Famous people born on 2 March

• Mikhail GorbachevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 · 1931–2022
  91 yrs
• Pius XIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 · 1876–1958
  82 yrs
• Leo XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 · 1810–1903
  93 yrs
• Abd al-Aziz BoutafliqaPresident of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 · 1937–2021
  84 yrs
• Bedřich SmetanaCzech composer · 1824–1884
  60 yrs
• Nikos KazantzakisGreek writer, poet and philosopher · 1883–1957
  74 yrs
• Dr. SeussAmerican children's author and cartoonist · 1904–1991
  87 yrs
• Lou ReedAmerican rock musician · 1942–2013
  71 yrs
• Sholem Aleichem ↗Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States · 1859–1916
  57 yrs
• Jennifer Jones ↗American actress · 1919–2009
  90 yrs
• Multatuli ↗Dutch author · 1820–1887
  66 yrs
• Alexander Oparin ↗Soviet biochemist · 1894–1980
  86 yrs
• Murray Rothbard ↗American economist · 1926–1995
  68 yrs
• Sam Houston ↗American statesman, politician, and soldier · 1793–1863
  70 yrs
• Camille Desmoulins ↗French journalist, politician and revolutionary · 1760–1794
  34 yrs
• Karen Carpenter ↗American singer and drummer · 1950–1983
  32 yrs
• Shōkō Asahara ↗Founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo · 1955–2018
  63 yrs
• János Arany ↗Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and translator · 1817–1882
  65 yrs
• Kurt Weill ↗German composer · 1900–1950
  50 yrs
• Tom Wolfe ↗American author and journalist · 1930–2018
  88 yrs
• Masao Ono ↗Japanese association football player · 1923–2001
  77 yrs
• Vittorio Pozzo ↗Italian football player and manager · 1886–1968
  82 yrs
• Yevgeny Baratynsky ↗Russian poet · 1800–1844
  44 yrs
• Rory Gallagher ↗Irish guitarist · 1948–1995
  47 yrs
• Louis-Gabriel Suchet ↗French military commander · 1770–1826
  55 yrs
• Carl Schlechter ↗Austro-Hungarian chess player · 1874–1918
  44 yrs
• Georgy Flyorov ↗Soviet physicist · 1913–1990
  77 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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