Famous people born on 2 September

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

1. KSKeir Starmer 1962British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomliving, 64
2. Keanu Reeves 1964Canadian actor and musicianliving, 62
3. Salma Hayek 1966Mexican actorliving, 60
4. Wilhelm Ostwald 1853Chemistdied aged 78
5. Frederick Soddy 1877British pharmacistdied aged 79
6. ASAhmad Shah Massoud 1953Military leaderdied aged 48
7. Liliʻuokalani 1838Monarchdied aged 79
8. Arthur Ashkin 1922American physicistdied aged 98
9. Andrej Babiš 1954Czech politician and businessperson who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republicliving, 72
10. Joseph Roth 1894Austrian journalistdied aged 44
11. Bill Shankly 1913Scottish footballerdied aged 68
12. Henry George 1839American economist and journalistdied aged 58
13. Emiliano Martínez 1992Argentinian footballerliving, 34
14. Daniel arap Moi 1924Kenyan politician who served as President of Kenyadied aged 95
15. Jimmy Connors 1952American tennis playerliving, 74
16. Louis Bonaparte 1778French kingdied aged 67
17. PBPaul Bourget 1852French writer and criticdied aged 83
18. Yevgeny Leonov 1926Soviet actordied aged 67
19. Mathieu Kérékou 1933Beninese politician who served as President of the Republic of Benindied aged 82
20. Chuck McCann 1934American voice actor and comediandied aged 83
21. Carlos Valderrama 1961Colombian footballerliving, 65
22. Alexandre Pato 1989Brazilian footballerliving, 37