September 2

September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

490 BC – Pheidippides, Greek hero (b. around 530 BC)
421 – Constantius III, Roman Emperor (b. late 300s)
459 – Simeon Stylites, Byzantine saint (b. 390)
595 – Patriarch John IV of Constantinople
1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary
1274 – Prince Munetaka, 6th Kamakura shogun in Japan (b. 1242)
1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer (b. between 1325 and 1335)
1540 – Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
1680 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
1690 – Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)
1721 – Kwon Sang-ha, politician and Neo Confucian scholar of Korea (b. 1641)
1764 – Revd Nathaniel Bliss, British astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
1813 – Jean-Victor Moreau, French general (b. 1763)
1820 – Jiaqing Emperor, Emperor of China (b. 1760)
1832 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian scientific editor, astronomer (b. 1754)
1834 – Thomas Telford, British civil engineer (b. 1757)
1845 – Bernardino Rivadavia, Argentine statesman (b. 1780)
1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (b. 1805)
1872 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)
1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793)
1884 – Henry B. Anthony, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1815)
1895 – Charles Anderson, 27th Governor of Ohio (b. 1814)
1898 – Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)

1901 – 2000

1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
1921 – Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian–American oil exploration pioneer (b. 1855)
1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, poet (b. 1840)
1927 – Umegatani Totaro II, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1878)
1934 – Alcide Nunez, jazz musician (b. 1884)
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863)
1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1964 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese President (b. 1894)
1964 – Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I (b. 1887)
1969 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese political leader (b. 1890)
1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
1973 – Carl Dudley, American movie director (b. 1910)
1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (b. 1934)
1981 – Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (b. 1901)
1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician (b. 1911)
1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (b. 1902)
1994 – Roy Castle, English actor, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
1997 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian–born British opera singer (b. 1902)
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)
1998 – Allen Drury, American writer (b. 1918)
2000 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2000 – Curt Siodmak, science fiction writer (b. 1907)

From 2001

2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)
2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
2008 – Bill Melendez, Mexican–American animator, director, producer and voice actor (b. 1916)
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2010 – Shmuel Eisenstadt, Israeli sociologist (b. 1923)
2013 – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (b. 1919)
2013 – Ronald Coase, British economist (b. 1910)
2013 – Valérie Benguigui, French actress (b. 1965)
2013 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
2013 – Paul Scoon, 2nd Governor–General of Grenada (b. 1935)
2014 – Steven Sotloff, American journalist (b. 1983)
2014 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
2014 – Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (b. 1921)
2014 – J. LaMoine Jenson, American religious leader (b. 1935)
2014 – Peter Carter, British diplomat (b. 1956)
2014 – Antonis Vardis, Greek composer and singer (b. 1948)
2015 – Charles Gyamfi, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1929)
2015 – Aleksander Mandziara, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940)
2015 – Simo Salminen, Finnish comic actor (b. 1932)
2015 – Brianna Lea Pruett, American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and moviemaker (b. 1983)
2016 – Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
2017 – Viktor Cherepkov, Russian politician (b. 1942)
2017 – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian composer (b. 1921)
2017 – Xiang Shouzhi, Chinese general (b. 1917)
2018 – Conway Savage, Australian rock singer–songwriter and pianist (b. 1960)
2018 – Claire Wineland, American entrepreneur and health activist (b. 1997)
2019 – Ryszard Czerniawski, Polish lawyer and economist (b. 1952)
2019 – Carlo Fonseka, Sri Lankan physician (b. 1933)
2019 – Joan Antoni Solans Huguet, Spanish urban planner (b. 1941)
2019 – Gyoji Matsumoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1934)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 – Adolph Rupp, American College basketball coach (d. 1977)
1904 – Set Svanholm, Swedish tenor (d. 1964)
1912 – Ingeborg Rapoport, German paediatrician (d. 2017)
1913 – Israel Gelfand, Russian mathematician (d. 2009)
1913 – Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (d. 1981)
1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (d. 2010)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, writer (d. 1998)
1918 – Allen Drury, American writer (d. 1998)
1919 – Marge Champion, American actress, dancer and choreographer
1922 – Arthur Ashkin, American physicist
1923 – René Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1924 – Daniel arap Moi, former President of Kenya
1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1925 – Russ Conway, British pianist, composer and singer (d. 2000)
1926 – Stanley Cavell, American philosopher (d. 2018)
1926 – Ibrahim Nasir, President of the Maldives (d. 2008)
1927 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (d. 2015)
1927 – Francis Matthews, English actor (d. 2014)
1928 – Horace Silver, American jazz pianist (d. 2014)
1928 – Mel Stuart, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1929 – Hal Ashby, American movie director (d. 1988)
1929 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor and director (d. 2012)
1930 – Andrey Petrov, Russian composer (d. 2006)
1931 – Clifford Jordan, American jazz musician (d. 1993)
1933 – Mathieu Kérékou, former President of Benin (d. 2015)
1934 – Chuck McCann, American actor and comedian (d. 2018)
1936 – Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer (d. 2016)
1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
1938 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (d. 2013)
1941 – David Bale, South African activist
1942 – Andrew Kohut, American political scientist (d. 2015)
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
1944 – Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002)
1946 – Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1947 – Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician
1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1949 – Moira Stuart, British broadcast journalist
1950 – Michael Rother, German guitarist and keyboardist
1950 – Yuen Wah, Chinese actor, martial artist and stuntman

1951 – 1975

1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor
1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1953 – Keith Allen, British actor
1953 – John Zorn, American musician
1954 – Andrej Babis, Czech businessman and politician, Prime minister of the Czech Republic
1956 – Doria Ragland, mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
1956 – Mario Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 – Steve Porcaro, American musician (Toto)
1958 – Lynne Kosky, Australian politician (d. 2014)
1958 – Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
1959 – Guy Laliberté, Canadian poker player and entrepreneur, founder of the Cirque du Soleil
1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
1961 – Eric Dickerson, American football player
1961 – Claude Puel, French footballer and manager
1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1962 – Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1962 – Keir Starmer, English lawyer and politician
1963 – Prachya Pinkaew, Thai movie director, producer and screenwriter
1963 – Stanislav Cherchesov, Russian footballer and manager
1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
1965 – Lennox Lewis, Canadian–British boxer
1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
1967 – Andreas Moeller, German footballer
1969 – Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, singer
1969 – Stephane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player
1972 – Sergei Zholtok, ice hockey player
1973 – Mark Shield, Australian football referee
1974 – Sami Salo, Finnish ice hockey player

From 1976

1976 – Momodu Mutairu, Nigerian footballer
1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1980 – Danny Shittu, Nigerian footballer
1981 – Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1982 – Joey Barton, English footballer
1983 – José Alfredo Castillo, Bolivian footballer
1983 – Aimee Osbourne, American model and actress
1986 – Gelson Fernandes, Swiss footballer
1986 – Rafik Halliche, Algerian footballer
1986 – Kyle Hines, American basketball player
1987 – Spencer Smith, American drummer (Panic! at the Disco)
1987 – Jevan Snead, American football player (d. 2019)
1988 – Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
1988 – Dimitrij Ovtcharov, German table tennis player
1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Marcus Morris, American basketball player
1989 – Markieff Morris, American basketball player
1990 – Marcus Ericsson, Swedish racing driver
1992 – Alberto Masi, Italian footballer
1993 – Montana Cox, Australian model
1996 – Sungha Jung, South Korean musician
1997 – Brandon Ingram, American basketball player

Deaths

Observances

National Day (Vietnam)
Democracy Day (Tibet)
Independence Day (Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh)