List of Famous people who died in 2002

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr., better known as Buck Baker, was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years later at Columbia Speedway. Twenty-seven years later, Baker retired after the 1976 National 500.

Hisayuki Machii , nicknamed the "Ginza Tiger" , was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai.

Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, MC, TD, was a British peer, cricketer, soldier and chartered surveyor.

François Delmas was a French politician. He was mayor of Montpellier from 1959 to 1977 and briefly a member of the National Assembly. He was also Secretary of State for the Environment in Raymond Barre's government from 1978 to 1981.

John Meredyth Lucas was an American writer, director and producer, primarily for television.