Born on October 2nd, 1584
Weekday
Tuesday
October 2nd, 1584 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
♎
Libra (The Scales)
September 24th, 1584 - October 23rd, 1584
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 383 days, exactly on July 22nd, 2025, people who were born on October 2nd, 1584 will be 161,000 days old!
160,617 Days
22,945 Weeks
5,277 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on October 2nd?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 2nd
Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 2nd?
78 Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
*October 2nd, 1869, Porbandar †January 30th, 1948, Gandhi Smriti
34 Diamond Platnumz
Tanzanian artist, dancer, philanthropist and businessman
*October 2nd, 1989, Dar es Salaam
83 Giuliano Sarti
Italian footballer (1933-2017)
*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome
67 Carlos Slepoy
Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)
*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid
93 Uta Ranke-Heinemann
German Catholic theologian and author; World's first woman to hold a chair in Catholic theology (1927-2021)
*October 2nd, 1927, Essen †March 25th, 2021, Essen
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74 Alice Walton
American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
*October 2nd, 1949, Newport_(cropped).jpg "Tyson Chandler")
86 Graham Greene
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
*October 2nd, 1904, Berkhamsted †April 3rd, 1991, Vevey
50 Angel Espinosa
Cuban boxer (1966–2017)
*October 2nd, 1966, Holguín †April 12th, 2017, Hialeah Gardens
32 Richard III of England
English monarch
*October 2nd, 1452, Fotheringhay Castle †August 22nd, 1485, Bosworth Field sitePaul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec,_2017.jpg "Jacob Sartorius"){kind=small}
Same year
Born in 1584
Francisco Quevedo
Spanish writer
*September 14th, 1584, Madrid †September 8th, 1645, Villanueva de los Infantes
26 Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
Queen consort of Spain (1584-1611)
*December 25th, 1584, Graz †October 3rd, 1611, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
63 Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau
Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647)
*January 29th, 1584, Delft †March 14th, 1647, The Hague
69 John Selden
English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law (1584-1654)
*December 16th, 1584, Sussex †November 30th, 1654, London
54 Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg
Foster-mother of Queen Christina of Sweden
*November 10th, 1584, Nyköping Town †December 13th, 1638, Västerås Town
54 Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo
Italian painter (1584–1638)
*January 1st, 1584, Voltri †August 18th, 1638, Genoa
65 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
English courtier and politician (1584-1650)
*October 10th, 1584, Wilton House †January 23rd, 1650, Westminster
55 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
English Earl
*August 13th, 1584, Saffron Walden †June 3rd, 1640, Charing Cross
73 Diederich von dem Werder
German translator
*January 17th, 1584, Gröbzig †December 18th, 1657, Görzig.jpg "Grégoire de Saint-Vincent")
82 Grégoire de Saint-Vincent
Jesuit, mathematician
*September 8th, 1584, Bruges †January 27th, 1667, Ghent_Libro_de_tientos_y_discursos_de_musica_practica_y_theor%C3%ADca_de_organo.png "Francisco Correa de Araujo")
70 Francisco Correa de Araujo
Spanish organist and composer
*September 16th, 1584, Seville †October 31st, 1654, SegoviaDiego de Saavedra Fajardo
Spanish diplomat (1584-1648)
*May 6th, 1584, Murcia †August 24th, 1648, MadridHenning Kramer
German politician (1584-1646)
*April 15th, 1584, Goslar †January 12th, 1646, GoslarErnst von Öttingen-Wallerstein
(1584-1626)
*October 24th, 1584, Wallerstein †May 18th, 1626, Baldern CastleJohn II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
*March 26th, 1584, Bad Bergzabern †August 9th, 1635, MetzFrancesco Maria Richini
Italian architect (1584-1658)
*February 9th, 1584, Milan †April 24th, 1658, MilanPhilip Julius of Pomerania
Duke of Pomerania
*December 27th, 1584, Wolgast †February 6th, 1625, WolgastPhilipp Horst
German rhetorician and philosopher
*July 10th, 1584, Brunswick †February 22nd, 1664, JenaBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on October 2nd
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Gandhi's birthday-related observances) which are celebrated on October 2nd.
Batik Day (Indonesia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batik_DayDenha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denha_I_of_TikritMemorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_of_the_Holy_Guardian_AngelsOctober 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)International Day of Non-Violence
Gandhi's birthday-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Non-ViolenceIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuineaNational Grandparents Day (Italy)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparents'_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
2.10.1584
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | L = 50 | X = 10 | IV = 4 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1584 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).