2002 deaths

Ukrainian writer, Slavist philologist, literary historian, critic, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1908-2002)

French freediver (1974–2002)

Israeli rabbi and politician (1906–2002)

2002 mass shooting in Germany

American singer-songwriter (1940–2002)

Swedish adventurer (1966-2002)

American film and television director (1943–2002)

American restaurant owner and philanthropist

American mathematician & academic (1933–2002)

American basketball player (1952-2002)

American astronomer (1909–2002)

Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1912–2002)

American boxer (1928–2002)

American actress (1914–2002)

French musician (1908–2002)

German composer (1911-2002)

cross-country skier (1909-2002)

Danish author, poet, and songwriter (1915-2002)

Soviet and Russian mathematician and writer (1907-2002)

American flying ace (1919-2002)

writer (1924–2002)

Soviet actor (1937-2002)

Bulgarian footballer (1943-2002)

British diplomat (1936-2002)

English keyboardist (1945-2002)

Italian footballer (1924-2002)

Danish football and handball player (1920-2002)

German violinist (1920–2002)

Serbian footballer (1928-2002)

Paraguayan footballer

French politician (1921-2002)

American psychologist (1916–2002)

Georgian and Soviet historian (1918-2002)

Canadian actor (1916-2002)

American film actress (1913–2002)

Swedish artist (1915-2002)

Italian politician (1907-2002)

Hungarian singer (1923–2002), tenor

American businessman, ambassador, and philanthropist (1908–2002)

Argentine singer and actress (1905-2002)

Finnish beauty queen and singer (1958–2002)

Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer (1976-2002)

Irish playwright, novelist and essayist (1928–2002)

Australian geologist (1911-2002)

Punjabi poet (1920-2002)

Music conductor (1932–2002)

Canadian singer (1944-2002)

Lithuanian writer (1950–2002)

German footballer (1931–2002)

American actor (1936-2002)

American musician, gospel and soul singer (1938–2002)

Poet, writer (1920–2002)

Spanish children's writer (1911–2002)

American New Thought author (1902-2002)

Indian dancer and theatre director (1917-2002)

Italian track cyclist, 1956 Olympic gold team pursuit (1936–2002)

British singer (1956–2002)

Ghanaian entrepreneur (1919-2002)

Olympic basketball player (1937-2002)

fencer (1937-2002)