Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2002

Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan fue un músico británico de estilo skiffle, con más de 20 éxitos en la lista Top 30 del Reino Unido. Se le conoció como el "Rey del Skiffle" y es a menudo citado por su importante influencia en la generación de músicos británicos de la década de 1960. El Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums afirma que Donegan fue el artista británico de mayor éxito e influencia antes de The Beatles. Consiguió que 24 de sus grabaciones entraran de modo sucesivo en el Top 30, y fue el primer cantante británico en conseguir llevar dos de sus discos al Top 10 de los Estados Unidos.

Bernard Fresson was a French actor who primarily worked in film.

Michael Parker fue un militar australiano que sirvió como oficial para la Royal Navy y posteriormente se desempeñó como secretario privado de Felipe, duque de Edimburgo entre 1947 y 1957.

Joshua Ryan Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera Passions. Though he was 17 years old when Passions debuted, Evans had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. He was 3 feet 2 inches (97 cm) tall.

Simo "Simuna", apodado por el ejército soviético "Bélaya Smért' ", fue un soldado finlandés que combatió contra los soviéticos durante la Guerra de Invierno, de 105 días de duración, matando a 505 soldados enemigos, y convirtiéndose en el francotirador que más soldados enemigos ha matado en la historia.

René Aldebert Pineton de Chambrun, was a French-American aristocrat, lawyer, businessman and author. He practised law at the Court of Appeals of Paris and the New York State Bar Association. He was the author of several books about World War II and his father-in-law, Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval, to whom he served as legal counsel. He defended Coco Chanel in her lawsuit against Pierre Wertheimer over her marketing rights to Chanel No. 5. He was the chairman of Baccarat, the crystal manufacturer, from 1960 to 1992.

Samuel Wilder, más conocido como Billy Wilder, fue un director de cine, guionista y productor estadounidense de origen austríaco seis veces ganador del Premio Óscar.

Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE, fue un actor y músico inglés. Alcanzó la fama con películas de comedia como 10, la mujer perfecta y Arthur, el soltero de oro (España) o Arturo el millonario seductor (Latinoamérica).

Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993. Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937. He was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season. White was admitted to Yale Law School in 1939 and played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still attending law school. During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson.

Kaifi Azmi was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated in many memorable Mushaira gatherings of the twentieth century. His wife is theater and film actress Shaukat Kaifi.