Famous People Born on July 2

Famous people born on July 2 include Patrice Lumumba (1925), Hermann Hesse (1877) and Wisława Szymborska (1923).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Patrice Lumumba

Born 1925 · Politics & Leadership

First Prime Minister of independent Congo

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Hermann Hesse

1877–1962

German writer (1877–1962)

Wisława Szymborska

1923–2012

Polish poet and Nobel laureate (1923–2012)

Imelda Marcos

1929–present

First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986

William Henry Bragg

1862–1942

British X-ray crystallographer (1862–1942)

Lindsay Lohan

1986–present

American actress and singer (born 1986)

Hans Bethe

1906–2005

German-American physicist (1906–2005)

Margot Robbie

1990–present

Australian actress and film producer (born 1990)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

1714–1787

Opera composer (1714–1787)

Larry David

1947–present

American comedian, writer and actor (born 1947)

Alec Douglas-Home

1903–1995

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964

Ashley Tisdale

1985–present

American actress and singer (born 1985)

Carlos Menem

1930–2021

President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999

Olav V

1903–1991

King of Norway from 1957 to 1991

Vicente Fox

1942–present

President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006

Valentinian III

419–455

Western Roman emperor from 425 to 455

DIED ON THIS DAY

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Died 1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract

Amelia Earhart

Died 1937 · Exploration

First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

Ernest Hemingway

Died 1961 · Literature

The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel laureate

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

Vladimir Nabokov

1899–1977

Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)

Nostradamus

1503–1566

French astrologer and seer (1503–1566)

Elie Wiesel

1928–2016

American writer and activist (1928–2016)

James Stewart

1908–1997

American actor and military officer (1908–1997)

Mario Puzo

1920–1999

American author and screenwriter (1920–1999)

Porfirio Díaz

1830–1915

President of Mexico from 1876 to 1911

Robert Peel

1788–1850

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846)

Andrei Gromyko

1909–1989

Soviet diplomat (1909–1989)

Douglas Engelbart

1925–2013

American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)

Henry the Fowler

876–936

King of East Francia from 919 to 936

Sources

July 2 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Patrice Lumumba — Wikipedia
Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Wikipedia
Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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