The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2002.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
November 2002
1
Ekrem Akurgal, 91, Turkish archaeologist. Yisrael Amir, 99, Israeli Air Force commander. David Bartleet, 73, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Tonbridge. Edward Brooke, 85, Canadian Olympic fencer (1952 Summer Olympics: men's foil, men's épée). Nicholas John Bua, 77, American judge (U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois). Amadou Cissé Dia, 87, Senegalese politician and playwright. Käte Jaenicke, 79, German theater and film actress. Lester Morgan, 26, Costa Rican professional football goalkeeper, suicide. Keith A. Wester, 62, American sound engineer (The Rock, Air Force One, Armageddon). Sir Charles Wilson, 93, British political scientist.
2
Brian Behan, 75, Irish writer and playwright, younger brother of Brendan Behan. Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam, 79, British industrialist and life peer. Lo Lieh, 63, Hong Kong actor. Dame Felicity Peake, 89, British Director of the Women's Royal Air Force. Tonio Selwart, 106, Bavarian actor and Broadway performer. Charles Sheffield, 67, English-born American science fiction author and physicist. Richard F. Visotcky, 73, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
3
Mary Bird, 92, American Olympic alpine skier (women's combined alpine skiing at the 1936 Summer Olympics). Lonnie Donegan, 71, British skiffle musician ("Rock Island Line", "John Henry"). Sir John Habakkuk, 87, British economic historian. Jonathan Harris, 87, American actor (Lost in Space, A Bug's Life, The Third Man). William Packard, 69, American poet and author. Sir Rex Roe, 77, British air force officer.
4
Antonio Margheriti, 72, Italian filmmaker, heart attack. Xing Qiyi, 90, Chinese chemist. Malcolm Ross, 91, Canadian literary critic, pneumonia. Ross Wilson, 83, Canadian ice hockey trainer (Detroit Red Wings) and backup goalie.
5
Vinnette Justine Carroll, 80, American Broadway director (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God). Ansley J. Coale, 84, American demographer, senior research demographer at the Office of Population Research at Princeton. Raymond F. Dasmann, 83, American biologist and environmental conservationist. Marcel Dheere, 83, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). Billy Guy, 66, American singer. Mushtaq Qadri, 35, Pakistani religious poet. Arthur Winfree, 60, American theoretical biologist, known for his studies of biological oscillations.
6
Folke Frölén, 94, Swedish Olympic equestrian (equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics). Brian James, 61, English cricketer. Michel Majerus, 35, Luxembourgish artist, killed aboard Luxair Flight 9642. Sid Sackson, 82, board game designer. Gianluca Signorini, 42, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
7
Rudolf Augstein, 79, German journalist and publisher, founder and chief editorialist of Der Spiegel. Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro, 72, British merchant banker and political fundraiser. Dilys Hamlett, 74, British actress. Peg Phillips, 84, American actress (Northern Exposure), pulmonary disease. Tom Reynolds, 84, Australian rules footballer. Pedro Juan Soto, 74, Puerto Rican writer, killed by police officers.
8
Tom Barrington, 58, American professional football player (Ohio State, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints). Norma Lee Clark, 75, American actress (Captain Video and His Video Rangers), author and personal assistant to Woody Allen. Jaun Elia, 70, Pakistani Marxist. Ivan Kandyba, 72, Ukrainian lawyer and dissident. Ke Zhao, 92, Chinese mathematician. Franjo Kukuljević, 93, Croatian tennis player. Dorothy Mackie Low, 86, British novelist under pseudonyms Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, and Zoë Cass. Querube Makalintal, 91, Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Zoé Oldenbourg, 86, Russian-born French historian and novelist. Christopher Parsons, 70, English wildlife film-maker and producer. Donald Niven Wheeler, 89, American social activist, teacher, and alleged Soviet spy.
9
Bill Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer. Dick Johnson, 85, American test pilot. Cliff Patton, 79, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals). Merlin Santana, 26, American actor (The Steve Harvey Show, Getting By, The Cosby Show), shot. William Schutz, 76, American psychologist. Eusebio Tejera, 80, Uruguyan footballer.