On this day · Libra

October 2 birthdays

315 notable historical figures were born on October 2, and 169 died on this day. Everyone born on October 2 is a Libra.

18% of October 2 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (68) than any other country.

Born on October 2

• Sting (born 1951. British musician and songwriter (born 1951))
• Mahatma Gandhi (1869 to 1948. Indian independence activist (1869–1948))
• Richard III of England (1452 to 1485. King of England from 1483 to 1485)
• Paul von Hindenburg (1847 to 1934. President of Germany from 1925 to 1934)
• Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904 to 1966. Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966)
• Kelly Ripa (born 1970. American actress and talk show host (born 1970))
• Annie Leibovitz (born 1949. American photographer (born 1949))
• Ferdinand Foch (1851 to 1929. French general and military theorist (1851–1929))
• Maria Ressa (born 1963. Filipino and American journalist (born 1963))
• Graham Greene (1904 to 1991. British writer and playwright (1904–1991))
• Cordell Hull (1871 to 1955. American politician and diplomat (1871–1955))
• Richard Hell (born 1949. American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer (born 1949))
• Charles Borromeo (1538 to 1584. Catholic prelate and saint (1538–1584))
• John Gurdon (1933 to 2025. English developmental biologist (1933–2025))
• Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798 to 1849. King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849)
• Wallace Stevens (1879 to 1955. American poet (1879–1955))
• Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470 to 1498. Queen of Portugal from 1497 to 1498)
• Siim Kallas (born 1948. Estonian politician (born 1948))
• Groucho Marx (1890 to 1977. American comedian (1890–1977))
• Hershel W. Williams (1923 to 2022. U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1923–2022))
• Jan Morris (1926 to 2020. Welsh historian and travel writer (1926–2020))
• Ardem Patapoutian (born 1967. Molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate 2021)
• Bjarke Ingels (born 1974. Danish architect (b.1974))
• Edward Burnett Tylor (1832 to 1917. English anthropologist (1832–1917))
• William Ramsay (1852 to 1916. Scottish chemist (1852–1916))
• Robert Runcie (1921 to 2000. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991)
• Lady Triệu (225 to 248. 3rd-century Vietnamese warrior)
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907 to 2001. President of Bolivia variously in the 20th century)
• Ernest Bai Koroma (born 1953. President of Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2018)
• Alisson Becker (born 1992. Brazilian footballer (born 1992))
• Roberto Firmino (born 1991. Brazilian footballer (born 1991))
• Louis, Count of Vermandois (1667 to 1683. French count; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1667–1683))
• Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470 to 1524. Duchess regnant of Bari)
• Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666 to 1739. Legitimized daughter of Louis XIV (1666–1739))
• Willy Ley (1906 to 1969. German and American writer (1906–1969))
• Gilbert Simondon (1924 to 1989. 20th century French philosopher)
• Roy Campbell (poet) (1901 to 1957. South African poet (1901–1957))
• Christian de Duve (1917 to 2013. Belgian biochemist and cytologist (1917–2013))
• Allan Ramsay (artist) (1713 to 1784. Scottish painter (1713–1784))
• Nilo Peçanha (1867 to 1924. President of Brazil from 1909 to 1910)
• Prince Muhammad bin Talal (1940 to 2021. Jordanian prince (1940–2021))
• Ulisses Soares (born 1958. Brazilian Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Fabien Cousteau (born 1967. Aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmaker)
• Charles Stark Draper (1901 to 1987. American engineer (1901–1987))
• Tara Moss (born 1973. Canadian-Australian author and TV presenter)
• Rosaleen Norton (1917 to 1979. New Zealand artist (1917–1979))
• Parviz Mirza (1589 to 1626. Mughal prince)
• Augustin Barruel (1741 to 1820. French publicist and Jesuit priest (1741–1820))
• L. B. Moerdani (1932 to 2004. Indonesian military General (1932–2004))
• David D'Or (born 1965. Israeli musical artist)
• Mangrai (1238 to 1311. Founder of the Mangrai Dynasty and the Kingdom of Lan Na (1292–1311))
• Leela Roy (1900 to 1970. Indian independence activist and politician)
• Empress Xiaoshurui (1760 to 1797. Empress of China from 1796 to 1797)
• John Mighton (born 1957. Canadian mathematician, playwright and author)
• Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591 to 1632. Duchess consort of Lorraine)
• Norodom Arunrasmy (born 1955. Cambodian princess, politician and diplomat)
• Princess Maria Luisa Carlota of Parma (1802 to 1857. Hereditary Princess of Saxony)
• Mary Sue Coleman (born 1943. American businesswoman, university president)
• Andreas Gryphius (1616 to 1664. German poet and dramatist)
• Abdulah Sidran (1944 to 2024. Bosnian writer (1944–2024))

Died on October 2

• Tom Petty (1950 to 2017. American rock musician (1950–2017))
• Jamal Khashoggi (1958 to 2018. Saudi journalist and dissident (1958–2018))
• Marcel Duchamp (1887 to 1968. French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968))
• Raja Ravi Varma (1848 to 1906. Indian painter (1848–1906))
• K. Kamaraj (1903 to 1975. Indian politician (1903–1975))
• Charles Lee (general) (1731 to 1782. British-born American army officer (1732–1782))
• Svante Arrhenius (1859 to 1927. Swedish scientist (1859–1927))
• Ernest Renan (1823 to 1892. French philosopher and orientalist (1823–1892))
• Peter Medawar (1915 to 1987. Brazilian-British biologist (1915–1987))
• William Cavendish (1720 to 1764. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1756 to 1757)
• Max Bruch (1838 to 1920. German composer (1838–1920))
• Michael II (770 to 829. Byzantine emperor from 820 to 829)
• Ignacy Mościcki (1867 to 1946. President of Poland from 1926 to 1939)
• King Wilhelm II (1848 to 1921. Last King of Württemberg from 1891 to 1918)
• Wu Sangui (1612 to 1678. Chinese general and rebel (1612–1678))
• François Arago (1786 to 1853. French physicist and astronomer (1786–1853))
• Hamengkubuwono IX (1912 to 1988. Indonesian politician and royal (1912–1988))
• Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913 to 2007. Child of Constantine I of Greece (1913–2007))
• Nurul Amin (1893 to 1974. Pakistani politician (1893–1974))
• Pope Urban IV (1185 to 1264. Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264)
• Brian Friel (1929 to 2015. Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015))
• Athalaric (516 to 534. King of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534)
• Scipione Borghese (1577 to 1633. Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts)
• Alexandru Averescu (1859 to 1938. Romanian marshal and populist politician (1859–1938))
• William Ellery Channing (1780 to 1842. American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842))
• Samuel Adams (1722 to 1803. Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803))
• Heinz von Foerster (1911 to 2002. Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911–2002))
• Giya Kancheli (1935 to 2019. Georgian composer (1935–2019))
• Oskar Lange (1904 to 1965. Polish economist and diplomat (1904–1965))
• Prince Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Madrid (1870 to 1931. Historical claimant to the throne of Spain)

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