Authors born in 1902
- Crawford Greenewalt Chemical Engineer, 1902
- Curt Siodmak Novelist, 1902
- Dagobert D. Runes Author, 1902
- Daniel Mainwaring Novelist, 1902
- Darryl F. Zanuck Film Producer, 1902
- David Lasser Writer, 1902
- David O. Selznick Film Producer, 1902
- Diego Giacometti Sculptor, 1902
- Donald Wolfit Actor, 1902
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard Anthropologist, 1902
- Edward Condon Physicist, 1902
- Edward Durell Stone Architect, 1902
- Edward Gargan Actor, 1902
- Eli Siegel Poet, 1902
- Elsa Lanchester Actress, 1902
- Eric Liddell Athlete, 1902
- Erik Erikson Psychologist, 1902
- Erwin Stengel Neurologist, 1902
- Eugene Wigner Physicist, 1902
- Evelyn Eaton Novelist, 1902
- Fernand Braudel Economic Historian, 1902
- Frank Waters Writer, 1902
- G. Tyler Miller Scientist, 1902
- Gene Sarazen Golfer, 1902
- Georg Kieninger Chess Player, 1902
- George Gaylord Simpson Paleoanthropologist, 1902
- George Murphy Dancer, 1902
- George Richard Marek Music Executive, 1902
- Georgette Heyer Novelist, 1902
- Gertrud Scholtz-Klink Politician, 1902
- Halldor Laxness Writer, 1902
- Hans Bellmer Artist, 1902
- Harry Golden Writer, 1902
- Hartley William Shawcross Barrister, 1902
- Isaac Bashevis Singer Writer, 1902
- J. A. Ratcliffe Physician, 1902
- Jessamyn West Author, 1902
- Joe E. Lewis Comedian, 1902
- John Steinbeck Author, 1902
- Karl Evang 1902