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Famous People Born on October 2(162 people)

Notable Figure

Sam Konstas, Australian cricketer

Musician

Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality and singer

Musician

Quadeca, American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

Notable Figure

Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

Chef

Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player

Athlete

Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player

Athlete

Alisson Becker, Brazilian footballer

Athlete

Shane Larkin, American-Turkish basketball player

Notable Figure

Nicol Ruprecht, Austrian rhythmic gymnast

Athlete

Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer

Actor

Samantha Barks, Manx actress and singer

Notable Figure

Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player

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Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player

Athlete

Aaron Hicks, American baseball player

Notable Figure

George Nash, English rower

Musician

Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Athlete

Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player

Notable Figure

Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player

Notable Figure

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver

Actor

Camilla Belle, American actress

Athlete

Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer

Athlete

Marion Bartoli, French tennis player

Athlete

Tyson Chandler, American basketball player

Notable Figure

Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player

Athlete

Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer

Actor

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer, songwriter, actress

Notable Figure

Didier Défago, Swiss skier

Notable Figure

Mark Chilton, English cricketer

Architect

Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect

Musician

Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

Notable Figure

Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers

Writer

Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator

Musician

Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician

Actor

Efren Ramirez, American actor

Athlete

Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player

Athlete

Aaron McKie, American basketball player

Musician

Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter

Musician

Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter

Writer

Chris Savino, American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House

Athlete

Eddie Guardado, American baseball player

Notable Figure

Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano

Actor

Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host

Actor

Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress

Musician

Badly Drawn Boy, English musician

Athlete

Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster (died 2017)

Actor

Joey Slotnick, American actor

Notable Figure

Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player

Musician

Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter

Athlete

Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter

Business

Alex Karp, American businessman

Athlete

Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player

Musician

Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Athlete

Yokozuna, American wrestler (died 2000)

Athlete

Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player

Notable Figure

Tom Moody, Australian cricketer

Notable Figure

Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Turkish-Austrian pianists

Notable Figure

Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player

Notable Figure

Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer

Writer

Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist

Notable Figure

Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player

Notable Figure

Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player

Musician

Django Bates, English musician and composer

Writer

Joe Sacco, Maltese-American journalist and cartoonist

Athlete

Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach

Musician

Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter

Athlete

John Cook, American golfer

Notable Figure

Wade Dooley, English rugby player

Musician

Freddie Jackson, American soul singer

Musician

Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Actor

Lorraine Bracco, American actress

Musician

Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer

Athlete

Tom Boswell, American basketball player

Actor

Janusz Olejniczak, Polish classical pianist and actor (died 2024)

Actor

Robin Riker, American actress

Actor

Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor

Musician

Mike Rutherford, English guitarist

Musician

Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Artist

Annie Leibovitz, American photographer

Athlete

Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager

Actor

Avery Brooks, American actor

Fashion

Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY

Political Leader

Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia

Actor

Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, (died 1998)

Writer

Ward Churchill, American author and activist

Politician

Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician

Notable Figure

Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic

Musician

Don McLean, American singer-songwriter

Writer

Vernor Vinge, American author (died 2024)

Writer

Anna Ford, English journalist

Actor

Henri Szeps, Australian actor (died 2025)

Filmmaker

Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2012)

Writer

Diana Hendry, English poet and author

Notable Figure

Ron Meagher, American rock bass player

Notable Figure

Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)

Musician

Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Actor

Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1983)

Notable Figure

Rex Reed, American film critic

Legal

Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (died 2005)

Athlete

Dick Barnett, American basketball player (died 2025)

Athlete

Connie Dierking, American basketball player (died 2013)

Writer

Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (died 2019)

Athlete

Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (died 2005)

Legal

Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge

Athlete

Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)

Scientist

John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

Musician

Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (died 2015)

Athlete

Maury Wills, American baseball player and manager (died 2022)

Politician

Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (died 2018)

Business

Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)

Actor

Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)

Actor

George McFarland, American actor (died 1993)

Philosopher/Religious

Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (died 2014)

Writer

Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)

Notable Figure

Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2013)

Musician

Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (died 1978)

Scientist

Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (died 2006)

Notable Figure

Robert Runcie, English archbishop (died 2000)

Musician

John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (died 2004)

Notable Figure

Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Actor

Charles Drake, American actor (died 1994)

Writer

Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma (died 2015)

Scientist

Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (died 1952)

Musician

Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (died 1998)

Artist

Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)

Notable Figure

Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (died 1956)

Political Leader

Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)

Notable Figure

Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

Politician

Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (died 1971)

Notable Figure

Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (died 1981)

Writer

Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1991)

Political Leader

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (died 1966)

Political Leader

Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria (died 1965)

Politician

Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (died 1970)

Notable Figure

Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (died 1990)

Musician

Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (died 1962)

Actor

Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (died 1977)

Scientist

Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian geologist and engineer (died 1963)

Notable Figure

Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (died 1945)

Writer

Wallace Stevens, American poet (died 1955)

Notable Figure

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist (died 1935)

Politician

Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (died 1924)

Notable Figure

Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (died 1963)

Politician

Cordell Hull, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)

Writer

Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (died 1959)

Philosopher/Religious

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)

Philosopher/Religious

Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1939)

Scientist

Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (died 1932)

Scientist

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)

Notable Figure

Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (died 1929)

Political Leader

Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)

Notable Figure

Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died 1917)

Political Leader

Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1896)

Military

Alexander P. Stewart, American general (died 1908)

Politician

James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 1901)

Notable Figure

Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (died 1831)

Political Leader

Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) (died 1849)

Politician

William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (died 1854)

Writer

Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (died 1800)

Philosopher/Religious

Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1584)

Politician

William Drury, English politician (died 1579)

Political Leader

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (died 1498)

Notable Figure

Richard III of England (died 1485)

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About Famous Birthdays on October 2

October 2 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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