2002: The Year in People

Generation Z · Year of the Horse 🐎 · Born in 2002 turn 24 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$1.36

Median home

$137,800

Minimum wage

$5.15/hr

Movie ticket

$5.81

US population

6.31B

US president

George W. Bush

Top song

"How You Remind Me" — Nickelback

Top film

Spider-Man

Top TV show

Friends

Best Picture

Chicago

In the news: Euro currency enters circulation

Born in 2002

149 people in our data · most viewed first

Caitlin Clark

b. 2002 · January 22

American basketball player

Benson Boone

b. 2002 · June 25

American singer-songwriter

Angel Reese

b. 2002 · May 6

American basketball player

Anthony Elanga

b. 2002 · April 27

Swedish footballer

Emma Myers

b. 2002 · April 2

American actress

Chet Holmgren

b. 2002 · May 1

American basketball player

Brian Brobbey

b. 2002 · February 1

Dutch footballer

Liam Lawson

b. 2002 · February 11

New Zealand racing driver

Emma Raducanu

b. 2002 · November 13

British tennis player

Ansu Fati

b. 2002 · October 31

Bissau-Guinean-born Spanish footballer

Drake Maye

b. 2002 · August 30

American football player

Alperen Şengün

b. 2002 · July 25

Turkish basketball player

Ben Shelton

b. 2002 · October 9

American tennis player

Giovanni Reyna

b. 2002 · November 13

American soccer player

Amad Diallo

b. 2002 · July 11

Ivorian footballer

Brandon Miller (basketball, born 2002)

b. 2002 · November 22

American basketball player

Anna Cramling

b. 2002 · April 30

Swedish chess player

Gerard Martín (footballer)

b. 2002 · February 26

Spanish footballer

Andrew Barth Feldman

b. 2002 · May 7

American actor and singer

Alina Zagitova

b. 2002 · May 18

Russian figure skater

Cam Ward (American football)

b. 2002 · May 25

American football player

Bennedict Mathurin

b. 2002 · June 19

Canadian basketball player

Bijan Robinson

b. 2002 · January 30

American football player

Anthony Richardson (American football)

b. 2002 · May 22

American football player

Died in 2002

Aileen Wuornos1956–2002 · American serial killer
Billy Wilder1906–2002 · Polish-American filmmaker
Carrie Hamilton1963–2002 · American dramatist
Dhirubhai Ambani1932–2002 · Indian businessman
Davey Boy Smith1962–2002 · English professional wrestler
Dave Thomas (businessman)1932–2002 · Founder of Wendy's
Cyrus Vance1917–2002 · American lawyer and government official
Astrid Lindgren1907–2002 · Swedish children's writer
Byron White1917–2002 · US Supreme Court justice and pro football player
Anand Bakshi1930–2002 · Indian poet and lyricist
Alan Lomax1915–2002 · American musicologist
Sylvia Rivera1952–2002 · American LGBT rights activist