2 March: today's birthdays

• Stefano Accorsi - Italian actor
• Toby Alderweireld -  Belgian professional footballer, born Tobias Albertine Maurits Alderweireld
• Jon Bon Jovi - American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Algerian politician, former President of Algeria 
• Daniel Craig - English actor. He is best known for his role as James Bond in Casino royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre Royale
• Theodor Seuss Geisel - American writer and cartoonist, best known as Dr. Seuss. He wrote more than 60 children's books, selling over 600 million copies around the world
• Michail Gorbačëv (Mikhail Gorbachev) - Russian politician. He was President of the Soviet Union
• Norbert Hofer - Austrian politician
• John Irving - American author and screenwriter
• James W. Pennebaker - American psychologist
• Mauricio Pochettino - Argentine football manager and former player, born Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero 
• Lou Reed - American musician and songwriter, born Lewis Allan Reed. He was the forntman of American rock band The Velvet Underground 
• Bedřich Smetana - Czech composer
  
• Tom Wolfe - American author and journalist, born Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. He wrote The Bonfire of the Vanities