People born on March 2

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

Daniel Craig

English actor

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019

Bedřich Smetana

Czech composer (1824–1884)

Nikos Kazantzakis

Greek writer and philosopher (1883-1957)

Lou Reed

American rock musician (1942–2013)

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin

Soviet biochemist (1894-1980)

Jennifer Jones

American actress (1919–2009)

Sholem Aleichem

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Ukraine and the United States (1859-1916)