The 336th day of the year, the 337th in a leap year
Born on 2 December
Every 2 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 2 December in any year.
Which weekday 2 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 2 December falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 2 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,751 babies were born on 2 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 347th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 2 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Britney Spears | 1981– | American singer, songwriter, actress and model |
| Maria Callas | 1923–1977 | American-Greek operatic soprano |
| Nelly Furtado | 1978– | Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter |
| Pedro II of Brazil | 1825–1891 | Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889 |
| Lucy Liu | 1968– | American actress |
| Georges Seurat | 1859–1891 | French painter |
| Otto Dix | 1891–1969 | German painter and printmaker |
| Gary Becker | 1930–2014 | American economist |
| Monica Seles | 1973– | Yugoslav and American tennis player |
| Ibrahim Rugova | 1944–2006 | President of Kosovo |
| Gianni Versace | 1946–1997 | Italian fashion designer |
| Charlie Puth | 1991– | American singer, songwriter, and record producer |
| George Minot | 1885–1950 | American physician |
| Ivan Bagramyan | 1897–1982 | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Matteo Darmian | 1989– | Italian footballer |
| Tarcisio Bertone | 1934– | cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Juice Wrld | 1998–2019 | American rapper and singer |
| Francesco Toldo | 1971– | Italian association football player |
Died on 2 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Hernán Cortés | 1485–1547 | Spanish conquistador |
| Pablo Escobar | 1949–1993 | Colombian politician and drug lord |
| Marquis de Sade | 1740–1814 | French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works |
| Pope Silverius | died 537 | pope |
| Gerardus Mercator | 1512–1594 | Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer |
| Kliment Voroshilov | 1881–1969 | Soviet marshal and politician |
| Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | 1876–1944 | Italian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement |
| Edmond Rostand | 1868–1918 | French poet and dramatist |
| Romain Gary | 1914–1980 | French writer and diplomat |
| John Brown | 1800–1859 | American abolitionist |
| Aaron Copland | 1900–1990 | American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor |
| Luis Federico Leloir | 1906–1987 | Argentine biochemist |
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