Remembered
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
1900 – 2002
Consort, Aristocrat, Queen mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 Dec…
Tofael Ahmad
1919 – 2002
Art collector, Academic, Pedagogue, Artist
Tofail Ahmed (22 February 1919 – 28 March 2002) was a well-known Bangladeshi researcher of Folk Art. He was also a collector of Folk artifacts and has authored…
Billy Wilder
1906 – 2002
Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer, Writer, Journalist, Director
Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian and American film director and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned f…
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 – 2002
Philosopher, University teacher
Hans-Georg Gadamer (; German: [ˈɡaːdamɐ]; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his work on her…
Ehtesham
1927 – 2002
Film director, Screenwriter
Ehtesham ur Rahman (1927 – 17 February 2002), known as Captain Ehtesham, was a Bangladeshi and Pakistani film director. On his death in 2002 he was described as…
Atowar Rahman
1927 – 2002
Writer
Atowar Rahman (15 March 1927 – 12 February 2002) was a Bangladeshi writer, researcher and multilingualist. He received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1970…
Astrid Lindgren
1907 – 2002
Screenwriter, Children's writer, Novelist, Writer, Young adult author
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (Swedish: [ˈǎsːtrɪd ˈlɪ̂nːˌɡreːn] ; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplay…
Pierre Bourdieu
1930 – 2002
Philosopher, Sociologist, Anthropologist, Writer, Photographer, Translator
Pierre Bourdieu (UK: , US: ; French: [pjɛʁ buʁdjø]; Gascon: Pèir Bordièu; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bou…
Camilo José Cela
1916 – 2002
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Politician, Journalist, Essayist
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (Spanish: [kamilo xoˈse ˈθela]; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story write…
Alexander Prokhorov
1916 – 2002
Physicist, University teacher, Editor
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff; Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-bo…
Mukul Chowdhury
1946 – 2002
Screenwriter
Mukul Chowdhury (Bangla:মুকুল চৌধুরী) was a Bangladeshi lyricist and musical artist. He wrote many songs for radio, television and more than hundreds of films i…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
1906 – 2001
Politician, Poet, Writer, French resistance fighter, Philosopher, Teacher
Léopold Sédar Senghor ( song-GOR, French: [leɔpɔl sedaʁ sɑ̃ɡɔʁ], Wolof: Léwopóol Sedaar Seŋoor; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician,…
Ashok Kumar
1911 – 2001
Actor, Producer
Indian actor and producer who became one of Hindi cinema's earliest major stars, with a career spanning more than six decades. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.w…
George Harrison
1943 – 2001
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Horticulturist, Film producer
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as "th…
Ken Kesey
1935 – 2001
Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Children's writer, Amateur wrestler
Kenneth Elton Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link betw…
Shahed Ali
1925 – 2001
Writer
Shahed Ali (Bengali: শাহেদ আলী; 24 May 1925 – 6 November 2001) was a Bangladeshi litterateur and cultural activist. Aside from being an educationist and his jou…
Kazi Anwarul Haque
1909 – 2001
Writer
Kazi Anwarul Haque (also spelled Anwarul Huque) was a Bangladeshi police officer, bureaucrat, and technocrat minister. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia…
Madhavrao Scindia
1945 – 2001
Politician
Madhavrao Scindia was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament and held several union cabinet portfolios, including civil aviation and railways…
Samar Das
1929 – 2001
Singer, Composer
Samar Das (Bengali: সমর দাস; 10 December 1929 – 25 September 2001) was a Bangladeshi musician and composer. He became one of the most important music directors…
Shyamal Gangapadhyay
1933 – 2001
Writer
Shyamal Gangapadhyay (25 March 1933 – 24 September 2001; Bengali: শ্যামল গঙ্গাপাধ্যায়) was a Bengali novelist, short story writer and editor born at Khulna (Pr…