Famous people born on 2 March

18 of the people we track were born on 2 March, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Mikhail Gorbachev 1931Politician who served as President of the Soviet Uniondied aged 91
2. Pope Pius XII 1876Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 82
3. Pope Leo XIII 1810Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 93
4. Abdelaziz Bouteflika 1937Algerian politician who served as President of Algeriadied aged 84
5. Daniel Craig 1968English actorliving, 58
6. Bedřich Smetana 1824Czech composerdied aged 60
7. Pope Adrian VI 1459Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 64
8. Anthony Albanese 1963Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australialiving, 63
9. Dr. Seuss 1904American children's writer and cartoonistdied aged 87
10. Lou Reed 1942American musiciandied aged 71
11. Jon Bon Jovi 1962American musicianliving, 64
12. Chris Martin 1977British singerliving, 49
13. Sholem Aleichem 1859Writerdied aged 57
14. Jennifer Jones 1919American actordied aged 90
15. Multatuli 1820Dutch writerdied aged 66
16. Alexander Oparin 1894Soviet biochemistdied aged 86
17. Toby Alderweireld 1989Belgian footballerliving, 37
18. Mauricio Pochettino 1972Association football coachliving, 54