* 2002 – Arno Peters, German historian ( b. 1916 )

* 1930 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian ( d. 2002 )

Explaining the internal impact of the DDR regime from the perspective of German history in the long term, historian Gerhard A. Ritter ( 2002 ) has argued that the East German state was defined by two dominant forces – Soviet Communism on the one hand, and German traditions filtered through the interwar experiences of German Communists on the other.

* 1936 – Stephen Ambrose, American historian ( d. 2002 )

Stephen Jay Gould ( September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002 ) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science.

** Dee Brown, American writer and historian ( d. 2002 )

** Stephen Ambrose, American historian ( d. 2002 )

* December 1 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian ( d. 2002 )

In 2002 Hawksmoor was the subject of an award-winning monograph by the architectural historian Vaughan Hart, which redefined Hawksmoor with new insights and discoveries.

* Allan Bromley ( historian ) ( 1947 – 2002 ), an Australian historian of computing

" In 2002, Hobsbawm was described by right-leaning magazine The Spectator as " arguably our greatest living historian — not only Britain's, but the world's ", while Niall Ferguson wrote: " That Hobsbawm is one of the great historians of his generation is undeniable.

Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected the Castle as one of his eight choices for the 2002 BBC book The Story of Britain's Best Buildings.

Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE, better known as Elizabeth Longford ( 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002 ) was a British historian.

* Harris, Jonathan, ' The influence of Plethon's idea of fate on the historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles ', in: Proceedings of the International Congress on Plethon and his Time, Mystras, 26 – 29 June 2002, ed.

Dorris Alexander " Dee " Brown ( February 29, 1908 – December 12, 2002 ) was an American novelist and historian.

" According to a 2002 interview: " According to Burke, he played the unissued tape for noted author / historian Peter Guralnick in a Boston restaurant.

* February 29-Dee Brown, novelist and historian ( died 2002 )

* January 10-Stephen Ambrose, controversial historian ( died 2002 )

* Historian dismisses Tasmanian aboriginal genocide " myth " ( contains edited transcript of 2002 ABC radio interviews by Peter McCutcheon with historian and author Keith Windschuttle and historian and author Henry Reynolds )

In 2002, the Forschungsgruppe Deutsche Sprache ( FDS ) ( German Language Research Group ) was founded by the historian and author Reinhard Markner, with the support of some leading writers and intellectuals.

Subsequently, the historian published two essays with additional findings and analysis ( Maechler, 2001b, 2002 ), while Ganzfried ( 2002 ) published his own controversial version of the case ( s. Oels, 2004 ; Maechler, 2002 ).

Michael Vick and Keith Brooking were elected to the NFC Pro Bowl for their performances in the 2002 regular season.

The Templars: Selected sources translated and annotated by Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate ( Manchester University Press, 2002 ) ISBN 0-7190-5110-X

In 2002, Newton-John released ( 2 ), a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists ( Tina Arena, Darren Hayes, Jimmy Little, Johnny O ' Keefe, Billy Thorpe, Keith Urban ) as well as a heartfelt " duet " with the deceased Peter Allen.

* Keith Warren, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. ( 2002 ): ' The Status of Elms in the Nursery Industry in 2000 '

The Chairmen were Keith Stokes ( 1996 – 2001 ) and Robin Wayne Bailey ( 2002 – present ).

In 2002, Wizards sponsored a design contest which allowed designers to submit their campaign worlds to Wizards, to produce an entirely original campaign world ; Wizards selected " Eberron ", submitted by Keith Baker, and its first hardcover book was released in June 2004.

Nectar was launched in 2002 by Loyalty Management Group, then chaired by Sir Keith Mills, the founder of Air Miles.

In his personal life, Keith Tyson has admitted to having experienced a gambling addiction at various times during his adult life, which he confronted just before he won the Turner Prize in 2002.

* Head to Hand, Drawings by Keith Tyson, Thea Westreich & Ethan Wagner, New York, 2002

* Keith Tyson, Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland, 2002

* Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs Of Keith Green ( 2002 )

In 2002, Iain Duncan Smith expelled CDA Chairman Michael Keith Smith from the Conservative Party for threatening to stand candidates against Conservatives.

At the following Club Annual General meeting in April 2002, members approved two motions proposed by Michael Keith Smith, ( also Chairman of the Conservative Democratic Alliance ); one reaffirming the Club's opposition to mass immigration, and another empowering Club officers to institute legal action against the Conservative Party following the Club's ' suspension ' by them.

* Barker, F. Keith ; Barrowclough, George F. & Groth, Jeff G. ( 2002 ): A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data.

* Barker, F. Keith ; Barrowclough, George F. & Groth, Jeff G. ( 2002 ): A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data.

In November 2002, after meeting Dr. Keith Goh, a Singaporean neurosurgeon who successfully separated the Shrestha sisters from Nepal ( Ganga and Jamuna ), who had previously also been joined at the head, the Bijani sisters travelled to Singapore to undergo the controversial operation.

* Barker, F. Keith ; Barrowclough, George F. & Groth, Jeff G. ( 2002 ): A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data.

* First player to receive a red card in a league match: Keith Ward, on 26 August 2002 in a 3-2 loss to Ash United in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.

* Vinicombe, Keith ( 2002 ) Identification matters: Agrocephalus Birdwatch 124: 27-30

Rosmarie & Keith Waldrop: Ceci n ' e pas Keith Ceci n ' e pas Rosmarie: Autobiographies, ( Providence, Rhode Island, 2002 )

On December 3, 2002 he was once again traded, this time to the Chicago White Sox along with two minor leaguers for Keith Foulke, Mark Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash, but was unable to replicate his success with Toronto or Oakland.

Desmond Keith Carter ( October 15, 1967 – December 10, 2002 ) was convicted of the 1992 murder of Helen Purdy and executed in 2002 by the State of North Carolina at the Central Prison in Raleigh.