2 November Births

November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Births

682 – Umar II, Arabian caliph (d. 720)
971 – Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030)
1154 – Constance, Queen of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1198)
1235 – Henry of Almain, King of the Romans (d. 1271)
1428 – Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1483)
1470 – Edward V of England (d. 1483)
1475 – Anne of York, Fifth daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville (d. 1511)
1549 – Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580)
1553 – Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1633)
1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721)
1649 – Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (d. 1660)
1692 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (d. 1766)
1696 – Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)
1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter and educator (d. 1779)
1709 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
1734 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 1820)
1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1799)
1741 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1784)
1754 – Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1794)
1755 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1766 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
1777 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator (d. 1822)
1795 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
1799 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
1799 – Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer (d. 1885)
1808 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)
1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
1821 – George Bowen, Irish-English diplomat, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1899)
1833 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian physician and academic (d. 1904)
1837 – Émile Bayard, French illustrator and painter (d. 1891)
1844 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
1844 – John J. Loud, American inventor (d. 1916)
1847 – Georges Sorel, French philosopher and author (d. 1922)
1855 – Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic (d. 1947)
1865 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
1877 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933)
1877 – Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
1877 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
1878 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)
1879 – Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist (d. 1965)
1883 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (d. 1947)
1885 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (d. 1972)
1886 – Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)
1890 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)
1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964)
1891 – David Townsend, American art director and set decorator (d. 1935)
1892 – Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939)
1893 – Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (d. 1966)
1894 – Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)
1899 – Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1973)
1903 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1905 – James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
1905 – Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)
1906 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)
1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1908 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
1908 – Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player (d. 1942)
1910 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (d. 1999)
1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, philosopher, and theorist (d. 1995)
1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
1914 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)
1914 – Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001)
1915 – Sidney Luft, American film producer (d. 2005)
1917 – Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)
1918 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (d. 2015)
1919 – Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012)
1920 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1921 – Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)
1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1994)
1922 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1924 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016)
1926 – Myer Skoog, American basketball player
1926 – Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008)
1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator
1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician
1928 – Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (d. 2011)
1928 – Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author
1929 – Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)
1929 – Robert Gover, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
1929 – Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)
1932 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2009)
1933 – Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
1935 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Indian author
1936 – Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999)
1936 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1937 – Earl Carroll, American singer (d. 2012)
1938 – Jay Black, American singer
1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
1938 – David Eden Lane, American white supremacist (d. 2007)
1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain
1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security
1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic
1940 – Jim Bakken, American football player
1940 – Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
1941 – Brian Poole, English pop-rock singer (The Tremeloes)
1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
1941 – Dave Stockton, American golfer
1941 – Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1942 – Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress
1944 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1944 – Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer (d. 2016)
1945 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013)
1945 – Larry Little, American football player
1945 – J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1946 – Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer
1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
1951 – Thomas Mallon, American novelist, essayist, and critic
1951 – Lindy Morrison, Australian rock drummer (The Go-Betweens)
1952 – Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer
1954 – Pat Croce, American businessman and author
1955 – Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer
1955 – Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
1956 – Dale Brown, American author and pilot
1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer and composer
1958 – Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
1959 – Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1960 – Rosalyn Fairbank, South African tennis player
1961 – k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 – Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
1962 – David Brock, American journalist and author
1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French operatic soprano
1962 – Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
1963 – Bobby Dall, American bass player
1963 – Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
1963 – Ron McGovney, American bass player
1963 – Borut Pahor, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia
1963 – Craig Saavedra, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Park Young-seok, South Korean mountaineer and explorer (d. 2011)
1964 – Britta Lejon, Swedish lawyer and politician
1965 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian Film actor, producer, television host
1965 – Nick Boles, English businessman and politician
1965 – Arnold Clavio, Filipino journalist
1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor
1967 – Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Simon Hill, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
1967 – Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin
1968 – Neal Casal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer
1969 – Reginald Arvizu, American rock musician (Korn; StillWell)
1972 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer and coach
1972 – Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Samantha Womack, British actress, singer and director
1973 – Ben Graham, Australian footballer
1973 – Marisol Nichols, American actress
1974 – Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
1974 – Nelly, American rapper
1974 – Prodigy, (Albert Johnson), American rapper (d. 2017)
1974 – Sofia Polgar, Hungarian chess player
1975 – Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver
1975 – Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1976 – Margus Hernits, Estonian figure skater
1976 – Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
1977 – Rodney Buford, American basketball player
1977 – Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
1977 – Emma Reynolds, English politician
1977 – Leon Taylor, English diver and sportscaster
1978 – Carmen Cali, American baseball player
1979 – Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
1980 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
1980 – Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player
1980 – Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
1981 – Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
1981 – Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer
1981 – Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
1981 – Roddy White, American football player
1981 – Monica Iozzi, Brazilian actress
1982 – Yunel Escobar, Cuban-American baseball player
1982 – Charles Itandje, French footballer
1983 – Darren Young, American wrestler
1986 – Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player
1987 – Danny Cipriani, English rugby player
1988 – Julia Görges, German tennis player
1989 – Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
1989 – Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
1989 – Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
1994 – Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
1997 – Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer

Source: wikipedia