Famous Births on 2 Jun

Famous Births on 2 Jun

1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
1731 - Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802)
1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
1743 - Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)
1774 - William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)
1823 - Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
1838 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (d. 1900)
1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1863 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
1865 - George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
1869 - Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937)
1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
1899 - Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981)
1904 - Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1974)
1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
1907 - Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998)
1913 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)
1913 - Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
1915 - Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)
1915 - Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian communist (d. 1992)
1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
1918 - Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
1919 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
1920 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born critic
1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
1922 - Charlie Sifford, American golfer
1922 - Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1924 - June Callwood, Canadian jounalist and activist (d. 2007)
1926 - Milo O'Shea, Irish actor
1927 - W. Watts Biggers, American novelist and animator
1929 - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
1929 - Norton Juster, American author and architect
1930 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999)
1930 - Bob Lillis, baseball player
1931 - William Donaldson, American businessman and politician
1931 - Larry Jackson, baseball player (d. 1990)
1932 - Sammy Turner, American singer
1935 - Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek turkologist
1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003)
1935 - Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress
1937 - Jimmy Jones (singer), American singer and songwriter
1938 - Kevin Brownlow, English film historian and author
1940 - King Constantine II of Greece
1941 - Stacy Keach, American actor
1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1941 - William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1943 - Charles Haid, American actor
1943 - Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician
1945 - Jon Peters, American film producer and hairdresser
1946 - Lasse Hallström, Swedish film director
1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer
1947 - Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor
1949 - Heather Couper, British astronomer
1949 - Frank Rich, American theater critic and columnist
1951 - Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player
1952 - Gary Bettman, American National Hockey League commissioner
1953 - Craig Stadler, American golfer
1953 - Keith Allen, Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer
1954 - Dennis Haysbert, American actor
1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
1955 - Michael Steele, American musician (The Bangles)
1955 - Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian director
1956 - Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
1957 - King Lizzard, American entertainer
1957 - Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
1958 - Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler
1959 - Lydia Lunch, American singer
1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car driver
1960 - Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet)
1961 - Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag)
1964 - Caroline Link, German film director and screenwriter
1965 - Mark and Steve Waugh, Australian cricketers
1965 - Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journalist
1966 - Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
1967 - Mike Stanton, baseball player
1968 - Beetlejuice, member of Howard Stern's Wack Pack
1968 - Jon Culshaw, British comedian
1969 - Cy Chadwick, English actor
1970 - Andy McCollum, American football player
1970 - B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
1971 - Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor
1972 - Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
1972 - Wentworth Miller, American actor
1972 - Simon Staho, Danish film director
1973 - Neifi Perez, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player
1974 - Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
1976 - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 - Martin ÄŒech, International ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball player
1976 - Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen consort of Lesotho
1977 - Zachary Quinto, American actor
1978 - Justin Long, American actor
1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
1978 - Nikki Cox, American actress
1978 - Dominic Cooper, English actor
1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Strokes)
1980 - Abby Wambach, American Soccer player
1981 - Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1981 - Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player
1981 - Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer.
1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1983 - Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey player
1983 - Brooke White, American singer
1985 - Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress
1987 - Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer
1988 - Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
1988 - Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
1990 - Brittany Curran, American actress
926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)