On This Day — April 2
4302 noted people were born and 1995 died on April 2 in our archive, including Alan Louis Selman, Alberto Fernández and Anthony Lake.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 2
Alan Louis Selman
1941 – 2021
Alberto Fernández
b. 1959
Anthony Lake
b. 1939
Anthony Pratkanis
b. 1957
Antonio Signorini
1888 – 1963
Augustin de Romanet
b. 1961
Caroline Dean
b. 1957
Dennis Robert Hoagland
1884 – 1949
Edward Egan
1932 – 2015
Endre Sík
1891 – 1978
Frans Andriessen
1929 – 2019
Grga Novak
1888 – 1978
H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen
1838 – 1923
Henry de Jouvenel
1876 – 1935
James Hendler
b. 1957
Janet Dean Fodor
1942 – 2023
Jean Favier
1932 – 2014
John C. Whitehead
1922 – 2015
Nishiyama Suisho
1879 – 1958
Shokichi Iyanaga
1906 – 2006
Valery Radayev
b. 1961
Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.
1875 – 1940
A. James Gregor
1929 – 2019
Adrien Zeller
1940 – 2009
Agata Kornhauser-Duda
b. 1972
Alessio Figalli
b. 1984
Alex Mintz
b. 1953
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
1807 – 1891
Alexandru Balaban
b. 1931
Alexey Tsoi
b. 1977
Allen Thomson
1809 – 1884
Anatole Le Braz
1859 – 1926
Anatolii Goldberg
1930 – 2008
Anil Kumar Tyagi
b. 1951
Antoni Ros-Marbà
b. 1937
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
1798 – 1874
B. J. Penn
b. 1938
Barbara Stöckl
b. 1963
Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
1806 – 1871
Betty Hay
1927 – 2007
Bindeshwar Pathak
1943 – 2023
Bo Callaway
1927 – 2014
Boris Plotnikov
1949 – 2020
Camille Paglia
b. 1947
Carl Kasell
1934 – 2018
Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet
1807 – 1886
Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke
1799 – 1873
Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
1815 – 1859
Chellie Pingree
b. 1955
Claude François de Méneval
1778 – 1850
Dan K. Moore
1906 – 1986
Dany Vandenbossche
1956 – 2013
David M. Halperin
b. 1952
David P. Williamson
b. 1967
Debabrata Chatterjee
1911 – 1960
Deneys Reitz
1882 – 1944
Dino Monduzzi
1922 – 2006
Dominique Searle
b. 1960
Duncan Pescod
b. 1959
Edgar Bonham-Carter
1870 – 1956
Edmond Jouhaud
1905 – 1995
Edward Kasner
1878 – 1955
Eivind Reiten
b. 1953
Elisabeth Niggemann
b. 1954
Feras Kilani
b. 1976
Fikri Alican
1929 – 2015
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
1618 – 1663
Francis Alexander Anglin
1865 – 1933
Francisco García Calderón
1834 – 1905
Franz Lachner
1803 – 1890
François Burgat
b. 1948
Gail Roberta Martin
1944 – 2026
George Milligan
1860 – 1934
Georgie Anne Geyer
1935 – 2019
Giuseppe Scaraffia
b. 1950
Gogi Kavtaradze
1940 – 2020
Gwenaëlle Aubry
b. 1971
György Konrád
1933 – 2019
Hamengkubuwana X
b. 1946
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 – 1875
Hans-Wolfgang Arndt
b. 1945
Haraguchi Kensai
1847 – 1919
Harald Beyer
b. 1964
Harold S. Shapiro
1928 – 2021
Heinrich Rau
1899 – 1961
Henryk Świątkowski
1896 – 1970
Ho Ying-chin
1890 – 1987
Hubert Rohault de Fleury
1779 – 1866
Idar Ulstein
1934 – 2012
Isabel Moreira
b. 1976
Ivan Vsevolozhsky
1835 – 1909
Jakob Schwarz
b. 1985
James Miller
1812 – 1864
Jan Tschichold
1902 – 1974
Jean Sauvagnargues
1915 – 2002
Jeffrey A. Rosen
b. 1958
John G. Breslin
b. 1973
John Lewis Gaddis
b. 1941
John Lyles Glenn, Jr.
1892 – 1938
Jonas H. McGowan
1837 – 1909
Jos van der Lans
b. 1954
Kiyoshi Ejima
b. 1957
Krzysztof Skowroński
b. 1965
Laurent Le Bon
b. 1969
Linnéa Engström
b. 1981
Lise Thibault
b. 1939
Louise Schroeder
1887 – 1957
Ludwika Wujec
1941 – 2024
M. Norton Wise
b. 1940
Marc Bonnehée
1828 – 1886
Marcus Knuth
b. 1976
Mariana Atencio
b. 1984
Mate Maras
b. 1939
Max Greger
1926 – 2015
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce
1943 – 2022
Michael Confino
1926 – 2010
Mike Gifford
b. 1961
Mikhail Poluboyarinov
b. 1966
Moriteru Ueshiba
b. 1951
Murray Brennan
b. 1940
Mykola Zaludyak
1941 – 2010
Natalie Stingelin
b. 1973
Nestor Gréhant
1838 – 1910
Nicholas Murray Butler
1862 – 1947
Nicolay Nicolaev
b. 1970
Nigel Scrutton
b. 1964
Nikolai Mikhailovich Strakhov
1900 – 1978
Nikolai Svanidze
1955 – 2024
Nikolai Yevmenov
b. 1962
Njongonkulu Ndungane
b. 1941
Nunzio Nasi
1850 – 1935
Oscar Loew
1844 – 1941
Otto Haxel
1909 – 1998
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
1901 – 1974
Paul Van Cauwenberge
b. 1949
Pavel Shternberg
1865 – 1920
Penelope Keith
1940 – 2026
Pertti Paasio
1939 – 2020
Peter H. Krammer
b. 1946
Pierre D'Auteuil
1857 – 1933
Pierre-Olivier Lapie
1901 – 1994
Pirkko Mattila
b. 1964
Raimundo Bassols
b. 1926
Raluca Turcan
b. 1976
Richard Taruskin
1945 – 2022
Robert Coryndon
1870 – 1925
Robert M Graham
b. 1948
Robert Wolke
1928 – 2021
Rochelle Owens
b. 1936
Romina Del Plá
b. 1972
Rudolph Cleveringa
1894 – 1980
Rupa Huq
b. 1972
Rusty Crowe
b. 1947
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
b. 1950
Ryō Shuhama
b. 1950
Salome Samadashvili
b. 1976
Sauveur François Morand
1697 – 1773
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
1849 – 1902
Sergio Boixo
b. 1973
Shaul Ladany
b. 1936
Shimon Redlich
b. 1935
Sven Jürgenson
b. 1962
Sylvia Allen
b. 1947
Tadeusz Żuliński
1910 – 1967
Takashi Negishi
b. 1933
Takatsukasa Hiromichi
1855 – 1918
Teddy Sheringham
b. 1966
Themistocles M. Rassias
b. 1951
Tua Forsström
b. 1947
Vahid Ahmadov
b. 1947
Vassil Tzankov
1905 – 1986
Victor Ferdinand Schmidt
1865 – 1932
Vladyslav Monchenko
1932 – 2016
Werner Stötzer
1931 – 2010
William J. Nardini
b. 1969
Winston Wong
b. 1951
Yury Yarov
b. 1942
Zhang Yimou
b. 1950
Éric Besson
b. 1958
A. Bruce Bielaski
1883 – 1964
Adalbert Franz Seligmann
1862 – 1945
Agustín de Iturbide y Green
1863 – 1925
Ajay Devgn
b. 1968
Alberto Vallarino Clément
b. 1951
Aldo Pignanelli
1950 – 2019
Aleksander Semkowicz
1850 – 1923
Aleksandr Silayev
1928 – 2005
Alexander Korshunov
b. 1968
Alfred-Marie Liénard
1869 – 1958
Ali Koç
b. 1967
Alicia Kowaltowski
b. 1974
Alla Venkata Rama Rao
b. 1935
Alois Pravoslav Trojan
1815 – 1893
Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld
1765 – 1841
Andi Story
b. 1959
Andrei Iancu
b. 1968
Andrei Yudin
b. 1962
Andrew Price
1854 – 1909
Andrzej Barański
b. 1941
Anna Stürgkh
b. 1994
… and 4,102 more
Died on April 2
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
1800 – 1884
Abdelhadi Tazi
1921 – 2015
Bernard Lyot
1897 – 1952
Charles Terrot
1790 – 1872
Edward B. Curtis
1933 – 2024
Eugenius Warming
1840 – 1924
George Bellas Greenough
1778 – 1855
Georges Pompidou
1911 – 1974
Georgy Pushkin
1909 – 1963
Hannes Alfvén
1908 – 1995
Hoyt Vandenberg
1899 – 1954
Johann Jacob Dillenius
1684 – 1747
Johann Leonhard Raab
1825 – 1899
John Paul II
1920 – 2005
Julius Adler
1930 – 2024
Khachatur Koshtoyants
1900 – 1961
Mary Kingsmill Jones
1877 – 1968
Masaichi Niimi
1887 – 1993
Mikhail Vladimirsky
1874 – 1951
Morris Halle
1923 – 2018
Notker Wolf
1940 – 2024
Peter Georg Bang
1797 – 1861
Raymond Sabouraud
1864 – 1938
Raúl Padilla López
1954 – 2023
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1791 – 1872
Theodore William Richards
1868 – 1928
Thérèse Gouin Décarie
1923 – 2024
William Stevenson
1900 – 1985
Albert Moore Barrett
1871 – 1936
Amand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval
1821 – 1889
Anatoly Ivanov
1934 – 2012
Arthur Kopit
1937 – 2021
Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg
1936 – 2020
Augustin Pouyer-Quertier
1820 – 1891
Baltasar de la Cueva, Count of Castellar
1627 – 1686
Boyd Alexander
1873 – 1910
Carl Epting Mundy, Jr.
1935 – 2014
Carlo Grano
1887 – 1976
Cheng Shewo
1898 – 1991
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov
1832 – 1889
Dmitry Sipyagin
1853 – 1902
Edward Albert Stone
1844 – 1920
Estelle Bee Dagum
1935 – 2026
Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko
1842 – 1903
François Joseph Naderman
1781 – 1835
George Dewey Clyde
1898 – 1972
George Salmond
1937 – 2019
Gurgen Askaryan
1928 – 1997
Gustaf Åkerhielm
1833 – 1900
Hans Tegner
1853 – 1932
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
1655 – 1701
Hermann Helmer
1849 – 1919
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns
1819 – 1885
Hugo Kaun
1863 – 1932
Ian Wilson
1932 – 2013
Ishimoto Shinroku
1854 – 1912
Itamar Franco
1930 – 2011
Jacqueline Baudrier
1922 – 2009
Jenő Barcsay
1900 – 1988
Jesús Romeo Gorría
1916 – 2001
Joel Thompson Boone
1889 – 1974
John Barth
1930 – 2024
John Clarkson
1764 – 1828
John Landquist
1881 – 1974
John R. Pierce
1910 – 2002
Joseph DeLee
1869 – 1942
Joseph L. Reid
1923 – 2015
Joseph-Charles Lefebvre
1892 – 1973
Kerope Patkanov
1833 – 1889
Kunio Nakagaki
1911 – 1987
Larry Lucchino
1945 – 2024
Louis Besson
1937 – 2026
Louis de Loménie
1815 – 1878
Luis Peña Gantxegi
1926 – 2009
Maryse Condé
1934 – 2024
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
1846 – 1888
Oskar Fischer
1923 – 2020
Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
1514 – 1573
Ottokár Prohászka
1858 – 1927
Petru Poni
1841 – 1925
Philip J. Pauly
1950 – 2008
Rex Mason
1885 – 1975
Robert Hale Merriman
1908 – 1938
Robert Lawson Vaught
1926 – 2002
Salomon Stricker
1834 – 1898
Simon Bainbridge
1952 – 2021
Sophie Lihau-N'Kanza
1940 – 1999
Thomas Brown
1778 – 1820
Urs Widmer
1938 – 2014
Uzō Nishiyama
1911 – 1994
Viktor Matejka
1901 – 1993
Vilmos Apor
1892 – 1945
Vittorio de Miro d'Aieta
1918 – 1987
Vladimir Koptsik
1924 – 2005
Vladimir Krinskiy
1890 – 1971
Wakio Mitsui
1942 – 2021
Wawrzyniec Teisseyre
1860 – 1939
William Frankland
1912 – 2020
William Mitchell Acworth
1850 – 1925
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
1936 – 2018
Zenon Klemensiewicz
1891 – 1969
Édouard Bocher
1811 – 1900
Édouard Estaunié
1862 – 1942
Adam Skwarczyński
1886 – 1934
Adam Studziński
1911 – 2008
Ahmad Khaled Tawfik
1962 – 2018
Ahmed Vefik Pasha
1823 – 1891
Alberico Albricci
1864 – 1936
Albert Pike
1809 – 1891
Albert von Hellens
1879 – 1950
Alberto Ricardo da Silva
1943 – 2015
Aleksander Semkowicz
1850 – 1923
Alena Hromádková
1943 – 2024
Amber Rayne
1984 – 2016
Amos Anderson
1878 – 1961
Andrew Skene
1784 – 1835
Andy Guest
1939 – 2001
Anton Õunapuu
1887 – 1919
Archduke Anton Victor of Austria
1779 – 1835
Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore
1862 – 1934
Aron Shai
1942 – 2026
Artishia Gilbert
1868 – 1904
Avraham Elmalih
1885 – 1967
Belokolos Dmitri
1912 – 1993
Bernardita Catalla
1958 – 2020
Betty Furness
1916 – 1994
Boris Mikhaylovich Zhitkov
1872 – 1943
C. Ellis Moore
1884 – 1941
C. J. Prentiss
1941 – 2024
C. S. Forester
1899 – 1966
Camille Crémer
1840 – 1876
Carl Heinrich Seibt
1735 – 1806
Carl Scheibler
1827 – 1899
Carlos Hevia
1900 – 1964
Casey Jones
1915 – 2002
Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey
1879 – 1963
Christopher Andreas Holmboe
1796 – 1882
Colden L'H Ruggles
1869 – 1933
Colville Wemyss
1891 – 1959
Creed C. Hammond
1874 – 1940
Don Krug
1957 – 2017
Donald W. Reynolds
1906 – 1993
Dong Biwu
1886 – 1975
Doris Fitton
1897 – 1985
Eduard von Grützner
1846 – 1925
Edward Marjoribanks
1900 – 1932
Edwin Forrest Sweet
1847 – 1935
Emil Müller
1920 – 2008
Eugen von Daday
1855 – 1920
Eugenio Bozzello Verole
1928 – 2024
Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
1870 – 1960
Feliks Stamm
1901 – 1976
Felix Latasa Ortin
1733 – 1805
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
1608 – 1657
Francisco Fernández de Béthencourt
1850 – 1916
Francisco Javier López Marcano
1955 – 2026
Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero
1790 – 1871
Frank Hogan
1902 – 1974
Frank R. McNinch
1873 – 1950
Franklin Stahl
1929 – 2025
Frederick W. B. Coleman
1874 – 1947
Frederik Treschow
1786 – 1869
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh der Ältere
1831 – 1910
Fritz Greve
1863 – 1931
George B. Schwabe
1886 – 1952
George H. Denny
1870 – 1955
George Walter McCoy
1876 – 1952
Giulio Maria della Somaglia
1744 – 1830
Guillaume Louis Ternaux
1763 – 1833
Guillaume Marie van Zuylen
1910 – 2004
Gustav von Rauch
1774 – 1841
Hal Tidrick
1915 – 1974
Halil Menteşe
1874 – 1948
Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen
1945 – 2023
Harold Johnson
1921 – 1980
Haziqul Khairi
1931 – 2023
Henri I de Montmorency
1534 – 1614
Henry Howard Whitney
1866 – 1949
Henry Slesar
1927 – 2002
Hermann Rorschach
1884 – 1922
Hermanus Johannes Lovink
1866 – 1938
Hieronymus van Alphen
1746 – 1803
Holmes Beckwith
1884 – 1921
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
1749 – 1791
Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs
1845 – 1922
Ilija Djuričić
1898 – 1965
Imoru Egala
1916 – 1981
Ioannis Argyris
1913 – 2004
Ivan Aničin
1944 – 2016
Jack P. Oliver
1931 – 2020
Jacob M. Howard
1805 – 1871
Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
1727 – 1786
James Alexander
1691 – 1756
James Douglas
1675 – 1742
James Edward Alexander
1803 – 1885
James Gregory
1753 – 1821
James Megellas
1917 – 2020
Jamshid Mashayekhi
1934 – 2019
Jan de Beaufort
1880 – 1946
Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne
1860 – 1936
… and 1,795 more