Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1869  On this day in history birth of mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader   

1871  On October - 02 birth of cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)   

1871  On October - 02 birth of martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect (d. 1959)   

1873  Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On October - 02 birth of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924)   

1875  On October - 02 birth of henry Fevrier, composer   

1878  Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist was born on October - 02.   

1879  Wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order) was born on this day in history.   

1880  George Alexander Russell, composer was born on October - 02.   

1881  Fred Barlow, composer was born on October - 02.   

1882  Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945) was born on October - 02.   

1885  Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark was born on this day in history.   

1886  Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter was born on October - 02.   

1890  On this day in history birth of groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)   

1891  H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard was born on October - 02.   

1893  Leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy) was born on October - 02.   

1895  Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello) was born on October - 02.   

1895  Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian was born on this day in history.   

1896  On October - 02 birth of fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]   

1896  On October - 02 birth of fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law)   

1896  Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951) was born on October - 02.   

1901  Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot was born on October - 02.   

1901  On October - 02 birth of [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle)   

1902  On this day in history birth of dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

1902  On this day in history birth of leopold Figl, premier of Austria   

1904  Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF) was born on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history birth of godfrey Baseley, radio executive   

1904  On this day in history birth of graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man)   

1904  On October - 02 birth of shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)   

1904  On this day in history birth of [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)   

1906  John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature was born on this day in history.   

1907  On October - 02 birth of alexander Robertus, organic chemist   

1907  Lord Todd, chemist was born on October - 02.   

1907  William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail) was born on October - 02.   

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0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  On October - 02 death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on this day in history.   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.