* Kate Austin ( 1864 – 1902 ), American writer, feminist and anarchist

* 1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer ( d. 1989 )

* 1902 – Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 1977 )

* 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

* 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

* 1902 – Dutch Schultz, American mobster ( d. 1935 )

* 1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

* 1902 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist ( d. 1991 )

* 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor ( d. 1988 )

His successor Joe Darling won the next three series in 1899, 1901 – 02 and the classic 1902 series, which became one of the most famous in the history of Test cricket.

It has been compared with the great series of the distant past, such as 1894 – 95 and 1902.

* 1902 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria ( d. 1971 )

* 1902 – Helen Morgan, American actress ( d. 1941 )

* 1995 – Lucy Rie, American potter ( b. 1902 )

* 2004 – Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces ( b. 1902 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi ( d. 1944 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* March 8 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1902 )

* Howie Morenz ( 1902 – 1937 ), Canadian ice hockey player

* March 8-Howie Morenz, ice hockey player ( b. 1902 )

Howard William Morenz ( September 21, 1902 – March 8, 1937 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.

* 1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian hockey player ( d. 1974 )

* 1902 – Norma Shearer, Canadian actress ( d. 1983 )

* 1985 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio broadcaster ( b. 1902 )

* 1902 – Frank Buckland, Canadian sports administrator ( d. 1991 )

* 1985 – Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1902 )

* 1978 – Nat Bailey, Canadian restaurateur, founder of White Spot ( b. 1902 )

* 1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 1990 )

* 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor ( b. 1902 )

* 1902 – Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 1985 )

* 1902 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian ( d. 1902 )

* February 12 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor ( b. 1902 )

** John Clyne, Canadian jurist ( b. 1902 )

* Canadian — Carman, Bliss: " At Columbine's Grave " ( 1902 ), " The Book of Pierrot ", from Poems ( 1904, 1905 ).

Edith Norma Shearer ( August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983 ) was a Canadian actress.

* Alfred J. Billes ( 1902 – 1995 ), cofounder of Canadian Tire

Foster William Hewitt, OC ( November 21, 1902 – April 21, 1985 ) was a Canadian radio broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play calls for Hockey Night in Canada.

* Maurice Baudoux, Canadian priest ( 1902 – 1988 )

In 1902, she met fellow Canadian Mack Sennett and helped him get a job in the theater.

* Michael Clark ( Canadian politician ) was born in Belford in 1861 and moved to Canada in 1902

" His opinion of British activity in the Transvaal was well voiced in the Canadian press and in his book In The Court of History: An Apology of Canadians Opposed to the Boer War ( 1902 ).

* George Caron ( 1823 – 1902 ), member of Canadian Parliament