Celebrities Born on October 2
Who was born on October 2?
Famous people born on October 2 include Mahatma Gandhi, Paul von Hindenburg, Groucho Marx. It is day 275 of the year, and everyone born on this date is a Libra (Air sign).
Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom Fighter
Father of the Nation, leader of Indian independence movement through nonviolent civil disobedience
Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
Sting
British musician (born 1951)
William Ramsay
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
George Santayana
Personality
Ferdinand Foch
French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Politician
Second Prime Minister of India, "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", led India in 1965 war with Pakistan
Maria Ressa
Filipino journalist
Roberto Firmino
Brazilian association football player
Christian de Duve
Belgian biochemist, cytologist (1917–2013)
Cordell Hull
American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944
Calendar Facts
Day of the year
#275
of 365 (non-leap)
Days until next
63
days from today
Birthday Number 2 — The Peacemaker
The birthday number is the numerology reduction of the day (day 2 → 2). It adds a personal note to the Life Path number.
Diplomacy · Cooperation · Sensitivity · Partnership — To give without losing self. The integrated 2 offers genuine partnership and empathy from a place of inner security rath…
Full numerology 2 guide →Season
Autumn (Northern Hemisphere) — harvest season, a time of reflection.
Chinese Zodiac
Your Chinese zodiac animal depends on your birth year, not just the day. Find your Chinese zodiac →
October Birthstone — Opal
Opal is the stone that contains all the other stones. Pliny the Elder understood this in 77 CE and said so directly: opal combines the red of ruby, the green of emerald, the blue of sapphire, the purple of amethyst — "dazzling and glittering in a remarkable way." For a stone that lacks any crystal s…
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