Famous People Born on April 2
Famous people born on April 2 include Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Charlemagne (748) and Émile Zola (1840).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Hans Christian Andersen
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Charlemagne
Father of Europe, crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800
Émile Zola
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Giacomo Casanova
Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
Alec Guinness
English actor (1914–2000)
Marvin Gaye
American singer and songwriter (1939–1984)
Maria Sibylla Merian
German naturalist and artist (1647–1717)
Michael Fassbender
German and Irish actor (born 1977)
Max Ernst
German artist (1891–1976)
Serge Gainsbourg
French musician and actor (1928–1991)
Pedro Pascal
Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
Ajay Devgn
Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
Ibrahim Afellay
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Jack Brabham
Australian racing driver and motorsport executive (1926–2014)
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French lawyer, politician and culinary writer
Miralem Pjanić
Bosnian footballer (born 1990)
Léon Gambetta
French politician (1838–1882)
Nicholas Murray Butler
American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862–1947)
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Georges Pompidou
President of France from 1969 to 1974
Paul Heyse
German writer and translator (1830–1914)
Samuel Morse
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995)
Hasan ibn Ali
Grandson of Muhammad and the second Shia Imam (625–670)
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
French writer, orator and statesman (1749–1791)
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to 1657
Theodore William Richards
American chemist and Nobel laureate (1868–1928)
Estelle Harris
American actress (1928–2022)
Franz Halder
General and chief of staff in Nazi Germany
Sources
- April 2 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
- Charlemagne — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths