November 2: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is November 2nd your birthday? Was someone special to you born on November 2nd? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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November 2nd was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French portraitist and still life painter (Benediction, Blowing Bubbles, Madame Chardin and Return from Market), was born on November 2, 1699.

German operatic composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (Amore in Musica, Betrug Durch Aberglauben, Das Gespenst mit der Trommel, Das Rote Käppchen, Die Liebe im Narrenhaus, Doktor und Apotheker, Don Quixote der Zweyte and Hieronymus Knicker) was born on November 2, 1739.

Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (Winston Churchill), was born on November 2, 1913.

Italian film director Luchino Visconti (Damned and Death in Venice) was born on November 2, 1906.

James Lesesne Wells, American painter (The Flight into Egypt, Still Life of Fruit and a Ceramic Kettle and Twin Heads), was born on November 2, 1902.

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Bruce Robert Baumgartner, American wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1984 and 1992), was born on November 2, 1960.

Ines Diers, German swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on November 2, 1963.

Durward Knowles, British yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on November 2, 1917.

Derek Porter, Irish-Canadian rower and Olympic gold medalist (1992), was born on November 2, 1967.

Jaroslav Spacek, Czechoslovakian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on November 2, 1974.

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greek poet (Axion Esti - It Is Worthy) and Nobel Prize winner (1979), was born on November 2, 1911.

French philosopher and author (Les Deux Theses andLa Philosophie de l'Action et la Crise Moderniste) Maurice Blondel was born on November 2, 1861.

Lois McMaster Bujold, American fantasy and science fiction author (The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls), was born on November 2, 1949.

Filipino-American author Carlos Bulosan (America Is in the Heart, Chorus from America, The Cry and the Dedication, Laughter of My Father, Letter from America, The Sound of Falling Light and The Voice of Bataan) was born on November 2, 1911.

Shirley (Shere Hite) Gregory, American sex therapist and author (The Hite Report, A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality, Sexual Honesty: By Women for Women and Women and Love), was born on November 2, 1942.

French social philosopher and author (La Crise de la Pensée Catholique, La Décomposition du Marxisme, Introduction à l'Economie Moderne, Le Procès de Socrate, Questions de Morale and De l'Utilité du Pragmatisme) Georges Sorel was born on November 2, 1847.

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous Performers

Rachel Ames, American actress (Ben Casey, General Hospital, Ironside, Port Charles and Wagon Train), was born on November 2, 1929.

American rock bass guitarist Reginald (Fieldy) Arvizu (Fieldy's Nightmare, Korn and StillWell) was born on November 2, 1969.

Carter Anthony Beauford, American rock percussionist (The Dave Matthews Band), was born on November 2, 1957.

Reginald Beckwith, British actor (The 39 Steps, Another Man's Poison, Dentist in the Chair, Double Bunk, Genevieve, Doctor in Love, The Horse's Mouth, Night of the Demon, The Password is Courage, Scott of the Antarctic, Thunderball, The V.I.P.s and The Yellow Rolls-Royce), was born on November 2, 1908.

American pop singer David (Jay Black) Blatt (Jay and the Americans) was born on November 2, 1938.

Alice Brady, American actress (The Gay Divorcee, In Old Chicago, My Man Godfrey and Zenobia) and Academy Award winner (1937), was born on November 2, 1892.

American rock singer Earl (Speedoo) Carroll (The Cadillacs, The Carnations and The Coasters) was born on November 2, 1937.

Lewis (Lew) Charles, American actor (Adam-12, Feather and Father Gang, A House Is Not a Homeand Queen of the Stardust Ballroom), was born on November 2, 1920.

American gospel singer Alvin Chea (Take 6) was born on November 2, 1967.

Danny Cooksey, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Salute Your Shorts and Terminator 2: Judgment Day), was born on November 2, 1975.

Bruce Welch Cripps, British rock guitarist (The Shadows), was born on November 2, 1941.

James Howard Dunn, American actor (Baby Take a Bow, Bad Girl, Bright Eyes, Change of Heart, Hello Sister, It's a Great Life, Society Girl, Stand Up and Cheer and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) and Academy Award winner (1945), was born on November 2, 1901.

Andrew Elt, Dutch heavy metal singer (Sleeze Beez), was born on November 2, 1962.

American actress Stefania Zofia (Stefanie Powers) Federkiewicz (Die Die My Darling, The Feather and Father Gang, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Hart to Hart, Herbie Rides Again, The Interns and McClintock) was born on November 2, 1942.

Paul Ford, American actor (The Phil Silvers Show), was born on November 2, 1901.

American singer Frank Gilligan (Mason Dixon) was born on November 2, 1955.

Rich Gooch, American rock bassist (Quarterflash and Razorback), was born on November 2, 1948.

American rock guitarist and singer John Hampson (Nine Days) was born on November 2, 1971.

Cornell (Nelly) Haynes, Jr., American rap and hip-hop artist (St. Lunatics), was born on November 2, 1978.

American country singer Erika Jo Heriges (Nashville Star) was born on November 2, 1986.

Albert (Prodigy) Johnson, American rap artist (Mobb Deep), was born on November 2, 1974.

American heavy-metal rock bassist Robert Harry (Bobby Dall) Kuykendall, (Poison) was born on November 2, 1958.

Burton Stephen (Burt) Lancaster, American actor (1900, All My Sons, Atlantic City, Birdman of Alcatraz, Elmer Gantry, Field of Dreams, From Here to Eternity, The Killers, The Leopard, Local Hero, The Rose Tattoo, The Swimmer and Trapeze) and Academy Award winner (1960), was born on November 2, 1913.

Kathy Dawn (k.d.) Lang, Canadian country and pop singer ("Constant Craving," "Crying," "Full Moon Full of Love" and "Turn Me Round"), was born on November 2, 1961.

Kate Linder, American actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Bay City Blues and The Young and The Restless), was born on November 2, 1952.

Claire McDowell, American actress (Big Parade), was born on November 2, 1877.

Indian actor Philip Merivale (Nothing But Trouble) was born on November 2, 1886.

Maxine Nightingale, British soul singer ("Lead Me On") and actress (Godspell, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and Right Back Where We Started From), was born on November 2, 1952.

Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull), was born on November 2, 1947.

Sean Kanan Perelman, American actor (General Hospital, The Karate Kid - Part 2 and Rich Girl), was born on November 2, 1966.

British rock singer Brian Poole (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) was born on November 2, 1941.

Timothy Christian Riley, American R&B singer (Tony Toni Tone), was born on November 2, 1974.

Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Andy Hardy, Gone with the Wind and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) and television personality (Leave It to the Girls), was born on November 2, 1917.

American actor David Lawrence Schwimmer (Band of Brothers, Crossing the Bridge, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Flight of the Intruder, Friends, Hotel, Kissing a Fool, Madagascar, Nothing But the Truth, NYPD Blue, The Pallbearer, Picking Up the Pieces, Six Days Seven Nights, Twenty Bucks, Wolf and The Wonder Years) was born on November 2, 1966.

John David (J.D.) Souther, country and rock singer and songwriter, was born on November 2, 1945. J.D. Souther has written songs for many artists, including The Eagles, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, George Strait and James Taylor.

Warren Stevens, American actor (The Richard Boone Show), was born on November 2, 1919.

Japanese actor Alex Tanaka (Swan's Crossing) was born on November 2, 1974.

American country music singer Charlie Walker ("Don't Squeeze My Sharmon" and "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down") was born on November 2, 1926.

American indie rocker Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) was born on November 2, 1975.

Ray Walston, American actor (Damn Yankees and My Favorite Martian), was born on November 2, 1914.

Alfre Ette Woodard, American actress (Crooklyn, Cross Creek, Desperate Housewives, Extremities, Grand Canyon, Gulliver's Travels, Hill Street Blues, Holiday Heart, How to Make an American Quilt, Love and Basketball, Miss Evers' Boys, Passion Fish, The Piano Lesson, The Practice, Radio, St. Elsewhere, Unnatural Causes and The Water Is Wide), was born on November 2, 1953.

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski, Polish-French neurologist (Babinski Sign), was born on November 2, 1857.

Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes, Norwegian-American meteorological pioneer, was born on November 2, 1897.

British mathematician George Boole (Boolean Algebra) was born on November 2, 1815.

Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and galactic researcher, was born on November 2, 1885

November 2nd Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Marie Antoinette, French Queen (to King Louis XVI), was born on November 2, 1755. Marie Antionette was the daughter of Roman Emperor Francis I and Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa.

American frontiersman and explorer Daniel Boone was born on November 2, 1734.

Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29^th U.S. President, was born on November 2, 1865.

James Knox Polk, 11^th U.S. President, was born on November 2, 1795.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on November 2nd?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on November 2nd, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, November 2nd.

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