March 2
March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 304 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 672 - Chad of Mercia, Anglo-Saxon abbot
- 855 – Lothair I, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
- 1127 – Charles I, Count of Flanders
- 1316 - Marjorie Bruce, died shortly after giving birth to Robert II of Scotland, (b. 1296)
- 1589 - Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
- 1619 – Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland, England and Ireland (b. 1574)
- 1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
- 1791 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
- 1797 – Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
- 1829 - Karl Gottfried Hagen, German polymath (b. 1749)
- 1835 – Francis, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
- 1840 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
- 1855 – Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (b. 1796)
- 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1895 – Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
1901 – 2000
- 1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino national hero (b. 1812)
- 1921 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
- 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, British writer (b. 1885)
- 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
- 1943 - Gisela Januszewska, Austrian physicist (b. 1867)
- 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
- 1949 – Pietro Ferrero, Italian businessman and confectioner (b. 1898)
- 1953 – James Lightbody, American athlete (b. 1882)
- 1960 - Stanislaw Taczak, Polish general (b. 1874)
- 1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
- 1965 - Mikheil Tsereteli, Georgian historian and diplomat (b. 1878)
- 1967 – Jose Martinez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
- 1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician and opposition activist (b. 1929) (unsolved murder)
- 1982 – Philip K. Dick, American writer (b. 1928)
- 1987 - Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
- 1987 - Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama (b. 1935)
- 1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
- 1994 - Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925)
- 1994 - Anita Morris, American actress and singer (b. 1943)
- 1999 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
- 2000 - Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
From 2001
- 2003 - Hank Ballard, American singer (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911)
- 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
- 2009 – Joao Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
- 2009 – Ernst Benda, German politician (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940)
- 2011 - Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani politician (b. 1968)
- 2011 – Thor Vilhjalmsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Hans Schnitger, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1915)
- 2014 - Ryhor Baradulin, Belarussian painter (b. 1935)
- 2014 - Molly Bobak, Canadian writer, painter and printmaker (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Peter Bares, German composer (b. 1936)
- 2015 - Francisco González Ledesma, Spanish novelist, comics writer, and journalist (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Dave Mackay, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
- 2015 - Dean Hess, American minister and air force colonel (b. 1917)
- 2016 - Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, German royal and art historian (b. 1932)
- 2016 - Aubrey McClendon, American energy and basketball executive (b. 1959)
- 2016 - Janusz Bolonek, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat (b. 1938)
- 2016 - Marion Patrick Jones, Trinidadian writer (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Paul Webley, English educator (b. 1953)
- 2017 - Tommy Gemmell, Scottish footballer (b. 1943)
- 2017 - Simon Hobday, South African golfer (b. 1940)
- 2017 - Howard Schmidt, American cybersecurity advisor (b. 1950)
- 2017 - Andrés Ocaña, Spanish politician (b. 1954)
- 2018 - Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher (b. 1910)
- 2018 - Ota Filip, Czech novelist and journalist (b. 1930)
- 2018 - Brandon Jenkins, American singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
- 2018 - Carlo Ripa di Meana, Italian politician (b. 1929)
- 2019 - Arnulf Baring, German political scientist and historian (b. 1932)
- 2019 - Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Fred Hill, American baseball coach (b. 1934)
- 2019 - Med Hondo, Mauritanian-French film director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1936)
- 2019 - Francisco Macri, Italian-Argentine businessman (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Keith Harvey Miller, American politician, 3rd Governor of Alaska (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Ogden R. Reid, American politician and diplomat (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Werner Schneyder, Austrian director and actor (b. 1937)
- 2019 - Rafael Torija de la Fuente, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1927)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 - Grete Hermann, German mathematician (d. 1984)
- 1902 – Edward Condon, American physicist (d. 1974)
- 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American writer (d. 1991)
- 1905 - Marc Blitzstein, American composer (d. 1964)
- 1905 - Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, 31st President of Panama (d. 1981)
- 1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
- 1908 - Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (d. 1990)
- 1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
- 1912 – Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
- 1912 - William Thayer Tutt, American ice hockey executive (d. 1989)
- 1913 - Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Martin Ritt, American movie director (d. 1990)
- 1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, musician and bandleader (d. 1986)
- 1918 - Michael Rye, American voice actor (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Cornelius Edward Gallagher, American politician (d. 2018)
- 1921 - Kazimierz Gorski, Polish footballer (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Ernst Haas, Austrian photojournalist (d. 1986)
- 1922 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Masao Ono, Japanese footballer (d. 2001)
- 1923 - Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Orrin Keepnews, American songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
- 1923 - Dave Strack, American basketball coach (d. 2014)
- 1923 - Robert H. Michel, American soldier and politician (d. 2017)
- 1924 - Cal Abrams, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist and philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1926 – George Patrick Leonard Walker, British volcanologist (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (d. 2014)
- 1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
- 1930 - Pat Arrowsmith, British author and peace campaigner
- 1930 - Tom Wolfe, American writer (d. 2018)
- 1930 – Sergei Kovalev, Russian dissident and politician
- 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1931 - Jean Périmony, French actor and theatre director (d. 2017)
- 1932 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish television journalist (d. 2011)
- 1934 - Howard Cassady, American football player (d. 2019)
- 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, former President of Algeria (d. 2021)
- 1937 - Denny Crum, American basketball coach
- 1938 - Aleksandar Kostov, Bulgarian footballer (d. 2019)
- 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
- 1939 - Irina Bogacheva, Russian mezzo-soprano (d. 2019)
- 1939 - Takako Shimazu, Japanese royal
- 1940 - Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer (d. 2019)
- 1940 - Mamnoon Hussain, 12th President of Pakistan
- 1940 – Lothar de Maizière, German lawyer and politician
- 1941 - John Cornell, Australian actor, director, producer and businessman
- 1941 - David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1942 - Kwang Jo Choi, Korean taekwondo champion
- 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian politician
- 1942 – John Irving, American writer
- 1943 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Tony Meehan, British musician (d. 2005)
- 1943 - B. Subhashan Reddy, Indian judge (d. 2019)
- 1944 – Uschi Glas, German actress
- 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English football manager
- 1947 – Yuri Matiyasevich, Russian mathematician
- 1947 - Glenn O'Brien, American journalist, editor and television presenter (d. 2017)
- 1948 – Larry Carlton, American musician
- 1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
- 1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish musician, songwriter and bandleader (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Alain Chamfort, French singer
- 1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
- 1949 - J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby player
- 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer (d. 1983)
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
- 1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress, comedienne and writer
- 1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
- 1954 - Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 - Jay Osmond, American drummer and singer
- 1955 - Ken Salazar, American politician
- 1955 – Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo)
- 1956 – Mark Evans, Australian musician (AC/DC)
- 1956 - John Cowsill, American musician
- 1956 - Eduardo Rodriguez, former President of Bolivia
- 1957 - Mark Dean, American computer scientist
- 1958 – Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
- 1958 - Kevin Curren, South African tennis player
- 1959 - Larry Stewart, American singer
- 1960 - Debra Marshall, American wrestler, manager and actress
- 1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
- 1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
- 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1963 - Anthony Albanese, Australian politician
- 1963 - Henry Bolton, British politician, former leader of UKIP
- 1965 – Lembit Opik, British politician
- 1968 – Daniel Craig, British actor
- 1970 – Alexander Armstrong, British comedian and television presenter
- 1970 - James Purnell, British politician
- 1971 - Dave Gorman, British comedian
- 1971 – Lisa Lackey, Australian actress
- 1971 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
- 1971 - Method Man, American rapper, producer and actor
- 1971 - Norbert Hofer, Austrian politician
- 1972 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine footballer
- 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
- 1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
From 1976
- 1976 - França, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
- 1977 – Andrew Strauss, English cricketer
- 1979 - Sergei Davydov, Belarussian figure skater
- 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer
- 1979 – Francesco Tavano, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Nicky Weaver, English footballer
- 1980 - Rebel Wilson, Australian actress
- 1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress, writer and director
- 1981 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1982 – Kevin Kuranyi, German footballer
- 1982 – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
- 1982 - Pilou Asbaek, Danish actor
- 1982 - Jade Galbraith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Ryan Shannon, American ice hockey player
- 1983 - Lisandro Lopez, Argentine footballer
- 1984 - Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
- 1985 - Suso Santana, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
- 1986 - Babacar Gueye, French-Senegalese footballer
- 1988 – Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
- 1988 - James Arthur, British singer
- 1988 - Dexter Pittman, American basketball player
- 1989 - Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer
- 1989 - Marcel Hirscher, Austrian alpine skier
- 1990 - Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer
- 1990 - Lee Hongki, South Korean singer and actor
- 1993 - Mariya Yaremchuk, Ukrainian singer
- 1997 - Becky G, American rapper
- 1998 - Tua Tagovailoa, American football player
- 2016 - Prince Oscar, Duke of Skane, Swedish royal