In the year 2001, Wikipedia is launched (Jan 15), George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd U.S. President (Jan 20), first spacecraft landing on an asteroid takes place (Feb 12), space station Mir is deorbited having served in space since 1986 (Mar 23), Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist (Apr 28), the Disclosure Project presents testimonies on extraterrestrial life at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. (May 9), with $2.3 trillions unaccounted for, Donald Rumsfeld identifies the Pentagon bureaucracy as the biggest threat to America (Sep 10), the World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon are attacked (Sep 11), President Bush declares a War on Terror (Sep 20), Apple introduces iPod (Oct 23), the Patriot Act is signed into law (Oct 26), airliners Sabena, Swissair and TWA soon cease to exist - and all these fine people were born:

2001-0101 Angourie Rice* actress - Sydney, Australia 2001-0103 Emilia Vesa* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 2001-0105 Cameron York* hockey player - Anaheim Hills, CA USA 2001-0110 2001-0112 Romée Leuchter* football player - Heerlen, Netherlands 2001-0115 Santeri Hatakka* hockey player - Riihimäki, Finland 2001-0115 Connor McMichael* hockey player - Ajax, ON Canada 2001-0118 Mikko Kokkonen* hockey player - Mikkeli, Finland 2001-0120 2001-0122 Mykhaylo Kokhan* athlete (hammer) - Ukraine 2001-0122 Elli Mäkelä* hockey player - Kotka, Finland 2001-0123 2002-0124 Konsta Kurikka* baseball player - Juva, Finland 2001-0127 Thomas Ceccon* swimmer/EG - Thiene, Italy 2001-0128 Gabriela Orvošová* volleyball player - Czechia 2001-0130 Arber Xhekaj* hockey player/of Albanian and Czech descent - Hamilton, ON Canada 2001-0201 Juuso Pärssinen* hockey player - Hämeenlinna, Finland 2001-0209 Dylan Cozens* hockey player - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 2001-0213 Kaapo Kakko* hockey player - Turku, Finland 2001-0219 David Mazouz* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 2001-0221 Jagger Eaton* skateboarder/OB - Mesa, AZ USA 2001-0227 An San* archer/OG - Gwangju, South Korea 2001-0228 Berihu Aregawi* athlete (long-distance runner)/OS - Ethiopia 2001-0302 Ville Heinola* hockey player - Honkajoki, Finland 2001-0302 Netta Laaksonen* volleyball player - Finland 2002-0303 2001-0306 Hamish McArthur* sport climber - York, North Yorkshire, England 2001-0306 Zoi Sadowski-Synnott* New Zealand snowboader/OG - Sydney, Australia 2001-0311 Raygan Kirk* hockey goalie - Ste. Anne, MB Canada 2001-0313 Valtteri Pulli* hockey player - Turku, Finland 2001-0315 2001-0320 Julia Liikala* hockey player - Seinäjoki, Finland 2001-0320 Trevor Zegras* hockey player - Bedford, NY USA 2001-0403 Giselle Washington* Jamaican football player - DeKalb County, GA USA 2001-0406 Tobias Björnfot* hockey player - Upplands Väsby, Sweden 2001-0406 Moritz Seider* hockey player - Zell, Germany 2001-0408 2001-0409 Brooke Raboutou* sport climber - Boulder, CO USA 2001-0409 Sara Killinen* athlete (hammer) - Lapua, Finlan 2001-0410 Lushomo Mweemba* football player - Zambia 2001-0411 Petteri Puhakka* hockey player - Pyhäjoki, Finland 2001-0415 2001-0419 Spencer Knight* hockey goalie - Darien, CT USA 2001-0420 Nathalie Blomqvist* middle-distance runner - Pietarsaari, Finland 2001-0420 Pia Skrzyszowska* athlete (hurdles/EG) - Warzaw, Poland 2001-0425 William Shaner* sport shooter/OG - Colorado Springs, CO USA 2001-0427 2001-0428 Henri Nikkanen* hockey player - Mikkeli, Finland 2001-0428 Laura Rogora* sport climber - Rome, Italy 2001-0430 2001-0501 2001-0508 Jordyn Huitema* football player - Chilliwack, BC Canada 2001-0510 2001-0512 Alex Cotton* hockey player - Langley, BC Canada - EP 2001-0513 Mikko Petman* hockey player/brother of Ville Petman – Lappeenranta, Finland 2001-0514 Jack Hughes* hockey player - Orlando, FL USA 2001-0520 2001-0522 Joshua Zirkzee* football player - Schiedam, Netherlands 2001-0525 Chloe Lukasiak* reality television personality/actress/dancer - Pittsburgh, PA USA 2001-0527 Sara Benfares* German middle-distance runner 2001-0527 Jakub Dobeš* hockey goalie - Ostrava, Czech Republic 2001-0530 2001-0531 Iga Świątek* tennis player - Warsaw, Poland 2001-0601 Ed Oxenbould* actor - Sydney, NSW Australia 2001-0604 Hugo Alnefelt* hockey goalie - Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden 2001-0604 Pål Haugen Lillefosse* athlete (pole vault/EB) - Norway 2001-0610 2001-0619 Robbie Capito* pool player - Hong Kong 2001-0620 Brianna Holder* netball player - Barbados 2001-0621 Matias Mäntykivi* hockey player - Lappeenranta, Finland 2001-0622 Natalia Grossman* sport climber - Santa Cruz, CA USA 2001-0628 Yael Yurman* actress - Canada - IMDb 2001-0701 Chosen Jacobs* actor - Springfield, MA USA 2001-0705 Elmer Söderblom* hockey player - Gothenburg, Sweden 2001-0710 Isabela Merced* (b Moner) actress/singer - Cleveland, OH USA 2001-0712 Kaylee McKeown* swimmer/OG - Redcliffe, QLD Australia 2001-0713 Kiti Seikkula* hockey player - Finland 2001-0716 Tom Taylor* actor - Surrey, England 2001-0720 2001-0722 Alisha Newton* actress - Vancouver, NC Canada 2001-0724 Ryan Johnson* hockey player - Irvine, CA USA 2001-0731 Analia Pigrée* French swimmer/EG - Caynne, French Guiana 2001-0731 Alexandra Walsh* swimmer/OS - USA 2001-0801 Jessica Kähärä* athlete (triple jump/long jump) - Mikkeli, Finland 2001-0806 Ty Simpkins* actor - New York, NY USA 2001-0807 Daiki Hashimoto* 橋本 大輝 artistic gymnast/OG - Narita, Japan 2001-0810 2001-0813 Teagan Grant* hockey player - New Liskeard, ON Canada 2001-0822 LaMelo Ball* basketball player - Anaheim, CA USA 2001-0824 Naomi Visser* artistic gymnast - Papendrecht, Netherlands 2001-0825 Jenna Kaila* hockey player - Kokkola, Finland 2001-0828 Jordan Elsass* actor - Kingman, AZ USA 2001-0831 2001-0901 2001-0904 Talitha Bateman* actress - Turlock, CA USA 2001-0906 Aidan Laprete* singer/ musician/actor - Honolulu, HI USA 2001-0910 2001-0911 Mackenzie Aladjem* actress - California, USA - IMDb 2001-0915 Lisbeli Vera Andrade* paralympic athlete (sprinter/OG) - Mérida, Venezuela 2001-0918 Jennifer Gardiner*  hockey player - Surrey, BC Canada 2001-0919 Yaroslava Mahuchikh* athlete (high jump/OB) - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 2001-0920 Federico Burdisso* swimmer/OB - Pavia, Italy 2001-0920 Charlotte Grant* football player - Adelaide, SA Australia 2001-0922 2001-0924 Clare Foley* actress - California USA - IMDb 2001-0926 Wang Xinyu* tennis player - Shenzhen, China 2001-0929 Lauren James* football player - London, England 2001-1002 Rodion Amirov* hockey player - Salavat, Russia (2023/21) 2001-1003 Anton Lundell* hockey player - Espoo, Finland 2001-1005 SteVonté Hart* actor - USA 2001-1008 Percy Hynes White* actor  - Canada 2001-1011 Alexis Lafrenière* hockey player - Saint-Eustache, QC Canada 2001-1013 Caleb McLaughlin* actor - Carmel, NY USA 2001-1024 Mina Sundwall* actress - New York, NY USA 2001-1025 2001-1027 Lukita Maxwell* American actress/w Chinese-Indonesian mother - Jakarta, Indonesia 2001-1027 Dawson Mercer* hockey player - Bay Roberts, NL Canada 2001-1029 Andreas Okany* hockey player/w Nigerian father - Kuopio, Finland 2001-1106 Naomie Feller* football player - Paris, France 2001-1108 Tilly Ramsay* television presenter/chef/daughter of Gordon Ramsay - London, England 2001-1110 2001-1112 Paige Bailey-Gayle* British-Jamaican football player - London, England 2001-1117 Kate Douglass* swimmer/OB - USA 2001-1120 Caty McNally* tennis player - Cincinnati, OH USA 2001-1121 Pyry Hannola* football player - Rovaniemi, Finland 2001-1123 Erica Jaskari* hockey goalie - Finland 2001-1130 2001-1201 Princess Aiko of Japan* - Tokyo, Japan 2001-1201 Talulah Sällström* survivor of the December 2004 tsunami/ daughter of Johanna Sällström - Sweden (2014/12) 2001-1209 Gift Monday* football player - Akwa Ibom, Nigeria 2001-1210 2001-1211 Aliyah Boston* basketball player - Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 2011-1212 2001-1214 Joshua Rush* actor/activist - Houston, TX USA 2001-1217 Marie-Julie Bonnin* athlete (pole vault) - Bordeaux, France 2001-1218 Billie Eilish* singer/songwriter - Los Angeles, CA USA 2001-1219 Lena Oberdorf* football player - Gevelsberg, Germany 2001-1220 2001-1223 Viivi Vainikka* hockey player - Espoo, Finland 2001-1224 Jeswin Aldrin* athlete (long jump) - Mudalur, Tamil Nadu, India 2001-1224 Emma Weyant* swimmer/OS - Sarasota, FL USA 2001-1226 Peppi Kähkönen* hockey player - Espoo, Finland - EP 2001-1227 Elisa Holopainen* hockey player/OB - Tuusniemi, Finland 2001-1228 Niklas Anttila* disc golfer/WS - Finland 2001-1230 2001-1231 Tomoru Honda* 本多 灯 swimmer/OS - Yokohama, Japan 2001-0 2001-0 2001-0 Updated 2025-0503 Helsinki Search for another year here