| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1455 |
August 2 |
Friday |
John Cicero |
Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499) |
| 1533 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Theodor Zwinger |
Swiss scholar (d. 1588) |
| 1612 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Saskia van Uylenburgh |
wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642) |
| 1672 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer |
Swiss scholar (d. 1733) |
| 1674 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Philip II |
Duke of Orleans‚ Regent of France (d. 1723) |
| 1696 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Mahmud I |
Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754) |
| 1702 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau |
German Prince (d. 1769) |
| 1703 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Lorenzo Ricci |
Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) |
| 1740 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux |
French general (d. 1817) |
| 1788 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Leopold Gmelin |
German chemist (d. 1853) |
| 1815 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Adolf Friedrich von Schack |
German writer (d. 1894) |
| 1820 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
John Tyndall |
British physicist (d. 1893) |
| 1828 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque |
Spanish general (d. 1895) |
| 1834 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Frederic Bartholdi |
French sculptor (d. 1904) |
| 1835 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Elisha Gray |
American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901) |
| 1858 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
queen of the Netherlands (d. 1934) |
| 1865 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Irving Babbitt |
American literary critic (d. 1933) |
| 1865 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
John Radecki |
Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) |
| 1871 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
John French Sloan |
American artist (d. 1951) |
| 1872 |
August 2 |
Friday |
George E. Stewart |
American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) |
| 1875 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky |
Russian artist (d. 1957) |
| 1878 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Aino Kallas |
Finnish‚ Estonian author (d. 1956) |
| 1882 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Red Ames |
baseball player (d. 1936) |
| 1884 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Rmulo Gallegos |
President of Venezuela (d. 1969) |
| 1886 |
August 2 |
Monday |
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy |
Canadian Aviator (d. 1961) |
| 1887 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Tommy Ward |
Former South African cricketer (d. 1936) |
| 1890 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Marin Sais |
American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1891 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky |
Russian literary historian‚ linguist (d. 1971) |
| 1892 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Jack Warner |
Canadian-born American film producer (d. 1978) |
| 1895 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Matt Henderson |
Former New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970) |
| 1896 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Lorenzo Herrera |
Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960) |
| 1897 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Karl Otto Koch |
German SS-officer (d. 1945) |
| 1897 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Max Weber |
Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1974) |
| 1899 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Charles Bennett |
British screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1902 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Helen Morgan |
American actress (d. 1941) |
| 1905 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Karl Amadeus Hartmann |
German composer (d. 1963) |
| 1905 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Myrna Loy |
American actress (d. 1993) |
| 1907 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Mary Hamman |
American writer (d. 1984) |
| 1910 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Roger MacDougall |
writer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Palle Huld |
Danish actor |
| 1912 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Ann Dvorak |
American actress (d. 1979) |
| 1912 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Vladimir Zerjavic |
Croatian statistician (d. 2001) |
| 1914 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Felix Leclerc |
Quebec singer‚ songwriter and writer (d. 1988) |
| 1914 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Beatrice Straight |
American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1915 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Gary Merrill |
American actor (d. 1990) |
| 1919 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Nehemiah Persoff |
American actor |
| 1920 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Louis Pauwels |
French journalist and writer (d. 1997) |
| 1923 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Shimon Peres |
Israeli politician‚ Prime Minister of Israel and the ninth President of the State of Israel |
| 1924 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
James Baldwin |
American author (d. 1987) |
| 1924 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Joe Harnell |
American musician‚ composer and arranger (d. 2005) |
| 1924 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Carroll O'Connor |
American actor (d. 2001) |
| 1925 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
John Dexter |
English stage and film director (d. 1990) |
| 1925 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
John McCormack |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1925 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Jorge Rafael Videla |
Argentinian dictator |
| 1925 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Alan Whicker |
British journalist and broadcaster |
| 1926 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Betsy Bloomingdale |
American socialite |
| 1928 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Malcolm Hilton |
Former England cricketer (d. 1990) |
| 1930 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Vali Myers |
Australian painter (d. 2003) |
| 1931 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Pierre DuMaine |
Catholic bishop |
| 1931 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Viliam Schrojf |
Slovak footballer (d. 2007) |
| 1931 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Eddie Fuller |
Former South African cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1932 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Lamar Hunt |
American sports executive (d. 2006) |
| 1932 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Peter O'Toole |
Irish-born actor |
| 1933 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Ioannis Varvitsiotis |
Greek politician |
| 1934 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Valery Bykovsky |
Soviet cosmonaut |
| 1935 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Hank Cochran |
American country music singer and songwriter |
| 1937 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Billy Cannon |
American football player |
| 1937 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Garth Hudson |
Canadian musician (The Band) |
| 1938 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Dave Balon |
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) |
| 1938 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Pierre de Bane |
French Canadian politician |
| 1938 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Terry Peck |
Falkland Islander-born British soldier (d. 2006) |
| 1939 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Benjamin Barber |
American political theorist |
| 1939 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Wes Craven |
American film director |
| 1939 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
John W. Snow |
American 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury |
| 1941 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Doris Coley |
American singer (Shirelles) (d. 2000) |
| 1942 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Isabel Allende |
Chilean author |
| 1943 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Tom Burgmeier |
American baseball player |
| 1943 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Max Wright |
American actor |
| 1944 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Jim Capaldi |
British musician and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005) |
| 1944 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Nana Vasconcelos |
Brazilian jazz musician |
| 1945 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Joanna Cassidy |
American actress |
| 1945 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Alex Jesaulenko |
Australian rules footballer |
| 1947 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Massiel |
Spanish singer |
| 1948 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Andy Fairweather Low |
Welsh guitarist |
| 1948 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Dennis Prager |
American radio talk show host and author |
| 1949 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
James Fallows |
American journalist |
| 1950 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Lance Ito |
American judge |
| 1950 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Sue Rodriguez |
Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994) |
| 1951 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Andrew Gold |
American musician and songwriter |
| 1951 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Joe Lynn Turner |
American singer (Deep Purple‚ Rainbow) |
| 1951 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Freddie Wadling |
Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun‚ Fleshquartet) |
| 1951 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Per Westerberg |
Swedish politician |
| 1953 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Marjo |
Quebec singer |
| 1953 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Butch Patrick |
American actor |
| 1954 |
August 2 |
Monday |
James Charles Kopp |
American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian |
| 1954 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Sammy McIlroy |
Northern Irish footballer and manager |
| 1955 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Caleb Carr |
American novelist and military historian |
| 1955 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Tim Dunigan |
American Actor |
| 1955 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Tony Godden |
English footballer |
| 1956 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Fulvio Melia |
Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author |
| 1956 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Jim Neidhart |
American professional wrestler |
| 1956 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Isabel Pantoja |
Spanish singer |
| 1957 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Mojo Nixon |
American musician and actor |
| 1957 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Butch Vig |
American record producer and musician (Garbage) |
| 1958 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Arshad Ayub |
Former Indian cricketer |
| 1959 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Victoria Jackson |
American comedian |
| 1959 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Apollonia Kotero |
American singer and actress |
| 1960 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Neal Morse |
American musician (Spock's Beard‚ Transatlantic) |
| 1960 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
David Yow |
American musician (Scratch Acid‚ The Jesus Lizard) |
| 1961 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Graham Dye |
English singer/songwriter and guitarist (Scarlet Party; The Alan Parsons Project) |
| 1961 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Linda Fratianne |
American figure skater |
| 1961 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Cold 187um |
American rapper (Above the Law) |
| 1962 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Cynthia Stevenson |
Canadian actress |
| 1963 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Daniel Pelosi |
American convicted murderer |
| 1963 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Laura Bennett |
American architect and designer |
| 1964 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Frank Biela |
German racing driver |
| 1964 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Mary-Louise Parker |
American actress |
| 1965 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Hisanobu Watanabe |
Japanese baseball player and coach |
| 1966 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Takayuki Iizuka |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1966 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Tim Wakefield |
American baseball player |
| 1966 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
M.V. Sridhar |
Indian cricketer |
| 1967 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Aaron Krickstein |
American tennis player |
| 1967 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Aline Brosh McKenna |
American screenwriter |
| 1968 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Stefan Effenberg |
German footballer |
| 1968 |
August 2 |
Friday |
John Stanier |
American musician Helmet |
| 1969 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Cedric Ceballos |
American basketball player |
| 1969 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Fernando Couto |
Portuguese footballer |
| 1969 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Jan Axel Blomberg |
Norwegian musician (Dimmu Borgir Winds‚ Mayhem) |
| 1969 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Richard Hallebeek |
Dutch guitarist |
| 1970 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Tony Amonte |
American ice hockey player |
| 1970 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Kevin Smith |
American director and screenwriter |
| 1970 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Philo Wallace |
West-Indian cricketer |
| 1971 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Alice Evans |
English actress |
| 1971 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Michael Hughes |
Irish footballer |
| 1972 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Mohamed Al-Deayea |
Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 1972 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Jacinda Barrett |
Australian model and actress |
| 1972 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Daniele Nardello |
Italian professional road racing cyclist |
| 1972 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Justyna Steczkowska |
Polish singer |
| 1973 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Hiroyuki Goto |
Japanese game designer |
| 1973 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Danie Keulder |
Namibian cricketer |
| 1973 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Susie O'Neill |
Australian swimmer |
| 1974 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Angie Cepeda |
Colombian actress |
| 1975 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Mineiro |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1975 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Xu Huaiwen |
Chinese-born badminton player |
| 1975 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Ingrid Rubio |
Spanish actress |
| 1976 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Reyes Estevez |
Spanish athlete |
| 1976 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Sam Worthington |
Australian actor |
| 1976 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Jay Heaps |
American footballer |
| 1976 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Michael Weiss |
Olympic figure skater |
| 1976 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Mohammad Zahid |
Pakistani cricketer |
| 1977 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Edward Furlong |
American actor |
| 1978 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Goran Gavran?i? |
Serbian footballer |
| 1978 |
August 2 |
Wednesday |
Matt Guerrier |
American baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Marco Bonura |
Italian footballer |
| 1979 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Reuben Kosgei |
Kenyan athlete |
| 1980 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Ivica Banovi? |
Croatian footballer |
| 1980 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Nadia Bjorlin |
American Actress |
| 1981 |
August 2 |
Sunday |
Aleksander Emelianenko |
Russian MMA fighter ( Fedor's brother) |
| 1982 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Helder Postiga |
Portuguese footballer |
| 1982 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Sara Foster |
American actress |
| 1982 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Kerry Rhodes |
American football player |
| 1982 |
August 2 |
Monday |
Grady Sizemore |
American baseball player |
| 1983 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Nick Diaz |
American MMA fighter |
| 1984 |
August 2 |
Thursday |
Giampaolo Pazzini |
Italian footballer |
| 1985 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Harry Smith |
Canadian professional wrestler |
| 1985 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Britt Nicole |
American Christian pop artist |
| 1986 |
August 2 |
Saturday |
Mathieu Razanakolona |
Malagasy skier |
| 1988 |
August 2 |
Tuesday |
Brittany Hargest |
American singer |
| 1991 |
August 2 |
Friday |
Evander Kane |
Canadian ice hockey player |
