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August 2 in recent years

August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1260 – Kyawswa of Pagan, last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1299)
  • 1455John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
  • 1533 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588)
  • 1549 – Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (d. 1616)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1902Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
  • 1902 – Mina Rees, American mathematician (d. 1997)
  • 1905Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)
  • 1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)
  • 1905 – Ruth Nelson, American actress (d. 1992)
  • 1907Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (d. 1984)
  • 1910 – Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1911 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)
  • 1912 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010)
  • 1912 – Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
  • 1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)
  • 1913 – Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
  • 1914Félix 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)
  • 1915Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)
  • 1916Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
  • 1917 – Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)
  • 1919Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (d. 2022)
  • 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author (d. 1997)
  • 1920 – Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1921Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
  • 1922 – Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite (d. 2016)
  • 1922 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (d. 1998)
  • 1923Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)
  • 1923 – Ike Williams, American boxer (d. 1994)
  • 1924James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)
  • 1924 – Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
  • 1924 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1925 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1925 – John Dexter, English director and producer (d. 1990)
  • 1925 – John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (d. 2013)
  • 1927Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
  • 1929 – Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1929 – John Gale, English director and producer
  • 1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda (d. 2017)
  • 1930Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
  • 1931 – Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
  • 1931 – Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (d. 2014)
  • 1931 – Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (d. 2007)
  • 1932Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)
  • 1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
  • 1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
  • 1934Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
  • 1935 – Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
  • 1936Anthony Payne, English composer and author (d. 2021)
  • 1937 – Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
  • 1937 – Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist (d. 2018)
  • 1937 – María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
  • 1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1938Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
  • 1938 – Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
  • 1938 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
  • 1939Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017)
  • 1939 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1939 – John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • 1940 – Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop (d. 2022)
  • 1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
  • 1940 – Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 – Doris Coley, American singer (d. 2000)
  • 1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1941 – François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
  • 1942Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
  • 1942 – Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager
  • 1942 – Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
  • 1942 – Nell Irvin Painter, American author and historian
  • 1943 – Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)
  • 1943 – Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach
  • 1943 – Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
  • 1943 – Rose Tremain, English novelist and short story writer
  • 1944Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
  • 1944 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016)
  • 1945Joanna Cassidy, American actress
  • 1945 – Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
  • 1945 – Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
  • 1945 – Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1946James Howe, American journalist and author
  • 1947Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
  • 1947 – Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author
  • 1948 – Tapan Kumar Sarkar, Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (d. 2021)
  • 1948 – James Street, American football and baseball player (d. 2013)
  • 1948 – Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1949 – James Fallows, American journalist and author
  • 1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut
  • 1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher
  • 1950 – Ted Turner, British guitarist
  • 1951Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1951 – Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951 – Burgess Owens, American football player and politician
  • 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951 – Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
  • 1952Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist
  • 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor
  • 1953 – Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
  • 1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Caleb Carr, American historian and author
  • 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
  • 1956 – Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
  • 1957Jacky Rosen, United States senator
  • 1959Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
  • 1959 – Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
  • 1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress
  • 1960 – Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
  • 1960 – Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player
  • 1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter
  • 1961 – Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (d. 1989)
  • 1962 – Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Cynthia Stevenson, American actress
  • 1963Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
  • 1963 – Uğur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager
  • 1964Frank Biela, German race car driver
  • 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
  • 1965Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia
  • 1965 – Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
  • 1966 – Takashi Iizuka, Japanese wrestler
  • 1966 – Grainne Leahy, Irish cricketer
  • 1966 – Tim Wakefield, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
  • 1967 – Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
  • 1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1968Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster
  • 1969Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
  • 1969 – Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager
  • 1970Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1970 – Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1970 – Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
  • 1971 – Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
  • 1971 – Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
  • 1972Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • 1972 – Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • 1973 – Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
  • 1973 – Miguel Mendonca, Zimbabwean journalist and author
  • 1973 – Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
  • 1974 – Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host
  • 1975 – Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
  • 1975 – Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player and coach
  • 1975 – Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player
  • 1976 – Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner
  • 1976 – Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach
  • 1976 – Michael Weiss, American figure skater
  • 1976 – Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer
  • 1976 – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1977Edward Furlong, American actor
  • 1978 – Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
  • 1978 – Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
  • 1978 – Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer
  • 1978 – Dragan Vukmir, Serbian footballer
  • 1979 – Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
  • 1979 – Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
  • 1980 – Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
  • 1981 – Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
  • 1981 – Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer
  • 1982Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
  • 1982 – Kerry Rhodes, American football player
  • 1982 – Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
  • 1983 – Huston Street, American baseball player
  • 1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
  • 1985 – Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
  • 1985 – David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
  • 1985 – Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist
  • 1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
  • 1986Lily Gladstone, American actress
  • 1988 – Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Golden Tate, American football player
  • 1989Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
  • 1990 – Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
  • 1990 – Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player
  • 1990 – Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player
  • 1992Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter
  • 1993 – Gael Bussa, Congolese politician
  • 1994 – Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
  • 1994 – Laremy Tunsil, American football player
  • 1995Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
  • 1996 – Keston Hiura, American baseball player
  • 1996 – Simone Manuel, American swimmer
  • 1997 – Austin Theory, American wrestler
  • 1999 – Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer
  • 2000 – Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player
  • 2000 – Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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