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Bracco began her career modeling in France and appeared in Italian-language films in the 1980s.
Famous Birthdays on October 2
1954 — Lorraine Bracco
American actress
October 2 has 162 recorded notable births across history, from 1452 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 2
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- 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. Source
- 1971 South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election. Source
- 1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. Source
- 1958 Guinea declares its independence from France. Source
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Belle began her acting career with appearances in numerous television commercials before landing her first lead role in NBC's thriller, Trapped Beneath the Earth in 1992.
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Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator.
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Rex Reed became a public figure in his own right, making regular appearances on television and occasionally acting in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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Hull previously represented Tennessee in both houses of the United States Congress for 24 years, first as a member of the U.
More major people born on October 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1986
Camilla Belle
American actress
Camilla Belle Routh is an American actress. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Belle began her acting career with appearances in numerous television commercials before landing her first lead role in NBC's…
1948
Avery Brooks
American actor
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator.
1938
Rex Reed
American film critic (died 2026)
Rex Taylor Reed was an American film critic, journalist, actor and media personality.
1871
Cordell Hull
American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to 1944.
1956
Freddie Jackson
American soul singer
Frederick Anthony Jackson is an American R&B singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin.
1974
Sam Roberts
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
Sam Roberts is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released seven albums. His debut EP The Inhuman Condition, reached the Canadian charts in 2002.
1965
Tom Moody
Australian cricketer
Thomas Masson Moody is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of Sri Lanka Cricket.
1852
William Ramsay
Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
Sir William Ramsay was a British chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" along with…
1960
Glenn Anderson
Canadian ice hockey player
Glenn Chris Anderson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.
1718
Elizabeth Montagu
English author and critic (died 1800)
Elizabeth Montagu was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonnière, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society.
1943
Henri Szeps
Australian actor (died 2025)
Henri Szeps, also spelt Henry Szeps, was an Australian character actor of theatre and television. He also featured in films and worked in voice roles, and worked in productions in the United Kingdom.
1968
Jana Novotná
Czech tennis player and sportscaster (died 2017)
Jana Novotná was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved in July 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks.
1987
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
American race car driver
Richard Lynn Stenhouse Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No.
1972
Aaron McKie
American basketball player
Aaron Fitzgerald McKie is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1946
Sonthi Boonyaratglin
Thai general and politician
Sonthi Boonyaratglin is a Thai former general who was Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and former head of the Council for Democratic Reform, the military junta that ruled the kingdom.
1974
Paul Teutul Jr.
American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
Paul Michael Teutul is one of the stars of the American reality television series American Chopper, also starring his father. Paul was the chief designer and fabricator.
1967
Thomas Muster
Austrian tennis player
Thomas Muster is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
1921
Robert Runcie
English archbishop (died 2000)
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans.
1967
Frankie Fredericks
Namibian sprinter
Frank "Frankie" Fredericks is a Namibian former track and field sprinter athlete.