See also: other events of 2001, Deaths in 2002 and Recent deaths.

Table of contents
1 December 2001
2 November 2001
3 October 2001
4 September 2001
5 August 2001
6 July 2001
7 June 2001
8 May 2001
9 April 2001
10 March 2001
11 February 2001
12 January 2001

December 2001

November 2001

  • 30 Robert Tools, first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart, at age 59 after 151 days without a living heart.
  • 29 John Knowles, author, "A Separate Peace"
  • 29 George Harrison, 58, British musician and former member of The Beatles.
  • 28 William Kienzle, author of murder mysteries with Catholic priest detective
  • 24 Melanie Thornton, aged 34, singer, (plane crash near Zürich)
  • 22 Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.
  • 12 Tony Miles, English chess player.
  • 10 Ken Kesey, 66, American author, counter-cultural figure.

October 2001

September 2001

August 2001

July 2001

June 2001

May 2001

April 2001

March 2001

February 2001

January 2001