14 historically significant individuals born on June 2. June 2 is the birth date of eight notable individuals from fields such as literature and politics. Prominent figures born on this date include English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840), Danish author and Nobel Prize winner Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), and Constantine II of Greece (1940), the country's last king.
Total Born
14
Countries
12
Top Century
20th· 7
Top Field
association football player
3 individuals
Headline Figures
scientist
Lloyd S. Shapley
1923 – 2016Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)
monarch
Constantine II of Greece
1940 – 2023Last King of Greece who reigned from 1964 until the monarchy was abolished in 1973.
association football player
Sergio Agüero
1988 – PresentArgentine striker who became Manchester City's all-time leading goalscorer and won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2014-15.
Birth Distribution by Century
20th (7)
19th (3)
13th C.20th C.
20th Century
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Origin
Lloyd S. Shapley
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)
Constantine II of Greece
monarchsailor
Last King of Greece who reigned from 1964 until the monarchy was abolished in 1973.
Sergio Agüero
association football playerbusinessperson
Argentine striker who became Manchester City's all-time leading goalscorer and won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2014-15.
Ashot Petrosian
computer scientistmathematician
Armenian mathematician (1930-1998)
Takashi Inui
association football player
Japanese winger who has played for Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Betis in European football. He represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Freddy Adu
association football player
American soccer player
SR
Sonia Robertson
field hockey player
Field hockey player who competed for Zimbabwe in international competitions during the 1970s and early 1980s.
19th Century
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Karl Adolph Gjellerup
novelistplaywright
Danish author and playwright who shared the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature, known for his novels exploring German philosophy and Eastern spirituality.
Thomas Hardy
novelistpoet
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
Ion Antonescu
diplomatmilitary personnel
Romanian military leader who ruled as dictator during World War II, allied with Nazi Germany, and was executed in 1946 for war crimes.
18th Century
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Alessandro Cagliostro
adventureralchemist
Italian occultist, alchemist, and impostor (1743–1795)
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
biologistlepidopterist
German biologist (1742-1810)
17th Century
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Beata Rosenhane
poetwriter
Swedish writer (1638-1674)
13th Century
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ZP
Zein Pun
monarch
Burmese king
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the most famous person born on June 2?
Thomas Hardy, the English novelist and poet born in 1840, is often regarded as the most famous person born on June 2. He wrote classic works such as 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' and 'Far from the Madding Crowd.'
Were any Nobel Prize winners born on June 2?
Yes, Karl Adolph Gjellerup was born on June 2, 1857, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He shared the prize with Danish author Henrik Pontoppidan for his poetry and novels.
Are there any royals or political figures born on June 2?
Constantine II of Greece, the last King of Greece, was born on June 2, 1940. Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania during World War II, was also born on this date in 1882.