Birthday: 2 June
Famous people born on 2 June
23 of the best-known people in our data were born on 2 June, including Thomas Hardy, Pius X and Marquis de Sade. The longest life among them was Marcel Reich-Ranicki's, at 93 years.
- Thomas HardyEnglish novelist and poet · 1840–192887 yrs
- Pius XPope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint · 1835–191479 yrs
- Marquis de SadeFrench nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works · 1740–181474 yrs
- Karl Adolph GjellerupDanish writer · 1857–191962 yrs
- Edward ElgarEnglish composer · 1857–193476 yrs
- Constantine II of GreeceKing of Greece from 1964 to 1973 · 1940–202382 yrs
- Ion AntonescuPrime minister of Romania during World War II; self-proclaimed "Leader" of the Romanian state between 1940–1944, executed for war crimes · 1882–194663 yrs
- Johnny WeissmullerAmerican swimmer, water polo player, and actor · 1904–198479 yrs
- Pete Conrad ↗American astronaut and lunar explorer · 1930–199969 yrs
- Charlie Watts ↗British drummer · 1941–202180 yrs
- Lloyd Shapley ↗American economist and mathematician · 1923–201692 yrs
- Pontormo ↗Florentine Mannerist painter · 1494–155662 yrs
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki ↗Polish-born German literary critic · 1920–201393 yrs
- Toghon Temür ↗Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370 · 1320–137049 yrs
- Sally Kellerman ↗American actress · 1937–202284 yrs
- Helen Herron Taft ↗First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1861–194381 yrs
- Konstantin Pobedonostsev ↗Russian academic and politician · 1827–190779 yrs
- Alessandro Cagliostro ↗Italian occultist, alchemist, and impostor · 1743–179552 yrs
- Clair Cameron Patterson ↗American chemist and geochemist · 1922–199573 yrs
- Lotte Reiniger ↗German silhouette animator and film director · 1899–198182 yrs
- Tony Buzan ↗English author and educational consultant · 1942–201976 yrs
- Felix von Weingartner ↗Austrian conductor, composer and pianist · 1863–194278 yrs
- Marvin Hamlisch ↗American composer and conductor · 1944–201268 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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