Famous Births on 2 Aug

Famous Births on 2 Aug

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 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)
1914 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer, songwriter and writer (d. 1988)
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 - Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster
1925 - Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator
1925 - John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player
1925 - John Dexter, English stage and film director (d. 1990)
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 - Peter O'Toole, Irish-born actor
1932 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006)
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 - John W. Snow, American 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1939 - Wes Craven, American film director
1939 - Benjamin Barber, American political theorist
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 - Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer
1945 - Joanna Cassidy, American actress
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 - Per Westerberg, Swedish politician
1951 - Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet)
1951 - Joe Lynn Turner, American singer (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
1951 - Andrew Gold, American musician and songwriter
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 - Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer
1956 - Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler
1956 - Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author
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 - David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)
1960 - Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic)
1961 - Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
1961 - Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
1964 - Frank Biela, German race car driver
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 - Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist
1969 - Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer), musician (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem)
1969 - Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
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 - Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
1972 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Daniele Nardello, Italian professional road racing cyclist
1972 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress
1972 - Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
1973 - Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer
1973 - Danie Keulder, Former Namibian cricketer
1974 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
1975 - Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress
1975 - Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born badminton player
1975 - Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Mohammad Zahid, Former Pakistani cricketer
1976 - Michael Weiss, Olympic figure skater
1976 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor
1976 - Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete
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 - Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
1982 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
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