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.
Ray Kroc5th October, American
Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Charles Lindbergh4th February, American
Aviator, Inventor & Author
John Steinbeck27th February, American
Author
Langston Hughes1st February, American
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, & Columnist
Strom Thurmond5th December, American
Former United States Senator
Meyer Lansky4th July, Polish, American
Gangster
Georgy Malenkov8th January, Russian
Politician
Ansel Adams20th February, American
Photographer
Frances Bavier14th December, American
Actress
Karl Popper28th July, British
Philosopher
Jayaprakash Narayan11th October, Indian
Political Leaders
Larry Fine5th October, American
Comedian
Carl Rogers8th January, American
Psychologist
Tallulah Bankhead31st January, American
Actress
Erik Erikson15th June, Canadian, German, American
American-German psychologist
Will Geer9th March, American
Actor
Paul Dirac8th August, British
Physicist
Lieserl Einstein27th January, Serbian
Albert Einstein's Daughter
Norma Shearer10th August, Canadian, American
Actress
Elsa Lanchester28th October, American
Actress
Richard Rodgers28th June, American
Composer, songwriter, playwright
Eric Liddell16th January, Scottish
Saud of Saudi Arabia15th January, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
William Wyler1st July, American
Film director
Stepin Fetchit30th May, American
Actor
Barbara McClintock16th June, American
Scientist
Ogden Nash19th August, American
Poet
Marcel Breuer21st May, Hungarian
Architect & Furniture Designer
Miriam Hopkins18th October, American
Actress
Eugene Wigner17th November, American
Physicist & Mathematician
Isaac Bashevis Singer21st November, Polish, American
Writer
Albert Namatjira28th July, Australian
Artist
Rab Butler9th December, British
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Walton29th March, British
Composer
Ayatollah Khomeini22nd September, Iranian
Led the Famous Iranian Revolution in 1979
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W. Clement Stone4th May, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
Ann Harding7th August, American
Actress
Anatole Litvak21st May, French, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Walter Houser Brattain10th February, American
Physicist
Alva Myrdal31st January, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Theodore Schultz30th April, American
Economist
Rafael Alberti16th December, Spanish
Poet
Alfred Kastler3rd May, French
Physicist
Kurt Alder10th July, German
Chemist
André Lwoff8th May, French
Microbiologist
Ruhollah Khomeini24th September, Iranian
Former Supreme Leader of Iran
Carlo Gambino24th August, Italian
Criminal
Leni Riefenstahl22nd August, German
Film director, Actor, Photographer, Film producer,
Albert Anastasia26th September, American
criminal
Son House21st March, American
Guitarist, Singer
Talcott Parsons13th December, American
Sociologist, University teacher
David O. Selznick10th May, American
American film producer
Gene Sarazen27th February, American
Golfer
Beryl Markham26th October, British
Horse trainer
Reinhard Gehlen3rd April, German
Officer
Meredith Willson18th May, American
Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter
Eddie Lowery14th October, American
Golfer
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque22nd November, French
Military personnel
George Murphy4th July, American
Former American senator
Fernand Braudel24th August, Brazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
Luis Barragán9th March, Mexican
Mexican architect
Gladys Aylward24th February, British
Missionary
Norman Maclean23rd December, American
Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan2nd April, Indian
Singer
Eric Hoffer25th July, American
Writer, Philosopher, Psychologist
Mohammad Hatta12th August, Indonesian
Politician
Walter Slezak3rd May, Austrian
Stage actor, Film actor
Joe Adonis22nd November, Italian
Wilhelm Stuckart16th November, German
Lawyer, Judge, Politician, Jurist
K. Shivaram Karanth10th October, Indian
Author, Poet
Juscelino Kubitschek12th September, Brazilian
Physician, Politician
Nâzım Hikmet15th January, Greek, Russian
Poet
Mortimer J. Adler28th December, American
Philosopher, Teacher, Writer, University teacher
Harold Lasswell13th February, American
Political scientist, Scientist, Sociologist
Arne Jacobsen11th February, Danish
Danish architect
Bill Lear26th June, American
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
John Willie9th December, British
Photographer, Illustrator, Screenwriter
E. E. Evans-Pritchard21st September, British
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Halldór Laxness23rd April, Icelander
Icelandic writer
Philippe de Rothschild13th April, French
Winegrower, Screenwriter, Socialite, Racecar
Stevie Smith20th September, British
Poet, Illustrator, Novelist, Performer, Writer
Demchugdongrub8th February, Mongolian
Military leader
Albert Bormann2nd September, German
Politician
Albert Forster26th July, German
Politician
Sylvanus Olympio6th September, Togolese
Politician, Prime Minister
Hans Bellmer13th March, French
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Engraver
Edward Durell Stone9th March, American
Architect
Wichard von Alvensleben19th May, German
Farmer
Felix Wankel13th August, German
Inventor, Engineer, Politician
Pascual Jordan18th October, German
Physicist, Politician, Academic, University
Fritz Strassmann22nd February, German
Chemist, University teacher
Carlos Drummond de Andrade31st October, Brazilian
Poet, Journalist, Writer, Screenwriter, Children's
Emeric Pressburger5th December, Hungarian, British
Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer,
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.5th July, American
Heinz Rühmann7th March, German
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Stage
Lúcio Costa27th February, Brazilian, French
Architect