Famous Personalities Born In October - 02
Sunday, 22 June 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 October - 02.
1538 Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.
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 Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on October - 02.
1704 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on October - 02.
1715 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30) was born on October - 02.
1722 On October - 02 birth of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
1737 Franz Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.
1752 Samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) was born on October - 02.
1756 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist was born on this day in history.
1756 On October - 02 birth of josef Jawurek, composer
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 October - 02.
1809 Anton Emil Titl, composer was born on October - 02.
1817 On this day in history birth of gunnar Wennerberg, composer
1819 On October - 02 birth of george Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
1821 On October - 02 birth of alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) was born on October - 02.
1827 On this day in history birth of edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1828 On this day in history 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 Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897) was born on October - 02.
1835 On this day in history birth of louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian
1839 On October - 02 birth of hans Thoma, painter
1847 On October - 02 birth of paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president
1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I was born on this day in history.
1852 William Ramsay, chemist was born on this day in history.
1857 On October - 02 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