2001 (people)


 * 7 January - Actor Lorne Cossette died.
 * 17 January - Actor Robert Robertson died.
 * 19 March - Actor Norman Mitchell died.
 * 28 March - Actor Salome Haertel was born.
 * 17 April - Actor Terry Scully died.
 * 19 April - Actor Demi Papaminas was born.
 * 11 May - Writer and Script Editor Douglas Adams died.
 * 12 May - Composer Norman Kay died.
 * 22 May - Actor Jack Watling died.
 * 1 June - Film cameraman Peter Sargent died.
 * 28 June - Actor Joan Sims died.
 * 3 July - Composer Delia Derbyshire died.
 * 18 August - Actor Tom Watson died.
 * 25 August - Actor Inigo Jackson died.
 * 28 September - Actor Brian Hawksley died.
 * 5 October - Visual effects designer Jim Francis died.
 * 31 October - Actor Jenny Laird died.
 * 13 November - Actor Peggy Mount died.
 * 23 November - Critic Mary Whitehouse died.
 * 29 November - Musician George Harrison died.
 * 5 December - Director Michael Leeston-Smith died.
 * 10 December - TV Century 21 founder Alan Fennell died.
 * 12 December - Actor Francis Batsoni died.
 * 13 December - Actor Harley Bird was born.
 * 20 December - Actor Edward Evans died.
 * 21 December - Dalek operator Kevin Manser died.
 * Unknown - Actor Bill McGuirk died.
 * Unknown - Actor Albert Ward died.