1902: The Year in People

The Greatest Generation · Year of the Tiger 🐅 · Born in 1902 turn 124 in 2026

The year in numbers

US president

Theodore Roosevelt

In the news: The eruption of Mount Pelee kills 30,000 in Martinique

What happened in 1902

1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1902nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 902nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1902, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Born in 1902

63 people in our data · most viewed first

Charles Lindbergh

1902–1974 · February 4

American aviator

Meyer Lansky

1902–1983 · July 4

Russian-born American gangster

Bobby Jones (golfer)

1902–1971 · March 17

American amateur golfer

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

1902–1994 · April 2

Seventh Chabad Rebbe

Albert Anastasia

1902–1957 · September 26

Italian-American mob boss

Gene Sarazen

1902–1999 · February 27

American professional golfer

Eric Liddell

1902–1945 · January 16

Scottish athlete and missionary

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

1902–1985 · July 5

American politician and diplomat

Darryl F. Zanuck

1902–1979 · September 5

American film producer

Beryl Markham

1902–1986 · October 26

British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer

Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)

1902–1924 · April 8

British mountaineer

Brooke Astor

1902–2007 · March 30

American philanthropist, socialite, and writer

Brian Aherne

1902–1986 · May 2

English actor

Barbara McClintock

1902–1992 · June 16

American scientist and cytogeneticist

George Murphy

1902–1992 · July 4

American actor and politician

Albert Namatjira

1902–1959 · July 28

Australian painter

Barton MacLane

1902–1969 · December 25

Actor, playwright, screenwriter

Abraham Wald

1902–1950 · October 31

Hungarian mathematician

Anatole Litvak

1902–1974 · May 21

Russian-American film director

Emeric Pressburger

1902–1988 · December 5

Hungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer

Eddie Shore

1902–1985 · November 25

Canadian ice hockey player

Hartley Shawcross

1902–2003 · February 4

English barrister and politician

Charles Lang

1902–1998 · March 27

American cinematographer

Alexander Luria

1902–1977 · July 16

Russian neuropsychologist

Died in 1902

Cecil Rhodes1853–1902 · British mining magnate and politician
Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902 · American suffragist
Albert Bierstadt1830–1902 · German-American landscape painter
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz1822–1902 · King consort of Spain from 1846 to 1868
Charles Lewis Tiffany1812–1902 · American businessman and jeweller
Charles Dow1851–1902 · American journalist
Bret Harte1836–1902 · American fiction writer and poet
Friedrich Alfred Krupp1854–1902 · German steel manufacturer
Ernst Schröder (mathematician)1841–1902 · German mathematician
Andrejs Pumpurs1841–1902 · Latvian poet
Agostino Roscelli1818–1902 · Italian priest