List of Famous people born on October 2nd

Lorraine Bracco is an American film and television actress. Known for her distinct husky voice and Brooklyn accent, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, four Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

André Breitenreiter is a German professional football coach and former player who last managed Hannover 96.

Marion Bartoli is a French former professional tennis player. She won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also won eight Women's Tennis Association singles and three doubles titles. She announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on 14 August 2013.

Nicholas Pooran is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team in international cricket and for the Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic matches.

Cesare Maestri was an Italian mountaineer and writer.

Manfred Zapatka is a German actor.

Yasuaki Yamasaki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Sir William Ramsay was a Scottish 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 his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for their discovery of argon. After the two men identified argon, Ramsay investigated other atmospheric gases. His work in isolating argon, helium, neon, krypton and xenon led to the development of a new section of the periodic table.

Asha Parekh is an Indian film actress, director, and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s and 1970s. She is considered one of the most influential actresses of all time in Hindi cinema. In 1992, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contribution to the field of cinema.

María Isabel Verdú Rollán, better known as Maribel Verdú, is a Spanish actress. She played Luisa in Alfonso Cuarón's 2001 film, Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film, Pan's Labyrinth. She has also appeared in Lovers (Amantes), Belle Époque, The Blind Sunflowers, and Blancanieves.