According to Christopher Ehret ( 2002: 35 – 36 ), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 11, 000 BC at the latest and possibly as early as c. 16, 000 BC.

* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

** Atlas V ( 2002 – Present )

The Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic and Korean-Japanese-Ainu groupings were also posited by Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ) who, however, treated them as independent members of a larger family, which he termed Eurasiatic.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

* Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ).

* " The Nobels in Baku " in Azerbaijan International, Vol 10. 2 ( Summer 2002 ), 56 – 59.

* 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

* 1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and lyricist ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón

* 1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer ( d. 2002 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper ( b. 1905 )

* 2002 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( b. 1947 )

" History and Theory 41, Theme Issue 41 ( December 2002 ), 90 – 103

* 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English director ( d. 2002 )

* 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist ( d. 2002 )

A voter registration drive in 2002 helped gain support for the Democratic candidate for the US Senate, and turnout in Shannon County and across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation helped narrowly elect Tim Johnson to office.

* Tight End Shannon Sharpe ( 1990 – 1999, 2002 – 2003 ), 2009 Inductee *

* Shannon Larkin – drums, percussion ( 2001 – 2002 )

Drummer Shannon Larkin has been a member of Godsmack since 2002, while lead vocalist Whitfield Crane took the then vacant vocalist spot for New York rock band Life of Agony whose former singer Keith Caputo had left the group in 1997.

With WWE impressed by his in-ring ability, Doug received numerous try-out matches in late 2002 and early 2003 against opponents such as Mark Jindrak, Charlie Haas, Lenny Lane, Val Venis, Nathan Jones, Redd Dogg, Nova, Johnny Jeter, Horshu, Shannon Moore, and Billy Kidman.

Joining Martin on the women's side were 2005 World champion Anette Norberg of Sweden, 2002 World Junior champion Cassandra Johnson of the United States of America, two-time world champion Dordi Nordby of Norway, 1996 European champion Mirjam Ott of Switzerland, 2004 Canadian Mixed champion Shannon Kleibrink of Canada, 2005 European Junior Challenge champion Ludmila Privivkova of Russia, three time Pacific Curling champion Ayumi Onodera of Japan, 1994 European champion Dorthe Holm of Denmark, and for the host country, 2003 World Junior bronze medalist Diana Gaspari from Italy.

She made several appearances for the fledgling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion in 2002 as Shannon and Shark Girl ( valet of Shark Boy ), and worked for Xtreme Pro Wrestling in 2003 as Lucy, the manager of Vic Grimes.

In 2002, Shannon appeared in the popular comedy film Men with Brooms in the role of Joanne.

Sarah Shannon went on to release her self-titled album in 2002.

* Miss Photogenic: Shannon Ford ( 2002 ), Cristin Duren ( 2006 )

On May 8, 2002 he won the Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Knoble, Shannon Moore and Matt Stryker in a four-man-elimination match in Dayton.

On January 31, 2002 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota, Zurita won a four-round unanimous decision over Shannon Brown of Bull Head, South Dakota, who fell to 1-3.

This was later reversed during 2002 in a landmark case before the US Supreme Court, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, in which the divided court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled the Ohio school voucher plan constitutional and removed any constitutional barriers to similar voucher plans in the future, with moderate justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O ' Connor and conservative justices William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas in the majority.

William Scarboro died of an asthma attack in August 2002.

* 1917 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer ( d. 2002 )

* 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist ( d. 2002 )

* William Giles ( 1997 – 2002 )

This was followed in 2001 by On Pirates ( ISBN 1-931081-22-0 ) — supposedly written by Ashbless, with an introduction by Powers, an afterword by Blaylock, and illustrations by Gahan Wilson — and in 2002 by The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook.

* September 11 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist ( d. 2002 )

* William Brennan, Jr. Award from the University of Virginia School of Law, 2002

: 2002 William Sanders, " Empire "

* Dunn, William R ( 2002 ).

* De Lange, William, Iaido: History, Teaching & Practice Of Japanese Swordsmanship, Weatherhill, 2002.

* Alford, Stephen ( 2002 ): The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558 – 1569 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-89285-6

* William Susman: Amores Montuños ( 2008 ) for flute & marimba, Marimba Montuño ( 2002 ) for solo marimba

* William Caelli: " Trusted Systems " in an Age of NIIP: Lessons from the Past for the Future .</ cite > 2002

William " Willie " D. Davenport ( June 8, 1943 – June 17, 2002 ) was an American athlete, born in Troy, Alabama.

Ads were released in 1991 describing the deaths of the victims of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, in 2002 describing the deaths of the victims of serial killer Robert William Pickton, and in 2008 describing the murder of Tim McLean.

In December 2002, sightings of a big cat increased in number in the Kula ( upcountry ) area, and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife requested the help of big cat wildlife biologists William Van Pelt and Stan Cunningham of the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

William Luther Pierce III ( September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002 ) was the leader of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and one of the most important ideologists of the white nationalist movement.

* David Crouch, William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147 – 1219 ( 2n edn, London: Longman, 2002 ).

* D. Crouch, William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147 – 1219 ( 2nd edn, London, 2002 )

* Kashatus, William C. ( 2002 ).

The seven Hershey trustees who voted to sell Hershey Foods on September 17, 2002, for US $ 12. 5 billion to the William Wrigley Jr. Company were removed by Attorney General Fisher and Judge Morgan.

Van Andringa describes Damona and Bormana as the patron deities of the hot springs at Bourbonne-les-Bains and Saint-Vulbas, respectively .< ref > William van Andringa ( 2002 ).

* Star Trek: Nemesis ( 2002 ) – Captain / Commander William T. Riker

* William Tallon, Steward and Page of the Backstairs in the household of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, typically referred to by newspapers as " Backstairs Billy ", moved from Clarence House in 2002 to a Duchy of Cornwall flat in Kennington.