List of Famous people who died in 2002

Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar and publicist.

Arno Peters was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection.

Philippe Tailliez was a friend and colleague of Jacques Cousteau. He was an underwater pioneer, who had been diving since the 1930s.

Gustaaf Deloor was a Belgian road racing cyclist and the winner of the first two editions of the Vuelta a España in 1935 and 1936. The 1936 edition remains the longest winning finish time of the Vuelta in 150:07:54, the race consisted of 22 stages with a total length of 4,407 km. Gustaaf finished first and his older brother Alfons finished second overall.

Mary Wesley, CBE was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including ten bestsellers in the last twenty years of her life.

Michel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and screenwriter. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Count Flemming Valdemar Valdemar Carl Axel of Rosenborg was a former Danish prince.