Famous People Born In 1902
Discover the most famous people born in 1902. The list includes people like John Steinbeck, Charles Lindbergh, Langston Hughes, Ansel Adams, Erik Erikson and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, physicists and novelists born in 1902. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
John Steinbeck27th February, American
Author
Ray Kroc5th October, American
Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Charles Lindbergh4th February, American
Aviator, Inventor & Author
Ansel Adams20th February, American
Photographer
Langston Hughes1st February, American
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, & Columnist
Meyer Lansky4th July, Polish, American
Gangster
Strom Thurmond5th December, American
Former United States Senator
Carlo Gambino24th August, Italian, American
Criminal
Albert Anastasia26th September, Italian, American
Criminal
Larry Fine5th October, American
Comedian
Georgy Malenkov8th January, Russian
Politician
Karl Popper28th July, British
Philosopher
Frances Bavier14th December, American
Actress
Erik Erikson15th June, Canadian, German, American
American-German psychologist
Tallulah Bankhead31st January, American
Actress
Carl Rogers8th January, American
Psychologist
Jayaprakash Narayan11th October, Indian
Political Leaders
Will Geer9th March, American
Actor
Paul Dirac8th August, British
Physicist
Saud of Saudi Arabia15th January, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Lieserl Einstein27th January, Serbian
Albert Einstein's Daughter
Norma Shearer10th August, Canadian, American
Actress
Richard Rodgers28th June, American
Composer, songwriter, playwright
Elsa Lanchester28th October, American
Actress
Eric Liddell16th January, Scottish
Thomas E. Dewey24th March, American
Former Governor of New York
Menachem Mendel Schneerson18th April, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Rabbi
William Wyler1st July, American
Film director
Barbara McClintock16th June, American
Scientist
Stepin Fetchit30th May, American
Actor
Rab Butler9th December, British
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chill Wills18th July, American
Actor
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Isaac Bashevis Singer21st November, Polish, American
Writer
Marcel Breuer21st May, Hungarian
Architect & Furniture Designer
Eugene Wigner17th November, American
Physicist & Mathematician
Ogden Nash19th August, American
Poet
Miriam Hopkins18th October, American
Actress
William Walton29th March, British
Composer
Ayatollah Khomeini22nd September, Iranian
Led the Famous Iranian Revolution in 1979
Albert Namatjira28th July, Australian
Artist
W. Clement Stone4th May, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
Walter Houser Brattain10th February, American
Physicist
Ann Harding7th August, American
Actress
Alva Myrdal31st January, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Anatole Litvak21st May, French, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Theodore Schultz30th April, American
Economist
Rafael Alberti16th December, Spanish
Poet
Kurt Alder10th July, German
Chemist
Alfred Kastler3rd May, French
Physicist
André Lwoff8th May, French
Microbiologist
Ruhollah Khomeini24th September, Iranian
Former Supreme Leader of Iran
Irene Ryan17th October, American
Actress
Moe Berg2nd March, American
Baseball coach
Leni Riefenstahl22nd August, German
Film director, Actor, Photographer, Film producer,
Charan Singh23rd December, Indian
Prime Minister of India
Carlos Gracie14th September, Brazilian
Martial artist
George Cross12th February, British
Actor,Casting Department,Casting Director
Ralph Richardson19th December, British
Actor
Talcott Parsons13th December, American
Sociologist, University teacher
Thelma Ritter14th February, American
Actress
David O. Selznick10th May, American
American film producer
John Houseman22nd September, Romanian, British, American
Actor
Paul Guilfoyle14th July, American
Actor
Beryl Markham26th October, British
Horse trainer
Jack Del Rio1st August, Argentinian
Actor
Richard J. Daley15th May, American
Former Mayor of Chicago
Gladys Aylward24th February, British
Missionary
Brooke Astor30th March, American
Writer
Fernand Braudel24th August, Brazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
Reinhard Gehlen3rd April, German
Officer
K. Shivaram Karanth10th October, Indian
Author, Poet
Son House21st March, American
Guitarist, Singer
Walter Slezak3rd May, Austrian
Stage actor, Film actor
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque22nd November, French
Military personnel
George Murphy4th July, American
Former American senator
Meredith Willson18th May, American
Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter
Mohammad Hatta12th August, Indonesian
Politician
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan2nd April, Indian
Singer
Luis Barragán9th March, Mexican
Mexican architect
Antonia Brico26th June, Dutch, American
Musician
Norman Maclean23rd December, American
Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher
Mortimer J. Adler28th December, American
Philosopher, Teacher, Writer, University teacher
Eric Hoffer25th July, American
Writer, Philosopher, Psychologist
Juscelino Kubitschek12th September, Brazilian
Physician, Politician
Joe Adonis22nd November, Italian
Harold Lasswell13th February, American
Political scientist, Scientist, Sociologist
Nâzım Hikmet15th January, Greek, Russian
Poet
Wilhelm Stuckart16th November, German
Lawyer, Judge, Politician, Jurist
Arne Jacobsen11th February, Danish
Danish architect
Gene Sarazen27th February, American
Golfer
E. E. Evans-Pritchard21st September, British
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Wifredo Lam8th December, Cuban
Artist
Eddie Lowery14th October, American
Golfer
Bill Lear26th June, American
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
Halldór Laxness23rd April, Icelander
Icelandic writer
Philippe de Rothschild13th April, French
Winegrower, Screenwriter, Socialite, Racecar