Famous people born on 2 September

• Wilhelm OstwaldBaltic German chemist · 1853–1932
  78 yrs
• Frederick SoddyEnglish radiochemist · 1877–1956
  79 yrs
• Ahmad Shah MassoudTajik military leader · 1953–2001
  48 yrs
• LiliʻuokalaniMonarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom · 1838–1917
  79 yrs
• Arthur AshkinAmerican physicist · 1922–2020
  98 yrs
• Bill Shankly ↗Scottish footballer and manager · 1913–1981
  68 yrs
• Joseph Roth ↗Austrian novelist and journalist · 1894–1939
  44 yrs
• Henry George ↗American political economist and journalist · 1839–1897
  58 yrs
• Daniel arap Moi ↗Kenyan President (2nd) · 1924–2020
  95 yrs
• Yevgeny Leonov ↗Soviet and Russian actor · 1926–1994
  67 yrs
• Chuck McCann ↗American voice actor and comedian · 1934–2018
  83 yrs
• Louis Bonaparte ↗King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte · 1778–1846
  67 yrs
• Mathieu Kérékou ↗Politician · 1933–2015
  82 yrs
• Paul Bourget ↗French writer, playwright and critic · 1852–1935
  83 yrs
• Giovanni Verga ↗Italian writer · 1840–1922
  81 yrs
• Christa McAuliffe ↗American educator and astronaut · 1948–1986
  37 yrs
• René Thom ↗French mathematician · 1923–2002
  79 yrs
• Valentin Glushko ↗Soviet rocket engineer · 1908–1989
  80 yrs
• Billy Preston ↗American R&B musician · 1946–2006
  59 yrs
• Werner von Blomberg ↗German Army field marshal and Military Chief of the Wehrmacht Military Forces (Heer,Luftwaffe,Kriegsmarine) · 1878–1946
  67 yrs
• Giuliano Gemma ↗Italian actor · 1938–2013
  75 yrs
• Israel Gelfand ↗Soviet-American mathematician · 1913–2009
  96 yrs
• Andrew Grove ↗Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author · 1936–2016
  79 yrs
• Milan Nedić ↗Serbian general and politician · 1878–1946
  67 yrs
• Francesc Cambó ↗Spanish politician · 1876–1947
  70 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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