Famous people born on 2 October

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

1. Mahatma Gandhi 1869Indian activistdied aged 78
2. Graham Greene 1904British writer and criticdied aged 86
3. Paul von Hindenburg 1847Prussian soldierdied aged 86
4. Sting 1951British musicianliving, 75
5. Groucho Marx 1890American comediandied aged 86
6. William Ramsay 1852British chemistdied aged 63
7. Richard III of England 1452Monarch of Englanddied aged 32
8. Ferdinand Foch 1851French army officerdied aged 77
9. Maria Ressa 1963Filipino journalistliving, 63
10. Alisson Becker 1992Brazilian footballerliving, 34
11. LBLal Bahadur Shastri 1904Politician who served as Prime Minister of Indiadied aged 61
12. Roberto Firmino 1991Brazilian footballerliving, 35
13. CDChristian de Duve 1917Belgian biochemistdied aged 95
14. Cordell Hull 1871American politiciandied aged 83
15. Alec Todd 1907British biochemistdied aged 89
16. Ayumi Hamasaki 1978Japanese singer-songwriter and actorliving, 48
17. Marion Bartoli 1984French tennis playerliving, 42