April 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#214 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 2 birthdays
Hans Christian Andersen · Danish writer and poet1805
Émile Zola · French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet1840
Nicholas Murray Butler · American philosopher, diplomat, and educator1862
Walter Chrysler · American automotive industry executive1875
Max Ernst · German artist1891
Alec Guinness · British actor1914
Jack Brabham · Australian racing driver1926
Paul Cohen · American mathematician1934
Marvin Gaye · American R&B and soul singer1939
Linda Hunt · American actress1945
Camille Paglia · American feminist academic and critic1947
Alberto Fernández · president of Argentina from 2019 to 20231959
Christopher Meloni · American actor1961
Clark Gregg · American actor, screenwriter and director1962
Rodney King · African American police brutality victim1965
Pedro Pascal · Chilean and American actor1975
Michael Fassbender · German-Irish actor1977
Ibrahim Afellay · Dutch footballer1986
Jesse Plemons · American actor1988
Emma Myers · American actress2002
On this day in history
1865American Civil War: On the third attempt, Union forces captured Petersburg, Virginia, although Confederate officials and most of their remaining troops were able to escape.
19682001: A Space Odyssey, the epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
2015Six elderly men burgled a safe-deposit facility in Hatton Garden, London, and stole items worth up to an estimated £14 million.
2025Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
1917American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1980United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
1982Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
2002Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege.
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