July 2002
- 3 Michel Henry, 80, French philosopher.
- 4 Sir Jake Saunders, 84, British banker.
- 4 Winnifred Van Tongerloo, 98, oldest living survivor of the Titanic.
- 4 Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 89, African-American General.
- 5 Ted Williams, 83, Baseball Hall of Fame member.
- 5 Katy Jurado, 68, Mexican actress who was once married to Ernest Borgnine.
- 6 Dhirubhai Ambani, 69, Indian businessman.
- 6 John Frankenheimer, 74, film director.
- 8 Sir Robert Bellinger, 92, former Lord Mayor of London.
- 8 Ward Kimball, 88, Disney animator.
- 9 Ron Scarlett, 91, New Zealand paleozoologist.
- 9 Rod Steiger, 77, American actor, kidney failure.
- 9 Laurence Janifer, 69, science fiction writer.
- 9 Dave Sorenson, 54, former NBA and Ohio State University basketball player
- 10 John Wallach, 59, journalist and philanthropist.
- 13 Yousuf Karsh, 93, celebrity portrait photographer as "Karsh of Ottawa".
- 14 Joaquín Balaguer, 95, former President of the Dominican Republic.
- 15 Gavin Muir, 50. British actor and musician.
- 15 Samantha Runnion, 5, child who was kidnapped, sexually abuse and murdered by Alejandro Avila.
- 16 Alan Charles Clark, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate.
- 16 John Cocke, key figure in the development of RISC architecture.
- 16 Jack Olsen, "True crime" writer.
- 19 Dave Carter, 49, American singer-songwriter.
- 19 Alexander Ginzburg, leading Soviet dissident.
- 19 Alan Lomax, documenter of blues and folk songs.
- 21 John Cunningham, 84, British World War II fighter pilot.
- 21 Antti Koivumäki, 25, Finnish poet and keyboardist (Aavikko)
- 22 Prince Ahmed bin Salman, member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner War Emblem.
- 22 Chuck Traynor, 64, American pornographer.
- 23 Alberto Castillo, 87, Argentine tango singer and actor.
- 23 Leo McKern, 82, Australian actor best known for playing Rumpole of the Bailey and one of the Number Twos in The Prisoner.
- 23 William Pierce, rocket scientist, neo-Nazi, author of "The Turner Diaries"
- 23 Chaim Potok, 73, US author.
- 24 Maurice Denham, 92, British actor.
- 24 Mike Clark, 61, former NFL kicker.
- 25 Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher.
- 27 Krishan Kant, 75, Indian politician, Vice-President (1997–2002).
- 29 Peter Bayliss, 80, British actor.
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