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Happy Birthday To:
* 1455 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
* 1533 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
* 1612 – Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)
* 1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
* 1674 – Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
* 1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, German Prince (d. 1769)
* 1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
* 1788 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
* 1815 – Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
* 1820 – John Tyndall, British physicist (d. 1893)
* 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)
* 1872 – George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
* 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 – Palle Huld, Danish actor
* 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, Prime Minister of Israel and the nineth President of the State of Israel
* 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 – Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster
* 1926 – Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite
* 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
* 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
* 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 – Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American novelist
* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American Actor
* 1955 – Tony Godden, English football goalkeeper
* 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 – Graham Dye, English singer/songwriter and guitarist (Scarlet Party; The Alan Parsons Project)
* 1961 – Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
* 1961 – Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
* 1963 – Laura Bennett, American architect and designer
* 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, Indian cricketer
* 1967 – Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
* 1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter
* 1968 – Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
* 1968 – John Stanier, American musician Helmet
* 1969 – Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
* 1969 – Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
* 1969 – Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian 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, West-Indian cricketer
* 1971 – Alice Evans, English actress
* 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 – 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 – Jay Heaps, American soccer player
* 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)
* 1990 – Alice Connor, British actress
* 1991 – Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1992 – Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress
* 2002 – Kara and Shelby Hoffman, American actress
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2
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