Famous People Who Died In 2002
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2002. This list includes people like Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, John Gotti, Richard Harris, Aileen Wuornos, Lisa Lopes and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, directors and artists who died in 2002. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Russia and many more countries.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon21 August 1930, British
Princess
Aileen Wuornos29 February 1956, American
John Gotti27 October 1940, American
Mobster & Mafia
Lisa Lopes27 May 1971, Spanish, American
Rapper
Richard Harris01 October 1930, Irish
Actor, Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Director
Layne Staley22 August 1967, American
Waylon Jennings15 June 1937, American
Singers
Ted Williams30 August 1918, American
Baseball Player
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon04 August 1900, British
British Queen
Dhirubhai Ambani28 December 1932, Indian
Simo Häyhä17 December 1905, Finnish
Sniper
James Coburn31 August 1928, American
Actor
Joe Strummer21 August 1952, British
Singer, Guitarist
Rosemary Clooney23 May 1928, American
Singer
Dudley Moore19 April 1935, British
David Parker Ray06 November 1939, American
Serial Rapist, Serial Killer
Robert Urich19 December 1946, American
Film Actor
Sam Snead27 May 1912, American
Professional Golfer
Milton Berle12 July 1908, American
Rod Steiger14 April 1925, American
Actor
Billy Wilder22 June 1906, American
Spike Milligan16 April 1918, Irish, Indian, British
Comedian
John Rawls21 February 1921, American
American Philosopher
Thor Heyerdahl06 October 1914, Norwegian
Adventurer
Jonathan Harris06 November 1914, American
Actor
John Agar31 January 1921, American
Actor
LaWanda Page19 October 1920, American
Actress
Merlin Santana14 March 1976, American
Actor
Stephen Jay Gould10 September 1941, American
Barbara Valentin15 December 1940, Austrian
Actor
Chuck Jones21 September 1912, American
Animator, Filmmaker, Cartoonist, Author, Artist, &
Whitney Blake26 February 1926, American
Actress
Ruth Williams Khama09 December 1923, Botswanan
Former First Lady of Botswana
Cyrinda Foxe22 February 1952, American
Actress, Model
Josh Ryan Evans10 January 1982, American
Actor
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Alan Lomax31 January 1915, American
Folklorist
Jack Buck21 August 1924, American
Sportscaster
Ne Win14 May 1911, Burmese
Burmese Politician
George Roy Hill20 December 1921, American
Film Director
Bill Blass22 June 1922, American
American fashion designer
W. Clement Stone04 May 1902, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
Abba Eban02 February 1915, Israeli
Politician and Diplomat
Chaim Potok17 February 1929, American
American author
Roberto Matta11 November 1911, Chilean
Surrealist Painter
James Tobin05 March 1918, American
Economist
Camilo José Cela11 May 1916, Spanish
Writer
Max Perutz19 May 1914, British
Molecular Biologist
Timothy Findley30 October 1930, Canadian
Canadian novelist
Dave Thomas02 July 1932, American
American businessman
Archer Martin01 March 1910, British
Chemist
Esther Afua Ocloo18 April 1919, Ghanaian
Co-Founder of Women's World Banking
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison14 September 1934, American
Author, Journalist
Cesar Milstein08 October 1927, Argentinian
Biochemist, Immunologist
Orvan Hess18 June 1906, American
Physician
Joaquin Balaguer01 September 1906, Dominican
Former President of the Dominican Republic
Aleksandr Prokhorov11 July 1916, Russian
Physicist
Linda Lovelace10 January 1949, American
American Adult Film Star
Edith Bouvier Beale07 November 1917, American
Actor, Dancer, Socialite, Model
John Entwistle09 October 1944, British
Singer-songwriter, Bassist, Guitarist, Hornist
Bruce Paltrow26 November 1943, American
Director
Hansie Cronje25 September 1969, South African
Cricketer
Peggy Lee26 May 1920, American
Film actor, Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Jazz
Pierre Bourdieu01 August 1930, French
Philosopher, Sociologist, Anthropologist,
Astrid Lindgren14 November 1907, Swedish
Screenwriter, Children's writer, Novelist, Writer
Nasir Hussain03 February 1931, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Joseph Bonanno18 January 1905, Italian, American
Criminal
Kevyn Aucoin14 February 1962, American
Make-up artist, Photographer, Businessperson
Jonas Savimbi03 August 1934, Angolan
Angolan Political leader
Katy Jurado16 January 1924, Mexican
Actor, Journalist, Critic, Television actor, Film
Traudl Junge16 March 1920, German
Memoirist, Painter, Secretary, Writer
Pim Fortuyn19 February 1948
Writer, Columnist, Teacher, Politician,
Edsger W. Dijkstra11 May 1930, Dutch
Mathematician, Physicist, Computer scientist,
Leo McKern16 March 1920, Australian
Actor
Byron White08 June 1917, American
Officer, Lawyer, Judge, Politician
Stephen E. Ambrose10 January 1936, American
Historian, Writer, Screenwriter, University
Robert Nozick16 November 1938, American
Philosopher, University teacher
John Frankenheimer19 February 1930, American
Director
Kim Hunter12 November 1922, American
Actress
Chick Hearn27 November 1916, American
Journalist
Ruth Handler04 November 1916, American
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Patent inventor
Freddy Heineken04 November 1923
Stockbroker, Businessperson
Dave Van Ronk30 June 1936, American
Guitarist, Singer, Jazz musician, Trade unionist
John Gorton09 September 1911, Australian
Politician
Cyrus Vance27 March 1917, American
Former United States Secretary of State
Xi Zhongxun15 October 1913, Chinese
Politician
Bob Hayes20 December 1942, American
Olympic athlete
Niki de Saint Phalle29 October 1930, French
model, painter, visual artist, sculptor
Ivan Illich04 September 1926, Austrian
Writer, Historian, Educationist, Philosopher,
Satish Dhawan25 September 1920, Indian
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
Audrey Mestre11 August 1974, French
Free-diver, Marine biologist
Nanabhoy Palkhivala16 January 1920, Indian
Lawyer, Economist, Diplomat
Hans-Georg Gadamer11 February 1900, German
Philosopher, University teacher
Mohan Singh Oberoi15 August 1898, Indian
Politician
Erwin Chargaff11 August 1905, American
Biochemist, Chemist, Writer
Barry Took19 June 1928, British
Comedian
Walter Annenberg13 March 1908, American
Art collector, Diplomat, Publisher, Businessperson