August 02 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1533 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)


• 1672 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)


• 1674 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)


• 1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754)


• 1703 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)


• 1788 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)


• 1815 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)


• 1828 - Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)


• 1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904)


• 1835 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901)


• 1858 - Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1934)


• 1865 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (d. 1933)


• 1865 - John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)


• 1868 - King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)


• 1871 - John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)


• 1875 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)


• 1878 - Aino Kallas, Finnish - Estonian author (d. 1956)


• 1882 - Red Ames, baseball player (d. 1936)


• 1884 - Rómulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (d. 1969)


• 1886 - John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)


• 1887 - Tommy Ward, Former South African cricketer (d. 1936)


• 1890 - Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)


• 1891 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (d. 1971)


• 1892 - Jack Warner, Canadian film producer (d. 1978)


• 1895 - Matt Henderson, Former 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 Federal Councilor (d. 1974)


• 1899 - Charles Bennett, British screenwriter (d. 1995)


• 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, writer (d. 1993)


• 1912 - Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)


• 1912 - Vladimir Zerjavic, Croatian statistician (d. 2001)


• 1914 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer, songwriter and writer (d. 1988)


• 1914 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)


• 1915 - Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)


• 1920 - Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer (d. 1997)


• 1923 - Shimon Peres, Israeli politician.


• 1924 - James Baldwin, American author (d. 1987)


• 1924 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (d. 2005)


• 1924 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)


• 1925 - John Dexter, English stage and film director (d. 1990)


• 1925 - John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1925 - Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator


• 1925 - Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster


• 1926 - Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and namesake of the Bloomingdale department store chain


• 1928 - Malcolm Hilton, Former England cricketer (d. 1990)


• 1930 - Vali Myers, Australian painter (d. 2003)


• 1931 - Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop


• 1931 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)


• 1931 - Eddie Fuller, Former South African cricketer (d. 2008)


• 1932 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006)


• 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Irish-born actor


• 1934 - Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut


• 1935 - Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter


• 1937 - Billy Cannon, American football player


• 1937 - Garth Hudson, Canadian musician (The Band)


• 1938 - Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)


• 1938 - Pierre de Bané, French Canadian politician


• 1938 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (d. 2006) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War


• 1939 - Benjamin Barber, American political theorist


• 1939 - Wes Craven, American film director


• 1939 - John W. Snow, American 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury


• 1941 - Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (d. 2000)


• 1942 - Isabel Allende, Chilean author


• 1943 - Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player


• 1943 - Max Wright, American actor


• 1944 - Jim Capaldi, British musician and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005)


• 1944 - Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz musician


• 1945 - Joanna Cassidy, American actress


• 1945 - Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer


• 1947 - Massiel, Spanish singer


• 1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist


• 1948 - Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author


• 1949 - James Fallows, American journalist


• 1950 - Lance Ito, American judge


• 1950 - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)


• 1951 - Andrew Gold, American musician and songwriter


• 1951 - Joe Lynn Turner, American singer (Deep Purple, Rainbow)


• 1951 - Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet)


• 1951 - Per Westerberg, Swedish politician


• 1953 - Marjo, Quebec singer


• 1953 - Butch Patrick, American actor


• 1954 - James Charles Kopp, American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian


• 1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager


• 1955 - Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian


• 1955 - Tim Dunigan, American Actor


• 1956 - Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author


• 1956 - Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler


• 1956 - Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer


• 1957 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor


• 1958 - Arshad Ayub, Former Indian cricketer


• 1959 - Victoria Jackson, American comedian


• 1959 - Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress


• 1960 - Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic)


• 1960 - David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)


• 1961 - Linda Fratianne, American figure skater


• 1961 - Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)


• 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 professional wrestler


• 1966 - Tim Wakefield, American baseball player


• 1966 - M.V. Sridhar, Former First Class Indian cricketer


• 1967 - Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player


• 1967 - Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter


• 1968 - Stefan Effenberg, German footballer


• 1969 - Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer


• 1969 - Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer), musician (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem)


• 1969 - Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist


• 1970 - Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player


• 1970 - Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter


• 1970 - Philo Wallace, Former West Indian cricketer


• 1971 - Michael Hughes, Irish footballer


• 1972 - Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer


• 1972 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress


• 1972 - Daniele Nardello, Italian professional road racing cyclist


• 1972 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)


• 1972 - Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer


• 1973 - Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer


• 1973 - Danie Keulder, Former Namibian cricketer


• 1974 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress


• 1975 - Mineiro, Brazilian footballer


• 1975 - Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born badminton player


• 1975 - Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress


• 1976 - Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete


• 1976 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor


• 1976 - Michael Weiss, Olympic figure skater


• 1976 - Mohammad Zahid, Former Pakistani cricketer


• 1977 - Edward Furlong, American actor


• 1978 - Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer


• 1978 - Matt Guerrier, American baseball player


• 1979 - Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan athlete


• 1980 - Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer


• 1980 - Nadia Bjorlin, American actress


• 1982 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer


• 1982 - Grady Sizemore, American baseball player


• 1983 - Nick Diaz, American MMA fighter


• 1984 - Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress


• 1984 - Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer


• 1985 - Harry Smith, Canadian professional wrestler


• 1986 - Mathieu Razanakolona, Malagasy skier


• 1988 - Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5)


• 1992 - Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress