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In 1974, he became the second man in the Open Era to win three major titles in a calendar year; he was not permitted to participate in the fourth, the French Open.
Famous Birthdays on September 2
1952 — Jimmy Connors
American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
September 2 has 231 recorded notable births across history, from 1243 to 1998. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on September 2
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- 1898 Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan. Source
- 2023 India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre. Source
- -44 Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months. Source
- 1960 The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. Source
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Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup.
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Eric Dickerson holds the NFL's single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards, set in 1984.
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In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets.
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Spencer Smith recorded four studio albums with the band: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005), Pretty.
More major people born on September 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1913
Bill Shankly
Scottish footballer and manager (died 1981)
William Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.
1960
Eric Dickerson
American football player and sportscaster
Eric Demetric Dickerson is an American former professional football player who was a running back for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1988
Ishant Sharma
Indian cricketer
Ishant Sharma is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets.
1987
Spencer Smith
American musician
Spencer James Smith is an American talent agent and former musician and songwriter. He is best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Panic! at the Disco.
1987
Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancer
Scott Patrick Moir is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach.
1901
Adolph Rupp
American basketball player and coach (died 1977)
Adolph Frederick Rupp was an American college basketball coach.
1913
Israel Gelfand
Russian-American mathematician and biologist (died 2009)
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M.
1943
Joe Simon
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2021)
Joseph Simon was an American soul and R&B musician. He began as a gospel artist singing with the Golden West Singers in the Bay Area in California.
1917
Cleveland Amory
American author and critic (died 1997)
Cleveland Amory was an American author, reporter, television critic, commentator and animal rights activist.
1901
Andreas Embirikos
Greek psychoanalyst and poet (died 1975)
Andreas Embirikos was a Greek surrealist poet, writer, photographer, and one of the first Greek psychoanalysts.
1830
William P. Frye
American lawyer and politician (died 1911)
William Pierce Frye was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and then U.S.
1946
Billy Preston
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2006)
William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.
1946
Walt Simonson
American author and illustrator
Walter Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill.
1976
Syleena Johnson
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress
Syleena Johnson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her guest appearance on Kanye West's 2004 single "All Falls Down", which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
1931
Alan Simpson
American politician, US Senator from Wyoming (died 2025)
Alan Kooi Simpson was an American politician from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing Park County, Wyoming from 1965 to 1977 and as a…
1989
Zedd
Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Anton Zaslavski, known professionally as Zedd, is a German record producer and DJ. His stage name was derived from zed, the English pronunciation for the first letter of his surname.
1980
Hiroki Yoshimoto
Japanese race car driver
Hiroki Yoshimoto is a Japanese race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, alongside the Venezuelan E. J. Viso.
1996
Austin Abrams
American actor
Austin Noah Abrams is an American actor. Following his film debut in Gangster Squad (2013), Abrams had lead roles in films such as Brad's Status (2017), Chemical Hearts (2020), and Do Revenge (2022), as well as…
1894
Joseph Roth
Austrian journalist and author (died 1939)
Moses Joseph Roth was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life Job (1930) and…