List of Famous people who died in 2002

Paul Claudon was a French film producer and actor. He produced 25 films between 1952 and 1998. He was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival and the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Herbert Hirche was a German architect and furniture and product designer.

Cornelis Johannes van Houten was a Dutch astronomer, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.

Giacomo Mancini was an Italian politician and lawyer.

Gunnar Helén was a Swedish liberal politician. He was party leader of Liberal People's Party 1969–1975, Governor of Kronoberg County 1965–1970 and of Stockholm County 1977–1984.

Martin David Kamen was an American chemist who, together with Sam Ruben, co-discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley.

Ugnė Karvelis was a writer, a translator and a member of the UNESCO Executive Board from 1997 to 2002.