List of Famous people born on April 2nd

Metehan Güçlü is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 2 club Valenciennes FC on loan from Stade Rennais.

Dodo, formally known as Prince Yu, was a Manchu prince and military general of the early Qing dynasty.

Nikki Adler is a German professional boxer of Croatian descent. She held the WBC female super-middleweight title from 2013 to 2017.

Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one of the pioneers in the sport of cycling in France.

Etienne Arthur Boka is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a left back for the Ivory Coast national team. At club level, he is a free agent.

Roberson de Arruda Alves, simply known as Roberson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Edmond Jouhaud was one of four French generals who briefly staged a putsch in Algeria in April 1961.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu was the twelfth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held the reins of supreme power from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of the eleventh shōgun Ashikaga Yoshizumi. His childhood name was Kameomaru (亀王丸).

• May 1, 1521 : After the tenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane and Hosokawa Takakuni struggled for power over the shogunate and Yoshitane withdrew to Awaji Island, the way was clear for Minamoto-no Yoshiharu to be installed as shogun.
• 1521 : Yoshiharu enters Kyoto.
• 1526 : Shōgun Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.

Mabel Esmonde Cahill was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships.

Joachim Eilers is a German professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won gold in the 1 km time trial. He competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he finished 5th in the men's sprint event and 4th in the men's keirin event.