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Famous people born on April 2

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Well-known people born on April 2 include Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Émile Zola (1840), Giacomo Casanova (1725) and Alec Guinness (1914). Our list below has 84 people for this date, most widely covered first.

This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives April 2 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1614 (Jahanara Begum) and the most recent is 2004 (Diana Shnaider). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, writer.

Who was born on April 2?

  1. Hans Christian Andersen 1805 Danish writer and poet
  2. Émile Zola 1840 French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet
  3. Giacomo Casanova 1725 Venetian adventurer and writer
  4. Alec Guinness 1914 British actor
  5. Marvin Gaye 1939 American R&B and soul singer
  6. Alberto Fernández 1959 President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023
  7. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic…
  8. Michael Fassbender 1977 German-Irish actor
  9. Max Ernst 1891 German artist
  10. Pedro Pascal 1975 Chilean and American actor
  11. Jack Brabham 1926 Australian racing driver
  12. Ibrahim Afellay 1986 Dutch footballer
  13. Miralem Pjanić 1990 Bosnian association football player
  14. Nicholas Murray Butler 1862 American philosopher, diplomat, and educator
  15. Andrcu Onana 1996 Cameroonian association football player
  16. Teddy Sheringham 1966 English footballer and manager
  17. William Holman Hunt 1827 Pre-Raphaelite artist
  18. Clark Gregg 1962 American actor, screenwriter and director
  19. Linda Hunt 1945 American actress
  20. David Ferrer 1982 Spanish tennis player
  21. Edmundo 1971 Brazilian association football player
  22. Masahiro Ando 1972 Japanese association football player
  23. August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben 1798 German scholar and poet
  24. Marco Amelia 1982 Italian association football player
  25. Camille Paglia 1947 American feminist academic and critic
  26. Yoshinori Shigematsu 1930 Japanese association football player
  27. Yuji Kishioku 1954 Japanese association football player
  28. Shigemitsu Sudo 1956 Japanese association football player and manager
  29. Reizo Fukuhara 1931 Japanese association football player
  30. Francisco Arce 1971 Paraguayan association football player and manager
  31. Emma Myers 2002 American actress
  32. Clément Ader 1841 French inventor and engineer
  33. Jesse Plemons 1988 American actor
  34. Carlos Salcido 1980 Mexican association football player
  35. Sirindhorn, Princess Royal 1955 Thai royal
  36. Francesco Maria Grimaldi 1618 Italian physicist
  37. Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. 1875 American automotive industry executive
  38. Christopher Meloni 1961 American actor
  39. Paul Cohen 1934 American mathematician
  40. Jahanara Begum 1614 Padshah Begum and Mughal Princess
  41. Grafite 1979 Brazilian footballer
  42. Sam Anderson 1947 American actor
  43. Todd Woodbridge 1971 Australian tennis player
  44. Josip Stanišić 2000 Croatian association football player
  45. Linford Christie 1960 English athlete, Olympic medalist
  46. Arthur Boka 1983 Ivorian footballer
  47. Yevgeniya Kanayeva 1990 Russian rhythmic gymnast
  48. Miguel Ángel Moyá 1984 Spanish footballer
  49. Roselyn Sánchez 1973 Puerto Rican actress, producer, writer, singer-songwriter, and model
  50. Mollie O'Callaghan 2004 Australian swimmer
  51. Sue Townsend 1946 English writer and humorist
  52. György Konrád 1933 Hungarian novelist
  53. Bethany Joy Lenz 1981 American actress
  54. Juha Kankkunen 1959 Finnish former rally driver
  55. Eugen Sandow 1867 German bodybuilder and strongman
  56. Buddy Ebsen 1908 American actor and dancer
  57. Adam Rodríguez 1975 American actor, writer, and director
  58. Pascal Siakam 1994 Cameroonian basketball player
  59. Tyler Blackett 1994 English footballer
  60. Masahiro Sukigara 1966 Japanese association football player
  61. Vahid Amiri 1988 Iranian association football player
  62. Ezzaki Badou 1959 Moroccan footballer and coach
  63. Margarita Xhepa 1932 Albanian actress
  64. Leon Russell 1942 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
  65. Molly Smitten-Downes 1987 English singer
  66. Alessio Figalli 1984 Italian mathematician
  67. Takahiro Yamanishi 1976 Japanese association football player
  68. Stéphane Lambiel 1985 Swiss figure skater
  69. Keshorn Walcott 1993 Trinidadian javelin thrower
  70. Thomas Addison 1793 19th-century British physician and scientist
  71. Alejandro Petion 1770 1st President of the Republic of Haiti
  72. Edward Kasner 1878 American mathematician
  73. Mike Hailwood 1940 British motorcycle racer and racing driver
  74. Jérémy Morel 1984 French and Malagasy footballer
  75. Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim 1719 German poet
  76. Masataka Imai 1959 Japanese association football player and manager
  77. Andris Biedriņš 1986 Latvian basketball player
  78. Luis Sáenz-Peña 1822 President of Argentina
  79. Diana Shnaider 2004 Russian tennis player
  80. Alexander Moissi 1879 Albanian-born Austrian actor
  81. Zack Steffen 1995 American soccer player
  82. Diane Cilento 1932 Australian actress
  83. R3hab 1986 Dutch-Moroccan DJ and record producer
  84. Milan Rodić 1991 Serbian footballer

Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on April 2 share the 2nd of April as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.

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