1902
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 13 – Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, predecessor of global consumer goods brand 3M, begins trading as a mining venture at Two Harbors in the United States.
- June 15 – The New York Central Railroad inaugurates the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York City.
- June 16 – The Commonwealth Franchise Act in Australia grants women's suffrage in federal elections for resident British subjects (with certain ethnic minorities excepted), making Australia the first independent country to grant women the vote at a national level, and the first country to allow them to stand for Parliament.
- June 26 – Edward VII institutes the Order of Merit, an order bestowed personally by the British monarch on up to 24 distinguished Empire recipients.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Date unknown
Births
January
- January 4 – John A. McCone, American politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
- January 8 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)
- January 9
- Sir Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born British opera manager (d. 1997)
- JosemarÃÂa Escrivá, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and saint (d. 1975)
- January 11
- Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- Evelyn Dove, British singer and actress (d. 1987)
- January 15
- Nâzñm Hikmet, Turkish poet and director (d. 1963)
- King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
- January 16 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
- January 20
- Kevin Barry, Irish republican (d. 1920)
- Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
- January 22 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
- January 25 РAndr̩ Beaufre, French general (d. 1975)
- January 26 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author, polemicist (d. 1940)
- January 31
- Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
- Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1986)
February
- February 4
- Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (d. 1974)
- Hartley Shawcross, British barrister and politician (d. 2003)
- February 8 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
- February 9
- Blanche Calloway, American jazz singer (d. 1978)
- Léon M'ba, 1st President of Gabon (d. 1967)
- February 10 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- February 11 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designer (d. 1971)
- February 12 – William Collier Jr., American actor (d. 1987)
- February 14 â Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
- February 19
- Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- John W. Bubbles, American dancer and actor (d. 1986)
- February 20 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
- February 22 – Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater (d. 1986)
- February 27
- Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
- John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
March
- March 7 – Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
- March 9 – Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
- March 13 – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer (d. 1991)
- March 17 – Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
- March 19 – Fuad Chehab, 8th President of Lebanon (d. 1973)
- March 21 – Son House, American musician (d. 1988)
- March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
- March 27 – Betty Balfour, English screen actress (d. 1977)
- March 28 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
- March 29
- Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
- William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
- March 30 – Brooke Astor, American socialite, philanthropist (d. 2007)
April
- April 2 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
- April 4
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French author (d. 1969)
- Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
- April 8
- Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924)
- Josef Krips, Austrian conductor, violinist (d. 1974)
- April 12 – Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
- April 14 – Yakov Smushkevich, Soviet Air Force general (d. 1941)
- April 18 – Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
- April 20 â Sir Donald Wolfit, English actor (d. 1968)
- April 23 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- April 30 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
May
- May 2 – Brian Aherne, English actor (d. 1986)
- May 3 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1984)
- May 6 – Max Ophüls, German film director (d. 1957)
- May 8 РAndr̩ Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
- May 10
- Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
- David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
- May 15 – Richard J. Daley, American politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
- May 18 – Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
- May 21
- Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-born American architect (d. 1981)
- Leonidas Zervas, Greek organic chemist (d. 1980)
- May 22 – Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
June
- June 1 â C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy admiral (d. 1976)
- June 8 – James Stillman Rockefeller, American Olympic rower and banker (d. 2004)
- June 9 – Skip James, American Delta blues singer, songwriter, and musician (d. 1969)
- June 16 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
- June 17 – F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, English World War II hero (d. 1964)
- June 22 – Henri Deglane, French wrestler (d. 1975)
- June 25 – Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Japanese prince (d. 1953)
- June 26 РHugues Cu̩nod, Swiss tenor (d. 2010)
- June 28 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
July
- July 1 – William Wyler, German-born American film director (d. 1981)
- July 4
- Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American mobster (d. 1983)
- George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (d. 1992)
- July 8 – Gwendolyn B. Bennett, American writer (d. 1981)
- July 10
- Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, political activist and writer (d. 1989)
- July 16 – Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (d. 1977)
- July 18 – Chill Wills, American actor, singer (d. 1978)
- July 28
- Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959)
- Karl Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher (d. 1994)
- July 31 – Gubby Allen, Australian-born English cricketer, cricket administrator (d. 1989)
August
- August 2 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Egyptian Coptic Orthodox patriarch (d. 1971)
- August 7 – Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
- August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- August 10 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
- August 11
- Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
- Lloyd Nolan, American film, television actor (d. 1985)
- Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
- August 12 – Mohammad Hatta, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
- August 13 – Felix Wankel, German mechanical engineer (d. 1988)
- August 16 – Georgette Heyer, British writer (d. 1974)
- August 19
- Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
- August 22 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
- August 24 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1976)
- August 25 – Stefan Wolpe, German-born American composer (d. 1972)
September
- September 5 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and studio executive (d. 1979)
- September 6 – Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician, 1st President of Togo (assassinated) (d. 1963)
- September 9 – Roberto Noble, Argentine politician, journalist and publisher (d. 1969)
- September 12 – Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- September 21
- Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
- Ilmari Salminen, Finnish athlete (d. 1986)
- September 22 – John Houseman, Romanian-born actor, producer (d. 1988)
- September 23 – Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Romanian lawyer and politician, 49th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 2000)
- September 24 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shia cleric, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (d. 1989)
- September 26 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1957)
October
- October 2 – Leopold Figl, 14th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
- October 5
- Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (d. 1975)
- Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) (d. 1984)
- October 18
- Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
- October 25
- Carlo Gnocchi, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d. 1956)
- Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
- October 26 – Jack Sharkey, Lithuanian-born American heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1994)
- October 28 – Elsa Lanchester, British-American actress (d. 1986)
- October 31 – Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987)
November
December
- December 1 – Trần VÃÂn Hðáng, South Vietnamese politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam, 3rd Vice President of South Vietnam, and 3rd Prime Minister of South Vietnam (d. 1982)
- December 2 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
- December 3 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese aviator, naval officer, and Christian evangelist (d. 1976)
- December 5
- Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-born British film director (d. 1988)
- Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
- December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
- December 14 – Frances Bavier, American stage and television actress (d. 1989)
- December 19 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
- December 20 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
- December 23
- Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
- Charan Singh, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
- December 25 – Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969)
- December 28
- Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
- Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
Date unknown
Deaths
January–June
- January 5 – Martis Karin Ersdotter, Swedish businesswoman (born 1829)
- January 11 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- January 30 РFran̤ois Claude du Barail, French general and Minister of War (b. 1820)
- February 6 РCl̩mence Royer, French scholar (b. 1830)
- February 15 – Viggo Hørup, Danish politician (b. 1841)
- February 18 – Albert Bierstadt, German-born American painter (b. 1830)
- February 26 – Edward Henry Cooper, British army officer and politician (b. 1827)
- February 27
- Breaker Morant, Australian soldier (executed) (b. 1864)
- Peter Handcock, Australian soldier (executed) (b. 1869)
- March 3 – Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte, 11th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1822)
- March 7 – Pud Galvin, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1856)
- March 11 – Friedrich Engelhorn, German industrialist, founder of BASF (b. 1821)
- March 12 – John Peter Altgeld, American politician, 20th Governor of Illinois (b. 1847)
- March 15 – Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, British colonial administrator of India (b. 1826)
- March 23 – Kálmán Tisza, Hungarian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1830)
- March 26 – Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist (b. 1853)
- March 29 – Sir Andrew Clarke, British army officer and colonial governor (b. 1824)
- April 3 – Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragist judge (b. 1814)
- April 8 – John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British politician (b. 1826)
- April 11 – Wade Hampton III, Confederate soldier and South Carolina politician (b. 1818)
- April 15 – Jules Dalou, French sculptor (b. 1838)
- April 17 – Francis, Duke of Cádiz, former king consort of Spain (b. 1822)
- April 19 – Hans von Pechmann, German chemist (b. 1850)
- April 26 – Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (b. 1833)
- April 28 – Sol Smith Russell, American comedian (b. 1848)
- May – Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge, American philanthropist, author and reformer (b. 1849)
- May 5 – Bret Harte, American writer (b. 1836)
- May 6
- Martha Perry Lowe, American social activist and organizer (b. 1829)
- William T. Sampson, American admiral (b. 1840)
- May 7 – Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest, founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Immaculata (b. 1818)
- May 25 – Henry Foster, Australian politician (b. 1846)
- May 26 – Almon Brown Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
- June 5 – Louis J. Weichmann, American witness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842)
- June 8 – Charles Ingalls, American pioneer and father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. 1836)
- June 10
- Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
- Auguste Schmidt, German educator, activist (b. 1833)
- June 18 – Samuel Butler, British author (b. 1835)
- June 19 – Albert, King of Saxony, member of the House of Wettin (b. 1828)
July–December
- July 4 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian religious leader (b. 1863)
- July 6 – Maria Goretti, Italian Roman Catholic virgin, martyr and saint (b. 1890)
- July 16 – Henry Dunning Macleod, Scottish economist (b. 1821)
- July 17 – Domenico Morea, Italian priest, educator and historian (b. 1833)
- July 18 – SaigÃ
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- July 27 РGustave Trouv̩, French electrical engineer and inventor (b. 1839)
- August 8 – James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
- August 31 – Mathilde Wesendonck, German poet (b. 1828)
- September 5 – Rudolf Virchow, German scientist, politician (b. 1821)
- September 6
- Sir Frederick Abel, British chemist (b. 1827)
- Hammerton Killick, Haitian admiral (b. 1856)
- Winfield Scott Stratton, American mining prospector and philanthropist (b. 1848)
- September 7 â William N. Roach, American politician and member of the United States Senate from 1893 to 1899 (b. 1840)
- September 15 – Horace Gray, American jurist (b. 1828)
- September 18 – Thorborg Rappe, Swedish social reformer (b. 1832)
- September 19 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku poet (b. 1867)
- September 23 – John Wesley Powell, American explorer (b. 1834)
- September 26 – Levi Strauss, German-born American inventor of Levi's Jeans (b. 1829)
- September 28 – John Marks Moore, American politician (b. 1853)
- September 29
- William McGonagall, Scottish doggerel poet (b. 1825)
- ÃÂmile Zola, French author (b. 1840)
- September 30 – James Edward Jouett, American admiral (b. 1826)
- October 6
- John Hall Gladstone, British chemist (b. 1827)
- Liu Kunyi, Chinese general (b. 1830)
- October 25 – Frank Norris, American novelist (b. 1870)
- October 26 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
- November 4 – Hale Johnson, American politician (b. 1847)
- November 17 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh social reformer (b. 1847)
- November 22
- Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (b. 1854)
- Walter Reed, American army physician (b. 1851)
- December 2 – Count Richard Belcredi, former Prime minister of the Austrian Empire (b. 1823)
- December 3
- Prudente de Morais, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
- Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
- December 4 – Charles Dow, American journalist, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
- December 5 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist (b. 1835)
- December 6 – Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (b. 1855)
- December 7 – Thomas Nast, American caricaturist, cartoonist (b. 1840)
- December 11 – Mary Mathews Adams, Irish-born American philanthropist (b. 1840)
- December 14 – Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (b. 1826)
- December 22 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (b. 1840)
- December 23 – Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1821)
Nobel Prizes
References
Further reading and year books
- Colby, Frank Moore ed. he International Yearbook A Compendium Of The Worlds Progress During The Year 1902 (1903) coverage of each state online
- 1902 Annual Cyclopedia (1903) online; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for 1902; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 865pp
- Wall, Edgar G. ed. The British Empire yearbook (1903), 1276pp; covers 1902 online
- Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: vol. 1 1900-1933 (1997) pp 55âÂÂ68; global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare.