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November 2 birthdays

294 notable historical figures were born on November 2, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on November 2 is a Scorpio.

18% of November 2 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (63) than any other country.

Born on November 2

• Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965. Indian actor (born 1965))
• Marie Antoinette (1755 to 1793. Queen of France from 1774 to 1792)
• Warren G. Harding (1865 to 1923. President of the United States from 1921 to 1923)
• James K. Polk (1795 to 1849. President of the United States from 1845 to 1849)
• Edward V (1470 to 1483. King of England in 1483)
• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767 to 1820. British prince (1767–1820))
• Daniel Boone (1734 to 1820. American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820))
• Mahmud of Ghazni (971 to 1030. Ghaznavid sultan from 998 to 1030 (971–1030))
• Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938. Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014)
• Keith Emerson (1944 to 2016. English keyboardist, songwriter, and composer (1944–2016))
• Mehmed V (1844 to 1918. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918)
• Lucy Hawking (born 1969. English journalist and novelist (born 1970))
• George Boole (1815 to 1864. English mathematician and philosopher (1815–1864))
• Aga Khan III (1877 to 1957. 48th imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community)
• Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (681 to 720. Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720)
• Sidney Luft (1915 to 2005. American producer and businessman)
• Maryna Viazovska (born 1984. Ukrainian mathematician (born 1984))
• Georges Sorel (1847 to 1922. French philosopher and sociologist (1847-1922))
• Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902 to 1944. Landgravine of Hesse (1902–1944))
• Richard Serra (1938 to 2024. American sculptor (1938–2024))
• Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766 to 1858. Austrian field marshal (1766–1858))
• Constance I (1154 to 1198. Holy Roman Empress (1191–1197) and Queen of Sicily (r. 1194–1198))
• Anne of York (daughter of Edward IV) (1475 to 1511. English princess (1475–1511))
• Mineko Iwasaki (born 1949. Japanese businesswoman and former well-known geisha)
• Emperor Huizong of Song (1082 to 1135. Emperor of China from 1100 to 1126)
• Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709 to 1759. Princess of Orange from 1734 to 1751)
• Borut Pahor (born 1963. 4th President of Slovenia)
• Burt Lancaster (1913 to 1994. American actor (1913–1994))
• Alice Brady (1892 to 1939. American actress (1892–1939))
• Jean Siméon Chardin (1699 to 1779. French painter (1699–1779))
• Peter Aufschnaiter (1899 to 1973. Austrian mountaineer (1900–1973))
• Harlow Shapley (1885 to 1972. American scientist and political activist (1885–1972))
• Henri Namphy (1932 to 2018. Haitian military officer and politician (1932–2018))
• Taiye Selasi (born 1979. American writer and photographer (born 1979))
• Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jr. (born 1973. Crown Prince of Central Africa)
• Lol Crawley (born 1974. British cinematographer)
• Adrienne de La Fayette (1759 to 1807. French noblewoman, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette (1759-1807))
• Ali Mahmoud Abbas (born 1964. Syrian officer and politician)
• Junaid Khan (Pakistani actor) (born 1981. Pakistani actor and singer (born 1981))
• Alfonso IV (1299 to 1336. King of Aragon from 1327 to 1336)
• James Jarrard (born 1966. U.S. Army general)
• Laura Albert (born 1965. American author)
• Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886 to 1957. Romanian politician (1886–1957))
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 to 1799. Austrian composer (1739–1799))
• Norman Powell (1934 to 2021. American television executive (1934–2021))
• Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936 to 2022. American theologian (1936–2022))
• Rafiq Tarar (1929 to 2022. President of Pakistan from 1998 to 2001)
• James Louis Sobieski (1667 to 1737. Prince of Oława)
• Richard E. Taylor (1929 to 2018. Canadian physicist (1929–2018))
• Raimon Panikkar (1918 to 2010. Spanish-Indian Catholic priest and theologian (1918–2010))
• David Schwimmer (born 1966. American actor (born 1966))
• Abba Ahimeir (1897 to 1962. Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader (1897–1962))
• Henry of Almain (1235 to 1271. 13th-century English nobleman)
• Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428 to 1483. Duchess of Lorraine in 1473)
• Fox Conner (1874 to 1951. United States Army general (1874–1951))
• Charles Hugo (1826 to 1871. French journalist, photographer (1826–1871))
• Park Young-seok (1963 to 2011. South Korean mountaineer (1963–2011))
• Melvin Schwartz (1932 to 2006. American physicist)
• Alphonso Davies (born 2000. Canadian soccer player (born 2000))
• Leo Perutz (1882 to 1957. Austrian novelist and mathematician)

Died on November 2

• George Bernard Shaw (1856 to 1950. Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950))
• Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 to 1975. Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975))
• Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918 to 2004. President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004)
• Ngo Dinh Diem (1901 to 1963. President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963)
• Matilda of Flanders (1031 to 1083. Queen of England from 1066 to 1083)
• Dina Wadia (1919 to 2017. Daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1919–2017))
• Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889 to 1944. American chemist and engineer (1889–1944))
• Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783 to 1810. British princess (1783–1810))
• Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772) (1772 to 1802. French Army officer (1772–1802))
• Peter Debye (1884 to 1966. Dutch-American physical chemist (1884–1966))
• Duan Qirui (1865 to 1936. Chinese warlord and politician (1865–1936))
• James II (1267 to 1327. Ruler of Aragon, Valencia, Barcelona and Sicily (1267-1327))
• Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673 to 1729. Russian statesman and general (1673–1729))
• Han Suyin (1917 to 2012. Chinese-Belgian-British physician and author (1916–2012))
• Thomas Pinckney (1750 to 1828. American statesman, diplomat and general (1750–1828))
• Maximilian III Archduke of Austria (1558 to 1618. Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
• H. V. Evatt (1894 to 1965. Australian politician (1894–1965))
• Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400 to 1475. 15th-century Italian mercenary and military officer of the Republic of Venice)
• Engelbert Kaempfer (1651 to 1716. German botanist (1651–1716))
• Habibullah Kalakani (1890 to 1929. Self-proclaimed ruler of Afghanistan in 1929 (1891–1929))
• Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945) (1880 to 1945. Danish princess)
• Pino Rauti (1926 to 2012. Italian politician (1926–2012))
• Tirimüjgan Kadın (1819 to 1853. Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I)
• Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896 to 1960. Greek and American conductor (1896–1960))
• Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941 to 2008. President of Sudan from 1986 to 1989)
• Pakubuwono XIII (1948 to 2025. Susuhunan of Surakarta from 2004 to 2025)
• Ben Lear (1879 to 1966. United States Army General)
• Albert von Kölliker (1817 to 1905. Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist (1817–1905))
• Igor Moiseyev (1906 to 2007. Soviet dancer (1906–2007))
• Christabel Bielenberg (1909 to 2003. British writer (1909–2003))

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