2002 deaths

Poet, writer (1920–2002)

American New Thought author (1902-2002)

German footballer (1931–2002)

Marathi poet and writer (1922–2002)

British sculptor (1916-2002)

American film actress (1913–2002)

Spanish children's writer (1911–2002)

Ghanaian entrepreneur (1919-2002)

English footballer and manager (1926-2002)

American actor (1936-2002)

Hong Kong singer (1945-2002)

Canadian German-born expert in maritime law, ecologist

French mathematician (1926-2002)

Indian dancer and theatre director (1917-2002)

American poet, playwright, and professor (1925–2002)

Italian road bicycle racer (1928–2002)

American sculptor (1907–2002)

American judge (1903-2002)

American poet (1923–2002)

actress (1918-2002)

Soviet actor (1909-2002)

Olympic basketball player (1937-2002)

Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi; 25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil and Telugu along with a few Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She was one of the popular lead actresses in the 1960s.

Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer (1976-2002)

French politician (1915-2002)

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

Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician (1919–2002)

Irish playwright, novelist and essayist (1928–2002)

British historian (1906-2002)

WWII Pe-2 radio operator, one of only four women to become full cavalier of Order of Glory

English sprinter (1911–2002)

Belgian road bicycle racer (1940–2002)

North Korean composer of the national anthem (1917–2002)

American sailor

Canoe racer

English footballer (1931-2002)

Afghan politician (1937–2002)

French road bicycle racer (1919–2002)

Slovak actor, comedian, singer, and writer (1941-2002)

Cambodian politician (1934-2002)

ski jumper (1911–2002)

Nigerian activist

Canadian basketball player (1911-2002)

Venezuelan writer, poet and translator (1946–2002)

German footballer (1949-2002)

German politician, former President of the Bundestag (1916-2002)

speed skater from Finland (1917-2002)

Spanish association football player (1920-2002)

Italian director, screenwriter and journalist (1915-2002)

Indian theatre personality, film director (1929–2002)

British actress (1905–2002)

Soviet and Russian actress (1914–2002)

Israeli judge (1911–2002)

Prime Minister of South Rhodesia (1908-2002)

Mexican musician compositer (1918-2002)

boxer (1912–2002)

Soviet rower

American serial killer (1934-2002)

American film and television actress, director; television producer (1926-2002)

United States African American woman Army officer