On This Day — February 2
5040 noted people were born and 2317 died on February 2 in our archive, including August Gutzmer, Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo and Hans Kramers.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 2
August Gutzmer
1860 – 1924
Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo
b. 1969
Hans Kramers
1894 – 1952
Kazimierz Kuratowski
1896 – 1980
William Hopkins
1793 – 1866
Alberto Sols García
1917 – 1989
Aleksandr Vainberg
b. 1961
Alexey Panteleev
1959 – 2026
Alfred Brehm
1829 – 1884
Arati Prabhakar
b. 1959
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
1903 – 1996
Bibiana Aído
b. 1977
C. R. Hagen
b. 1937
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Sahib
1927 – 2013
Candida Alvarez
b. 1955
Constantin Isopescu-Grecul
1871 – 1938
Cuno Hoffmeister
1892 – 1968
Diomidis Spinellis
b. 1967
Dolors Bassa
b. 1959
Dries van Agt
1931 – 2024
E. Gordon Gee
b. 1944
Eric Kierans
1914 – 2004
Feodor Pryanishnikov
1793 – 1867
Fiona Wood
b. 1958
France Bučar
1923 – 2015
Franz Kamphaus
1932 – 2024
Gustav Herglotz
1881 – 1953
Henry A. Crumpton
b. 1957
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
1786 – 1856
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
1784 – 1859
Joseph Wedderburn
1882 – 1948
Karen Messing
b. 1943
Khushwant Singh
1915 – 2014
Klára Dobrev
b. 1972
Leon Geršković
1910 – 1992
Lynne Frostick
b. 1949
Mary-Dell Chilton
1939 – 2026
Metin Arditi
b. 1945
Mina McKenzie
1930 – 1997
Ming Fay
1943 – 2025
Oleg Kuvshinnikov
b. 1965
Philippe Claudel
b. 1962
R.A.E. Greenshields
1861 – 1942
Ralph Merkle
b. 1952
Seth Bodnar
b. 1979
Susan Deacon
b. 1964
Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky
1765 – 1831
Traian Săvulescu
1889 – 1963
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
1926 – 2020
Vitalii Kurylo
b. 1957
Wolfgang Wahlster
b. 1953
Abba Eban
1915 – 2002
Aleksander Paulus
1872 – 1953
Alexander Ananchenko
b. 1966
Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape
1813 – 1895
Alexander Lvovich Kazembek
1902 – 1977
Alexandre Chemetoff
b. 1950
Allen C. Guelzo
b. 1953
Alpha Oumar Konaré
b. 1946
Alphonse Sagebien
1807 – 1892
Amrit Kaur
1889 – 1964
Anatol Șalaru
b. 1962
Andrei Lupan
1912 – 1992
Andrej Kiska
b. 1963
Antonio Segni
1891 – 1972
Asqar Şäkirov
b. 1956
Auguste Dozon
1822 – 1890
Ayn Rand
1905 – 1982
Bernardas Brazdžionis
1907 – 2002
Bill Bulger
b. 1934
Bonita Granville
1923 – 1988
Bozorg Alavi
1904 – 1997
Bruce Runnegar
b. 1941
Carl von Liebermeister
1833 – 1901
Charles E. Saunders
1867 – 1937
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1754 – 1839
Christiane Taubira
b. 1952
Ciriaco De Mita
1928 – 2022
Cornelis Verhoeven
1928 – 2001
Curtis Guild
1860 – 1915
Cynthia Macdonald
1928 – 2015
Dale T. Mortensen
1939 – 2014
Dariusz Gawin
b. 1964
David Lisnard
b. 1969
David Serero
b. 1974
Delfí Abella
1925 – 2007
Duncan Bannatyne
b. 1949
Dwight E. Adams
b. 1955
Ehsan Naraghi
1926 – 2012
Eleni Mavrou
b. 1961
Enrique Jaime Ruspoli, 19th Count of Bañares
b. 1935
Ernst van der Beugel
1918 – 2004
Evgeny Velikhov
1935 – 2024
Farrah Fawcett
1947 – 2009
Fernanda Melchionna
b. 1984
Francesco Alciati
1522 – 1580
Fred Hilmer
b. 1945
Friedrich Jeckeln
1895 – 1946
Fritz Stern
1926 – 2016
Fujio Cho
b. 1937
Geesung Choi
b. 1951
George Band
1929 – 2011
George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
1770 – 1836
Gertrude Blanch
1897 – 1996
Gustav Pauli
1866 – 1938
Hans Leussink
1912 – 2008
Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan
1889 – 1963
Heinrich Friedrich Link
1767 – 1851
Henk Beernink
1910 – 1979
Henry Chesbrough
b. 1956
Herman Feshbach
1917 – 2000
Hidenao Nakagawa
b. 1944
Hong Xuezhi
1913 – 2006
Hun Yuan
1944 – 2026
Hussein el-Shafei
1918 – 2005
Isaias Afwerki
b. 1946
Ivan Puliui
1845 – 1918
Jack Bergman
b. 1947
James Dickey
1923 – 1997
James Israel
1848 – 1926
Jascha Heifetz
1901 – 1987
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
1889 – 1952
Jean-Louis Dumas
1938 – 2010
Jiří Horáček
b. 1945
Joanna Bator
b. 1968
John Cornyn
b. 1952
John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell
b. 1945
John Edgar Park
b. 1972
John Josiah Guest
1785 – 1852
John Milton Hancock
1883 – 1956
John Paul Harney
1931 – 2021
John Tonkin
1902 – 1995
Jonathan Nguyen Van-Tam
b. 1964
Jonathon Band
b. 1950
Joseph L. Reid
1923 – 2015
Julian Sochocki
1842 – 1927
Kamran Daneshjoo
b. 1956
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
1878 – 1951
Kayode Kasum
b. 1992
Kirsty Hayes
b. 1977
Konstantin von Neurath
1873 – 1956
Konstantinos Papadakis
1946 – 2009
Kuni Asaakira
1901 – 1959
Laura Poitras
b. 1964
LeRoy H. Anderson
1906 – 1991
Leszek Engelking
1955 – 2022
Ljubomir Frčkoski
b. 1957
Ljubomir Jovanović
1865 – 1928
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray
1840 – 1910
Lucian Boia
b. 1944
Luis Nishizawa
1918 – 2014
Lyle R. Wheeler
1905 – 1990
Maharram Hashimov
1912 – 1969
Marie Stiborová
1950 – 2020
Mark Monmonier
b. 1943
Martina Arroyo
b. 1936
Mary Ellis
1917 – 2018
Mary Lundby
1948 – 2009
Mathurin Crucy
1749 – 1826
Max Hattler
b. 1976
Michael Keating
b. 1950
Mike Kennedy
b. 1969
Mohinder Singh Randhawa
1909 – 1986
Naheed Nenshi
b. 1972
Nakadama Rukia Isanga
b. 1970
Napoléon Alkan
1826 – 1906
Nicolaus Reusner
1545 – 1602
Norman Fowler
b. 1938
Oliver Lepsius
b. 1964
Oqil Oqilov
b. 1944
Oswald Achenbach
1827 – 1905
Otar Iosseliani
1934 – 2023
Otto Kameke
1826 – 1899
P. V. Rajaraman
b. 1944
Paolo De Castro
b. 1958
Park Geun-hye
b. 1952
Patricia García Funegra
b. 1963
Peter Lokeris
b. 1947
Peter Rösel
b. 1945
Petra Sijpesteijn
b. 1971
Phung Quang Thanh
1949 – 2021
Pilar Vélez
b. 1957
Piotr Skarga
1536 – 1612
Ramón Franco Bahamonde
1896 – 1938
Raoul Lamourdedieu
1877 – 1953
Ratko Perić
b. 1944
Richard Dickson Cudahy
1926 – 2015
Robert Hermanson
1846 – 1928
Ross J. S. Hoffman
1902 – 1979
Rudmer Heerema
b. 1978
Samuel Calvin
1840 – 1911
Seiichi Tobata
1899 – 1983
Serafim Urechean
b. 1950
Shmuel Agmon
1922 – 2025
Silvio Meira
b. 1955
Simone Warzel
b. 1973
Sébastien Lapaque
b. 1971
Tamás Katona
1932 – 2013
Teiko Kihira
1928 – 2015
Than Shwe
b. 1933
… and 4,840 more
Died on February 2
Marija Gimbutas
1921 – 1994
Robert Smith
1689 – 1768
Adolf Bastian
1826 – 1905
Bertram Kostant
1928 – 2017
Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970
Bogdan Filov
1883 – 1945
Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ
1812 – 1893
Charles Étienne Louis Camus
1699 – 1768
Gaston de Pawlowski
1874 – 1933
George Hamilton Seymour
1797 – 1880
Gustaf de Laval
1845 – 1913
Hella Wuolijoki
1886 – 1954
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
1854 – 1907
Ioannis Zizioulas
1931 – 2023
Isaac Titsingh
1745 – 1812
Jan Donner
1891 – 1981
Jan Nielubowicz
1915 – 2000
Johannes Popitz
1884 – 1945
John Stephenson
1871 – 1933
Josefina Castellví
1935 – 2026
Joseph Orbeli
1887 – 1961
Joseph Polchinski
1954 – 2018
Mike Moore
1949 – 2020
Oswald Avery
1877 – 1955
Peter Dunn
1929 – 2021
Raymond Cattell
1905 – 1998
Ruben Zaryan
1909 – 1994
Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz
1884 – 1964
Aaron Douglas
1899 – 1979
Ahmad Obeidat
1938 – 2026
Alev Alatlı
1944 – 2024
Alexandre Moret
1868 – 1938
Alistair MacLean
1922 – 1987
Amos Smith
1944 – 2025
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
1850 – 1921
André Menez
1943 – 2008
Anson Rabinbach
1945 – 2025
Antonio Maria Valsalva
1666 – 1723
Arnold Nordmeyer
1901 – 1989
Aryness Joy Wickens
1901 – 1991
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
1884 – 1945
Carmen Córdova
1929 – 2011
Charles Herbert Reilly
1874 – 1948
Charles Méray
1835 – 1911
Dave Barrett
1930 – 2018
David C. Rowe
1949 – 2003
Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.
1892 – 1981
Earl Butz
1909 – 2008
Edward Babiuch
1927 – 2021
Edward Braddon
1829 – 1904
Federico Ochando
1848 – 1929
Florentina Mosora
1940 – 1996
Fred Perry
1909 – 1995
Ganga Singh
1880 – 1943
Gene Kelly
1912 – 1996
Genji Matsuda
1876 – 1936
George (Konissky)
1717 – 1795
George Alexander Drummond
1829 – 1910
George Edgar Vincent
1864 – 1941
Gerd Albrecht
1935 – 2014
Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli
1913 – 1988
Glória Maria
1949 – 2023
Grigory Landsberg
1890 – 1957
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661 – 1704
Gustave Denis
1833 – 1925
Gustave Lanctot
1883 – 1975
Hans Hahne
1875 – 1935
Haroun Tazieff
1914 – 1998
Henry Pollock
1864 – 1953
Hippolyte Bernheim
1840 – 1919
Honor McKellar
1920 – 2024
Hugh Joseph Addonizio
1914 – 1981
Ivan Ribar
1881 – 1968
James Israel
1848 – 1926
Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz
1738 – 1781
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy
1750 – 1806
Joan Puig i Ferreter
1882 – 1956
John Hick
1815 – 1894
Joshua Lederberg
1925 – 2008
José Antonio Alonso
1960 – 2017
José Miguel Barros Franco
1924 – 2020
Julius Arnold Koch
1864 – 1956
Karl Maron
1903 – 1975
Kishichirō Ōkura
1882 – 1963
Konstantinos Carathéodory
1873 – 1950
Lorenzo Olarte Cullén
1932 – 2024
Louise Reed Stowell
1850 – 1931
Luce Eekman
1933 – 2025
Luiz Felipe Lampreia
1941 – 2016
Luís da Gama e Silva
1913 – 1979
Marian Pilot
1936 – 2024
Masao Takemoto
1919 – 2007
Maurice G. Burnside
1902 – 1991
Michael D. Cohen
1945 – 2013
Minao Shibata
1916 – 1996
Naohiro Dōgakinai
1914 – 2004
Otto Bütschli
1848 – 1920
Philippe Tesson
1928 – 2023
Predrag Matvejević
1932 – 2017
Reg Swartz
1911 – 2006
Richard Bienert
1881 – 1949
Sven Ekman
1876 – 1964
Teresa de Lauretis
1938 – 2026
Tikvah Alper
1909 – 1995
Vasily Gorodtsov
1860 – 1945
Vladimir Shukhov
1853 – 1939
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
1848 – 1926
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
1713 – 1802
Xavier Leroux
1863 – 1919
Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov
1896 – 1971
Édouard Réquin
1879 – 1953
Abdullah Abdurahman
1872 – 1940
Abraham Iyambo
1961 – 2013
Ado Birk
1883 – 1942
Agha Petros
1880 – 1932
Alan Bullock
1914 – 2004
Alberto Baillères
1931 – 2022
Aleksandar Tsanov Staliyski
1893 – 1945
Alessandro II Pico della Mirandola
1631 – 1691
Alexander Schneider
1908 – 1993
Alvin Baldus
1926 – 2017
Andrew Bloxam
1801 – 1878
Andriy Kuzmenko
1968 – 2015
André Frossard
1915 – 1995
Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles
1841 – 1909
Antonio Erman González
1935 – 2007
Aurore Grandien
1857 – 1940
Barbara Wilk
1935 – 2023
Benjamin W. Leigh
1781 – 1849
Bernard Ebbers
1941 – 2020
Bertrand Snell
1870 – 1958
Bevil Rudd
1894 – 1948
Boris Karloff
1887 – 1969
Broughton O'Conor
1868 – 1953
Bryan Valentine
1908 – 1983
Bulusu Sambamurti
1886 – 1958
Carel Weeber
1937 – 2025
Carl Jakob Sundevall
1801 – 1875
Carlton B. Hutchins
1904 – 1938
Carol Emshwiller
1921 – 2019
Charles Arthur Tristan Languedoc de Noailles
1771 – 1834
Charles C. Simons
1876 – 1964
Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau
1686 – 1732
Chris Kyle
1974 – 2013
Christopher Wordsworth
1774 – 1846
Clement XIII
1693 – 1769
Cornelius Lott Shear
1865 – 1956
Curt von Ulrich
1876 – 1946
Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye
1655 – 1717
David Katz
1884 – 1953
Dean M. Gillespie
1884 – 1949
Derek Freeman
1924 – 2018
Diego Tajani
1827 – 1921
Don Murray
1929 – 2024
Donald Pleasence
1919 – 1995
Douglas M. Head
1930 – 2011
Dr Michelle King
1961 – 2019
Dudy Noble
1893 – 1963
Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois
1856 – 1946
Ed Foreman
1933 – 2022
Edna Manley
1900 – 1987
Edward Bevan
1861 – 1934
Edward Maitland Wright
1906 – 2005
Edward Rowan Finnegan
1905 – 1971
Ella Tyree
1920 – 1989
Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris
1948 – 2020
Eustace Mullins
1923 – 2010
Ezio Frigerio
1930 – 2022
Ezz El-Din Esmail
1929 – 2007
Fran Hosken
1919 – 2006
Francis Libermann
1802 – 1852
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
1780 – 1855
Franciszek Pištěk
1786 – 1846
Frank Bladin
1898 – 1978
Frank Messervy
1893 – 1974
Fred S. Keller
1899 – 1996
Frederick Augustus Genth
1820 – 1893
Friedrich Adler
1857 – 1938
Félix-Auguste Clément
1826 – 1888
G. Mennen Williams
1911 – 1988
G. N. Watson
1886 – 1965
G. Sankara Kurup
1901 – 1978
Gabor Boritt
1940 – 2026
Gale Schisler
1933 – 2020
Gao Heng
1900 – 1986
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
1608 – 1660
Georg Ludwig Hartig
1764 – 1837
George D. Tillman
1826 – 1902
George Henry Chase
1874 – 1952
George King Hunter
1855 – 1940
George Washington Greene
1811 – 1883
Georgy Berkhman
1854 – 1929
Gerard Westermann
1880 – 1971
Giuseppe Novello
1897 – 1988
Gordon W. Duffy
1924 – 2021
Guillaume Delcourt
1825 – 1898
Guillermo Rawson
1821 – 1890
Gus Arriola
1917 – 2008
Gustaf Otto Douglas
1687 – 1771
Günther Osche
1926 – 2009
… and 2,117 more