In the year 2002, the Euro is officially introduced in the Eurozone countries (Jan 1), the Sierra Leone Civil War comes to a conclusion (Jan 18), Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the Golden Jubilee (Feb 6), Mark Shuttleworth becomes the first African space tourist (Apr 25), Switzerland becomes the 190th member state of the United Nations (Sep 10), and East Timor the 191st (Sep 26), Homeland Security Act is signed into law in the United States (Nov 25) - and all these fine people were born:

2002-0101 2002-0103 Thomas Bordeleau* hockey player - Houston, TX USA - EP 2002-0105 2002-0108 Ruben Rafkin* hockey player - Turku, Finland 2002-0110 Roni Hirvonen* hockey player - Espoo, Finland 2002-0110 Leyanis Pérez* athlete (triple jump) - Cuba 2002-0111 Kasper Simontaival* hockey player - Tampere, Finland 2002-0112 Petteri Nurmi* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 2002-0115 Tim Stützle* hockey player - Viersen, Germany 2002-0117 Samuel Kim Arredondo* singer - Los Angeles, CA USA 2002-0118 Tyson Foerster* hockey player - Alliston, ON Canada 2002-0122 Caitlin Clark* basketball player - Des Moines, IA USA 2002-0123 Alexander Holtz* hockey player - Stockholm, Sweden 2002-0126 Ntando Mahlangu* Paralympic athlete (long jump)/OG - South Africa 2002-0131 Jesús Alejandro Gómez* football player - Hermosillo, Mexico 2002-0201 2002-0204 Alexander Blank* hockey player - Berlin, Germany 2002-0205 Davis Cleveland* actor - Houston, TX USA 2002-0209 Regan Smith* swimmer/OB - Lakeville, MN USA 2002-0210 2002-0213 Sophia Lillis* actress - New York, NY USA 2002-0215 Julia Ahlskog* hockey player - Vaasa, Finland 2002-0215 Kyra Cooney-Cross* football player - Herston, QLD Australia 2002-0220 2002-0221 Marcus Gunnarsen* part of the pop-duo M&M - Elverum, Norway 2002-0221 Martinus Gunnarsen* part of the pop-duo M&M - Elverum, Norway 2002-0222 2002-0223 Emil Andrae* hockey player - Västervik, Sweden 2002-0223 Emilia Jones* actress/ singer/songwriter - Westminster, London, England 2002-0225 Theodor Niederbach* hockey player - Bjästa, Sweden 2002-0301 2002-0303 Li Bingjie* swimmer/OB - China 2002-0303 Keely Hodgkinson* athlete (middle-distance runner) - Atherton, Greater Manchester, England 2002-0315 Kassius Marcil-Greene* son of Brian Austin Greene - Los Angeles, CA USA - IMDb - 2002-0320 2002-0322 **Joshua Samansk**i* hockey player - Erding, Germany 2002-0325 Javi López* football player - La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain 2002-0325 Topi Niemelä* hockey player - Oulu, Finland 2002-0326 2002-0328 Carter Mazur* hockey player - Jackson, MI USA - EP 2002-0328 Lucas Raymond* hockey player - Gothenburg, Sweden 2002-0331 2002-0401 2002-0403 Eemil Viro* hockey player - Vantaa, Finland 2002-0405 Ethan Katzberg* athlete (hammer/WG) - Nanaimo, BC Canada 2002-0410 2002-0416 Sadie Sink* actress (Stranger Things) - Brenham, TX USA 2002-0419 Joni Jurmo* hockey player - Espoo, Finland 2002-0421 Nicole Gosling* hockey player - London, ON Canada 2002-0429 Nelli Laitinen* hockey player - Lohja, Finland 2002-0429 Juuso Mäenpää* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 2002-0501 2002-0504 Åke Stakkestad* hockey player - Kungälv, Sweden EP 2002-0505 2002-0509 Cree Cicchino* actress - USA 2002-0509 Jerome Foster II* climate justice activist/political advisor - Washington D.C. USA 2002-0510 2002-0516 Ali Skovbye* actress - Vancouver, BC Canada - IMDb 2002-0520 Ditaji Kambundji* athlete (hurdles) - Bern, Switzerland 2002-0531 2002-0601 Simon Latkoczy* hockey goalie - Trencin, Slovakia 2002-0602 Athing Mu* athlete (middle-distance runner)/OG - Trenton, NJ USA 2002-0603 Kasper Puutio* hockey player - Vaasa, Finland 2002-0607 Dylan Garand* hockey goalie - Kamloops, BC Canada 2002-0610 2002-0614 Sofia Nuutinen* hockey player - Vantaa, Finland 2002-0617 Elli Suoranta* hockey player - Tampere, Finland 2002-0620 2002-0624 Jan Myšák* hockey player - Litvínov, Czechia 2002-0625 Landon Slaggert* hockey player - South Bend, IN USA - EP 2002-0625 Sasha Zhoya* Australian-French athlete (hurdles) - Subiaco, WA Australia 2002-0629 Matt Rempe* hockey player - Calgary, AB Canada 2002-0706 Joel Määttä* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland - EP 2002-0708 Aino Laitinen* hockey goalie - Finland 2002-0708 Sanni Rantala* hockey player- Finland 2002-0710 2002-0718 Larissa Iapichino* athlete (long jump)/daughter of Fiona May - Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy 2002-0722 Prince Felix of Denmark* prince - Copenhagen, Denmark 2002-0724 Benjamin Flores Jr.* actor/rapper - Memphis, TN USA 2002-0731 Wyatt Kaiser* hockey player - Andover, MN USA - EP 2002-0801 2002-0802 Ronan Seeley* hockey player - Yellowknife, NT Canada 2002-0802 Elina Tzengko* athlete (javelin/EG) - Nea Kallikrateia, Greece 2002-0805 2002-0808 Ridly Greig* hockey player - Lethbridge, AB Canada 2002-0808 Roby Järventie* hockey player - Tampere, Finland 2002-0813 Leevi Meriläinen* hockey goalie - Oulu, Finland 2002-0820 Laura Loikas* sport climber - Finland 2002-0822 Brock Faber* hockey player - Maple Grove, MN USA 2002-0824 Carola Hakola* actress/social media personality - Tampere, Finland 2002-0829 Sanni Paatso* actress - Finland 2002-0831 2002-0902 Minke Bisschops* athlete (sprinter) - Netherlands 2002-0905 Einár* (b Nils Einar Grönberg) rapper/son of actress Lena Nilsson - Stockholm, Sweden (2021/19) 2002-0906 Karri Aho* hockey player - Tampere, Finland 2002-0906 Asher Angel* actor - Phoenix, AZ USA 2002-0906 Leylah Fernandez* tennis player - Montreal, QC Canada 2002-0908 Gaten Matarazzo* actor - Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ USA 2002-0909 Brett Brochu* hockey goalie - Windsor, ON Canada 2002-0912 Juha Jatkola* hockey goalie - Leppävirta, Finland 2002-0913 Chiara Aurelia* actress - Taos, NM USA 2002-0915 2002-0920 Devin Futrell* baseball player - Pembroke Pines, FL USA 2002-0925 Eetu Liukas* hockey player - Kaarina, Finland 2002-0927 Jenna Ortega* actress - Coachella Valley, CA USA 2002-0928 Mykolas Alekna* athlete (discus/WS)/son of Virgilijus - Lithuania 2002-0930 Maddie Ziegler* dancer/ actress/author - Pittsburgh, PA USA 2002-1001 2002-1010 Maddi Wheeler* hockey player - Erinsville, ON Canada 2002-1016 Jule Brand* football player - Germersheim, Germany 2002-1018 Kent Johnson* hockey player - Port Moody, BC Canada 2002-1020 2002-1023 Alberto Ginés López* sport climber/OG - Cáceres, Spain 2002-1026 Julian Dennison* actor - Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2002-1029 Ruel* (van Dijk) British-Australian singer/to Australia at age 4 - Isleworth, London, England 2002-1106 Mya-Lecia Naylor* actress - Warwickshire, England (2019/16) 2002-1110 2002-1111 Azzi Fudd* basketball player - Arlington County, VA USA 2002-1113 Emma Raducanu* British tennis player - Toronto, ON Canada 2002-1114 Matthew Coronato* hockey player - Huntington, NY USA 2002-1114 Aatu Räty* hockey player - Oulunsalo, Finland 2002-1114 Jesper Wallstedt* hockey goalie - Västerås, Sweden 2002-1120 2002-1121 Sebastian Cossa* hockey goalie - Hamilton, ON Canada 2002-1122 Owen Power* hockey player - Mississauga, ON Canada 2002-1126 Samuel Helenius* Finnish-American hockey player/son of Sami Helenius - Dallas, TX USA 2002-1201 2002-1204 Ahmed Hafnaoui* swimmer/OG - Métlaoui, Gafsa, Tunis 2002-1209 Muzala Samukonga* athlete (runner/400m) - Zambia 2002-1216 Silja Kosonen* athlete (hammer) - Raisio, Finland 2002-1218 Maja Åskag* athlete (triple jump & long jump) - Eskilstuna, Sweden 2002-1221 Clara Tauson* tennis player - Copenhagen, Denmark 2002-1223 Finn Wolfhard* actor/ musician - Vancouver, Canada 2002-1231 2002-0 2002-0 2002-0 Updated 2025-0423 Helsinki Search for another year here