2002 deaths

Hero of the Soviet Union (1917–2002)

American writer (1908–2002)

Czech actor (1920-2002)

Swedish actress (1915–2002)

Romanian linguist (1921-2002)

Mexican photographer (1902–2002)

American golfer (1912–2002)

Italian footballer (1923–2002)

American screenwriter (1920-2002)

British politician (1910–2002)

Bulgarian actress

Erzya folklorist, researcher, musician and documentary filmmaker. He also created the musical group Toorama. (1951–2002)

novelist, short story writer (1947–2002)

Belgian cyclist (1914–2002)

American professional wrestler (1916-2002)

American cosmologist (1935–2002)

United States general (1917–2002)

spiritualist and philanthropist from Brazil (1910-2002)

American actor and acting teacher (1914-2002)

Austrian mathematician (1891–2002)

English footballer (1942-2002)

Amateur astronomer, discovered comet Hyakutake (1950–2002)

Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre (1948-2002)

First African/Arab woman to earn a pilot licence (1933)

American animator (1914-2002)

British racing driver

American electrical engineer, acoustics expert, and author (1910–2002)

British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1909–2002)

Cuban- Spanish sailor (1897–2002)

Chinese cardinal (1925-2002)

Azerbaijani painter (1921–2002)

athletics competitor (1913-2002)

British racing driver

American sociologist and educator (1909–2002)

American rabbi and author (1929–2002)

South African physician

American composer and pianist (1895–2002)

Canadian artist (1923–2002)

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1913-2002)

French association football player and manager (1912-2002)

former ISRO Chairman

South African cricketer (1969–2002)

water polo player

Swedish footballer and manager (1931-2002)

American poet, essayist, playwright, feminist, bisexual activist

German orchestra conductor (1912-2002)

British mathematician, physicist and writer (1935–2002)

Republican governor of and U.S. Senator from Arizona (1907–2002)

weightlifter (1925–2002)

North Korean actress, mistress of Kim Jong-il

American basketball player (1941-2002)

American psychologist and academic (1909-2002)

British theorist, consultant, and professor (1926-2002)

Swedish inventor (1920–2002)

German musician (1910–2002)

New Zealand actor (1963-2002)

French writer and philosopher (1922–2002)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player (1917–2002)

German actress (1909–2002)

Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)