Famous Birthdays on August 2

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 271

• 1455 Johan Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1486-99), born in Ansbach (d. 1499)
• 1533 Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1588)
• 1552 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605) and chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I, born in Vyazma, Russia (d. 1605)

• 1627 Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1678)
• 1632 Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner), born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1707)
• 1672 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1733)
• 1674 Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Regent of France (1715-23), born in Château de Saint Cloud, France (d. 1723)
• 1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1730-54) who fought Austria & Russia, born in Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire (d. 1754)
• 1703 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (18th & last Superior General of the Society of Jesus), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1775)
• 1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical builder (Schloss Benrath), born in Lunéville, France (d. 1796)
• 1746 Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist and patriot (d. 1807)

• 1775 Jose Angel Lamas, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1814)
• 1788 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (Gmelin's test), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1853)
• 1802 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster (1860-65), born in Sevilla, Spain (d. 1865)
• 1815 Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet, born in Brüsewitz, Germany (d. 1894)
• 1818 Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, born in Soestdijk, Netherlands (d. 1848)
• 1820 John Tyndall, Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earth's atmosphere has a greenhouse effect, born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland (d. 1893)
• 1826 William Denison Whipple, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, New York (d. 1902)
• 1828 Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general, born in Cadiz, Spain (d. 1895)
• 1832 Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1907)

• 1834 Isaac Capadose, Dutch clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1920)
• 1835 Elisha Grey, American electrical engineer and inventor (Telephone), born in Barnesville, Ohio (d. 1901)
• 1854 F. Marion Crawford, American author (Mr. Isaacs), born in Bagni de Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1909)
• 1858 Catharina van Rennes, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1940)
• 1858 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, born in Arolsen Castle, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Confederation (d. 1934)
• 1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest), born in Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire (d. 1935)
• 1861 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), born in Khulna, British India (d. 1944)
• 1865 Irving Babbitt, American writer (Rousseau & Romanticism), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1933)
• 1865 John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1955)
• 1867 Ernest Dowson, British poet (Decorations in Verse and Prose), born in Lee, London (d. 1900)
• 1867 Frank Alvord Perret, American volcanologist renowned for his research at Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)

• 1871 John French Sloan, American painter and etcher, born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
• 1872 George E. Stewart, American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient, born in New South Wales, Australia (d. 1946)
• 1875 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, born in Veliky Novgorod, Russia (d. 1957)
• 1878 Aino Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship; Estonian Tales), born in Kiiskilä, Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1956)
• 1878 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, born in Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1958)
• 1881 Ethel M. Dell, English author (Storm Drift), born in London (d. 1939)
• 1882 George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1962)
• 1882 Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1968)
• 1884 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, born in Hagby, Sweden (d. 1982)
• 1884 Rómulo Gallegos, 48th President of Venezuela (1948), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1969)
• 1886 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
• 1887 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket-keeper (23 Tests, 32 dismissals, 2 x 50; Transvaal), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1936)
• 1888 Oscar Rasbach, American composer, born in Dayton, Kentucky (d. 1975)
• 1890 Marin Sais, American actress (The Pony Express Girl), born in San Rafael, California (d. 1971)
• 1890 Pauline Hall, Norwegian composer, born in Hamar, Hedmark, Norway (d. 1969)
• 1891 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), born in London, England (d. 1975)
• 1891 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, born in Roman, Romania (d. 1971)
• 1891 Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
• 1892 Jack L. Warner [Jacob Warner], Canadian-American film executive and president of the Warner Bros. Studios, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1978)
• 1892 John Kieran, American columnist and author (Natural History of NYC), born in New York City (d. 1981)
• 1894 Hal Mohr [Harold Leon Mohr], American Cinematographer and husband of Evelyn Venable (Captain Blood), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1974)
• 1895 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand's first-ever Test match 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
• 1896 Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1960)
• 1897 Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1945)
• 1897 Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1974)
• 1899 Charles Bennett, English screenwriter, born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England (d. 1995)
• 1899 George Malcolm Thomson, British journalist, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1996)
• 1900 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
• 1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1977)
• 1901 Charlie Caldwell, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Williams, Princeton), born in Bristol, Virginia (d. 1957)
• 1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1963)

• 1905 Ruth Nelson, American stage and screen actress (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; 3 Women; Awakenings), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1992)
• 1906 Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
• 1907 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1984)
• 1909 Ace Gutowsky, Russian/American football fullback (Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers; NFL C'ship 1935, Detroit Lions), born in Komolty, Russian Empire (d. 1976)
• 1909 Lord Benson [Henry Alexander], British accountant (Coopers & Lybrand), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1995)
• 1910 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, born in Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1995)
• 1910 Lou Zara, American writer (Stump the Authors), born in New York City (d. 2001)
• 1910 Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), born in Glasgow (d. 1993)
• 1910 Truus van Aalten [Geertruida van Aalten], Flemish actress (Girl in Blue Hat), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1999)
• 1912 Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), born in New York City (d. 1979)
• 1912 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, born in Budapest (d. 1996)
• 1912 Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and UN statistician, born in Križ, Moslavania, Croatia (d. 2001)
• 1914 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), born in Old Westbury, New York (d. 2001)
• 1914 Félix Leclerc, French Canadian singer and composer (Moi, mes souliers), born in La Tuque, Québec, Canada (d. 1988)
• 1915 Gary Merrill, American actor (Young Dr. Kildare (TV series); All About Eve), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1990)
• 1915 Johan Limpers, Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter, born in Heemstede, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• 1916 Reginald Murley, British surgeon (President of the Royal College of Surgeons) (d. 1997)
• 1919 John Pinkerton, English computer scientist who designed the first business computer in England, the LEO computer, born in London (d. 1997)
• 1919 Nehemiah Persoff, American painter and actor (An American Tail, Some Like It Hot), born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine (d. 2022)
• 1920 Bill Scott, American voice actor, producer and writer (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
• 1920 Louis Pauwels, French writer and editor, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1997)
• 1920 Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
• 1921 Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker's World), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2013)
• 1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest [Lionel], British labour politician and union leader (General Secretary TUC), born in Hadley, Telford (d. 1984)
• 1922 Paul Laxalt, American politician (22nd Governor of Nevada), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2018)

• 1924 Ismond Rosen, South African born psychoanalyst and artist (book on Sexual Deviation), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)

• 1924 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
• 1925 John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (d. 2017)

• 1926 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2016)
• 1926 Giancarlo Bergamini, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil, team 1956; silver foil team 1952, individual 1956), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2020)
• 1927 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician (Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture), born in Ponteland, Northumberland (d. 2018)
• 1928 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist (d. 1996)
• 1928 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
• 1929 John Gale, British theatrical producer (Chichester Festival), born in Chigwell, Essex, England
• 1929 John Hannam, British Conservative politician (MP for Exeter 1970-97, disability rights)
• 1929 Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), born in Burnley (d. 2017)
• 1930 Ron de Lugo, American politician (1st delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from U.S. Virgin Islands' 1981-95), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2020)
• 1930 Vali Myers, Australian painter, born in Canterbury, Sydney (d. 2003)
• 1931 Eddie Fuller, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/66; Western Province, Cumbria CCC), born in Worcester, South Africa (d. 2008)
• 1931 Henryk Schiller, Polish composer, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 2006)
• 1931 Philippa Schuyler, African-American child classical piano prodigy, composer, and journalist, born in Harlem, New York (d. 1967)
• 1931 Pierre DuMaine, American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2019)
• 1931 Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
• 1932 Lamar Hunt, American sports executive and NFL owner (KC Chiefs), born in El Dorado, Arkansas (d. 2006)
• 1932 Leo Boivin, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (St. Louis Blues), born in Prescott, Ontario (d. 2021)
• 1932 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2015)

• 1933 Alan Tuffin, British trade union leader (d. 2017)
• 1934 Albert Hall, American hammer throw athlete, born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (d. 2008)
• 1934 Carl Cecil Cain, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1956), born in Freeport, Illinois
• 1934 Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Russia (d. 2019)
• 1935 Brian Wolfson, British CEO (Wembley Stadium Ltd), born in Merseyside (d. 2007)
• 1935 Derek Anthony Enright, British Labour politician, born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1995)
• 1935 John MacIvor Perkins, American composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2010)
• 1936 Anthony Payne, British composer (Phoenix Mass; Visions and Journeys), critic, and musicologist, born in London (d. 2021)
• 1936 Christopher Hogg, British industrialist and CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters), born in Surry, England (d. 2021)

• 1937 Garth Hudson, Canadian rock Lowrey organist, accordion player and saxophonist (The Band - "Chest Fever"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), born in Windsor, Ontario
• 1937 Gundula Janowitz, Austrian concert and operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1959-90), and vocal teacher, born in Berlin, Germany
• 1937 Jim McLean, Scottish soccer forward (Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Dundee) and manager (Dundee United 1971-93), born in Larkhall, Scotland (d. 2020)
• 1937 Ronald Brierley, New Zealand investor and company director, born in Wellington, New Zealand
• 1938 Brunhilde Hendrix, German relay runner (Olympic silver 1960), born in Langenzenn, Germany (d. 1995)
• 1938 Pierre de Bané, French Canadian politician (Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec), born in Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine
• 1939 Benjamin Barber, American political theorist (Jihad vs. McWorld), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)

• 1941 Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles), born in Goldsboro, California (d. 2000)
• 1941 Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (Be What You Are), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2003)

• 1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 1943 Kathy Lennon, American pop singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1943 Max Wright, American character actor (Buffalo Bill; Alf; Misfits of Science), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
• 1943 Rose Tremain, British novelist and playwright (Restoration), born in London, England
• 1943 Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
• 1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic - "Something So Strong"; "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"), born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England (d. 2005)
• 1944 Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny; Björk; Milton Nascimento), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2016)
• 1945 Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer, born in Salzburg, Austria
• 1945 Eric Simms, Australian rugby league fullback (8 Tests; NSWRL points record [1,841] stood until 1983; South Sydney), born in Karuah, Australia
• 1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, American feminist and social and political activist who led the National Coalition of 100 Black Women movement in the 1970s, born in Washington, D.C.
• 1945 Joanna Cassidy [Caskey], American actress (Blade Runner; Under Fire; Six Feet Under), born in Haddonfield, New Jersey
• 1945 John Bowis, British MP (C), born in Brighton, East Sussex
• 1945 John T. Ward Jr., American racehorse trainer (Kentucky Derby 2001 Monarchos; Breeders' Cup Distaff 1999 Beautiful Pleasure), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2021)
• 1947 Massiel [Maria Santamaria], Spanish pop singer (La, la, la), born in Madrid, Spain
• 1948 Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh session and touring guitarist (Amen Corner; Roger Waters; Eric Clapton; George Harrison), born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales
• 1948 Chris Bennett, American musician (The Theme from Midnight Express), born in Marshall, Illinois
• 1948 Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), born in Hythe, England (d. 2009)
• 1949 "Fat" Larry James, American R&B drummer and bandleader (Fat Larry's Band), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
• 1949 Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
• 1949 James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1949 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
• 1950 (David) "Ted" Turner, British rock guitarist and vocalist (Wishbone Ash - Argus), born in Birmingham, England
• 1950 Kathryn Harrold, American actress (MacGruder & Loud), born in Tazewell, Virginia
• 1950 Ken Kutaragi, Japanese engineering technologist and businessman known as "The Father of the PlayStation" for overseeing Sony's development of the console, born in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
• 1950 Lance Ito, American judge (O.J. Simpson trial), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1950 Mathieu Carriere, German actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames), born in Hanover, Germany
• 1950 Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
• 1951 Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter, and record producer ("Lonely Boy"; "Thank You for Being a Friend"), born in Burbank, California (d. 2011)
• 1951 Burgess Owens, American politician (Rep-R-Utah) and football player, born in Columbus, Ohio
• 1951 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2016)
• 1951 Joe Lynn Turner [Linquito], American hard rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Fandango; Rainbow), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
• 1951 Per Westerberg, Swedish politician (Speaker of the Riksdag), born in Nyköping, Sweden
• 1952 Angel Herrera, Cuban FW/LW boxer (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
• 1952 Les Dudek, American guitarist and singer (Steve Miller Band), born in Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island
• 1952 Paul David Crews, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in South Carolina (d. 2022)
• 1953 Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters), born in Inglewood, California
• 1954 James Charles Kopp, American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian, born in Pasadena, California
• 1954 Lisa Brown, American actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• 1954 Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star (Manchester United), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 1955 (Bryan) "Butch" Vig, American record producer (Nirvana -Nevermind; Smashing Pumpkins; Foo Fighters), songwriter, and drummer (Garbage), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
• 1955 Anne Lacaton, French architect (Lacaton & Vassal, Pritzker Prize - 2021), born in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, France
• 1955 Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian, born in Manhattan, New York
• 1955 Jimmy Lowe, American country singer (Pirates of Mississippi - "Feed Jake"), born in Nashville, Tennessee
• 1955 Roberta Wallach, American actress (Civil Wars), born in New York City
• 1955 Tim Dunigan, American actor, born in St. Louis, Missouri
• 1956 Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist and author, born in Gorizia, Italy
• 1956 Isabel Pantoja, Spanish copia and Canción melódica singer (Genio y Figura), born in Seville, Spain
• 1957 Jacky Rosen, American politician (Senator-D-Nevada 2019-), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1957 Mojo Nixon [Neill McMillan, Jr.], American musician ("Elvis Is Everywhere") and actor, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (d. 2024) [1]
• 1958 Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's), born in Hyderabad, India
• 1958 Chi Chia-wei, Taiwanese gay rights activist, born in Taiwan
• 1958 Rainer Troppa, German soccer defender (17 caps GDR; BFC Dynamo 172 games), born in Kolkwitz, Germany (d. 2023)
• 1959 Britt Helfer, American actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat), born in Clearfield, Utah
• 1959 Christian Larièpe, French soccer defender (FC Montceau Bourgogne) and sporting director (AS Saint-Étienne, FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Nantes), born in Montceau-les-Mines, France (d. 2023)
• 1959 Victoria Jackson, comedian and actress (Casual Sex, Saturday Night Live), born in Miami, Florida
• 1960 Apollonia [Patricia Kotero], American actress (Purple Rain), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1960 David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid; The Jesus Lizard), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
• 1960 Linda Fratianne, American figure skater (Olympic silver 1980), born in Northridge, Los Angeles
• 1960 Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard; Transatlantic), born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
• 1961 Cold 187um [Gregory Fernan Hutchison], American rapper (Above the Law), born in Pomona, California
• 1961 Ed West, American NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons), born in Colbert County, Alabama
• 1961 Pete de Freitas, English rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1989)

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