Famous Birthdays for March 2nd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 480 – Benedict of Nursia, Italian Christian saint (d. 543 or 547)
• 1316 – Robert II of Scotland (d. 1390)
• 1409 – Jean II, Duke of Alençon (d. 1476)
• 1432 – Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (d. 1457)
• 1453 – Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (d. 1512)^[15]
• 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)^[16]
• 1481 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (d. 1523)
• 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (d. 1613)
• 1577 – George Sandys, English traveller, colonist and poet (d. 1644)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1628 – Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1684)
• 1651 – Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (d. 1730)
• 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1793)
• 1740 – Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
• 1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1769 – DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York (d. 1828)
• 1770 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (d. 1826)
• 1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War (d. 1851)
• 1793 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1800 – Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1844)
• 1810 – Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
• 1816 – Alexander Bullock, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
• 1817 – János Arany, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1882)
• 1820 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
• 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, American lawyer and judge (d. 1913)
• 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1914)
• 1846 – Marie Roze, French soprano (d. 1926)
• 1849 – Robert Means Thompson, American commander, lawyer, and businessman (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (d. 1961)
• 1862 – John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1933)
• 1869 – Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (d. 1914) ^[17]
• 1876 – James A. Gilmore, American businessman and baseball executive (d. 1947)^[18]
• 1876 – Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1886 – Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director (d. 1962)
• 1886 – Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1984)
• 1902 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Edward Condon, American physicist and academic (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1905 – Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1958)
• 1912 – Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1914 – Martin Ritt, American actor and film director (d. 1990)
• 1915 – John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
• 1917 – David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (d. 1967)
• 1917 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
• 1919 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Eddie Lawrence, American actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1919 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian-American ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Basil Hume, English cardinal (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Robert H. Michel, American soldier and politician (d. 2017)
• 1923 – Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Cal Abrams, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist (d. 2017)^[19]
• 1930 – John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1930 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author (d. 2018)
• 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
• 1932 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist and translator (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Gene Stallings, American football player and coach
• 1936 – Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic
• 1936 – John Tusa, Czech-English journalist and academic
• 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian soldier and politician, 5th President of Algeria (d. 2021)
• 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd President of Chile
• 1938 – Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Clark Gesner, American author and composer (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Jan Howard Finder, American author and academic (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer (d. 2019)
• 1941 – John Cornell, Australian actor, director, and producer
• 1941 – David Satcher, American admiral and physician, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1942 – John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1942 – Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1942 – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian architect and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
• 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Derek Woodley, English footballer (d. 2002)
• 1943 – George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Peter Straub, American author and poet (d. 2022)
• 1943 – Robert Williams, American painter and cartoonist
• 1945 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager
• 1948 – Larry Carlton, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1948 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1995)
• 1948 – Jeff Kennett, Australian journalist and politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
• 1948 – Carmen Lawrence, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Western Australia
• 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer (d. 1983)
• 1952 – Mark Evanier, American author and screenwriter
• 1952 – Laraine Newman, American actress and comedian
• 1953 – Russ Feingold, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 – Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 – Dale Bozzio, American pop-rock singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Jay Osmond, American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer
• 1955 – Ken Salazar, American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 – Steve Small, Australian cricketer
• 1956 – John Cowsill, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 – Mark Evans, Australian rock bass player
• 1957 – Hossein Dehghan, Iranian general and politician, Iranian Minister of Defense
• 1957 – Dito Tsintsadze, Georgian film director and screenwriter
• 1957 – Mark Dean, American inventor and computer engineer
• 1958 – Kevin Curren, South African-American tennis player
• 1958 – Ian Woosnam, English-Welsh golfer
• 1959 – Larry Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Simone Young, Australian conductor, director, and composer
• 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1962 – Paul Farrelly, English journalist and politician
• 1962 – Tom Nordlie, Norwegian footballer and coach
• 1962 – Brendan O'Connor, Australian politician, Australian Minister for Employment
• 1962 – Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Gabriele Tarquini, Italian race car driver
• 1963 – Alvin Youngblood Hart, American singer and guitarist
• 1963 – Anthony Albanese, Australian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Australia
• 1964 – Laird Hamilton, American surfer and actor
• 1964 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1965 – Ron Gant, American baseball player and journalist
• 1965 – Lembit Öpik, Northern Irish politician
• 1966 – Ann Leckie, American author
• 1966 – Simon Reevell, English lawyer and politician
• 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor and producer
• 1970 – James Purnell, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1970 – Ciriaco Sforza, Swiss footballer and manager
• 1970 – Wibi Soerjadi, Dutch pianist and composer
• 1971 – Dave Gorman, English comedian, author and television presenter
• 1971 – Method Man, American rapper, record producer and actor
• 1972 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1973 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer and manager
• 1974 – Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer and television host
• 1975 – Daryl Gibson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 – Dominique Canty, American basketball player and coach
• 1977 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Stephen Parry, English swimmer and sportscaster
• 1977 – Andrew Strauss, South African-English cricketer
• 1978 – Gabby Eigenmann, Filipino actor and singer
• 1978 – Lee Hodges, English footballer and manager
• 1978 – Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish international footballer^[20]
• 1979 – Jim Troughton, English cricketer
• 1979 – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
• 1980 – Chris Barker, English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
• 1980 – Rebel Wilson, Australian actress and screenwriter
• 1981 – Lance Cade, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1981 – Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
• 1982 – Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
• 1982 – Corey Webster, American football player
• 1983 – Deuce, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 – Lisandro López, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Glen Perkins, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ryan Shannon, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Reggie Bush, American football player
• 1985 – Suso Santana, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Jonathan D'Aversa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Jonas Jerebko, Swedish basketball player
• 1988 – Édgar Andrade, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – James Arthur, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012
• 1988 – Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
• 1988 – Chris Rainey, American football player
• 1988 – Geert Arend Roorda, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Alemão, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Toby Alderweireld, Belgian international footballer^[21]
• 1989 – André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer
• 1989 – Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier
• 1989 – Shane Vereen, American football player
• 1989 – Chris Woakes, English cricketer
• 1990 – Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer
• 1990 – Malcolm Butler, American football player
• 1990 – Josh McGuire, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
• 1991 – Nick Franklin, American baseball player
• 1992 – Jack Stockwell, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer
• 1997 – Becky G, American singer and actress
• 2010 – Hailey Dawson, American with a 3D-printed robotic hand
• 2016 – Prince Oscar, duke of Skåne and prince of Sweden