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Who was born on June 2

160 notable people were born on June 2. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.

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Kathryn Tucker Windham — American journalist, author and photographer, born on June 2 1918.

Frank G. Clement — American politician, born on June 2 1920.

Marcel Reich-Ranicki — Polish-born German literary critic, born on June 2 1920.

Tex Schramm — American football executive, born on June 2 1920.

Betty Freeman — Arts patron and photographer, born on June 2 1921.

András Szennay — 20th-century Hungarian abbot, born on June 2 1921.

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Who was born on June 2?

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on June 2, including Kathryn Tucker Windham, Frank G. Clement, Marcel Reich-Ranicki. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

What happened on June 2?

43 documented historical events happened on June 2, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Henry Hacking killed the Aboriginal Australian resistance fighter Pemulwuy after Philip Gidley King ordered that he be brought in dead or alive. On the same day, in another year: Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured the British-held Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

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