On This Day — October 2
4253 noted people were born and 1877 died on October 2 in our archive, including Gerard De Geer, Philipp Humm and Aleksandar Vulin.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 2
Gerard De Geer
1858 – 1943
Philipp Humm
b. 1959
Aleksandar Vulin
b. 1972
Alexander Todd
1907 – 1997
Alfred Sommer
b. 1942
Anna Ford
b. 1943
Ardem Patapoutian
b. 1967
Barbara Lison
b. 1956
Berkeley Moynihan
1865 – 1936
Bronisław Dembowski
1927 – 2019
Carl Timoleon von Neff
1805 – 1876
Christian de Duve
1917 – 2013
Edward Burnett Tylor
1832 – 1917
Edward Fredkin
1934 – 2023
Errol Friedberg
1937 – 2023
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann
1826 – 1899
Guy L. Steele Jr.
b. 1954
Hans Thoma
1839 – 1924
Jean Bérenger
1934 – 2024
Jean-Jacques Aillagon
b. 1946
John Gurdon
1933 – 2025
John James Walker
1825 – 1900
Leopold Figl
1902 – 1965
Liam Byrne
b. 1970
Martin Edward Hellman
b. 1945
Mary Sue Coleman
b. 1943
Michael Rapoport
b. 1948
Michio Suzuki
1926 – 1998
Nancy Rothwell
b. 1955
Patrick Geddes
1854 – 1932
Paul Durrieu
1855 – 1925
Peter Bruce
b. 1956
Robert William Boyle
1883 – 1955
Roma Mitchell
1913 – 2000
Ruth Bryan Owen
1885 – 1954
Siegfried Hecker
b. 1943
Vernor Vinge
1944 – 2024
Vincent Poor
b. 1951
Vladimir Sivitsky
b. 1974
William Ramsay
1852 – 1916
Yehuda Blum
1931 – 2025
Yokoyama Taikan
1868 – 1958
Adam Vojtěch
b. 1986
Ajay Kumar
b. 1962
Aleksander Surdej
b. 1961
Alexander C. Karp
b. 1967
Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester
1902 – 1977
Alexander Rukavishnikov
b. 1950
Alfred Chen
1937 – 2026
Ali Mohammed Ghedi
b. 1952
Alice Walton
b. 1949
Anatoly Neratov
1863 – 1938
Andrey Stankevich
b. 1981
Andrey Yeryomenko
1892 – 1970
Ann Burgess
b. 1936
Anna Mitgutsch
b. 1948
Antonio Gala
1930 – 2023
Antonio Villar Ponte
1881 – 1936
Arthur Erdélyi
1908 – 1977
Arthur Sutherland
1867 – 1953
Arthur W. Conway
1875 – 1950
Arturo Rosenblueth
1900 – 1970
Arve Lønnum
1911 – 1988
Baiba Broka
b. 1975
Benjamin
b. 1952
Benjamin Radford
b. 1970
Boris Shaposhnikov
1882 – 1945
Branko Grünbaum
1929 – 2018
Brian Dillon
1925 – 2003
Bruce Blakeman
b. 1955
Bärbel Kösters Lucchitta
b. 1938
Carlo Alberto I of Sardinia
1798 – 1849
Charles Stark Draper
1901 – 1987
Charles-Frédéric Reinhard
1761 – 1837
Clark Thomas Rogerson
1918 – 2001
Cordell Hull
1871 – 1955
Cornelia Templeton Hatcher
1867 – 1953
Curt Wittje
1894 – 1947
Cynthia Margaret Pine
b. 1953
Dave Barrett
1930 – 2018
DeWitt Clinton Ramsey
1888 – 1961
Dermot Boyle
1904 – 1993
Dezső Váli
b. 1942
Dick Barnett
1936 – 2025
Dieter Pfaff
1947 – 2013
Edward Kolb
b. 1951
Erik Stensiö
1891 – 1984
Ernest Bai Koroma
b. 1953
Ernst Sagebiel
1892 – 1970
Ferdinand Foch
1851 – 1929
Fernando Sánchez Dragó
1936 – 2023
Frances Farenthold
1926 – 2021
Frank Gill
b. 1941
Frank Malina
1912 – 1981
Frank Tejeda
1945 – 1997
Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol
1769 – 1859
Fritz Eberhard
1896 – 1982
Gary Streeter
b. 1955
Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven
b. 1973
George Malcolm Thomson
1848 – 1933
Gil Kalai
b. 1955
Graham Greene
1904 – 1991
Gunnar Wennerberg
1817 – 1901
Günter Kochan
1930 – 2009
Hanford MacNider
1889 – 1968
Hassa Horn
1873 – 1968
Heisuke Yanagawa
1879 – 1945
Henri Cihoski
1872 – 1950
Ivan Kyrylenko
b. 1956
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
1822 – 1895
Jan Keunen
b. 1954
Jan Švejnar
b. 1952
Jerome Ch'en
1921 – 2019
Jerome G. Cooper
1936 – 2024
Joan E. Spero
b. 1944
John H. Tilelli, Jr.
b. 1941
John Mighton
b. 1957
John Roberts
b. 1965
John So
b. 1946
Joseph Cachin
1757 – 1825
Julius von Sachs
1832 – 1897
Karl von Terzaghi
1883 – 1963
Kim Dong-gil
1928 – 2022
Kim Rubenstein
b. 1965
Kyoko Nishikawa
b. 1945
Kęstutis Budrys
b. 1980
Laurette Onkelinx
b. 1958
Leonard W. Hall
1900 – 1979
Li Da
1890 – 1966
Lisa Badum
b. 1983
Lorenzo Natali
1922 – 1989
Louis Palander
1842 – 1920
Louis de Bonald
1754 – 1840
Louis-Antoine Ranvier
1835 – 1922
Maria Cândea
1889 – 1974
Maria Ressa
b. 1963
Markéta Pekarová Adamová
b. 1984
Matthew Crooks Cameron
1822 – 1887
Maurice Zermatten
1910 – 2001
Maynard V. Olson
b. 1943
Melissa Harris-Perry
b. 1973
Michael Scionti
b. 1968
Michel Plasson
b. 1933
Mostafa Chamran
1932 – 1981
Motty Perry
b. 1949
Myra Curtis
1886 – 1971
Nigol Andresen
1899 – 1985
Nii Ashie Kotey
b. 1953
Nilo Peçanha
1867 – 1924
Olegario González de Cardedal
b. 1934
Orland K. Armstrong
1893 – 1987
Osman Kavala
b. 1957
Paul Léon
1874 – 1962
Paul von Hindenburg
1847 – 1934
Paulina Matysiak
b. 1984
Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana
1761 – 1811
Peter Florin
1921 – 2014
Peter Kellner
b. 1946
Philippe Malaud
1925 – 2007
Rafel Nadal
b. 1954
Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote
b. 1934
Robert L. Wilkins
b. 1963
Robert Speight
1867 – 1949
Roman Mikhaylov
b. 1978
Ronnie Tay
b. 1963
Rosa Weber
b. 1948
Saleemul Huq
1952 – 2023
Shigenobu Murofushi
b. 1945
Simon Milton
1961 – 2011
Sisir Bhaduri
1889 – 1959
Takeshi Onaga
1950 – 2018
Thomas Nicholas Redington
1815 – 1862
Thor Gjermund Eriksen
b. 1966
Ton Koopman
b. 1944
Trevor Brooking
b. 1948
Vadim Belousov
b. 1960
Vernon Sykes
b. 1951
Viatcheslav Mukhanov
b. 1956
Victor-Amédée Lebesgue
1791 – 1875
Vincenzo Caianiello
1932 – 2002
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
1907 – 2001
Wal Fife
1929 – 2017
Wanda Półtawska
1921 – 2023
Warren Spector
b. 1955
Werner Lorenz
1891 – 1974
William O'Brien
1852 – 1928
Wojciech Pokora
1934 – 2018
Wolfhart Pannenberg
1928 – 2014
Władysław Jabłoński
1872 – 1952
Yakov Popok
1894 – 1938
Youssef Yousfi
b. 1941
Zareh Baronian
1941 – 2017
Zhao Benshan
b. 1957
Zoe McKenzie
b. 1972
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea
1916 – 2006
Édouard Geffray
b. 1978
Ümit Dündar
b. 1955
Şenol Sunat
b. 1956
A. Felix du Pont, Jr.
1905 – 1996
Aaron McKie
b. 1972
… and 4,053 more
Died on October 2
Andrea Razmadze
1889 – 1929
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
1896 – 1982
Christian Otto Mohr
1835 – 1918
Ebbe Hertzberg
1847 – 1912
Ernest Renan
1823 – 1892
François Arago
1786 – 1853
Heinz von Foerster
1911 – 2002
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 – 1946
John Thomas Dunlop
1914 – 2003
Joonas Kokkonen
1921 – 1996
Juho Sunila
1875 – 1936
Laurence Silberman
1935 – 2022
Marie Stopes
1880 – 1958
Natalia Alieva
1931 – 2015
Nikolai Fedorenko
1912 – 2000
Oskar Lange
1904 – 1965
Peter Medawar
1915 – 1987
Smilja Avramov
1918 – 2018
Tosio Katō
1917 – 1999
William Price
1867 – 1924
Alec Issigonis
1906 – 1988
Aleksander Jaakson
1892 – 1942
Aleksey Kivshenko
1851 – 1895
Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
1853 – 1928
Alexandru Averescu
1859 – 1938
Alice Shalvi
1926 – 2023
Amadou Karim Gaye
1913 – 2000
Anastasios Christomanos
1841 – 1906
Andrey Lukanov
1938 – 1996
Ann Wolpert
1943 – 2013
Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore
1880 – 1953
Asbjørn Herteig
1919 – 2006
Benedita Barata da Rocha
1949 – 2021
Benjamin Waterhouse
1754 – 1846
Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev
1859 – 1962
Brian Friel
1929 – 2015
Camille Papin Tissot
1868 – 1917
Claro M. Recto
1890 – 1960
Curley Byrd
1889 – 1970
D. French Slaughter, Jr.
1925 – 1998
Daniel Williams
1935 – 2024
Demetrios I of Constantinople
1914 – 1991
Emiel van Lennep
1915 – 1996
Essington Lewis
1881 – 1961
Feliks Łubieński
1758 – 1848
Francesco Durante
1844 – 1934
Francis Lieber
1798 – 1872
Frank B. Weeks
1854 – 1935
Galiya Izmaylova
1923 – 2010
Georg Apenes
1940 – 2016
George Cœdès
1886 – 1969
Gleb Axelrod
1923 – 2003
Hamengkubuwono IX
1912 – 1988
Hans Liebeschütz
1893 – 1978
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
1938 – 2006
Henry Louis Larsen
1890 – 1962
Henry Pratt Fairchild
1880 – 1956
Henry Ringling North
1909 – 1993
Herbert Dunnico
1875 – 1953
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
1866 – 1947
Ichita Kobashi
1870 – 1939
Ioánnis Paleokrassás
1934 – 2021
J. Philippe Rushton
1943 – 2012
Jamal Khashoggi
1958 – 2018
James Coats Auchincloss
1885 – 1976
James McEvoy
1943 – 2010
John H. Dudley
1907 – 1994
John Kotelawala
1897 – 1980
Julio Óscar Trelles Montes
1904 – 1990
Klaus Huber
1924 – 2017
Ladislaus Löb
1933 – 2021
Louis Hersent
1777 – 1860
Louis-Ovide Brunet
1826 – 1876
Maeda Toshisada
1874 – 1944
Marek Edelman
1922 – 2009
Maria Aurèlia Capmany
1918 – 1991
Matthew Black
1908 – 1994
Max Bruch
1838 – 1920
Miriam Elizabeth Simpson
1894 – 1991
Neville Marriner
1924 – 2016
Olga Lepeshinskaya
1871 – 1963
Olin J. Eggen
1919 – 1998
Paul Halmos
1916 – 2006
Peter J. Brennan
1918 – 1996
Philip Francis Thomas
1810 – 1890
Philippe Renouard
1862 – 1934
Prince Jaime of Bourbon
1870 – 1931
Raymond Raikes
1910 – 1998
Richard Shope
1901 – 1966
Robert Bourassa
1933 – 1996
Rufus Youngblood
1924 – 1996
Samuel Adams
1722 – 1803
Saverio Fava
1832 – 1913
Svante August Arrhenius
1859 – 1927
Umaru Shehu
1930 – 2023
Vasily Shukshin
1929 – 1974
Victor Zalgaller
1920 – 2020
Wilhelm II of Württemberg
1848 – 1921
Wilhelmus Luxemburg
1929 – 2018
Wolfgang Haken
1928 – 2022
Yoshikazu Sakamoto
1927 – 2014
Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov
1893 – 1966
Zdeněk Matějka
1937 – 2006
Ahmed Khadr
1948 – 2003
Ahmed Rafiq
1929 – 2025
Alec Spalding
1923 – 2007
Alex Möller
1903 – 1985
Alexander Monro
1733 – 1817
Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui
1698 – 1774
Alfred C. Chapin
1848 – 1936
Alfred Wagstaff Jr.
1844 – 1921
Alois Pisnik
1911 – 2004
Andrea Naccari
1841 – 1919
Anna Behle
1876 – 1966
Anna C. Hartshorne
1860 – 1957
Aqif Pasha Elbasani
1860 – 1926
Aram Piruzjan
1907 – 1996
Archdale Parkhill
1878 – 1947
Arnold Binder
August von Krempelhuber
1813 – 1882
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
1725 – 1786
Austin Peay
1876 – 1927
Benjamin Fondane
1898 – 1944
Bob Gibson
1935 – 2020
Carl Borivoj Presl
1794 – 1852
Carl John Drake
1885 – 1965
Carl R. Woodward
1890 – 1974
Ceri Peach
1939 – 2018
Cesidio Guazzaroni
1911 – 2004
Charles Avery Dunning
1885 – 1958
Christopher Charles Benninger
1942 – 2024
Claude Harris, Jr.
1940 – 1994
Constantijn Huygens Jr.
1628 – 1697
Cyril Chambers
1897 – 1975
David Tonkin
1929 – 2000
Dimitrie Grecescu
1841 – 1910
Dorothy Hukill
1946 – 2018
Edward H. Deavitt
1871 – 1946
Edward S. Lacey
1835 – 1916
Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
1846 – 1914
Edwin N. Lightfoot
1925 – 2017
Elías Nandino
1900 – 1993
Eric Arturo Delvalle
1937 – 2015
Ervin Roszner
1852 – 1928
Evan Nepean
1751 – 1822
Filipp Starikov
1896 – 1980
Florence E. Wall
1893 – 1988
Francesco Cucchi
1834 – 1913
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
1729 – 1789
Frank Ertel Carlyle
1897 – 1960
Frank Sigel Dietrich
1863 – 1930
François Christophe Edmond de Kellermann
1802 – 1868
François Ducuing
1817 – 1875
Frederick Bancroft Willis
1904 – 1971
Frederick Wing
1860 – 1915
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Wittich
1818 – 1884
Fyodor Ushakov
1745 – 1817
Georg August Goldfuss
1782 – 1848
George Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1606 – 1674
George Grizzard
1928 – 2007
George Hillyer
1835 – 1927
George Mundelein
1872 – 1939
George Van Eman Lawrence
1818 – 1904
George Washington Blanchard
1884 – 1964
Georges René Le Peley de Pléville
1726 – 1805
Gilbert Girdwood
1832 – 1917
Giovanni Arcimboldi
1426 – 1488
Giuseppe Vaccaj
1836 – 1912
Giya Kancheli
1935 – 2019
Gordon Davidson
1933 – 2016
Granville Ryrie
1865 – 1937
Gunther Philipp
1918 – 2003
György Lázár
1924 – 2014
Hans Reissner
1874 – 1967
Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi
1932 – 2019
Helga Stene
1904 – 1983
Helmut Artzinger
1912 – 1996
Herbert Alton Meyer
1886 – 1950
Herbert Schambeck
1934 – 2023
Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley
1945 – 2024
Hermenegildo Sábat
1933 – 2018
Honoré V, Prince of Monaco
1778 – 1841
Hubert Huddleston
1880 – 1950
Héctor Cavallero
1939 – 2020
Igor Kaberov
1917 – 1995
Irina Slavina
1973 – 2020
James Barker
1839 – 1905
Jan Monchablon
1854 – 1904
Janina Hurynowicz
1894 – 1967
Jean Marchat
1902 – 1966
Jefferson P. Kidder
1815 – 1883
Jeremiah Nelson
1769 – 1838
Jerzy Bińczycki
1937 – 1998
Jim Handby
1903 – 1991
Johann Conrad Brunner
1653 – 1727
Johannes Moller
1661 – 1725
John A. McDowell
1853 – 1927
John Dalzell
1845 – 1927
John E. Olson
1917 – 2012
John Evans
1855 – 1943
… and 1,677 more