Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1869  On October - 02 birth of mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader   

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 this day in history.   

1873  On October - 02 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 October - 02 birth of henry Fevrier, composer   

1878  Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist was born on this day in history.   

1879  On October - 02 birth of wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)   

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

1881  On October - 02 birth of fred Barlow, composer   

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

1885  On this day in history 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  Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) was born on October - 02.   

1891  On October - 02 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 this day in history birth of bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello)   

1895  Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian was born on October - 02.   

1896  On this day in history birth of fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]   

1896  Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law) was born on this day in history.   

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

1901  Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot was born on this day in history.   

1901  [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle) was born on October - 02.   

1902  Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on October - 02.   

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

1904  On October - 02 birth of dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF)   

1904  On October - 02 birth of godfrey Baseley, radio executive   

1904  On October - 02 birth of graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man)   

1904  On this day in history birth of shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)   

1904  [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock) was born on this day in history.   

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

1907  Alexander Robertus, organic chemist was born on October - 02.   

1907  On this day in history birth of lord Todd, chemist   

1907  William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail) was born on this day in history.   

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0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on October - 02.   

0939  On this day in history 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  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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