History Births on August 02

Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer

#Hélder_Postiga

Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer (d. 1715)

#Jean-Baptiste_du_Casse

Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)

#Shimon_Peres

Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer

#Sam_Worthington

Takashi Iizuka, Japanese wrestler

#Takashi_Iizuka

Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010)

#Palle_Huld

Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist (d. 2018)

#Billy_Cannon

Miko?aj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwi??, Polish nobleman (d. 1616)

#Miko?aj_Krzysztof_"the_Orphan"_Radziwi??

Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)

#Joe_Harnell

Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)

#Manuel_Pavía_y_Rodríguez_de_Alburquerque

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (d. 1678)

#Samuel_Dirksz_van_Hoogstraten

U?ur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager

#U?ur_Tütüneker

Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)

#Aino_Kallas

Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress

#Apollonia_Kotero

Frank Biela, German race car driver

#Frank_Biela

Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016)

#Naná_Vasconcelos

Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Wes_Craven

Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player

#Laura_Pigossi

Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Eric_Simms_(rugby_league)

Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer

#Giampaolo_Pazzini

Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (d. 1817)

#Jean_Baptiste_Camille_Canclaux

Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1900)

#Ernest_Dowson

Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)

#Constantine_I_of_Greece

Matt Guerrier, American baseball player

#Matt_Guerrier

Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)

#Myrna_Loy

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)

#Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer

Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)

#Lamar_Hunt

Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)

#Max_Weber_(Swiss_politician)

Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic

#Pierre_DuMaine

Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager

#Alain_Giresse

Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)

#Karl_Amadeus_Hartmann

Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer

#Mohamed_Al-Deayea

Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer

#Victoria_Jackson

Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Hisanobu_Watanabe

John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)

#John_Alexander_Douglas_McCurdy

Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager

#Leo_Beenhakker

Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer

#Michel_Bastos

Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and astronaut

#Bertalan_Farkas

Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)

#Jack_L._Warner

Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)

#Håkon_Stenstadvold

John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)

#John_Tyndall

Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (d. 1963)

#Pingali_Venkayya

Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)

#Félix_Leclerc

Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite (d. 2016)

#Betsy_Bloomingdale

Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach

#Tony_Amonte

Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Jules_A._Hoffmann

Ivica Banovi?, Croatian footballer

#Ivica_Banovi?

Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor

#Nehemiah_Persoff

Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (d. 2007)

#Viliam_Schrojf

Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Will_Tura

Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)

#Juan_Formell

Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (d. 1936)

#Red_Ames

Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (d. 1975)

#Arthur_Bliss

Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia

#Joe_Hockey

Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach

#Jay_Heaps

Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960)

#Oskar_Anderson

Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)

#Ann_Dvorak

Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)

#Hank_Cochran

James Fallows, American journalist and author

#James_Fallows

Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player

#Rob_Kwiet

Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author

#Fulvio_Melia

Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017)

#Benjamin_Barber

Tim Wakefield, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Tim_Wakefield

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)

#Dietrich_of_Anhalt-Dessau

Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher

#Jussi_Adler-Olsen

Linda Fratianne, American figure skater

#Linda_Fratianne

Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager

#Fernando_Couto

Mineiro, Brazilian footballer

#Mineiro_(footballer)

Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)

#Alfonso_A._Ossorio

Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)

#Saskia_van_Uylenburgh

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)

#Pope_Cyril_VI_of_Alexandria

Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (d. 1901)

#Elisha_Gray

Butch Patrick, American actor

#Butch_Patrick

Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)

#Peter_O'Toole

Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian (d. 1894)

#Adolf_Friedrich_von_Schack

Anthony Seldon, English historian and author

#Anthony_Seldon

Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008)

#Eddie_Fuller

John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)

#John_McCormack_(ice_hockey)

Laremy Tunsil, American football player

#Laremy_Tunsil

Mary-Louise Parker, American actress

#Mary-Louise_Parker

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)

#John_Cicero,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

Nell Irvin Painter, American author and historian

#Nell_Irvin_Painter

Dragan Vukmir, Serbian footballer

#Dragan_Vukmir

Kristaps Porzi??is, Latvian basketball player

#Kristaps_Porzi??is

Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (d. 1941)

#Helen_Morgan

Miguel Mendonca, Zimbabwean journalist and author

#Miguel_Mendonca

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)

#Frédéric_Auguste_Bartholdi

Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter and producer

#Aline_Brosh_McKenna

Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)

#Dave_Balon

Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)

#Jon_R._Cavaiani

Joanna Cassidy, American actress

#Joanna_Cassidy

Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (d. 1853)

#Leopold_Gmelin

David Yow, American singer-songwriter

#David_Yow

Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and astronaut (d. 2019)

#Valery_Bykovsky

Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)

#Rómulo_Gallegos

Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer

#Deividas_Šemberas

Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist

#Isabel_Allende

Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588)

#Theodor_Zwinger

Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and record producer

#Butch_Vig

Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)

#Mahmud_I

Dennis Prager, American radio host and author

#Dennis_Prager

John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury

#John_W._Snow

Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)

#Herbert_M._Allison

Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

#Andrew_Gold

Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter

#Lawrence_Wright

Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Garth_Hudson

Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden

#Per_Westerberg

Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist

#Britt_Nicole

Michael Weiss, American figure skater

#Michael_Weiss_(figure_skater)

Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)

#Gary_Merrill

Grady Sizemore, American baseball player

#Grady_Sizemore

Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist

#Donnie_Munro

Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach

#Tom_Burgmeier

Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)

#Matt_Henderson_(cricketer)

Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer

#Nacer_Chadli

George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)

#George_E._Stewart

Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (d. 2013)

#Jorge_Rafael_Videla

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)

#Philippe_II,_Duke_of_Orléans

Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer

#Tim_Murtagh

Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

#Carroll_O'Connor

Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager

#Sammy_McIlroy

Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist

#Lee_Mavers

Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner

#Reyes_Estévez

Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Andy_Fairweather_Low

Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic (d. 2018)

#Peter_Swinnerton-Dyer

Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Steve_Hillage

James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)

#James_Baldwin

Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist

#Bunker_Roy

Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (d. 1956)

#Ravishankar_Shukla

Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Kevin_Smith

Kerry Rhodes, American football player

#Kerry_Rhodes

Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)

#Lorenzo_Ricci

Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (d. 1929)

#Margaret_Lawrence_(actress)

Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop

#Angel_Lagdameo

Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (d. 1954)

#Marianne_Weber

Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Joe_Lynn_Turner

Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer, best known for his work on Star Trek: The Original Series (d. 2003)

#Wah_Chang

Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player

#Neal_Morse

Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)

#Bertha_Lutz

Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer

#Alexander_Emelianenko

Edward Furlong, American actor

#Edward_Furlong

Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1944)

#Prafulla_Chandra_Ray

Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player

Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier

David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler

Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player

Cynthia Stevenson, American actress

Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner

Marco Bonura, Italian footballer

Goran Gavran?i?, Serbian footballer

Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer

Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player

Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player and coach

Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host

Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer

Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer

Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager

Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player

Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer

Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player

Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster

Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player

Grainne Leahy, Irish cricketer

Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer

Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (d. 1989)

Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)

Tony Godden, English footballer and manager

Caleb Carr, American historian and author

Ted Turner, British guitarist

Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)

James Street, American football and baseball player (d. 2013)

Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer

James Howe, American journalist and author

Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach

Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

Rose Tremain, English novelist and short story writer

François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter

Doris Coley, American singer (d. 2000)

Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)

Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)

Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2019)

Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman

Anthony Payne, English composer and author

Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence

Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (d. 2014)

Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)

David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda (d. 2017)

Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)

John Gale, English director and producer

Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)

Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990)

John Dexter, English director and producer (d. 1990)

K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)

Ike Williams, American boxer (d. 1994)

Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (d. 1998)

Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)

Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)

Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author (d. 1997)

Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)

Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)

Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)

Vladimir Žerjavi?, Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)

Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)

Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (d. 1984)

Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (d. 1973)

Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Ern? Nagy, Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)

Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (d. 1945)

Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)

Albert Bloch, American painter and academic (d. 1961)

Arthur Dove, American painter and educator (d. 1946)

John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)

John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)

Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (d. 1933)

Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)

Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch (d. 1704)

Kyawswa of Pagan, last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1299)