Famous People Born on August 2
Famous people born on August 2 include James Baldwin (1924), Shimon Peres (1923) and JD Vance (1984).
BORN ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Shimon Peres
Leader of Israel (1977; 1984-1986; 1995-1996; 2007-2014)
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States since 2025
Peter O'Toole
English and Irish actor (1932–2013)
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American writer (born 1942)
Jorge Rafael Videla
President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981
Sam Worthington
Australian actor (born 1976)
Charli XCX
British singer (born 1992)
Mahmud I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754
Wes Craven
American filmmaker (1939–2015)
Constantine I of Greece
King of Greece (1913–17; 1920–22)
Jules A. Hoffmann
French biologist (born 1941)
Kevin Smith
American filmmaker, actor and podcaster (born 1970)
Mary-Louise Parker
American actress (born 1964)
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)
Hélder Postiga
Portuguese footballer (born 1982)
DIED ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Warren G. Harding
President of the United States from 1921 to 1923
Paul von Hindenburg
President of Germany from 1925 to 1934
Enrico Caruso
Italian opera tenor (1873–1921)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian (780–855)
Pope Stephen I
Head of the Catholic Church from 254 to 257
William S. Burroughs
American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)
Henry III of France
King of France from 1574 to 1589
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian and American chemist (1946–2016)
Fritz Lang
Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
Pope John V
Head of the Catholic Church from 685 to 686
Sources
- August 2 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths