On this day · Aquarius

February 2 birthdays

352 notable historical figures were born on February 2, and 216 died on this day. Everyone born on February 2 is a Aquarius.

19% of February 2 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on February 2

• James Joyce (1882 to 1941. Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941))
• Shakira (born 1977. Colombian singer (born 1977))
• Ayn Rand (1905 to 1982. Russian-American writer and philosopher (1905–1982))
• Gerard Piqué (born 1987. Spanish footballer (born 1987))
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 to 1598. Military ruler of Japan from 1585 to 1598)
• Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882 to 1944. Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944))
• Park Geun-hye (born 1952. President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017)
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754 to 1839. French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (1754–1838))
• Isaias Afwerki (born 1946. President of Eritrea since 1993)
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926 to 2020. President of France from 1974 to 1981)
• Abdullah I of Jordan (1882 to 1951. Ruler of Jordan from 1921 to 1951)
• Shamita Shetty (born 1979. Indian actress (born 1979))
• Pope Benedict XIII (1649 to 1730. Head of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730)
• Nell Gwyn (1650 to 1687. English royal mistress and actress (1650–1687))
• Havelock Ellis (1859 to 1939. British physician, eugenicist, writer, and social reformer (1859–1939))
• Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887 to 1975. German American businessman (1887–1975))
• James I of Aragon (1208 to 1276. King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276)
• Albert Sidney Johnston (1803 to 1862. Confederate States Army officer (1803–1862))
• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889 to 1952. French general (1889–1952))
• Than Shwe (born 1933. Military ruler of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011)
• Abba Eban (1915 to 2002. Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002))
• Bona Sforza (1494 to 1557. Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548)
• Barbara Sukowa (born 1950. German actress and singer)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 to 1962. Austrian and American violinist and composer (1875–1962))
• Musa Cälil (1906 to 1944. Soviet-Tatar poet and fighter (1906–1944))
• Thomas M. Disch (1940 to 2008. American sci-fi writer and poet (1940–2008))
• Dries van Agt (1931 to 2024. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982)
• Szapolyai (1487 to 1540. King of Hungary from 1526 to 1540)
• Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893 to 1923. Mongolian revolutionary (1893–1923))
• Sorghaghtani Beki (1190 to 1252. Leading stateswoman in the Mongol Empire)
• John of Leiden (1509 to 1536. Dutch Anabaptist leader (1509–1536))
• Antonio Segni (1891 to 1972. President of Italy from 1962 to 1964)
• Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo (born 1969. Zambian-born economist (born February 1969))
• Philippe Chatrier (1928 to 2000. French tennis player)
• Farrah Fawcett (1947 to 2009. American actress (1947–2009))
• Đỗ Mười (1917 to 2018. Vietnamese politician)
• Eleanor (1426 to 1479. Queen of Navarre in 1479)
• Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (born 1943. Princess of Savoy)
• Frank Lloyd (1886 to 1960. British film director (1886–1960))
• JuJu Chan (born 1989. Hong Kong-American actress)
• Mario Roatta (1887 to 1968. Italian general (1887–1968))
• Carlos Lacoste (1929 to 2004. 45th President of Argentina)
• Ralph Merkle (born 1952. American cryptographer (born 1952))
• Hans, King of Denmark (1455 to 1513. Scandinavian king under the Kalmar Union (1455–1513))
• Anthony Haden-Guest (born 1937. British writer and artist (born 1937))
• Andrej Kiska (born 1963. President of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019)
• Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783 to 1853. Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
• Liz Smith (journalist) (1923 to 2017. American writer (1923–2017))
• Peter Fitzhugh Brown (born 1955. American computer scientist)
• Ciriaco De Mita (1928 to 2022. Italian politician (1928–2022))
• Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717 to 1790. Austrian general (1717–1790))
• Evgeny Velikhov (1935 to 2024. Russian physicist (1935–2024))
• Cornelius Lanczos (1893 to 1974. Hungarian-American mathematician (1893–1974))
• Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 1946. Malian politician, President from 1992 to 2002)
• Helen Rose (1904 to 1985. American costume designer (1904–1985))
• Zweli Mkhize (born 1956. South African doctor and politician (born 1956))
• Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 to 1996. Dutch mathematician (1903–1996))
• Hans Kramers (1894 to 1952. Dutch physicist (1894–1952))
• Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807 to 1874. French politician, revolutionary (1807–1874))
• Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal (1943 to 2001. Princess of Nepal)

Died on February 2

• Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967 to 2014. American actor (1967–2014))
• Bertrand Russell (1872 to 1970. Mathematician and philosopher)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 to 1594. Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525 – 1594))
• Owen Tudor (1400 to 1461. Welsh courtier and soldier (c.1400–1461))
• Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884 to 1945. German politician (1884–1945))
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876 to 1972. American playwright, poet and novelist (1876–1972))
• Julia Morgan (1872 to 1957. American architect and engineer (1872–1957))
• Marija Gimbutas (1921 to 1994. Lithuanian archaeologist (1921–1994))
• Gene Kelly (1912 to 1996. American actor, dancer, singer, and producer (1912–1996))
• Sid Vicious (1957 to 1979. English bassist (1957–1979))
• Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608 to 1660. French prince (1608–1660))
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 to 1449. Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449))
• Letizia Buonaparte (1750 to 1836. Mother of Napoleon I)
• Imre Lakatos (1922 to 1974. Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922–1974))
• Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661 to 1704. French mathematician (1661–1704))
• Clement XIII (1693 to 1769. Head of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769)
• Daniil Kharms (1905 to 1942. Russian writer (1905–1942))
• Constantin Carathéodory (1873 to 1950. Greek mathematician (1873–1950))
• Vijay Arora (1944 to 2007. Indian actor (1944–2007))
• Joshua Lederberg (1925 to 2008. American molecular biologist (1925–2008))
• Joan, Lady of Wales (1191 to 1237. 13th-century illegitimate daughter of King John)
• Joanna II (1373 to 1435. Queen of Naples from 1414 to 1435)
• Jon Huntsman Sr. (1937 to 2018. American businessman and philanthropist (1937–2018))
• Martin Schongauer (1440 to 1491. German artist (c. 1452–1491))
• Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807 to 1873. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia)
• Bogdan Filov (1883 to 1945. 28th prime minister of Bulgaria)
• Marion Wiesel (1931 to 2025. Austrian-American translator (1931–2025))
• Louis II the Strict (1229 to 1294. Duke of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294))
• Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (1832 to 1897. Duchess of Montpensier (1832–1897))
• G. Sankara Kurup (1901 to 1978. Indian Malayali poet and literary critic (1901–1978))

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