2001 in Italy

Incumbents

• President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
• Prime Minister: Giuliano Amato, Silvio Berlusconi

  Events

• 21 February -
• * Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano arrested in Sicily after 38 years on the run.
• * Novi Ligure Murder: a mother and child are murdered in Novi Ligure.
• 13 May - a general election is held and is won by Silvio Berlusconi.
• 20 July–22 July - 27th G8 summit held in Genoa.
• 20 July - an anti-globalisation protester at the G8 summit is shot dead by police.
• 8 October - Linate Airport disaster: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 crashes at Linate Airport in Milan killing 118.
• December - The Fiat Stilo is launched to replace the outdated Brava/Bravo.

  Births

• 22 April - Tito Traversa, climber

  Deaths

• 27 January - Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy, consort to Umberto II
• 12 February - Tiberio Mitri, boxer
• 13 February - Ugo Fano, physicist
• 14 February - Piero Umiliani, composer
• 23 February - Sergio Mantovani, racing driver
• 10 March - Massimo Morsello, musician and political activist
• 5 April - Aldo Olivieri, football player
• 6 April - Diavolo, boss of passione
• 6 April - Vineger Doppio, underboss of passione
• 12 April - Alberto Erede, conductor
• 20 April - Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor and composer
• 25 April - Michele Alboreto, racing driver
• 26 April - Renzo Vespignani, painter and illustrator
• May - Armando Nannuzzi, cinematographer
• 14 May - Mauro Bolognini, film director
• 20 May - Renato Carosone, musician
• 23 May - Alessandro Natta, politician
• 26 May - Vittorio Brambilla, racing driver
• 18 June - Paolo Emilio Taviani, politician
• 20 July - Carlo Giuliani, protester shot dead at the G8 summit
• 22 July - Indro Montanelli, journalist and historian
• 26 July - Giuseppe Sensi, Cardinal
• 19 September - Aldo Capitanio, comic book artist
• 11 October - Beni Montresor, artist
• 3 November - Lucio Colletti, philosopher
• 8 November - Paolo Bertoli, Cardinal
• 9 November - Giovanni Leone, Prime Minister
• 5 December - Franco Rasetti, physicist