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In the year 2002
708 Notable deaths
Ila Mitra
Bangladeshi activist.
Born October 18th, 1925 in Kolkata.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 76 years old in Kolkata.
Martin Kamen
American scientist (1913-2002).
Born August 27th, 1913 in Toronto.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 89 years old in Montecito.
Per Bak
Danish physicist (1948-2002).
Born December 8th, 1948 in Denmark.
Died October 16th, 2002 at 53 years old in Copenhagen.
Rudolf Hell
German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Schierling.
Died March 11th, 2002 at 100 years old in Kiel.
Arno Peters
German historian and filmmaker.
Born May 22nd, 1916 in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2002 at 86 years old in Bremen. [ref]
Alexander Ginzburg
Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident (1936-2002).
Born November 21st, 1936 in Moscow.
Died July 19th, 2002 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Hernán Gaviria
Colombian association football player (1969–2002).
Born November 27th, 1969 in Carepa.
Died October 24th, 2002 at 32 years old in Cali (lightning strike).
Jason Mayélé
Democratic republic of the congo footballer (1976-2002).
Born January 4th, 1976 in Kinshasa.
Died March 2nd, 2002 at 26 years old in Bussolengo (traffic collision).
Mansoor Hekmat
Iranian politician (1951-2002).
Born June 4th, 1951 in Tehran.
Died July 4th, 2002 at 51 years old in London (cancer).
Deaths 391 to 400 of 708
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