August 2 - Births

Births

1455 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
1533 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
1612 – Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model, wife of Rembrandt (d. 1642)
1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
1674 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
1696 – Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754)
1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)
1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1740 – Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (d. 1817)
1788 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
1815 – Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
1820 – John Tyndall, British physicist (d. 1893)
1828 – Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)
1835 – Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman, co-founded Western Electric (d. 1901)
1858 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, (d. 1934)
1865 – Irving Babbitt, American critic and academic (d. 1933)
1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist (d. 1955)
1867 – Ernest Dowson, English poet (d. 1900)
1868 – Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
1871 – John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)
1872 – George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian painter (d. 1957)
1878 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)
1882 – Red Ames, American baseball player (d. 1936)
1884 – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
1886 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and engineer (d. 1961)
1887 – Tommy Ward, South African cricketer (d. 1936)
1890 – Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
1891 – Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
1891 – Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (d. 1971)
1892 – Jack Warner, Canadian-American film producer (d. 1978)
1895 – Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960)
1897 – Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1897 – Max Weber, Swiss politician (d. 1974)
1898 – Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)
1899 – Charles Bennett, English screenwriter (d. 1995)
1902 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
1902 – Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941)
1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)
1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)
1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer (d. 1984)
1910 – Roger MacDougall, Scottish writer (d. 1993)
1912 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)
1912 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010)
1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist (d. 2001)
1914 – Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)
1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1914 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)
1915 – Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)
1919 – Nehemiah Persoff, American actor
1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer (d. 1997)
1922 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian (d. 1998)
1922 – Gábor Agárdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2006)
1923 – Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, 9th President of Israel
1924 – James Baldwin, American writer (d. 1987)
1924 – Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer, and arranger (d. 2005)
1924 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)
1925 – John Dexter, English director (d. 1990)
1925 – John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player
1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian politician, 43rd President of Argentina
1925 – Alan Whicker, English journalist and broadcaster
1926 – Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist
1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1930 – Vali Myers, Australian painter (d. 2003)
1931 – Pierre DuMaine, American bishop
1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
1931 – Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)
1932 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006)
1932 – Peter O'Toole, Irish actor
1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician
1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet astronaut
1935 – Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1937 – Billy Cannon, American football player
1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian musician, composer, and producer (The Band)
1938 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1938 – Pierre de Bané, Canadian politician
1938 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
1939 – Benjamin Barber, American theorist
1939 – Wes Craven, American director
1939 – John W. Snow, American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian doctor and activist (d. 2006)
1940 – Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer
1941 – Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles) (d. 2000)
1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1941 – François Weyergans, French doctor and writer
1942 – Isabel Allende, Chilean author
1943 – Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player
1943 – Max Wright, American actor
1944 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Traffic) (d. 2005)
1944 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and musician
1945 – Joanna Cassidy, American actress
1945 – Alex Jesaulenko, Australian footballer
1945 – Bunker Roy, Indian activist and educator
1947 – Massiel, Spanish singer and actress
1947 – Lawrence Wright, American author
1948 – Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amen Corner and Fair Weather)
1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author
1949 – James Fallows, American journalist
1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian astronaut
1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author
1950 – Kathryn Harrold, American actress
1950 – Lance Ito, American judge
1950 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)
1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (d. 2011)
1951 – Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fandango, Brazen Abbot, and Hughes Turner Project)
1951 – Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two)
1951 – Per Westerberg, Swedish politician
1953 – Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter (Corbeau)
1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist (Runrig)
1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor
1954 – James Charles Kopp, American murderer of Barnett Slepian
1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager
1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian
1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor
1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer
1956 – Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
1956 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler
1956 – Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer
1957 – Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Farhat Basir Khan, Indian theoretician and activist
1957 – Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage and Spooner)
1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer
1959 – Victoria Jackson, American comedian, actress, and singer
1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress (Apollonia 6)
1960 – Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
1960 – Neal Morse, American singer and keyboardist (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Yellow Matter Custard, and Flying Colors)
1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui)
1961 – Cold 187um, American rapper and producer (Above the Law)
1961 – Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer (Echo & the Bunnymen) (d. 1989)
1962 – Lee Mavers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's)
1962 – Cynthia Stevenson, Canadian actress
1963 – Laura Bennett, American fashion designer
1963 – Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer
1964 – Frank Biela, German race car driver
1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
1965 – Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
1966 – Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese wrestler
1966 – M. V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer
1966 – Tim Wakefield, American baseball player
1967 – Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter
1968 – Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
1968 – John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet, Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain, and Battles)
1969 – Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian drummer (Winds, Mayhem, and Arcturus)
1969 – Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
1969 – Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
1969 – Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist
1970 – Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player
1970 – Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter
1970 – Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
1971 – Alice Evans, English actress
1971 – Michael Hughes, Irish footballer
1972 – Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 – Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress
1972 – Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist
1972 – Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer-songwriter and actress
1973 – Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer
1973 – Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
1973 – Jay Meetze, American conductor and producer
1973 – Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
1973 – Reyn Ouwehand, Dutch Composer
1974 – Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
1974 – Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host
1975 – Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player
1975 – Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player
1975 – Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress
1976 – Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner
1976 – Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach
1976 – Michael Weiss, American figure skater
1976 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
1976 – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Edward Furlong, American actor
1978 – Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
1978 – Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
1979 – Donna Air, English model, actress, and singer
1979 – Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
1979 – Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
1980 – Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
1980 – Nadia Bjorlin, American actress
1980 – Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor
1980 – Uğur Rıfat Karlova, Turkish comedian and actor
1981 – Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
1981 – Sara Foster, American actress
1982 – Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
1982 – Kerry Rhodes, American football player
1982 – Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
1983 – Nick Diaz, American mixed martial artist
1983 – Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
1985 – Britt Nicole, American singer
1985 – David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
1988 – Brittany Hargest, American singer and dancer (Jump5)
1988 – Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Vanes-Mari Du Toit, South African netball player
1990 – Skylar Diggins, American basketball player
1991 – Skyler Day, American actress
1991 – Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Hallie Eisenberg, American actress