According to Chinese Astrology, 1902 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1902 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1902 and 28 January 1903 are considered born in the Chinese year 1902 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1902 is also known as the Year of the Water Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1902 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Tiger?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972) |
| 1902 | Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1969) |
| 1902 | Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (d. 1989) |
| 1902 | Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (d. 1985) |
| 1902 | Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d. 1942) |
| 1903 | Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia (d. 1948) |
| 1902 | Meyer Lansky, American gangster (d. 1983) |
| 1902 | Jessamyn West, American author (d. 1984) |
| 1902 | Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (d. 1998) |
| 1902 | Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (d. 1989) |
| 1902 | Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (d. 1979) |
| 1902 | Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983) |
| 1902 | Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1988) |
| 1902 | Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1902 | Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (d. 1983) |
| 1902 | Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1903 | Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975) |
| 1902 | Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968) |
| 1902 | Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager (d. 1940) |
| 1902 | Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1902 | Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998) |
| 1902 | Aaron Bank, American colonel (d. 2004) |
| 1902 | Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (d. 1973) |
| 1902 | Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (d. 1962) |
| 1902 | Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1902 | William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971) |
| 1902 | Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976) |
| 1902 | Eric Fraser, British illustrator and graphic designer (d. 1983) |
| 1902 | Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1902 | Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (d. 1972) |