Famous Birthdays for June 2nd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1305 – Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (d. 1335)
• 1423 – Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)^[12]
• 1489 – Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1537)^[13]
• 1535 – Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)^[14]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1602 – Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)
• 1621 – Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)^[15]
• 1621 – (baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649)^[16]
• 1638 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (d. 1709)
• 1644 – William Salmon, English medical writer (d. 1713)
• 1731 – Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (d. 1802)^[17]
• 1739 – Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1815)
• 1740 – Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
• 1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
• 1773 – John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1833)
• 1774 – William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
• 1813 – Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1896)
• 1823 – Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)
• 1835 – Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
• 1838 – Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)
• 1840 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (d. 1928)
• 1840 – Émile Munier, French artist (d. 1895)
• 1857 – Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (d. 1934)
• 1857 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
• 1863 – Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
• 1865 – George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
• 1865 – Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (d. 1960)^[18]
• 1866 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)^[19]
• 1875 – Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (d. 1973)
• 1878 – Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
• 1881 – Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)
• 1891 – Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
• 1899 – Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Dorothy West, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
• 1907 – John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002)^[20]
• 1913 – Barbara Pym, English author (d. 1980)^[21]
• 1913 – Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)
• 1915 – Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
• 1920 – Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Tex Schramm, American businessman (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
• 1921 – Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983)
• 1921 – Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
• 1921 – András Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1924 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 1926 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
• 1927 – W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Colin Brittan, English footballer (d. 2013)^[22]
• 1928 – Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Ron Reynolds, English footballer (d. 1999)^[23]
• 1929 – Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic (d. 2021)
• 1929 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (d. 1971)^[24]
• 1934 – Johnny Carter, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2003)
• 1935 – Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
• 1937 – Sally Kellerman, American actress (d. 2022)^[25]
• 1937 – Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
• 1937 – Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
• 1938 – Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
• 1938 – George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1939 – Charles Miller, American musician (d. 1980)
• 1939 – John Schlee, American golfer (d. 2000)
• 1940 – Constantine II of Greece^[26]
• 1941 – Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman
• 1941 – Stacy Keach, American actor
• 1941 – Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1941 – Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2021)^[27]
• 1942 – Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland
• 1943 – Charles Haid, American actor and director
• 1943 – Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
• 1944 – Robert Elliott, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 1945 – Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician
• 1946 – Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (d. 2020)^[28]
• 1948 – Jerry Mathers, American actor
• 1949 – Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist (d. 2020)
• 1949 – Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
• 1950 – Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
• 1950 – Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2021)
• 1951 – Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (d. 2017)^[29]
• 1951 – Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1951 – Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 – Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
• 1952 – Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League
• 1953 – Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
• 1953 – Craig Stadler, American golfer
• 1953 – Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
• 1954 – Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
• 1955 – Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
• 1955 – Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
• 1955 – Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 – Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
• 1957 – Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
• 1959 – Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
• 1959 – Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1959 – Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
• 1960 – Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
• 1960 – Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1960 – Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1961 – Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
• 1963 – Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)
• 1964 – Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
• 1965 – Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist
• 1965 – Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
• 1966 – Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder^[30][31]
• 1966 – Candace Gingrich, American activist^[32]
• 1966 – Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1966 – Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
• 1967 – Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
• 1967 – Mike Stanton, American baseball player
• 1967 – Nadhim Zahawi, British politician^[33]
• 1968 – Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Andy Cohen, American television host
• 1968 – Lester Green, American comedian, and actor^[34][35][36]
• 1969 – Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
• 1969 – Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
• 1969 – David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author
• 1970 – B Real, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
• 1972 – Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
• 1972 – Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
• 1972 – Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
• 1973 – Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1973 – Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1974 – Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
• 1974 – Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
• 1975 – Salvatore Scibona, American author
• 1976 – Earl Boykins, American basketball player
• 1976 – Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1976 – Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1976 – Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1977 – Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – A.J. Styles, American wrestler
• 1977 – Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
• 1978 – Dominic Cooper, English actor
• 1978 – Nikki Cox, American actress
• 1978 – Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space^[37]
• 1978 – Justin Long, American actor^[38]
• 1979 – Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
• 1979 – Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1980 – Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer
• 1980 – Bobby Simmons, American basketball player^[39]
• 1980 – Richard Skuse, English rugby player
• 1980 – Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
• 1980 – Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter
• 1981 – Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
• 1981 – Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
• 1982 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Toni Livers, Swiss skier
• 1984 – Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1984 – Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1985 – Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer^[40]
• 1987 – Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
• 1987 – Yoann Huget, French rugby player^[41]
• 1987 – Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer^[42]
• 1987 – Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
• 1988 – Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist^[43]
• 1989 – Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
• 1992 – Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer^[44]
• 1993 – Adam Taggart, Australian footballer^[45]
• 1996 – Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter^[46]
• 1999 – Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player^[47]
• 2002 – Madison Hu, American actress^[48][49]