List of Famous people born on October 2nd

Ferdinand Frédéric "Fred" Barlow was a 20th-century French classical composer.

José Nino Gavazzo was a Uruguayan army colonel. He was a member of the Servicio de Información y Defensa (SID).

Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s. By the late 1980s, he had signed to RCA Records, breaking through with the Top Ten hits "No More One More Time" and a cover of Richard Thompson's "Tear Stained Letter". Although his chart success waned by the late 1980s, he has continued recording music. He has recorded more than 30 albums, primarily on independent labels.

Abdur Rashid Kardar (1904–1989), was an Indian actor, director and producer. He is credited as establishing the film industry in the Bhati Gate locality of Lahore, British India.

Evsei Grigorievich Liberman was a Soviet economist who lived in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher best known for his theory of individuation, a major source of inspiration for Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour and Bernard Stiegler.

Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer, known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series.