Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1869  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader was born on October - 02.  

1871  Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) was born on October - 02.  

1871  Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect (d. 1959) was born on October - 02.  

1873  On this day in history birth of pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official)  

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

1875  On this day in history birth of henry Fevrier, composer  

1878  On October - 02 birth of francois C Schlumberger, French physicist  

1879  On this day in history birth of wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)  

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

1881  Fred Barlow, composer was born on this day in history.  

1882  Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.  

1885  On October - 02 birth of ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark  

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

1890  On October - 02 birth of groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)  

1891  On this day in history birth of h V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard  

1893  On this day in history birth of leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy)  

1895  On October - 02 birth of bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello)  

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

1896  Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20] was born on October - 02.  

1896  Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law) was born on October - 02.  

1896  Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

1901  On October - 02 birth of christopher Clarkson, test Pilot  

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

1902  Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

1902  On October - 02 birth of leopold Figl, premier of Austria  

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

1904  Godfrey Baseley, radio executive was born on this day in history.  

1904  Graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man) was born on October - 02.  

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

1904  [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock) was born on October - 02.  

1906  On this day in history birth of john Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature  

1907  On this day in history birth of alexander Robertus, organic chemist  

1907  Lord Todd, chemist was born on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history birth of william Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail)  

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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  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies  

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies  

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.  

1559  On this day in history death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)  

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.  

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