Births on 2 September
1900s
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
1998
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
Choi Ye-bin
1998
South Korean actress (born 1998)
645AR
1997
American rapper (born 1997)
Brandon Ingram
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Austin Abrams
1996
American actor (born 1996)
Willy Adames
1995
Dominican baseball infielder (born 1995)
Aleksander Barkov
1995
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1995)
Deimantas Petravičius
1995
Lithuanian footballer
Tom Anderson (footballer)
1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Zaza Nadiradze
1993
Georgian sprint canoeist (born 1993)
Robert Rooba
1993
Estonian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Xenia Knoll
1992
Swiss tennis player (born 1992)
Nenad Lukić (footballer, born 1992)
1992
Serbian footballer
Alberto Masi
1992
Italian footballer (born 1992)
Emiliano Martínez
1992
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
Ella Toone
1992
English footballer (born 1999)
Christian Bethancourt
1991
Panamanian baseball player (born 1991)
Mareks Mejeris
1991
Latvian basketball player (born 1991)
Gyasi Zardes
1991
American soccer player (born 1991)
Marcus Ericsson
1990
Swedish racing driver (born 1990)
Shayla Worley
1990
American artistic gymnast
Marcus Morris Sr.
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Markieff Morris
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Alexandre Pato
1989
Brazilian footballer (born 1989)
Zedd
1989
German music producer (born 1989)
Keisuke Katō
1988
Japanese actor (born 1988)
Javi Martínez
1988
Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Ibrahim Šehić
1988
Bosnian footballer (born 1988)
Ishant Sharma
1988
Indian cricketer
Ishmeet Singh
1988
Musical artist
Scott Moir
1987
Canadian ice dancer (born 1987)
Spencer Smith (musician)
1987
American musician and songwriter
Gelson Fernandes
1986
Swiss footballer (born 1986)
Kyle Hines
1986
American professional basketball player (born 1986)
Keith Galloway
1985
Australia international rugby league footballer
Allison Miller
1985
American actress (born 1985)
Jack Peñate
1984
English musician (born 1984)
Mark Foster (rugby union)
1983
England international rugby union player
Joey Barton
1982
English association football player and manager (born 1982)
Jason Hammel
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Mark Phillips (footballer)
1982
English footballer (born 1982)
Fariborz Kamkari
1981
Jennifer Hopkins
1981
American tennis player
Chris Tremlett
1981
English cricketer (born 1981)
Dany Sabourin
1980
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Danny Shittu
1980
Nigerian footballer (born 1980)
Hiroki Yoshimoto
1980
Japanese race car driver (born 1980)
Tomer Ben Yosef
1979
Israeli footballer
Jonathan Kite
1979
American actor
Brian Westbrook
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Tiffany Hines
1977
American actress (born 1983)
Frédéric Kanouté
1977
Mali international footballer (born 1977)
Sam Rivers (bassist)
1977
American bassist (1977–2025)
Syleena Johnson
1976
American singer-songwriter (born 1976)
Aziz Zakari
1976
Ghanaian sprinter (born 1976)
Jill Janus
1975
American heavy metal singer (1975–2018)
MC Chris
1975
American rapper and actor
Tony Thompson (singer)
1975
American singer-songwriter (1975–2007)
Sami Salo
1974
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1974)
Jason Blake (ice hockey)
1973
American ice hockey player (born 1973)
Indika de Saram
1973
Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1973)
Matthew Dunn (swimmer)
1973
Australian swimmer
Nicholas Pinnock
1973
English actor
Sudeepa
1973
Indian actor and director (born 1971)
Robert Coles (golfer)
1972
English professional golfer (born 1972)
Kjetil André Aamodt
1971
Norwegian alpine ski racer and TV host
Pawan Kalyan
1971
11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024
Tommy Maddox
1971
American football player (born 1971)
César Sánchez
1971
Spanish footballer
Tom Steels
1971
Belgian cyclist
Katt Williams
1971
American comedian and actor (born 1971)
Laurence Brihaye
1969
Belgian rhythmic gymnast (born 1969)
K-Ci
1969
American singer
Stéphane Matteau
1969
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)
Cynthia Watros
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Francisco Acevedo
1968
American serial killer (born 1968)
Frank Fontsere
1967
American drummer
Andreas Möller
1967
German footballer (born 1967)
Dino Cazares
1966
American guitarist
Massimo Cuttitta
1966
Italy international rugby union footballer (1966–2021)
Salma Hayek
1966
Mexican and American actress (born 1966)
Olivier Panis
1966
French racing driver (born 1966)
Tuc Watkins
1966
American actor
Lennox Lewis
1965
British and Canadian boxer (born 1965)
Partho Sen-Gupta
1965
Film director and screenwriter
Andrea Illy
1964
Italian businessman (born 1964)
Keanu Reeves
1964
Canadian actor (born 1964)
Sam Mitchell (basketball)
1963
American basketball player and coach (born 1963)
Alonso Lujambio
1962
Mexican politician
Prachya Pinkaew
1962
Thai filmmaker
Tracy Smothers
1962
American professional wrestler (1962–2020)
Keir Starmer
1962
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024
Eugenio Derbez
1961
Mexican actor (born 1961)
Carlos Valderrama
1961
Colombian footballer (born 1961)
Ron Wasserman
1961
American singer-songwriter
Eric Dickerson
1960
American football player (born 1960)
Kristin Halvorsen
1960
Norwegian politician
Rex Hudler
1960
American baseball player and broadcaster (born 1960)
Drungo Hazewood
1959
American baseball player (1959–2013)
Guy Laliberté
1959
Canadian businessman (born 1959)
Lynne Kosky
1958
Australian politician
Tony Alva
1957
American skateboarder and entrepreneur (born 1957)
Steve Porcaro
1957
American keyboardist and composer (born 1957)
Mario Tremblay
1956
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Linda Purl
1955
American actress (born 1955)
Billi Gordon
1954
American actor and neuroscientist (1954–2018)
Gai Waterhouse
1954
Australian horse trainer
Andrej Babiš
1954
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2017–2021; since 2025)
Maurice Colclough
1953
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Ahmad Shah Massoud
1953
Afghan military leader (1953–2001)
John Zorn
1953
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader (born 1953)
Jimmy Connors
1952
American tennis player (born 1952)
Mihhail Lotman
1952
Estonian literary scholar and politician
Jim DeMint
1951
American politician (born 1951)
Mark Harmon
1951
American actor (born 1951)
Mik Kaminski
1951
Musical artist
Rosanna DeSoto
1950
American actress
Michael Rother
1950
German experimental musician (born 1950)
Tony Windsor
1950
Australian politician
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
1949
German-American anarcho-capitalist academic (born 1949)
Moira Stuart
1949
English television newsreader (born 1949)
Nate Archibald
1948
American basketball player (born 1948)
Terry Bradshaw
1948
American football player and sports analyst (born 1948)
Christa McAuliffe
1948
American teacher and astronaut (1948–1986)
Louis Michel
1947
Belgian politician (born 1947)
Jim Richards (racing driver)
1947
New Zealand racing driver (born 1947)
Luis Ávalos
1946
Cuban character actor (1946–2014)
Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie
1946
British politician, life peer
Marty Grebb
1946
American musician (1945–2020)
Billy Preston
1946
American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter (1946–2006)
Walt Simonson
1946
American comic book writer and artist (born 1946)
Dan White
1946
American politician and assassin (1946–1985)
Janet Simpson
1944
English sprinter
Rosalind Ashford
1943
American singer (born 1943)
Glen Sather
1943
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
Joe Simon (singer)
1943
American soul and R&B musician (1936–2021)
Jyrki Otila
1941
Finnish quiz show judge and Member of the European Parliament
Sadhana Shivdasani
1941
Indian actress (1941–2015)
John Thompson (basketball)
1941
American college basketball coach (1941–2020)
Leonard Appleyard
1938
British diplomat (1938–2020)
Jimmy Clanton
1938
American singer (born 1938)
Ernie Sigley
1938
Australian television personality (1938–2021)
Len Carlson
1937
Canadian voice actor (1937–2006)
Peter Ueberroth
1937
American sports executive (born 1937)
Andrew Grove
1936
American businessman, engineer and author
Károly Krajczár
1936
Hungarian Slovene teacher and writer (1936–2018)
D. Wayne Lukas
1935
American horse trainer (1935–2025)
Hilla Becher
1934
German conceptual photographer
Sam Gooden
1934
American soul singer (1934–2022)
Chuck McCann
1934
American actor (1934–2018)
Grady Nutt
1934
American actor
Ed Conlin
1933
American basketball player and coach
Mathieu Kérékou
1933
Beninese politician, former president (1933–2015)
Walter Davis Jr.
1932
American jazz pianist (1932–1990)
Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)
1932
American businessman
Clifford Jordan
1931
American jazz saxophonist (1931–1993)
Alan Simpson (American politician)
1931
American politician (1931–2025)
Hal Ashby
1929
American film director and editor (1929–1988)
Beulah Bewley
1929
British physician and public health activist (1929–2018)
Rex Hartwig
1929
Australian tennis player (1929–2022)
Victor Spinetti
1929
Welsh actor (1929–2012)
Jim Jordan (Canadian politician)
1928
Canadian politician (1928–2012)
Horace Silver
1928
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
Mel Stuart
1928
American film director and producer (1928–2012)
Milo Hamilton
1927
American sportscaster (1927–2015)
Francis Matthews (actor)
1927
English actor (1927–2014)
Alice Raftary
1927
American educator
Hugo Montenegro
1925
American orchestra leader and film composer (1925–1981)
Daniel arap Moi
1924
President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002
René Thom
1923
French mathematician (1923–2002)
Ramón Valdés
1923
Mexican actor (1924–1988)
Arthur Ashkin
1922
American physicist (1922–2020)
Leigh Kamman
1922
Marge Champion
1919
American dancer and actress (1919–2020)
Lance Macklin
1919
British racing driver (1919–2002)
Allen Drury
1918
American writer
Laurindo Almeida
1917
Brazilian guitarist and composer (1917–1995)
Cleveland Amory
1917
American author, reporter, commentator and animal rights activist (1917–1998)
Lütfi Ömer Akad
1916
Turkish film director
Benjamin Aaron
1915
American lawyer
Israel Gelfand
1913
Soviet mathematician (1913–2009)
Bill Shankly
1913
Scottish footballer and manager (1913–1981)
Ernest Bromley (cricketer)
1912
Australian cricketer
Romare Bearden
1911
American artist, author, and songwriter (1911–1988)
William F. Harrah
1911
American businessman
Lill Tschudi
1911
Swiss linocut artist (1911-2004)
Paul Saagpakk
1910
Estonian linguist
Donald Watson
1910
English animal rights advocate (1910–2005)
Ruth Bancroft
1908
American gardener
Pertev Naili Boratav
1907
Turkish folklorist and researcher of folk literature
August Jakobson
1904
Estonian writer and politician
Andreas Embirikos
1901
Greek surrealist poet and psychoanalyst
Adolph Rupp
1901
American college basketball coach (1901–1977)
1800s
Fazlollah Zahedi
1897
Iranian politician (1892–1963)
Joseph Roth
1894
Austrian novelist and journalist (1894–1939)
Dezső Kertész
1892
Hungarian actor, director
Frank Laubach
1884
Christian missionary (1884–1970)
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
1883
Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz
Herman Aav
1878
Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Finland (1878-1961)
Werner von Blomberg
1878
German military commander (1878–1946)
Frederick Soddy
1877
English radiochemist (1877–1956)
Lily Poulett-Harris
1873
Australian sportswoman and educationalist
Charles Vintcent
1866
South African cricket player (1866–1943)
Simeón Ola
1865
Filipino general
John Bowser
1856
Australian politician
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853
German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932)
Paul Bourget
1852
French novelist and literary critic
Eugene Field
1850
American writer (1850–1895)
Albert Spalding
1850
Baseball player
Woldemar Voigt
1850
German mathematician and physicist (1850–1919)
Henry George
1839
American political economist (1839–1897)
Bhaktivinoda Thakur
1838
Indian spiritual leader (1838–1914)
Liliʻuokalani
1838
Queen of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893
William P. Frye
1830
American politician from Maine (1830–1911)
Lucretia Peabody Hale
1820
American author and novelist
Ernst Curtius
1814
German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896)
Lysander Button
1810
William Seymour Tyler
1810
American historian (1810–1897)
Esteban Echeverría
1805
Argentine poet and writer
Before 1800
Louis Bonaparte
1778
King of Holland from 1806 to 1810
Marie Joséphine of Savoy
1753
Countess of Provence
William Somervile
1675
English poet (1675–1742)
Georg Böhm
1661
German composer and organist
Vincenzo Scamozzi
1548
Italian architect (1548–1616)
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto (1531–1595)
1531
Italian bishop and writer (1531–1595)
François I, Duke of Nevers
1516
French Prince étranger and military commander
Francis of Fabriano
1251
Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and writer
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
1243
English nobleman (1243–1295)