* Alain Connes, Andre Lichnerowicz, Marcel Paul Schutzenberger, Jennifer Gage ( translator ): Triangle of Thought, American Mathematical Society, 2001, ISBN 978-0821826140

* 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician ( d. 2001 )

* 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( d. 2001 )

* 1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor

* 1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer ( d. 2001 )

* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1914 – Beatrice Straight, American actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Carroll O ' Connor, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

* 1950 – David Graf, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American rapper and DJ ( d. 2001 )

* 1915 – Al Hibbler, American singer ( d. 2001 )

* 1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger ( d. 2001 )

* 1928 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1943 – Deborah Walley, American actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer ( d. 2001 )

* 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ) ( d. 2001 )

* 1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Mamas & the Papas ) ( d. 2001 )

* 1949 – Ted Ammon, American financier and banker ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Emily Bear, American pianist and composer

* 1918 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher ( d. 2001 )

* 1919 – Virginia O ' Brien, American actress and singer ( d. 2001 )

In 2001, his book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism led to Dupuis being investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a department of the Roman Curia, which noted ambiguities regarding agreement between what he called a " Christian theology of religious pluralism " and the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and the popes of the council and later.

Religious Studies professors Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young made similar comparisons in their 2001, three-book series Beyond the Fall of Man, which treats misandry as a form of prejudice and discrimination that has become institutionalized in North American society.

* Eck, Diane ( 2001 ) A New Religious America: How a " Christian Country " Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation ( San Francisco: Harper ).

On 14 December 2000, Steve Bracks released a document outlining his government's intent to introduce the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001.

Comparative Religious Ethics: a narrative approach ( Blackwell Publishing, 2001 ).

The " borrowing " of religious rituals from other faith traditions by Unitarian Universalists was discussed at the UU General Assembly in 2001 during a seminar titled Cultural Appropriation: Reckless Borrowing or Appropriate Cultural Sharing by the Religious Education Dept, UUA.

In the United States, the American Religious Identification Survey reported 629, 000 members describing themselves as Unitarian Universalist in 2001, an increase from 502, 000 reported in a similar survey in 1990.

Gilbert, O. P., " Religious life: early medieval " in Lynch ( 2001 ).

In Victoria, Australia the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 makes illegal " conduct that incites hatred against, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule of, that other person or class of persons " on the grounds of religious belief.

Human rights groups report on the suppression of Falun Gong as a violation of religious freedom, and in 2001, Falun Gong was given an International Religious Freedom Award from Freedom House.

Category: Religious buildings completed in 2001

* Veitch, Kenneth, " Replanting Paradise: Alexander I and the Reform of Religious Life in Scotland ", in The Innes Review, 52, ( Autumn, 2001 ), pp. 136 – 166

Derek Collins ), " Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions ", Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

* Dixon, T., " The Psychology of the Emotions in Britain and America in the Nineteenth Century: The Role of Religious and Antireligious Commitments ", Osiris, Vol. 26, ( 2001 ), pp. 288 – 320.

Solar Temple: Tabachnik Acquitted, Center for New Religious Studies, ( June 25, 2001 )

In November 2001, Swami Dayananda convened the first World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity in Delhi, inaugurated by the Dalai Lama and the then Prime Minister Mr. A. B. Vajpayee.

* Flores, Barbara A. T. ( 2001 ) Religious education and theological praxis in a context of colonization: Garifuna spirituality as a means of resistance.

Religious breakdown of wards in and around Kilkeel-from 2001 census data

In 14 March 2001, The Freedom House bestowed Li Hongzhi and Falun Gong with an International Religious Freedom Award for the advancement of religious and spiritual freedom at a ceremony in the United States Senate.

In 2001, BYU consolidated FARMS with the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts ( CPART ) and the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative ( METI ) to form the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts ( ISPART ).

On October 29, 2001, Mohammed participated in an " Evening of Religious Solidarity " joined by Reverend Robert H. Schuller, Minister Louis Farrakhan and members of the Parliament of World Religions at The Mosque Foundation in Villa Park, Illinois.

While its subjects were wide-ranging, SatireWire is perhaps best remembered for its business humor, including the 2001 story " Sally Struthers Begs You to Save the Dot-Coms ", written in response to the collapse of Internet stocks, " Remaining U. S. CEOs Make a Break for It ", about a band of roving CEOs who plunder their way to the Mexican border, and " Religious Merger Creates 900 Million Hinjews ".