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