Famous Birthdays for February 2nd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor (d. 527)^[12]
• 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)^[13]
• 1425 (or 1426) – Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)^[14]
• 1443 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486)
• 1455 – John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)
• 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)
• 1467 – Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501)
• 1494 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
• 1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)
• 1506 – René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
• 1509 – John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)
• 1517 – Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1587)^[15]
• 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
• 1536 – Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (d. 1612)
• 1551 – Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (d. 1600)
• 1576 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)^[16]
• 1585 – Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
• 1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised;^[17] d. 1596)
• 1588 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644)
• 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1611 – Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633)
• 1613 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)
• 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
• 1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (d. 1687)
• 1651 – William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695)
• 1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
• 1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)^[18]
• 1695 – William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
• 1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)^[19]
• 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
• 1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
• 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
• 1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
• 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)^[20]
• 1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835)
• 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
• 1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)
• 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
• 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)
• 1829 – William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)
• 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
• 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)
• 1856 – Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. 1938)
• 1856 – Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (d. 1905)
• 1857 – Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (d. 1918)^[21]
• 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
• 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
• 1862 – Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927)^[22]
• 1862 – Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)^[23]
• 1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
• 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)
• 1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
• 1877 – Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (d. 1942)
• 1878 – Joe Lydon, American boxer (d. 1937)^[24]
• 1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)^[25]
• 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
• 1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)^[26]
• 1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)
• 1883 – Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964)^[27]
• 1886 – William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
• 1890 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)^[28]
• 1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
• 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)^[29]
• 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)
• 1895 – George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1895 – Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
• 1895 – George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (d. 1964)^[30]
• 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1902 – John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)^[31]
• 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)^[32]
• 1911 – Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009)^[33]
• 1912 – Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)^[34]
• 1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)^[35]
• 1917 – Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018)^[36]
• 1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
• 1918 – Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)^[37]
• 1919 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)^[38]
• 1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1920 – George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004)
• 1920 – John Russell, American Olympic equestrian (d. 2020)
• 1920 – Arthur Willis, English footballer player-manager (d. 1987)^[39]
• 1922 – Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player (d. 1978)
• 1922 – Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (d. 2019)
• 1922 – James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2019)
• 1923 – Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)
• 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
• 1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
• 1923 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)^[40]
• 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)^[41]
• 1924 – Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy^[42] (d. 2022)
• 1928 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007)^[43]
• 1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (d. 2013)^[44]
• 1929 – George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015)^[45]
• 1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
• 1931 – Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018)^[46]
• 1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
• 1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
• 1932 – Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor (d. 2018)
• 1933 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Tony Jay, English-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
• 1934 – Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014)^[47]
• 1935 – Pete Brown, American golfer (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic
• 1936 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
• 1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
• 1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor^[48]
• 1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist
• 1937 – Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019)^[49]
• 1938 – Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1939 – Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)^[50]
• 1939 – Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
• 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
• 1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
• 1940 – David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
• 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey (d. 2014)^[51]
• 1942 – Bo Hopkins, American actor^[52] (d. 2022)
• 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
• 1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)^[53]
• 1944 – Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
• 1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
• 1946 – John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
• 1946 – Blake Clark, American comedian and actor^[54]
• 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
• 1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)^[55]
• 1947 – Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)^[56]
• 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author
• 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
• 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
• 1949 – Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter
• 1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler^[57]
• 1950 – Libby Purves, British journalist and author
• 1950 – Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress^[58]
• 1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress^[59]
• 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
• 1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host^[60]
• 1952 – John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
• 1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
• 1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
• 1952 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (d. 2014)^[61]
• 1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter^[62]
• 1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
• 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor^[63]
• 1954 – Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)^[64]
• 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author (d. 2022)
• 1955 – Bob Schreck, American author^[65]
• 1955 – Michael Talbott, American actor^[66]
• 1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
• 1956 – Adnan Oktar, Turkish theorist and author^[67]
• 1957 – Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter^[68]
• 1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright^[69]
• 1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress and academic^[70]
• 1962 – Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player (d. 2021)^[71][72]
• 1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player^[73]
• 1962 – Kate Raison, Australian actress
• 1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor^[74]
• 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1963 – Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
• 1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist^[75]
• 1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor^[76]
• 1963 – Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist^[77]
• 1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
• 1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist^[78]
• 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
• 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian^[79]
• 1966 – Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• 1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
• 1968 – Kenny Albert, American sportscaster^[80]
• 1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 – Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter^[81]
• 1969 – Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer^[82]
• 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress^[83]
• 1971 – Arly Jover, Spanish actress^[84]
• 1971 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 1971 – Rockwilder, American rapper and producer^[85]
• 1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
• 1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1972 – Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer^[86]
• 1972 – Hisashi Tonomura, Japanese musician^[87]
• 1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower^[88]
• 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
• 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
• 1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress
• 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
• 1978 – Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer^[89]
• 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress^[90]
• 1978 – Faye White, English footballer^[91]
• 1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
• 1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter^[92]
• 1979 – Christine Lampard, Irish television host^[93]
• 1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress^[94]
• 1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter^[95]
• 1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler^[96]
• 1980 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress^[97]
• 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter^[98]
• 1981 – Michelle Bass, English model and singer^[99]
• 1981 – Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)^[100]
• 1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1982 – Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host
• 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
• 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
• 1983 – Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[101]
• 1984 – Brian Cage, American wrestler^[102]
• 1984 – Chin-Lung Hu, Taiwanese baseball player^[103]
• 1984 – Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress^[104]
• 1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter^[105]
• 1985 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor^[106]
• 1985 – Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player^[107]
• 1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer^[108]
• 1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
• 1986 – Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player^[109]
• 1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Faydee, Australian singer^[110]
• 1987 – Athena Imperial, Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011^[111]
• 1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
• 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
• 1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer^[112]
• 1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor and producer^[113]
• 1988 – JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-born American actress, martial artist, model, singer, taekwondo athlete and writer^[114]
• 1988 – Zosia Mamet, American actress^[115]
• 1989 – Southside, American record producer^[116]
• 1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
• 1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
• 1991 – Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor^[117]
• 1992 – Lammtarra, American race horse (d. 2014)^[118]
• 1992 – Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer^[119]
• 1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer^[120]
• 1993 – Bobby Decordova-Reid, English born Jamaican international footballer^[121]
• 1994 – Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player^[122]
• 1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer^[123]
• 1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
• 1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)
• 1996 – Harry Winks, English international footballer^[124]
• 1998 – Shiho Katō, Japanese idol^[125]
• 2000 – Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player^[126]