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A list of some people who (like me) were born on March 2nd:

• 1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
• 1409 - John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
• 1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• 1545 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
• 1578 - George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
• 1705 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
• 1760 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
• 1770 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
• 1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
• 1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
• 1800 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
• 1810 - Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
• 1816 - Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
• 1820 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
• 1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
• 1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
• 1836 - Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
• 1842 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
• 1843 - Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
• 1849 - Robert Means Thompson, U.S. Naval Officer (d. 1930)
• 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
• 1860 - Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
• 1862 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
• 1876 - Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
• 1878 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
• 1886 - Willis O’Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
• 1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
• 1902 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 1904 - Dr. Seuss, American author (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
• 1908 - Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
• 1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1913 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (d. 1971)
• 1913 - Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1914 - Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
• 1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 1917 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1917 - David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
• 1918 - Peter O’Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
• 1919 - Jennifer Jones, American actress
• 1919 - Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
• 1923 - Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
• 1923 - Robert H. Michel, American politician
• 1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
• 1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
• 1928 - Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
• 1930 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
• 1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author
• 1935 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
• 1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
• 1938 - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
• 1938 - Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 1940 - Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
• 1941 - David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
• 1942 - Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1942 - John Irving, American author
• 1942 - Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
• 1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1943 - Claude Larose, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 - Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
• 1943 - Peter Straub, American author
• 1944 - Uschi Glas, German actress
• 1947 - Harry Redknapp, English football manager
• 1948 - Larry Carlton, American guitarist
• 1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
• 1949 - Alain Chamfort, French singer
• 1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
• 1949 - Eddie Money, American singer
• 1949 - J. P. R. Williams, Welsh Rugby Union player
• 1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
• 1950 - Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
• 1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
• 1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress
• 1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
• 1955 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
• 1955 - Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1955 - Ken Salazar, American politician
• 1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
• 1956 - John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
• 1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
• 1958 - Peter Arnold, American architect
• 1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
• 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1962 - Al Del Greco, American football player
• 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
• 1962 - Michael Salinger, American poet
• 1962 - Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock)
• 1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 - Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
• 1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
• 1964 - Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
• 1964 - Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1965 - Ron Gant, American baseball player
• 1965 - Lembit Öpik, British politician
• 1968 - Daniel Craig, English actor
• 1971 - Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
• 1971 - Elizabeth Lackey, American actress
• 1972 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
• 1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
• 1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 1974 - Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
• 1974 - Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
• 1976 - Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
• 1977 - Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
• 1977 - Heather McComb, American actress
• 1977 - Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
• 1977 - Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
• 1978 - Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
• 1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer
• 1979 - Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
• 1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
• 1980 - Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
• 1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
• 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
• 1982 - Corey Webster, American football player
• 1983 - Glen Perkins, American baseball player
• 1984 - Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
• 1985 - Robert Iler, American actor
• 1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player
• 1985 - Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
• 1988 - Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
• 1988 - Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
• 1988 - Keith Jack, British singer and actor

[List courtesy of Wikipedia]