2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and is admitted to the United Nations; an Armenian postage stamp depicts the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Korea and Japan; the Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of 9/11 to counter further terrorist threats against the United States; the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision kills 71 people; FBI agents investigate a crime scene related to the D.C. sniper attacks; the Euro becomes the official currency of the European Union.
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| Arts |
| Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video games |
| Politics and government |
| Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research |
| Environment and environmental sciences |
| Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather |
| Transportation |
| Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology |
| Sports |
| American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe |
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| Religious leaders |
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| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2002 MMII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2755 |
| Armenian calendar | 1451 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6752 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 158–159 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1923–1924 |
| Bengali calendar | 1409 |
| Berber calendar | 2952 |
| British Regnal year | 50 Eliz. 2 – 51 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2546 |
| Burmese calendar | 1364 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7510–7511 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4698 or 4638 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4699 or 4639 |
| Coptic calendar | 1718–1719 |
| Discordian calendar | 3168 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1994–1995 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5762–5763 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2058–2059 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1923–1924 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5102–5103 |
| Holocene calendar | 12002 |
| Igbo calendar | 1002–1003 |
| Iranian calendar | 1380–1381 |
| Islamic calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 14 (平成１４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1934–1935 |
| Juche calendar | 91 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4335 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 91 民國91年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 534 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2545 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 2128 or 1747 or 975 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2129 or 1748 or 976 |
| Unix time | 1009843200 – 1041379199 |
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2002 was designated as the International Year of Ecotourism and the International Year of Mountains.[1][2]
Events
January
- January 1
- January 17 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.[6]
- January 18 – The Sierra Leone Civil War comes to a conclusion with the defeat of the Revolutionary United Front by government forces.[7]
- Last confirmed Baiji sightings also known as the Yangtze river dolphin.[8]
February
- February 6 – Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth realms celebrates her Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[9]
- February 8–24 – The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah.[10]
- February 12 – The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former president of Yugoslavia, begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.[11]
- February 19 – NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.[12]
- February 22 – UNITA guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in clashes against government troops led by Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in Moxico Province, Angola.[13] His death leads to the end of the Angolan Civil War on April 4.[14]
March
- March 1 – The Envisat environmental satellite is launched, with its purpose being the recording of information on environmental change.[15]
- March 27 – A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 people and injures 140 others at a hotel in Netanya, Israel,[16] triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank, two days later.[17]
- March 30 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the former Queen Consort of the United Kingdom (1936-1952), the last Empress of India(1936-1947), widow of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II, dies at age 101 at Royal Lodge, Windsor.
April
- April 2 – Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem: Israeli forces besiege the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem when militants take shelter there. The siege will last for 38 days.[18]
- April 9 – The Ceremonial Funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, takes place at Westminster Abbey in London. She is then buried with her late husband, George VI in a private ceremony at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- April 11 – Llaguno Overpass events: a shootout takes place between the Caracas Metropolitan Police and pro-government Bolivarian Circles in central Caracas, Venezuela, near the presidential Miraflores Palace, causing 19 deaths and 127 injured people.[19] The military high command has refused Chávez's order to implement the Plan Ávila as a response to the protests and demands his resignation.[20] President Chávez is subsequently arrested by the military.[21][22][23] Chávez's request for asylum in Cuba is denied, and he is ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.[24]
- April 15 – Air China Flight 129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.[25]
- April 25 – South African Mark Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TM-34, becoming the first African space tourist.[26]
May
- May 12 – Buran, the Russian equivalent to the Space Shuttle, is destroyed in a storm at Baikonur.[27]
- May 20 – East Timor regains its independence after 2-and-a-half years of United Nations administration and 26 years of occupation by Indonesia since 1975.[28]
- May 24 – In Moscow, United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty to replace the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 and the START II Treaty of 1993.[29]
- May 25 – A Boeing 747 operating as China Airlines Flight 611 breaks up and crashes in the Taiwan Strait, killing all 225 passengers and crew on board.
- May 31–June 30 – The 2002 FIFA World Cup takes place in South Korea and Japan;[30] which is ultimately won by Brazil.[31]
June
- June 4 – 2002 FIFA World Cup: The South Koreans achieve their first ever FIFA World Cup match victory (not the whole tournament). South Korea has never won a World Cup match before.[32]
- June 6 – An object with an estimated diameter of 10 meters enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Mediterranean and detonates in mid-air.[33]
- June 10
- Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002: A large annular solar eclipse covers over 99% of the Sun, creating a dramatic spectacle for observers in a narrow path at most 13 km wide; it lasts just 23 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse. It is seen from Australasia, across the Pacific and the Mexico coast, and is the 35th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 137.
- The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.[34]
- June 13 – Afghanistan changes its official longform name to the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan.[35][36]
- June 24 – A passenger train collides with a freight train in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, killing 281 people, making it the worst rail accident in African history.[37]
- June 29 – Second Battle of Yeonpyeong: During the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, two North Korean patrol boats cross a contested border in between the two Koreas and attack two South Korean Chamsuri-class patrol boats.[38]
- June 30 – 2002 FIFA World Cup: Brazil beats Germany 2–0 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final with Ronaldo scoring the two goals; Brazil's captain Cafu, who becomes the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepts the trophy on behalf of the team.[39]
July
- July 1
- The Rome Statute comes into force, thereby establishing the International Criminal Court.[40]
- A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet and a DHL Boeing 757-200F cargo plane collide over the town of Überlingen, Germany, killing 71 people.[41]
- July 9 – The Organisation of African Unity is disbanded and replaced by the African Union.[42]
- July 27 – Sknyliv air show disaster: 77 people are killed and 543 injured when a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet crashes into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. It is the deadliest air show accident in history.
August
- August 26 – Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa, aimed at discussing sustainable development by the United Nations.[43]
- August 22–September 4 – Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.[44][45]
September
- September 9 – A riot breaks out at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, protesting a scheduled talk by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien during which a Holocaust survivor and a rabbi are assaulted.[46]
- September 10 – Switzerland joins the United Nations as the 190th member state after rejecting a place in 1986.[47]
- September 19 – General Robert Guéï leads an army mutiny in an attempt to overthrow Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, resulting in civil war.[48]
- September 20 – The Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide in Northern Ossetia, Russia kills at least 125 people.[49]
- September 25 – The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact, occurs in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[50]
- September 26 – The Senegalese passenger ferry MV Le Joola capsizes in a storm off the coast of the Gambia, killing 1,863 people.[51]
- September 27 – East Timor is admitted to the United Nations as the 191st member state;[52] it also changes its official longform name from "Democratic Republic of East Timor" to "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste".
October
- October 12 – Jemaah Islamiyah militants detonate multiple bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring over 300 in the worst terrorist act in Indonesia's history.[53]
- October 23–25 – Chechen rebels take control of the Nord-Ost theatre in Moscow and hold the audience hostage. At least 170 people are killed following a Russian attempt to subdue the militants.[54]
November
- November 7 – A sovereignty referendum is held in Gibraltar. The people reject Spanish sovereignty.[55]
- November 8 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 1441, forcing Iraq to either disarm or face "serious consequences".[56] Iraq agrees to the terms of the resolution on November 13.[56]
- November 16 – 2002–2004 SARS outbreak: The first case of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, a zoonosis caused by a coronavirus, is recorded in Guangdong province of south China.[57][58]
- November 19 – Prestige oil spill: Greek oil tanker MV Prestige splits in half off the coast of Galicia after spilling an estimated 17.8M US gallons (420,000 bbl) in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the Iberian Peninsula.
- November 25 – U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947.[59] Following a several month-long transitional period, it commences operations the following year.
- November 28 – 2002 Mombasa attacks: Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, but their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down an Arkia Israel Airlines charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles.[60]
December
- December 23 – A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.[61]
Births
January–April
- January 17 – Samuel, American-South Korean singer[62]
- February 5 – Davis Cleveland, American actor[63]
- February 9 – Jalen Green, American basketball player[64]
- April 8 – Skai Jackson, American actress[65]
- April 9 – Ken San Jose, Filipino-American dancer and singer[66]
- April 16 – Sadie Sink, American actress[67]
- April 19 – Loren Gray, American singer-songwriter and social media personality[68]
May–August
September–December
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- September 6 – Asher Angel, American actor[74]
- September 8 – Gaten Matarazzo, American actor[75]
- September 17 – Zinaida Kupriyanovich, Belarusian singer and presenter[76]
- September 27 – Jenna Ortega, American actress[77]
- September 30
- October 2 – Jacob Sartorius, American singer and social media personality
- October 29 – Ruel, Australian singer-songwriter[80]
- November 13 – Emma Raducanu, British tennis player[81]
- November 13 – Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player[82]
- December 21 – Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player[83]
- December 23 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Deaths
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| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January
Cyrus Vance
- January 6 – Sanya Dharmasakti, 12th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1907)
- January 8
- January 10 – John Buscema, American comic book artist (b. 1927)[86]
- January 11 – Henri Verneuil, French filmmaker and playwright (b. 1920)
- January 12 – Cyrus Vance, American politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1917)
- January 13
- January 16 – Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
- January 17 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer (b. 1916)[87]
- January 18 – Celso Daniel, Brazilian politician (b. 1951)
- January 19
- January 21 – Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (b. 1920)
- January 22 – Jack Shea, American speed skater (b. 1910)
- January 23
- Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
- Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
- January 28 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's book author (b. 1907)[88]
- January 30 – Inge Morath, Austrian-born American photographer (b. 1923)
- January 31 – Gabby Gabreski, Polish-American fighter ace (b. 1919)
February
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- February 1
- Hildegard Knef, German actress (b. 1925)
- Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963)
- February 4
- February 6 – Max Perutz, Austrian-born Nobel molecular biologist (b. 1914)
- February 8
- February 9 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
- February 10 – Traudl Junge, German private secretary of Adolf Hitler (b. 1920)
- February 12 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
- February 13 – Waylon Jennings, American country music singer (b. 1937)
- February 14 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
- February 15 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- February 19 – Sylvia Rivera, American transgender activist (b. 1951)
- February 22
- Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912)
- Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel and political leader (b. 1934)
- February 26 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
- February 27 – Spike Milligan, British-Irish comedian (b. 1918)[90]
March
- March 9 – Irene Worth, American actress (b. 1916)
- March 11 – James Tobin, American Nobel economist (b. 1918)
- March 12 – Spyros Kyprianou, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
- March 13 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- March 20 – Ibn al-Khattab, Saudi guerrilla (b. 1969)
- March 24 – César Milstein, Argentine Nobel biochemist (b. 1927)
- March 27
- Milton Berle, American comedian (b. 1908)
- Dudley Moore, English pianist, comedian, and actor (b. 1935)
- Billy Wilder, Polish-American film screenwriter and director (b. 1906)
- March 30 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom from 1936-1952 and the last Empress Consort of India from 1936-1947 (b. 1900)
April
Robert Urich
- April 1 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (b. 1905)
- April 2 – Jack Kruschen, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- April 5 – Layne Staley, American singer (b. 1967)
- April 7 – John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
- April 8 – María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
- April 15 – Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
- April 16
- April 18 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914)
- April 22 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (b. 1949)
- April 25 – Lisa Lopes, American rapper (b. 1971)
- April 27 – George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
- April 28 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (b. 1916)
May
- May 3 – Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, 2-Time Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1928)
- May 5 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian politician, 51st President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
- May 6 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, author and professor (b. 1948)[91]
- May 11 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905)[92]
- May 13 – Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- May 17 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927)
- May 18 – Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- May 19 – Sir John Gorton, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
- May 20 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and author (b. 1941)
- May 21 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930)
- May 23 – Sam Snead, American professional golfer (b. 1912)
- May 24 – Susie Garrett, American actress (b. 1929)
- May 26 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
- May 27 – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1909)[93]
June
Fernando Belaúnde
- June 4 – Fernando Belaúnde, Peruvian politician, 2-Time President of Peru (b. 1912)
- June 5 – Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (b. 1951)
- June 7 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Belgian princess (b. 1916)
- June 10 – John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)
- June 15 – Choi Hong Hi, Korean martial artist (b. 1918)
- June 17 – Willie Davenport, American track and field athlete (b. 1943)
- June 24 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician, 19th and 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
- June 25 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
- June 27 – John Entwistle, English bassist (b. 1944)
- June 29 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
July
Rod Steiger
- July 2 – Ray Brown, American bassist (b. 1926)
- July 5
- Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- July 6
- July 8 – Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
- July 9 – Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)[94]
- July 13 – Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908)
- July 14 – Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician, 41st, 45th and 49th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
- July 16 – John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
- July 17 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (b. 1911)
- July 19
- July 23 – Chaim Potok, American author and rabbi (b. 1929)[95]
- July 28 – Archer Martin, English Nobel chemist (b. 1910)
August
Eduardo Chillida
- August 3 – Carmen Silvera, English actress (b. 1922)
- August 5 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
- August 6 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)[96]
- August 10
- August 14
- August 16
- August 19 – Eduardo Chillida, Spanish Basque sculptor (b. 1924)
- August 24 – Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Dutch astronomer (b. 1920)
- August 30
- August 31
- Lionel Hampton, American musician (b. 1908)
- George Porter, English Nobel chemist (b. 1920)
September
Bob Hayes
- September 4 – Jerome Biffle, American athlete (b. 1928)
- September 5 – David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist (b. 1935)
- September 7 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- September 11
- Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
- Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
- September 16 – Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Vietnamese cardinal (b. 1928)
- September 18 – Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)
- September 19 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian military ruler (b. 1941)[98]
- September 20 – Sergei Bodrov Jr., Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1971; killed in the Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide)[49]
- September 22 – Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
October
Prince Claus of the Netherlands
- October 4 – André Delvaux, Belgian film director (b. 1926)
- October 6 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands, prince consort of the Netherlands (b. 1926)[99]
- October 9 – Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956)
- October 10 – Teresa Graves, American actress and comedian (b. 1948)
- October 12
- October 13 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936)
- October 17 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (b. 1906)[100]
- October 18 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1932)
- October 19 – Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Mexican photographer (b. 1902)
- October 20 – Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
- October 22
- October 23 – Richard Helms, American academic and author (b. 1913)
- October 24 – Harry Hay, American gay rights activist, communist and labor advocate (b. 1912)
- October 25
- Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
- October 28 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
- October 30 – Jam Master Jay, American Hip-Hop DJ (b. 1965)[101]
- October 31 – Michail Stasinopoulos, 1st President of Greece (b. 1903)
November
Jonathan Harris
- November 2
- November 3
- November 4 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (b. 1930)
- November 9 – Eusebio Tejera, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1922)
- November 12 – Károly Doncsecz, Slovenian potter (b. 1918)
- November 13 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Italian-Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- November 14 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)[103]
- November 15 – Sohn Kee-Chung, Korean Olympic athlete (b. 1912)[104]
- November 17 – Abba Eban, Israeli politician and diplomat, 3rd Foreign Minister of Israel (b. 1915)[105]
- November 18 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)[106]
- November 21 – Norihito, Prince Takamado (b. 1954)[107]
- November 23 – Roberto Matta, Chilean artist (b. 1911)[108]
- November 24 – John Rawls, American political theorist (b. 1921)[109]
- November 25 – Karel Reisz, Czech-born British filmmaker (b. 1926)[110]
December
Tita Merello
- December 2
- Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher and Catholic priest (b. 1926)
- Mal Waldron, American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (b. 1925)
- December 3 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
- December 5 – Ne Win, Burmese military commander, 4th President of Burma (b. 1910)
- December 12
- December 17 – Mahmoud Fayad, Egyptian weightlifter (b. 1925)
- December 18 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian statesman, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934)
- December 20 – Grote Reber, American astronomer (b. 1911)
- December 21 – José Hierro, Spanish poet (b. 1922)
- December 22
- Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, 3rd Prime Minister and 4th President of Guyana (b. 1929)
- Joe Strummer, English musician (The Clash) (b. 1952)
- December 24 – Tita Merello, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1904)
- December 25 – Gabriel Almond, American political scientist (b. 1911)
- December 26 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
- December 27 – George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1921)
- December 30 – Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
Nobel Prizes
- Chemistry – John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka, Kurt Wüthrich
- Economics – Daniel Kahneman and Vernon L. Smith
- Literature – Imre Kertész
- Peace – Jimmy Carter
- Physics – Raymond Davis Jr. and Masatoshi Koshiba, Riccardo Giacconi
- Physiology or Medicine – Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz, and John E. Sulston
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