March 2 - Births

Births

• 1316 – Robert II of Scotland, Scottish king (d. 1390)
• 1409 – John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
• 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
• 1578 – George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
• 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
• 1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1770 – Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
• 1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
• 1793 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1800 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
• 1810 – Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
• 1816 – Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
• 1817 – János Arany, Hungarian journalist (d. 1882)
• 1820 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
• 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, American jurist (d. 1913)
• 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
• 1843 – Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
• 1849 – Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (d. 1930)
• 1859 – Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
• 1862 – Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
• 1876 – Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Minor Hall, American jazz musician (d. 1959)
• 1900 – Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
• 1902 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 1904 – Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
• 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1912 – Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Godfried Bomans, Flemish author and television personality (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1913 – Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 1917 – David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
• 1917 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1918 – Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
• 1919 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
• 1923 – Robert H. Michel, American politician
• 1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist
• 1928 – Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 – John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Nobel laureate and statesman
• 1931 – Tom Wolfe, American author
• 1934 – Dottie Rambo, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
• 1937 – Denny Crum, College basketball coach
• 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
• 1938 – Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 1940 – Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Jon Finch, English actor
• 1941 – David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
• 1942 – Kwang Jo Choi, Korean Choi Kwang-Do champion
• 1942 – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Last Prime Minister of Iran
• 1942 – Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1942 – John Irving, American author
• 1942 – Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
• 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 – Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Peter Straub, American author
• 1944 – Uschi Glas, German actress
• 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English football manager
• 1948 – Larry Carlton, American guitarist
• 1948 – Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1948 – Jeff Kennett, Australian former politician
• 1949 – Alain Chamfort, French singer
• 1949 – Gates McFadden, American actress
• 1949 – J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player
• 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
• 1950 – Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
• 1952 – Mark Evanier, American writer
• 1952 – Laraine Newman, American actress
• 1953 – Russ Feingold, American politician
• 1954 – Hans-Jürgen Baake, German footballer
• 1954 – Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
• 1955 – Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1955 – Ken Salazar, American politician
• 1955 – Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor
• 1956 – John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
• 1956 – Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
• 1958 – Kevin Curren, South African tennis player
• 1958 – Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
• 1959 – GX Jupitter-Larsen, American artist/writer
• 1960 – Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
• 1960 – Debra Marshall, American professional wrestler and manager
• 1961 – Simone Young, Australian conductor
• 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1962 – Al Del Greco, American football player
• 1962 – Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
• 1962 – Tom Nordlie, Norwegian football coach
• 1962 – Michael Salinger, American poet
• 1962 – Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock) (d. 1987)
• 1962 – Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
• 1963 – Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
• 1964 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1964 – Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
• 1965 – Ron Gant, American baseball player
• 1965 – Lembit Öpik, British politician
• 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1971 – Amber Smith, American actress and model
• 1971 – Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1971 – Elizabeth Lackey, Australian actress
• 1972 – Richard Ruccolo, American actor
• 1973 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
• 1974 – Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
• 1974 – Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
• 1976 – Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
• 1977 – Dominique Canty, American basketball player
• 1977 – Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
• 1977 – Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
• 1977 – Heather McComb, American actress
• 1977 – Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
• 1978 – Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer
• 1979 – Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
• 1979 – Amanda Ireton, American reality TV figure
• 1979 – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
• 1980 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1980 – Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress
• 1980 – Karl Dominik, Polish-born actor
• 1980 – Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
• 1980 – Vincent Walker, American musician (Suburban Legends)
• 1981 – Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
• 1982 – Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1982 – Jade Galbraith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
• 1982 – Corey Webster, American football player
• 1983 – Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 – Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Glen Perkins, American baseball player
• 1984 – Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
• 1985 – Reggie Bush, American football player
• 1985 – Robert Iler, American actor
• 1985 – Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
• 1985 – Suso Santana, Spanish football player
• 1986 – Jon D'Aversa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Keith Jack, British singer and actor
• 1988 – Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
• 1988 – Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
• 1989 – Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Shane Vereen, American college football player
• 1990 – Lee Hongki, Korean singer (F.T. Island)