Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2002

Nitish Katara was a 25-year-old Indian business executive in Delhi who was murdered in the early hours of 17 February 2002 by Vikas Yadav. Yadav was the son of influential criminal-politician D. P. Yadav. Katara had recently graduated from the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad where he had fallen in love with his classmate Bharti Yadav, sister of Vikas Yadav. The trial court held that Katara's murder was an honour killing because the family did not approve of their relationship. Vikas and Vishal Yadav were later found guilty by the trial Court and both were given life sentences on 30 May 2008. On 2 April 2014 the Delhi High Court upheld the trial court verdict of life imprisonment for the accused. On 6 February 2015, Delhi High Court on re-appeal on death sentence, extended sentence as 25 years' rigorous life imprisonment without remittance. On 9 September 2015, The Supreme Court of India rejected a plea by Neelam Katara seeking enhancement of sentence to death for Vishal and Vikas Yadav On 3 October 2016, the Supreme Court sentenced Vikas and Vishal Yadav, as well as Sukhdev Pehelwan, the third accused, to 25 years' imprisonment without remission.

Franziska Rochat-Moser fue una corredora de fondo suiza, ganadora de la maratón de Nueva York en la edición del año 1997, con un tiempo de 2:28:43 segundos. Otras importantes maratones que ha ganado son la de Lausana y Frankfurt en 1993 y 1994 respectivamente.

Rudolf Karl Augstein was one of the most influential German journalists, a founder and part-owner of Der Spiegel magazine.

Hussein Amin Bicar was one of Egypt's most prominent artists of the 20th century, after graduating from the Cairo higher school of fine arts in 1934, he spent more than 60 years of his life teaching art at schools and universities and then through the press, he is credited for initiating a style of journalistic art that elevated illustrating for news papers to a level close to that of the fine art, he is known for his simple and clear style reflecting the influence of Pharaonic art with its harmony, serenity and mystic. Bicar's journalistic contributions go beyond illustrations to include art criticism and narrative poetry. Being the first Egyptian artist to illustrate Arabic children's books, Bicar has played a major role in establishing and promoting this field.

Naseem Banu was an Indian film actress. She was referred to as Naseem and known as "Beauty Queen" and the "first female superstar" of Indian Cinema. Starting her acting career in the mid-1930s she continued to act till mid-1950s. Her first film was Khoon Ka Khoon (Hamlet) (1935) with Sohrab Modi under whose Minerva Movietone banner she acted for several years. Her high-point came with Modi's Pukar (1939) in which she played the role of Empress Nur Jahan. According to composer Naushad she got the sobriquet Pari-Chehra Naseem through the publicity advertisements of her films. She was the mother of actress Saira Banu and mother-in-law to the actor Dilip Kumar.

Sylvia Rae Rivera fue una activista estadounidense que luchó por los derechos de las personas transgénero. Rivera fue miembro fundadora del Gay Liberation Front y la Gay Activists Alliance y, junto a su amiga Marsha P. Johnson, ayudó a fundar STAR, un grupo dedicado a ayudar a mujeres transexuales sintecho. Es reconocida como una de las pioneras en la lucha por los derechos de los colectivos gay y trans a nivel mundial.

Thamir Saleh Abdullah, mejor conocido como Ibn al-Khattab o Emir Khattab que significa Comandante Khattab, o Líder Khattab, y también conocido como Habib Abdul Rahman, fue un terrorista nacido en Arabia Saudí, mercenario, líder de las fuerzas fundamentalistas wahabíes invasoras en las Guerras Chechenas.

Rod Steiger, de nombre real Rodney Stephen Steiger fue un actor estadounidense ganador del premio Óscar.

Lawrence James Tierney fue un actor estadounidense. Conocido por hacer papeles como gánster, quizás sus más memorables actuaciones fueron en Dillinger y en Reservoir Dogs (1992) de Quentin Tarantino, casi 50 años después.

Alfred Dregger fue un político alemán de la CDU. Fue alcalde de Fulda desde 1956 hasta 1970 y desde 1982 a 1991 presidente del Grupo Parlamentario del demócrata-cristiano (CDU/CSU) en el Bundestag.