Famous people born on 2 November

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

1. James K. Polk 1795American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 53
2. Warren G. Harding 1865American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 57
3. Shah Rukh Khan 1965Indian actor and producerliving, 60
4. Marie Antoinette 1755Consortdied aged 37
5. George Boole 1815British mathematician and philosopherdied aged 49
6. Odysseas Elytis 1911Greek poet and art criticdied aged 84
7. Burt Lancaster 1913American actordied aged 80
8. Borut Pahor 1963Slovene politician who served as President of Slovenialiving, 62
9. Mehmed V 1844Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 73
10. Luchino Visconti 1906Italian directordied aged 69
11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681Caliph
12. David Schwimmer 1966American actorliving, 59
13. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empiredied aged 58
14. Richard E. Taylor 1929Canadian physicistdied aged 88
15. Melvin Schwartz 1932American physicistdied aged 73
16. Queen Sofía of Spain 1938Spanish aristocratliving, 87