2001 (people)

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