1902 deaths

German composer and conductor (1816–1902)

American Roman Catholic archbishop (1847-1902)

British historian (1827–1902)

American activist, abolitionist, historian, and businessman (1821–1902)

Italian archivist, palaeographer, diplomatist and historian (1840-1902)

Italian entomologist (1823-1902)

senior Indian Army officer (1820–1902)

American Methodist missionary (1858–1902)

Austrian historian (1835-1902)

British historian, linguist

Russian legendary thief (1846–1902)

Austrian paleontologist (1850–1902)

American politician (1826-1902)

American journalist/advocate of feminist/anarchist causes (1864–1902)

German actor

Baltic German architect (1813–1902)

military and politician, admiral of the Brazilian Navy and federal deputy for the State of Bahia (1840–1902)

Brazilian physician and politician, 4th president of the State of Minas Gerais and vice president-elect of Brazil

Austrian national economist (1839-1902)

Azerbaijani general (1828–1902)

British politician (1826-1902)

French painter (1811-1902)

Austrian embryologist (1840-1902)

Italian jurist (1859–1902)

Georgian playwright (1857–1902)

German botanist and bryologist (1834-1902)

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland

Member of the House of Hohenzollern (1826–1902)

German journalist and author (1833-1902)

American mayor (1831-1902)

thumb|Image of Wafayi Wafaei or Wefayî, (; 1844–1902), was a Kurdish poet. His real name was Abdurrehîm. He was born in Mahabad in present-day north-western Iran. He finished religious studies in Mahabad and became a cleric, and a teacher in the local school. He moved to Sulaimaniya in 1900 and stayed there for a while. He travelled to Mecca three times, the last one in 1902. He was accompanied by the Kurdish poet Piramerd. During his last pilgrimage, he became ill and died in the region between Iraq and Syria.

Italian chemist (1833–1902)

French writer

Linguist and grammarian

American politician (1833-1902)

Swiss orientalist (1820-1902)

Irish poet and critic (1814–1902)

American physicist (1831–1902)

Union Army officer (1822–1902)

wife of Rabindranath Tagore

American politician (1843-1902)

Spanish politician and lawyer (1837-1902)

German urban planner

author (1853–1902)

Polish beatified nun (1842–1902)

Swedish painter (1822–1902)

American politician (1837-1902)

American politician and senator (1820–1902)

French-Polish painter (1855-1902)

Czech astronomer and chemist (1829-1902)

Dutch scientist, physician, ornithologist and botanist (1844-1902)

German zoologist and explorer (1842-1902)

French journalist and writer (1833-1902)

Scottish feminist writer

Religious Sister and pioneer (1823–1902)

German official and railway engineer (1821–1902)

Jewish teacher, journalist and philosopher (1831-1902)

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1834–1902)

Italian obstetrician (1842–1902)

Finnish-Swedish philanthropist (1808–1902)