1902 deaths

French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)

American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)

English novelist and critic (1835–1902)

British politician and historian (1834–1902)

German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)

American writer and poet (1836–1902)

French painter and illustrator (1836–1902)

Italian saint

President of Brazil (1841-1902)

First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman (1840–1902)

American painter (1830–1902)

American geologist (1834-1902)

queen consort of Belgium

King consort of Spain from 1846 to 1868

King of Saxony (1828–1902)

Catalan writer and poet (1845-1902)

British chemist 1827-1902

American cartoonist (1840–1902)

Polish painter (1843–1902)

American journalist (1851–1902)

Russian writer (1843-1902)

German mathematician (1841-1902)

Baltic German painter (1824-1902)

German mathematician (1833–1902)

American journalist and novelist (1870-1902)

French physicist (1841–1902)

mathematician and chemist from Norway

Romanian military band leader and composer (1845–1902)

French astronomer (1814–1902)

American physician and medical researcher (1851–1902)

Russian sculptor (1840–1902)

Baltic German explorer (1858–1902)

Egyptian social activist

Lithuanian poet, mathematician and bishop (1835–1902)

Hungarian prime minister (1830-1902)

British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society (1826–1902)

French philosopher and scholar (1830–1902)

Scottish weaver, actor, poet (1825–1902)

Russian Major General, designer of the famous Mosin-Nagant rifle (1849-1902)

Polish banker (1836–1902)

French sculptor (1838–1902)

Austrian archduchess (1870-1902)

German surgeon (1822–1902)

Latvian poet (1841–1902)

Spanish writer (1842-1902)

architect (1839-1902)

duchess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg (1811-1902)

French electrical engineer and inventor (1839-1902)

French painter (1845–1902)

Swiss politician (1837-1902)

British writer and poet (1816–1902)

German chemist known for his work in early stereochemistry

Syrian theologian and philosopher (1855–1902)

Polish, Russian astronomer (1844-1902)

(1837–1902) Hungarian physician and dermatologist