjeeling.
Died June 19th, 2001 at 91 years old in Winchester.
Algirdas Lauritėnas
Lithuanian basketball player (1932–2001).
Born November 5th, 1932 in Kaunas.
Died August 7th, 2001 at 68 years old in Kaunas.
Maria von Tasnady
Hungarian actress (1911-2001).
Born November 16th, 1911 in Petrila.
Died March 16th, 2001 at 89 years old in Munich.
Sara Ashurbeyli
Azerbaijani scholar.
Born January 27th, 1906 in Baku.
Died July 17th, 2001 at 95 years old in Baku.
József Csermák
Athletics competitor.
Born February 14th, 1932 in Senec.
Died January 12th, 2001 at 68 years old in Tapolca. [ref]
Deaths 531 to 540 of 643
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid