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Famous People Born on October 2(162 people)
Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality and singer
Quadeca, American singer-songwriter and YouTuber
Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player
Shane Larkin, American-Turkish basketball player
Nicol Ruprecht, Austrian rhythmic gymnast
Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player
Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver
Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player
Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer, songwriter, actress
Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician
Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
Aaron McKie, American basketball player
Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter
Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
Chris Savino, American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House
Eddie Guardado, American baseball player
Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano
Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host
Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster (died 2017)
Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Yokozuna, American wrestler (died 2000)
Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player
Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Turkish-Austrian pianists
Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer
Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist
Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
Django Bates, English musician and composer
Joe Sacco, Maltese-American journalist and cartoonist
Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter
Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
Tom Boswell, American basketball player
Janusz Olejniczak, Polish classical pianist and actor (died 2024)
Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor
Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia
Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, (died 1998)
Ward Churchill, American author and activist
Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
Don McLean, American singer-songwriter
Vernor Vinge, American author (died 2024)
Henri Szeps, Australian actor (died 2025)
Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2012)
Ron Meagher, American rock bass player
Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)
Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1983)
Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (died 2005)
Dick Barnett, American basketball player (died 2025)
Connie Dierking, American basketball player (died 2013)
Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (died 2019)
Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (died 2005)
Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge
Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)
John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (died 2015)
Maury Wills, American baseball player and manager (died 2022)
Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (died 2018)
Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)
George McFarland, American actor (died 1993)
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (died 2014)
Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)
Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (died 1978)
Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (died 2006)
Robert Runcie, English archbishop (died 2000)
John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (died 2004)
Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Charles Drake, American actor (died 1994)
Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma (died 2015)
Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (died 1952)
Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (died 1998)
Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)
Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (died 1956)
Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)
Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (died 1971)
Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (died 1981)
Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1991)
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (died 1966)
Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria (died 1965)
Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (died 1970)
Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (died 1990)
Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (died 1962)
Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (died 1977)
Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian geologist and engineer (died 1963)
Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (died 1945)
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist (died 1935)
Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (died 1963)
Cordell Hull, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (died 1959)
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)
Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1939)
Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (died 1932)
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (died 1929)
Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)
Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died 1917)
Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1896)
Alexander P. Stewart, American general (died 1908)
James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 1901)
Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (died 1831)
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) (died 1849)
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (died 1854)
Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (died 1800)
Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1584)
William Drury, English politician (died 1579)
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (died 1498)
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💰 Richest People Born on October 2
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown, including inflation-adjusted figures for those no longer living.
Who Was Born on October 2?
Our records list 162 notable people born on October 2, with confirmed birth years spanning from 1452 (Richard III of England (died 1485)) to 2005 (Sam Konstas, Australian cricketer). At least 162 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for October 2 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Notable Figure — 39 people
- Athlete — 27 people
- Musician — 24 people
- Actor — 19 people
- Writer — 15 people
- Politician — 9 people
October 2 is also the birthday of 13 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Alice Walton. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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