page_title: 2001
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2001 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Aaliyah in Berlin
context_page_description: 2001 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium, the 1st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.
  2001 was designated as International Year of Volunteers.
context_section_description: August 4 – Lorenzo Music, American actor, writer, producer, and musician (b. 1937)
  August 6
  Larry Adler, American musician (b. 1914)
  Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
  Dương Văn Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1916)
  Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
  August 15 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
  August 19 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
  August 20
  Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and writer (b. 1915)
  Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
  August 22 – Bernard Heuvelmans, Belgian-French cryptozoologist (b. 1916)
  August 23 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
  August 24 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
  August 25
  Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
  Ken Tyrrell, British auto racing driver (b. 1924)
  August 26 – Marita Petersen, 8th Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (b. 1940)
  August 30
  A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh (b. 1915)
  Govan Mbeki - South African politician (b. 1910)
caption: Aaliyah
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