List of Famous people born on October 2nd
George Hotz
George Francis Hotz, alias geohot, is an American security hacker and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony. Since September 2015, he has been working on his vehicle automation machine learning company comma.ai.
Andriy Danylko
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko, better known for his drag stage persona Verka Serduchka, is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. Danylko represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as Verka Serduchka and finished in second place. Serduchka has sold over 600,000 records during his career in Ukraine.
Michel Trudeau
Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau and the younger brother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He died in an avalanche on November 13, 1998, while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.
Mousse T.
Mustafa Gundogdu, best known under his stage name Mousse T., is a German DJ, record producer, film composer and judge on season 15 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol. He is best known for the 1998 house hit "Horny '98" and for his collaboration with Tom Jones on the 2000 hit "Sex Bomb", from Jones' 1999 album Reload.
Jacob Sartorius
Rolf Jacob Sartorius is an American singer and internet personality, who rose to fame via social media from posting comedic videos on Vine and lip-syncing videos on musical.ly and TikTok. In 2016, he released his debut single "Sweatshirt", which reached a peak of 90 on the Hot 100 chart in the United States. Jacob Sartorius was the 9th most searched musical artist of 2016.
Romina Power
Romina Francesca Power is an American-born Italian actress and singer born in Los Angeles. She is best-known as one half of the successful music duo Al Bano and Romina Power, together with her ex-husband Albano Carrisi.
Lovlina Borgohain
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian amateur woman boxer who won bronze medal at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She won gold medal at 1st India Open International Boxing Tournament held in New Delhi and silver medal at 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati. She secured 3rd rank in the 69 kg Welterweight category. She has become the first woman from Assam to qualify for the Olympics and the second boxer from the state to represent the country after Shiva Thapa. In 2020, she became the sixth person from Assam to receive Arjuna Award.
Victoria Derbyshire
Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is an award-winning British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has also presented Newsnight and BBC Panorama. She was one of eight women to appear in ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night – an entertainment documentary to raise awareness of breast cancer - which won an International Emmy, an RTS and was BAFTA-nominated. She formerly presented the morning news, current affairs and interview programme on BBC Radio 5 Live between 10 am and 12 noon each weekday and was a 5 Live presenter for 16 years, departing in late 2014. She left at the same time as fellow 5 Live broadcasters Richard Bacon and Shelagh Fogarty. She won gold Sony awards in 1999, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, a BAFTA award in 2017, and two Royal Television Society awards in 2018.
Brittany Howard
Brittany Howard is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and main songwriter of rock bands Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch. She released her debut studio album Jaime in 2019. Her work as a solo artist have earned her 7 Grammy Award nominations, as well as 4 wins from 9 nominations as part of Alabama Shakes.
Tyson Chandler
Tyson Cleotis Chandler is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Chandler was drafted directly out of high school as the second overall pick of the 2001 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, then was immediately traded to the Chicago Bulls. He has also played for the New Orleans Hornets, Charlotte Bobcats, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers. As starting center for Dallas, he played an integral role in the franchise's first NBA championship in 2011. He has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team three times. While with New York, Chandler was voted the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2012, when he was also named to the All-NBA Third Team. He won gold medals with the US national team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics.