Famous people born on 2 April

• Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet · 1805–1875
  70 yrs
• Émile ZolaFrench novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet · 1840–1902
  62 yrs
• Giacomo CasanovaVenetian adventurer and writer · 1725–1798
  73 yrs
• Catherine of SienaItalian Dominican saint · 1347–1380
  33 yrs
• Alec GuinnessBritish actor · 1914–2000
  86 yrs
• Marvin GayeAmerican R&B and soul singer · 1939–1984
  44 yrs
• Maria Sibylla MerianGerman-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist · 1647–1717
  69 yrs
• Max ErnstGerman artist · 1891–1976
  84 yrs
• Serge GainsbourgFrench singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director · 1928–1991
  62 yrs
• Jack Brabham ↗Australian racing driver · 1926–2014
  88 yrs
• Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ↗French lawyer, politician and writer · 1755–1826
  70 yrs
• Léon Gambetta ↗French politician · 1838–1882
  44 yrs
• Nicholas Murray Butler ↗American philosopher, diplomat, and educator · 1862–1947
  85 yrs
• William Holman Hunt ↗Pre-Raphaelite artist · 1827–1910
  83 yrs
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ↗German scholar and poet · 1798–1874
  75 yrs
• Reizo Fukuhara ↗Japanese association football player · 1931–1970
  38 yrs
• Clément Ader ↗French inventor and engineer · 1841–1925
  84 yrs
• Francesco Maria Grimaldi ↗Italian physicist · 1618–1663
  45 yrs
• Dominic Savio ↗Italian saint · 1842–1857
  14 yrs
• Paul Cohen ↗American mathematician · 1934–2007
  72 yrs
• Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. ↗(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive · 1875–1940
  65 yrs
• Jahanara Begum ↗Padshah Begum and Mughal Princess · 1614–1681
  67 yrs
• Prince George, Duke of Cumberland ↗Husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702 · 1653–1708
  55 yrs
• Rodney King ↗African American police brutality victim · 1965–2012
  47 yrs
• Francisco de Paula Santander ↗Colombian military and political leader · 1792–1840
  47 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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