In the year 2001
644 Notable deaths
Philip Sandblom
Swedish surgeon, olympian and art collector (1903-2001).
Born October 29th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died February 21st, 2001 at 97 years old in Lausanne.
Arseny Vorozheykin
Soviet aviator, twice hero of the soviet union (1914-2001).
Born November 9th, 1914 in Gorodetsky Uyezd. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 2001 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Nelson Chelle
Uruguayan basketball player.
Born May 18th, 1931 in Paysandú.
Died December 17th, 2001 at 70 years old
Edward Frederick Anderson
American botanist (1931-2001).
Born June 17th, 1931 in Covina.
Died March 29th, 2001 at 69 years old
Marius Flothuis
Dutch composer, musicologist and music critic (1914–2001).
Born October 30th, 1914 in Amsterdam.
Died November 13th, 2001 at 87 years old in Amsterdam.
Horst Tüller
East german bicycle racer.
Born February 5th, 1931 in Wuppertal.
Died June 4th, 2001 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Pavel Schmidt
Czech rower.
Born February 9th, 1930 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2001 at 71 years old in Macolin. [ref]
Victor Jörgensen
Boxer.
Born June 12th, 1924 in Hjørring.
Died August 29th, 2001 at 77 years old in Rødovre Municipality.
Kurt Ott
Swiss cyclist (1912-2001).
Born December 9th, 1912 in Zürich.
Died April 19th, 2001 at 88 years old in Schlieren.
Deaths 611 to 620 of 644
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