2002 deaths

General of the Vietnam People's Army (1917-2002)

Italian engineer (1930-2002)

Egyptian academic, philosopher and poet (1917–2002)

Polish athlete

American news anchor (1914-2002)

French writer and philosopher (1922–2002)

historian, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1915-2002)

French resistance member (1920-2002)

German actress (1909–2002)

French general (1908–2002)

Hungarian fencer (1906–2002)

Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter (1924-2002)

athletics competitor (1903–2002)

Azerbaijani composer

Egyptian footballer (1914-2002)

Australian long jumper (1923-2002)

Squadron commander in the "Night Witches", Hero of the Soviet Union

Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)

British film editor, television producer and director (1925-2002)

American actress, singer, playwright (1963-2002)

Slovak astronomer (1976–2002)

American racing driver

German actor and artist (1906-2002)

racecar driver

American photographer (1952–2002)

American comics artist (1927–2002)

Spanish composer (1912–2002)

Czech soccer player and soccer coach (1921–2002)

Indian poet and lyricist (1930–2002)

Japanese aikidōka (1928–2002)

Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany (1926–2002)

Canadian writer (1930–2002)

Latvian yoga teacher (1899–2002)

American sociologist

Dutch businessman (1923–2002)

Austrian classical violinist (1915–2002)

German footballer (1935-2002)

American physicist, science fiction writer (1932–2002)

German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002)

American author (1917–2002)

American songwriter (1931–2002)

Iranian actress (1939–2002)

German actor (1910-2002)

American artist (1923-2002)

Olympic wrestler (1935-2002)

Norwegian footballer (1913-2002)

Indian singer (1934–2002)

French athlete (1917-2002)

American actor (1911-2002)

Honduran footballer (1957-2002)

American film director

Dutch art historian (1907-2002)

American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)

Swedish freestyle swimmer (1904–2002)

American rower (1936–2002)

Artist, illustrator, author, animator and story teller (1915-2002)

American biochemist and molecular biologist (1913–2002)

Canadian-British stage and TV actress (1922–2002)

American character actor (1914–2002)

Uruguayan footballer (1921-2002)