2001: The Year in People

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The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$1.46

Median home

$126,400

Minimum wage

$5.15/hr

Movie ticket

$5.66

US population

6.23B

US president

George W. Bush

Top song

"Hanging by a Moment" — Lifehouse

Top film

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Top TV show

Survivor

Best Picture

A Beautiful Mind

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What happened in 2001

2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

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Born in 2001

185 people in our data · most viewed first

Billie Eilish

b. 2001 · December 18

American singer-songwriter

Rachel Zegler

b. 2001 · May 3

American actress and singer

Bukayo Saka

b. 2001 · September 5

English footballer

Anthony Edwards (basketball)

b. 2001 · August 5

American basketball player

Emma Chamberlain

b. 2001 · May 22

American media personality

Cole Caufield

b. 2001 · January 2

Canadian-American ice hockey player

Angourie Rice

b. 2001 · January 1

Australian actress

Enzo Fernández

b. 2001 · January 17

Argentine footballer

Cade Cunningham

b. 2001 · September 25

American basketball player

Iga Świątek

b. 2001 · May 31

Polish tennis player

Hailey Baptiste

b. 2001 · November 3

American tennis player

Deni Avdija

b. 2001 · January 3

Israeli basketball player

Brennan Johnson

b. 2001 · May 23

Wales international footballer

Kim Min-ju

b. 2001 · February 5

South Korean actress

Luiz Henrique (footballer, born 2001)

b. 2001 · January 2

Brazilian footballer

Caleb Love

b. 2001 · September 27

American basketball player

Amanda Anisimova

b. 2001 · August 31

American tennis player

Jalen Suggs

b. 2001 · June 3

American basketball player

Caleb Williams

b. 2001 · November 18

American football player

Anastasia Potapova

b. 2001 · March 30

Russian-born Austrian tennis player

Anthony Volpe

b. 2001 · April 28

American baseball player

Winter (singer)

b. 2001 · January 1

South Korean singer and dancer

Billy Gilmour

b. 2001 · June 11

Scottish footballer

Curtis Jones (footballer, born 2001)

b. 2001 · January 30

English footballer

Died in 2001

Aaliyah1979–2001 · American singer
Anthony Quinn1915–2001 · Mexican-American actor
Dale Earnhardt1951–2001 · American racing driver
Carroll O'Connor1924–2001 · American actor
Claude Shannon1916–2001 · American mathematician
Berry Berenson1948–2001 · American actress
David Rocastle1967–2001 · English footballer
Ahmad Shah Massoud1953–2001 · Afghan military leader
Ashok Kumar1911–2001 · Indian actor
Charlotte Coleman1968–2001 · English actress
Nigel Hawthorne1929–2001 · English actor
David Graf1950–2001 · American actor