List of Famous people who died in 1902

Ladislav Josef Čelakovský was a Czech botanist born in Prague. He was the son of writer František Ladislav Čelakovský, and father to mycologist Ladislav František Čelakovský (1864-1916).

Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth, was a British Member of Parliament.

Hans von Pechmann was a German chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. Pechmann condensation and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis. He also first prepared 1,2-diketones, acetonedicarboxylic acid, methylglyoxal and diphenyltriketone; established the symmetrical structure of anthraquinone.

Cato Maximilian Guldberg was a Norwegian mathematician and chemist. Guldberg is best known as a pioneer in physical chemistry.

John Hungerford Pollen (1820–1902) was an English writer on crafts and furniture.

Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte was a Dutch politician. He was briefly Prime Minister in 1866 and Minister of Colonial Affairs from 1863 to 1866 and from 1872 to 1874.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Wingfield Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.