Famous Personalities Born In October - 02
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1452 King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on October - 02.
1470 Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on October - 02.
1538 On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
1595 On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver
1616 On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer
1644 On this day in history birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
1646 On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer
1704 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.
1715 On October - 02 birth of peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)
1722 On October - 02 birth of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
1737 Franz Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history birth of samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1756 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of josef Jawurek, composer
1768 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854) was born on October - 02.
1792 On this day in history birth of philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer
1800 On October - 02 birth of nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)
1809 On this day in history birth of anton Emil Titl, composer
1817 Gunnar Wennerberg, composer was born on October - 02.
1819 On this day in history birth of george Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1822 Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) was born on October - 02.
1827 On October - 02 birth of edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1828 Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist
1832 On October - 02 birth of julius von Sachs, botanist/naturalist
1833 On this day in history birth of rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897)
1835 On October - 02 birth of louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian
1839 On October - 02 birth of hans Thoma, painter
1847 Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president was born on this day in history.
1851 On October - 02 birth of ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I
1852 On October - 02 birth of william Ramsay, chemist
1857 On this day in history birth of marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902)
1866 On this day in history birth of charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist