List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2002 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
Arts and literature[edit]
New books[edit]
English language[edit]
Welsh language[edit]
Welsh-language films[edit]
- Gwyfyn.[11]
- Oedd yr Addewid
Broadcasting[edit]
English-language television[edit]
Welsh-language television[edit]
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year[edit]
2002 Commonwealth Games[edit]
Cycling[edit]
Horse racing[edit]
Rugby union[edit]
Snooker[edit]
- 2 January
- 7 January – Jon Lee, rock musician, 33
- 12 January – Moss Evans, trade union leader, 76[25]
- 3 February – Edward Thomas Chapman, Victoria Cross recipient, 82
- 22 February – David James, cricketer, 80
- 7 March – Geoff Charles, photojournalist, 93[26]
- 2 March – Mary Grant Price, costume designer, 85[27]
- 3 March – Bill Hopkin, rugby player, 87
- 6 March – David Jenkins, Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1969–79, 89
- 7 May – Sir Ewart Jones, organic chemist and academic administrator, 91[28]
- 26 September – Willie Davies, Wales international rugby union and league player, 86
- 6 October – Nick Whitehead, athlete, 69[29]
- November – Ernie Jones, footballer, 81/82
- 3 November – Sir John Habakkuk, economic historian, 87[30]
- 20 November – George Guest, organist and choirmaster of St John's College, Cambridge, 78[31]
- December – Brian Morgan Edwards, businessman, 68
- 10 December – Steve Llewellyn, rugby league player, 78
- 24 December – Jake Thackray, singer-songwriter, 64[32]
- 31 December – Billy Morris, footballer, 84
See also[edit]
References[edit]