| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Aaliyah |
Singer |
16-Jan-1979 |
25-Aug-2001 |
R&B singer, died in plane crash |
| Douglas Adams |
Author |
11-Mar-1952 |
11-May-2001 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Stuart Adamson |
Musician |
11-Apr-1958 |
16-Dec-2001 |
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Mortimer J. Adler |
Philosopher |
28-Dec-1902 |
28-Jun-2001 |
How to Read a Book |
| Jorge Amado |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1912 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Dona Flor and her Two Husbands |
| A. R. Ammons |
Poet |
18-Feb-1926 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Sphere |
| Poul Anderson |
Author |
25-Nov-1926 |
31-Jul-2001 |
Tau Zero |
| Frank Annunzio |
Politician |
12-Jan-1915 |
8-Apr-2001 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93 |
| Earl Anthony |
Bowling |
27-Apr-1938 |
14-Aug-2001 |
Professional bowler |
| Lewis Arquette |
Actor |
14-Dec-1935 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Arquette patriarch |
| Mary Kay Ash |
Business |
12-May-1918 |
22-Nov-2001 |
Cosmetics mogul |
| Chet Atkins |
Guitarist |
20-Jun-1924 |
30-Jun-2001 |
Prominent country picker |
| Mohammed Atta |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1968 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
| Bonny Lee Bakley |
Victim |
7-Jun-1956 |
4-May-2001 |
Baretta's wife, got whacked |
| Christiaan Barnard |
Doctor |
8-Nov-1922 |
2-Sep-2001 |
Performed the first heart transplant |
| Nikolay G. Basov |
Physicist |
14-Dec-1922 |
1-Jul-2001 |
Invention of the maser and laser |
| Abraham D. Beame |
Politician |
20-Mar-1906 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 |
| Irving Bernstein |
Historian |
15-Nov-1916 |
25-Sep-2001 |
Labor historian |
| Barend Biesheuvel |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1920 |
29-Apr-2001 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971-73 |
| Julie Bishop |
Actor |
30-Aug-1914 |
30-Aug-2001 |
Northern Pursuit |
| Budd Boetticher |
Film Director |
29-Jul-1916 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Seven Men From Now |
| Edward Boland |
Politician |
1-Oct-1911 |
4-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89 |
| Lou Boudreau |
Baseball |
17-Jul-1917 |
10-Aug-2001 |
MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| Roy Boulting |
Film Director |
21-Nov-1913 |
5-Nov-2001 |
There's a Girl in My Soup |
| Don Bradman |
Cricket |
27-Aug-1908 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Greatest batsman of all time |
| Foster Brooks |
Comic |
11-May-1912 |
20-Dec-2001 |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts |
| L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Les Brown |
Musician |
14-Mar-1912 |
4-Jan-2001 |
Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
| Philip W. Buchen |
Government |
17-Feb-1916 |
21-May-2001 |
White House Counsel, 1974-77 |
| Sandy Bull |
Guitarist |
1941 |
11-Apr-2001 |
Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo |
| Corinne Calvet |
Actor |
30-Apr-1925 |
23-Jun-2001 |
Sailor Beware |
| Roy D. Chapin, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1916 |
5-Aug-2001 |
Former CEO of American Motors |
| Imogene Coca |
Actor |
18-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-2001 |
Your Show of Shows |
| Perry Como |
Singer |
18-May-1912 |
12-May-2001 |
It's Impossible |
| Frederick De Cordova |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Oct-1910 |
15-Sep-2001 |
Producer of The Tonight Show |
| Gregory Corso |
Poet |
26-Mar-1930 |
17-Jan-2001 |
Beat poet, Gasoline |
| Lawrence Coughlin |
Politician |
11-Apr-1929 |
30-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
| Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
| Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
| Rosemary DeCamp |
Actor |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Feb-2001 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Delia Derbyshire |
Electronic Musician |
5-May-1937 |
3-Jul-2001 |
Constructed the Doctor Who theme |
| Anthony Dexter |
Actor |
19-Jan-1913 |
27-Mar-2001 |
Valentino |
| Gordon R. Dickson |
Novelist |
1-Nov-1923 |
31-Jan-2001 |
Dorsai |
| Yvonne Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
23-Jun-2001 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| Teri Diver |
Pornstar |
6-Sep-1971 |
2-Jan-2001 |
What's Up, Tiger Pussy? |
| Troy Donahue |
Actor |
27-Jan-1936 |
2-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Dale Earnhardt |
Auto Racing |
29-Apr-1951 |
18-Feb-2001 |
NASCAR driver died in Daytona 500 accident |
| Jim Ellis |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1956 |
28-Jun-2001 |
Usenet co-creator |
| Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| John Fahey |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1939 |
22-Feb-2001 |
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death |
| Joan Finney |
Politician |
12-Feb-1925 |
28-Jul-2001 |
Governor of Kansas, 1991-95 |
| Arlene Francis |
Actor |
20-Oct-1907 |
31-May-2001 |
What's My Line? |
| Kathleen Freeman |
Actor |
17-Feb-1919 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| David Graf |
Actor |
16-Apr-1950 |
7-Apr-2001 |
Movie, TV and videogame work |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Jane Greer |
Actor |
9-Sep-1924 |
24-Aug-2001 |
Out of the Past |
| Albert Hague |
Composer |
13-Oct-1920 |
12-Nov-2001 |
Redhead |
| Anne Haney |
Actor |
4-Mar-1934 |
26-May-2001 |
Mrs. Doubtfire |
| William Hanna |
Cartoonist |
14-Jul-1910 |
22-Mar-2001 |
Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop |
| Marvin Harris |
Anthropologist |
18-Aug-1927 |
25-Oct-2001 |
Anthropological historian |
| George Harrison |
Musician |
25-Feb-1943 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Beatle |
| Nigel Hawthorne |
Actor |
5-Apr-1929 |
26-Dec-2001 |
The Madness of King George |
| Eileen Heckart |
Actor |
29-Mar-1919 |
31-Dec-2001 |
Butterflies Are Free |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Christopher Hewett |
Actor |
5-Apr-1922 |
3-Aug-2001 |
Mr. Belvedere |
| William Hewlett |
Business |
20-May-1913 |
12-Jan-2001 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
| Billy Higgins |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1936 |
3-May-2001 |
Leading free-jazz and bop drummer |
| John H. Holdridge |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1924 |
12-Jul-2001 |
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1983-86 |
| John Lee Hooker |
Musician |
22-Aug-1917 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Prominent blues musician |
| Fred Hoyle |
Astronomer |
24-Jun-1915 |
20-Aug-2001 |
Opposed the Big Bang but named it |
| Ken Hughes |
Film Director |
19-Jan-1922 |
28-Apr-2001 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1920 |
6-Feb-2001 |
US Ambassador to China, 1981-85 |
| Jackie "Butch" Jenkins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1937 |
14-Aug-2001 |
MGM child star |
| Elizabeth Jennings |
Poet |
18-Jul-1926 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Song for a Birth or a Death |
| Jaromil Jires |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1935 |
24-Oct-2001 |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Burt Kennedy |
Film Director |
3-Sep-1922 |
15-Feb-2001 |
Support Your Local Sheriff |
| Ken Kesey |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1935 |
10-Nov-2001 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Hank Ketcham |
Cartoonist |
14-Mar-1920 |
1-Jun-2001 |
Dennis the Menace |
| Victor Kiam |
Business |
7-Dec-1926 |
27-May-2001 |
Liked it so much, he bought the company |
| John Knowles |
Novelist |
16-Sep-1926 |
29-Nov-2001 |
A Separate Peace |
| Howard W. Koch |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Apr-1916 |
16-Feb-2001 |
The Manchurian Candidate |
| Stanley Kramer |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1913 |
19-Feb-2001 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Paul Landres |
Film Director |
21-Aug-1912 |
26-Dec-2001 |
B-Movie and television director |
| Denys Lasdun |
Architect |
8-Sep-1914 |
11-Jan-2001 |
British modernist architect |
| Friedrich Leibacher |
Criminal |
21-Jul-1944 |
28-Sep-2001 |
Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage |
| Jack Lemmon |
Actor |
8-Feb-1925 |
27-Jun-2001 |
The Odd Couple |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Daniel Lewin |
Mathematician |
14-May-1970 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Co-founder of Akamai, died in 9/11 |
| John C. Lilly |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1915 |
30-Sep-2001 |
Human-dolphin communication |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
Aviator |
22-Jun-1906 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
| Jay Livingston |
Composer |
28-Mar-1915 |
17-Oct-2001 |
Que Sera Sera |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Robert Ludlum |
Novelist |
25-May-1927 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Holcroft Covenant |
| Peter Maas |
Author |
27-Jun-1929 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Serpico |
| Mike Mansfield |
Politician |
16-Mar-1903 |
5-Oct-2001 |
US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
| Jacques Marin |
Actor |
9-Sep-1919 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Charade |
| Connie Marshall |
Actor |
28-Apr-1933 |
22-May-2001 |
Dragonwyck |
| William Masters |
Scientist |
27-Dec-1915 |
16-Feb-2001 |
Human Sexual Response |
| Eddie Mathews |
Baseball |
13-Oct-1931 |
18-Feb-2001 |
Hit 512 home runs |
| Whitman Mayo |
Actor |
15-Nov-1930 |
22-May-2001 |
Grady on Sanford and Son |
| Charles McClendon |
Football |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-Dec-2001 |
LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
| Dorothy McGuire |
Actor |
14-Jun-1916 |
13-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Gardner McKay |
Actor |
10-Jun-1932 |
21-Nov-2001 |
Adventures in Paradise |
| John McKay |
Football |
5-Jul-1923 |
10-Jun-2001 |
USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75 |
| Timothy McVeigh |
Terrorist |
23-Apr-1968 |
11-Jun-2001 |
Oklahoma City Bomber |
| Dolores Michaels |
Actor |
30-Jan-1933 |
25-Sep-2001 |
Warlock |
| Jason Miller |
Actor |
22-Apr-1939 |
13-May-2001 |
The Exorcist |
| Joseph Moakley |
Politician |
27-Apr-1927 |
28-May-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
| Pauline Moore |
Actor |
14-Jun-1914 |
7-Dec-2001 |
American character actress |
| Peggy Mount |
Actor |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
| R. K. Narayan |
Author |
10-Oct-1906 |
13-May-2001 |
Swami and Friends |
| Alex Nicol |
Actor |
20-Jan-1916 |
29-Jul-2001 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Virginia O'Brien |
Actor |
18-Apr-1919 |
16-Jan-2001 |
The Big Store |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Lani O'Grady |
Actor |
2-Oct-1954 |
25-Sep-2001 |
Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough |
| John P. O'Neill |
Government |
6-Feb-1952 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anti-Terrorism expert, died in 9/11 |
| Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
| Barbara Olson |
TV Personality |
27-Dec-1955 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Conservative TV pundit |
| Charley Pell |
Football |
17-Feb-1941 |
29-May-2001 |
Florida Head Coach, 1979-84 |
| John Phillips |
Musician |
30-Aug-1935 |
18-Mar-2001 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| J. H. Plumb |
Historian |
20-Aug-1911 |
21-Oct-2001 |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
| Nyree Dawn Porter |
Actor |
22-Jan-1936 |
10-Apr-2001 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Wesley W. Posvar |
Educator |
14-Sep-1925 |
27-Jul-2001 |
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91 |
| Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
19-Jan-1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
| Josephine Premice |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
13-Apr-2001 |
Calypso singer, Broadway actress |
| Fletcher Prouty |
Military |
24-Jan-1917 |
5-Jun-2001 |
USAF Intelligence Officer |
| Nathan M. Pusey |
Educator |
4-Apr-1907 |
14-Nov-2001 |
President of Harvard, 1953-71 |
| Anthony Quinn |
Actor |
21-Apr-1915 |
3-Jun-2001 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Mohammad Rabbani |
Head of State |
1955 |
21-Apr-2001 |
Taliban leader, Prime Minister |
| Alan Rafkin |
Film Director |
23-Jul-1928 |
6-Aug-2001 |
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken |
| Joey Ramone |
Singer |
19-May-1951 |
15-Apr-2001 |
The Ramones |
| Robert C. Randall |
Victim |
23-Jan-1948 |
2-Jun-2001 |
First recipient of federal marijuana |
| Maureen Reagan |
Relative |
4-Jan-1941 |
8-Aug-2001 |
Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman |
| Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| James A. Rhodes |
Politician |
13-Sep-1909 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Twice Governor of Ohio |
| Mordecai Richler |
Novelist |
27-Jan-1931 |
3-Jul-2001 |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
| Michael Ritchie |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1938 |
16-Apr-2001 |
The Candidate |
| William P. Rogers |
Government |
23-Jun-1913 |
2-Jan-2001 |
US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
| Herbert Ross |
Film Director |
13-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2001 |
Steel Magnolias |
| R. J. Rushdoony |
Religion |
25-Apr-1916 |
8-Feb-2001 |
Institutes of Biblical Law |
| Dick Schaap |
Journalist |
27-Sep-1934 |
21-Dec-2001 |
Flashing Before My Eyes |
| John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
| Karl Schnabel |
Pianist |
6-Aug-1909 |
27-Aug-2001 |
Modern Technique of the Pedal |
| Chuck Schuldiner |
Musician |
13-May-1967 |
13-Dec-2001 |
Death metal pioneer |
| Harry Secombe |
Actor |
8-Sep-1921 |
11-Apr-2001 |
Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show |
| Léopold Senghor |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1906 |
20-Dec-2001 |
President of Senegal, 1960-80 |
| Vernon Sewell |
Film Director |
4-Jul-1903 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Director of British B movies |
| Anthony Shaffer |
Screenwriter |
15-May-1926 |
6-Nov-2001 |
The Wicker Man, Sleuth |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
| Clifford G. Shull |
Physicist |
23-Sep-1915 |
31-Mar-2001 |
Neutron scattering |
| Herbert A. Simon |
Economist |
15-Jun-1916 |
9-Feb-2001 |
Administrative Behavior |
| Joan Sims |
Actor |
9-May-1930 |
28-Jun-2001 |
Carry On... |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli |
Conductor |
2-Nov-1946 |
20-Apr-2001 |
Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94 |
| Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
| Gerald B. H. Solomon |
Politician |
14-Aug-1930 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Congressman from New York, 1979-99 |
| Ann Sothern |
Actor |
22-Jan-1909 |
15-Mar-2001 |
Private Secretary |
| Floyd Spence |
Politician |
9-Apr-1928 |
16-Aug-2001 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001 |
| Kim Stanley |
Actor |
11-Feb-1925 |
20-Aug-2001 |
Seance on a Wet Afternoon |
| Willie Stargell |
Baseball |
6-Mar-1940 |
9-Apr-2001 |
National League MVP 1979 |
| Harold Stassen |
Politician |
13-Apr-1907 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Perennial presidential candidate |
| Anthony Steel |
Actor |
21-May-1920 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Where No Vultures Fly |
| Isaac Stern |
Violinist |
21-Jul-1920 |
22-Sep-2001 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Beatrice Straight |
Actor |
2-Aug-1914 |
7-Apr-2001 |
Network |
| William G. Stratton |
Politician |
26-Feb-1914 |
2-Mar-2001 |
Governor of Illinois, 1953-61 |
| Brother Theodore |
Comic |
11-Nov-1906 |
5-Apr-2001 |
Stand-up Tragedist |
| Nguyen Van Thieu |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1923 |
29-Sep-2001 |
President of South Vietnam, 1967-75 |
| Ralph Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1915 |
17-Mar-2001 |
Deadlier Than the Male |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
| Linden Travers |
Actor |
27-May-1913 |
23-Oct-2001 |
No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| Dorothy Tutin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1930 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Savage Messiah |
| Piero Umiliani |
Composer |
17-Jul-1926 |
14-Feb-2001 |
Mah Na Mah Na |
| Billy Vessels |
Football |
22-Mar-1931 |
17-Nov-2001 |
Winner, 1952 Heisman Trophy |
| Art Wall, Jr. |
Golf |
25-Nov-1923 |
31-Oct-2001 |
Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament |
| Deborah Walley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1943 |
10-May-2001 |
Gidget Goes Hawaiian |
| Ray Walston |
Actor |
2-Dec-1914 |
1-Jan-2001 |
My Favorite Martian |
| Jack Watling |
Actor |
13-Jan-1923 |
22-May-2001 |
We Dive at Dawn |
| Auberon Waugh |
Columnist |
17-Nov-1939 |
16-Jan-2001 |
Columnist for Private Eye |
| Al Waxman |
Actor |
2-Mar-1935 |
18-Jan-2001 |
Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey |
| Eudora Welty |
Author |
13-Apr-1909 |
23-Jul-2001 |
The Optimist's Daughter |
| Mary Whitehouse |
Activist |
13-Jun-1910 |
23-Nov-2001 |
British anti-pornography crusader |
| Daniel Wildenstein |
Business |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Oct-2001 |
Wildenstein & Company |
| Michael Williams |
Actor |
9-Jul-1935 |
11-Jan-2001 |
Educating Rita |
| Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Edward Winter |
Actor |
3-Jun-1937 |
8-Mar-2001 |
Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H |
| Victor Wong |
Actor |
31-Jul-1927 |
12-Sep-2001 |
Egg Shen |
| Leonard Woodcock |
Labor Leader |
15-Feb-1911 |
16-Jan-2001 |
5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
| Robert F. Woodward |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1908 |
18-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58 |
| Ben G. Wright |
Publisher |
c. 1911 |
10-Apr-2001 |
Publisher, Field and Stream |
| Iannis Xenakis |
Composer |
9-May-1922 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Avant-garde composer |
| Chung Ju Yung |
Business |
25-Nov-1915 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Founder of Hyundai |