On this day
02
October

Annie Leibovitz, Jana Novotná, Rock Hudson

Born: Annie Leibovitz (1949), Jana Novotná (1968)
Died: Rock Hudson (1985)

Born on this day

02OctBorn 194977th birthday

Annie Leibovitz

Her carefully staged portraits helped define the public images of musicians, actors and political figures.

02OctBorn 196858th birthday

Jana Novotná

A tennis champion remembered for both a painful Wimbledon defeat and the title she eventually won.

Died on this day

02OctDied 198541st anniversary of death

Rock Hudson

Hollywood’s ultimate leading man had to hide that he was gay – until his AIDS diagnosis in 1985 shook the world.