Famous people born on 2 February

• James JoyceIrish novelist and poet · 1882–1941
  58 yrs
• Ayn RandRussian-born American writer and public philosopher · 1905–1982
  77 yrs
• Valéry Giscard d'EstaingFrench official and politician · 1926–2020
  94 yrs
• Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordFrench diplomat · 1754–1839
  85 yrs
• Benedict XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730 · 1649–1730
  81 yrs
• Farrah FawcettAmerican actress · 1947–2009
  62 yrs
• Abdullah I of JordanRuler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 1951 · 1882–1951
  69 yrs
• Antonio Segni ↗4th President of Italy · 1891–1972
  81 yrs
• Mikhail Frunze ↗Soviet army officer · 1885–1925
  40 yrs
• Frank Lloyd ↗British film director · 1886–1960
  74 yrs
• Konstantin von Neurath ↗German Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, general and Nazi war criminal · 1873–1956
  83 yrs
• Havelock Ellis ↗British physician, writer, and social reformer · 1859–1939
  80 yrs
• Jascha Heifetz ↗Russian-American violinist · 1901–1987
  86 yrs
• Masanobu Fukuoka ↗Japanese farmer and philosopher · 1913–2008
  95 yrs
• Stan Getz ↗American jazz saxophonist · 1927–1991
  64 yrs
• Dale T. Mortensen ↗American economist · 1939–2014
  74 yrs
• Dries van Agt ↗Dutch politician · 1931–2024
  93 yrs
• Millvina Dean ↗Last remaining survivor of Titanic disaster · 1912–2009
  97 yrs
• Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark ↗Greek prince; father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, grandfather Charles III · 1882–1944
  62 yrs
• Ciriaco De Mita ↗Italian politician · 1928–2022
  94 yrs
• Abba Eban ↗Israeli diplomat and politician · 1915–2002
  87 yrs
• Edu Manga ↗Brazilian football player · 1967–2025
  58 yrs
• Johann Christoph Gottsched ↗German writer, dramaturge, linguist and literary theorist as well as professor of poetics, logic and metaphysics · 1700–1766
  66 yrs
• Kazimierz Kuratowski ↗Polish mathematician · 1896–1980
  84 yrs
• Alfred Brehm ↗German naturalist · 1829–1884
  55 yrs
• Fritz Kreisler ↗Austrian violinist and composer · 1875–1962
  86 yrs
• Valery Chkalov ↗Soviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union · 1904–1938
  34 yrs
• Věra Chytilová ↗Czech film director · 1929–2014
  85 yrs
• Eva Cassidy ↗American singer · 1963–1996
  33 yrs
• Enrique Simonet ↗Spanish painter · 1866–1927
  61 yrs
• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ↗French army general, Marshal of France · 1889–1952
  62 yrs
• Otar Iosseliani ↗Georgian film director · 1934–2023
  89 yrs
• Galeazzo Maria Sforza ↗Duke of Milan · 1444–1477
  32 yrs
• Svetozar Gligorić ↗Serbian and Yugoslavian chess player · 1923–2012
  89 yrs
• Damdin Sükhbaatar ↗Mongolian military leader · 1893–1923
  30 yrs
• Heinrich Friedrich Link ↗German naturalist and botanist · 1767–1851
  83 yrs
• Leszek Engelking ↗Polish writer and translator · 1955–2022
  67 yrs

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