November 2nd Birthdays

American singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) was born on this day in 1938, as David Blatt, in New York City, NY. He passed away from pneumonia in Queens, NY on October 22, 2021 at age 82.

Also born on November 2nd:

• 1940
  Jim Bakken, American football player
  Phil Minton, English singer, musician
• 1941
  Bruce Welch, English musician, songwriter
• 1942
  Stefanie Powers, American actress
• 1945
  J.D. Souther, American singer, songwriter, actor
• 1951
  Lindy Morrison, Australian musician
• 1952
  Maxine Nightingale, English singer
• 1955
  Chris Burnett, American musician
• 1956
  Peter Mullan, Scottish actor
• 1957
  Carter Beauford, American drummer
• 1958
  Willie McGee, American baseball player
• 1961
  k.d. lang, Canadian musician
• 1963
  Bobby Dall, American musician (Poison)
  Ron McGovney, American musician
  Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
• 1965
  Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
• 1966
  Sean Kanan, American actor
  Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
  David Schwimmer, American actor
• 1968
  Neal Casal, American singer, musician
• 1973
  Marisol Nichols, American actress
• 1974
  Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
  Nelly, American rapper
  Prodigy, American rapper
• 1975
  Chris Walla, American musician
• 1977
  Jason Cerbone, American actor
  Randy Harrison, American actor
• 1978
  Carmen Cali, American baseball player
• 1979
  Erika Flores, American actress
  Julie Lund, Danish actress
• 1981
  Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
  Roddy White, American football player
• 1984
  Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
  Julia Stegner, German model
• 1986
  Lara Sacher, Australian actress
• 1989
  Katelyn Tarver, American singer
• 1990
  Kendall Schmidt, American singer, actor
• 1995
  Brandon Soo Hoo, American-Chinese actor

November Birthdays

Died on November 2nd:

• 1887
  Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (age 67)
• 1950
  George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright (age 94)
• 1961
  James Thurber, American humorist, cartoonist (age 66)
• 1963
  Ngo Dinh Diem, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (age 62)
• 1966
  Mississippi John Hurt, American singer, guitarist (age 73)
• 1991
  Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (age 75)
  Mort Shuman, American singer, pianist (age 52)
• 1992
  Hal Roach, American actor, director, screenwriter (age 100)
• 2004
  Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director (age 47)
• 2015
  Tommy Overstreet, American singer, guitarist (age 78)