List of Famous people born on October 2nd

Floyd Cardoz was an Indian-born American chef. He was born in Mumbai. He owned the New York City eatery Paowalla and was executive chef at Tabla, as well as victor on Top Chef Masters in 2011. His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and spices with western cuisine.

Tsuyoshi Ueda is a Zainichi Korean former professional baseball outfielder. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Hanja: 周剛史.

Rohan Oza is an American businessman, investor, and marketing expert behind several large brands.

Ulisses Soares is a Brazilian religious leader and former businessman who serves as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a general authority since 2005 and served as a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy from January 2013 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve in March 2018. He is the LDS Church's first apostle from South America, being from Brazil. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Soares is accepted by the LDS Church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the junior and fifteenth most senior apostle in the church.

Viktor Nikolaevich Baturin is a Russian businessman, producer, the elder brother of Yelena Baturina. Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia.

Fernando Sánchez Dragó is a Spanish writer and television host.

Peter Knäbel is a retired German football player.

Tom Trbojevic, also known by the nickname of "Tommy Turbo", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback, wing and centre for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Australia at international level.

Nasibu Abdul Juma, popularly known by his stage name Diamond Platnumz, and often referred to as "Simba" or "The King of Bongo-Flava" is a Tanzanian bongo flava recording artist, actor, dancer, philanthropist and a businessman from Tandale, Dar es Salaam. He is the founder and CEO of WCB Wasafi Record Label, Zoom production, Wasafi TV, a major Tanzanian media outlet, and Wasafi Fm, one of Tanzania's most widely listed radio stations. He has had several hit songs including "Number One" featuring Nigerian artist Davido, and African Beauty featuring Omarion. His significant contribution to African music continues to be widely recognised at the public level with him being awarded numerous awards, from Channel O, MTV Awards, Soundcity, Kilimnjaro Music Awards, Headies, Afrima, Afrimma, Kora, AEA, the HiPipo Music Awards and more.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann is a German theologian, academic, and author. She holds the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace.