Famous Birthdays on August 2

French-born American architect who laid out Washington, D.C., born in Paris, France

1760 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei della Genga], Italian prelate (Catholic Pope, 1823-29), born in Genga, March of Ancona, Papal Sates (d. 1829)
1775 José Ángel Lamas, Venezuelan chirimía player, bassoonist, and composer (Popule Meus), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1814)
1788 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (Gmelin’s test), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1853)
1802 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster (1860-65), born in Sevilla, Spain (d. 1865)
1815 Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet, born in Brüsewitz, Germany (d. 1894)
1818 Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, born in Soestdijk, Netherlands (d. 1848)
1820 John Tyndall, Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earth’s atmosphere has a greenhouse effect, born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland (d. 1893)
1826 William Denison Whipple, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, New York (d. 1902)
1828 Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general, born in Cadiz, Spain (d. 1895)
1832 Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1907)
1834 Isaac Capadose, Dutch clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1920)
1835 Elisha Grey, American electrical engineer and inventor (Telephone), born in Barnesville, Ohio (d. 1901)
1854 F. Marion Crawford, American author (Mr. Isaacs), born in Bagni de Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1909)
1858 Catharina van Rennes, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1940)
1858 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, born in Arolsen Castle, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Confederation (d. 1934)
1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince’s Quest, Father of Forest), born in Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire (d. 1935)
1861 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), born in Khulna, British India (d. 1944)
1865 Irving Babbitt, American writer (Rousseau & Romanticism), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1933)
1865 John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1955)
1867 Ernest Dowson, British poet (Decorations in Verse and Prose), born in Lee, London (d. 1900)
1867 Frank Alvord Perret, American volcanologist renowned for his research at Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)

King of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), born in Athens, Greece

1871 John French Sloan, American painter and etcher, born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
1872 George E. Stewart, American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient, born in New South Wales, Australia (d. 1946)
1875 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, born in Veliky Novgorod, Russia (d. 1957)
1878 Aino Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship; Estonian Tales), born in Kiiskilä, Viipuri Province, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1956)
1878 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, born in Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1958)
1881 Ethel M. Dell, English author (Storm Drift), born in London (d. 1939)
1882 George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1962)
1882 Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1968)
1884 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, born in Hagby, Sweden (d. 1982)
1884 Rómulo Gallegos, 48th President of Venezuela (1948), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1969)
1886 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
1887 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket-keeper (23 Tests, 32 dismissals, 2 x 50; Transvaal), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1936)
1888 Oscar Rasbach, American composer, born in Dayton, Kentucky (d. 1975)
1890 Marin Sais, American actress (The Pony Express Girl), born in San Rafael, California (d. 1971)
1890 Pauline Hall, Norwegian composer, born in Hamar, Hedmark, Norway (d. 1969)
1891 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), born in London, England (d. 1975)
1891 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, born in Roman, Romania (d. 1971)
1891 Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
1892 Jack L. Warner [Jacob Warner], Canadian-American film executive and president of the Warner Bros. Studios, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1978)
1892 John Kieran, American columnist and author (Natural History of NYC), born in New York City (d. 1981)
1894 Bertha Lutz, Brazilian biologist, congresswoman, and feminist, and co- founder of the Brazilian Federation for Women’s Progress, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1976) [1]
1894 Hal Mohr [Harold Leon Mohr], American Cinematographer and husband of Evelyn Venable (Captain Blood), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1974)
1895 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand’s first-ever Test match 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
1896 Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1960)
1897 Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer, concentration camp commandant (Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and Majdanek), and embezzler, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1945)
1897 Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1974)
1899 Charles Bennett, English screenwriter, born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England (d. 1995)
1899 George Malcolm Thomson, British journalist, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1996)
1900 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1901 Charlie Caldwell, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Williams, Princeton), born in Bristol, Virginia (d. 1957)
1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (Symphonic Fragment: Attempt at a Requiem; Miserae), and contemporary music promoter (Musica Viva concerts), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1963)

American actress (The Great Ziegfeld, Thin Man, Vanity Fair), born in Helena, Montana

1905 Ruth Nelson, American stage and screen actress (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; 3 Women; Awakenings), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1992)
1906 Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
1907 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1984)
1909 Ace Gutowsky, Russian/American football fullback (Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers; NFL C’ship 1935, Detroit Lions), born in Komolty, Russian Empire (d. 1976)
1909 Lord Benson [Henry Alexander], British accountant (Coopers & Lybrand), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1995)
1910 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, born in Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1995)
1910 Lou Zara, American writer (Stump the Authors), born in New York City (d. 2001)
1910 Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), born in Glasgow (d. 1993)
1910 Truus van Aalten [Geertruida van Aalten], Dutch silent and sound screen actress (Flaming Youth; The Beggar Student; The Girl in the Blue Hat), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1999)
1912 Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), born in New York City (d. 1979)
1912 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, born in Budapest (d. 1996)
1912 Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and UN statistician, born in Križ, Moslavania, Croatia (d. 2001)
1914 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), born in Old Westbury, New York (d. 2001)
1914 Félix Leclerc, French Canadian singer and composer (Moi, mes souliers), born in La Tuque, Québec, Canada (d. 1988)
1915 Gary Merrill, American actor (Young Dr. Kildare (TV series); All About Eve), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1990)
1915 Johan Limpers, Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter, born in Heemstede, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1916 Reginald Murley, British surgeon and President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1977-80), born in England (d. 1997) [1]
1919 John Pinkerton, English computer scientist who designed the first business computer in England, the LEO computer, born in London (d. 1997)
1919 Nehemiah Persoff, American painter and actor (An American Tail, Some Like It Hot), born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine (d. 2022)
1920 Bill Scott, American voice actor, producer and writer (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
1920 Louis Pauwels, French journalist, editor (Paris-Presse; Planète), and writer (Le Matin des Magiciens), born in Paris, France (d. 1997)
1920 Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
1921 Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker’s World), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2013)
1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest [Lionel], British labour politician and union leader (General Secretary TUC), born in Hadley, Telford (d. 1984)
1922 Paul Laxalt, American politician (22nd Governor of Nevada), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2018)

Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), born in Wiszniewo, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus)

American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), born in New York City

1924 Ismond Rosen, South African born psychoanalyst and artist (book on Sexual Deviation), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)

American novelist (Go Tell it on the Mountain; Another Country) and playwright (The Amen Corner; Blues for Mister Charlie), born in Harlem, New York

1924 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
1925 John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (d. 2017)

Argentine military officer and dictator (1976-81), born in Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1926 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2016)
1926 Giancarlo Bergamini, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil, team 1956; silver foil team 1952, individual 1956), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2020)
1927 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician (Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture), born in Ponteland, Northumberland (d. 2018)
1928 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist and bush pilot, born in Egypt (d. 1996) [1]
1928 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
1929 John Gale, British theatrical producer (No Sex Please, We’re British), and artistic director (Chichester Festival, 1985-89), born in Chigwell, Essex, England (d. 2025)
1929 John Hannam, British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament for Exeter 1970-97), and disability rights advocate, born in the UK
1929 Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), born in Burnley (d. 2017)
1930 Ron de Lugo, American politician (1st delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from U.S. Virgin Islands’ 1981-95), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2020)
1930 Vali Myers, Australian painter, born in Canterbury, Sydney (d. 2003)
1931 Eddie Fuller, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/66; Western Province, Cumbria CCC), born in Worcester, South Africa (d. 2008)
1931 Henryk Schiller, Polish composer, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 2006)
1931 Philippa Schuyler, African-American child classical piano prodigy, composer, and journalist, born in Harlem, New York (d. 1967)
1931 Pierre DuMaine, American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2019)
1931 Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
1932 Lamar Hunt, American sports executive and NFL owner (KC Chiefs), born in El Dorado, Arkansas (d. 2006)
1932 Leo Boivin, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (St. Louis Blues), born in Prescott, Ontario (d. 2021)
1932 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2015)

Irish actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia), born in Leeds

1933 Alan Tuffin, British trade union leader, General Council of the Trades Union Congress (1982-93), born in England (d. 2017)
1934 Albert Hall, American hammer throw athlete, born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (d. 2008)
1934 Carl Cain, American basketball player (Olympic gold, 1956), born in Freeport, Illinois (d. 2024)
1934 Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Russia (d. 2019)
1935 Brian Wolfson, British CEO (Wembley Stadium Ltd), born in Merseyside (d. 2007)
1935 Derek Anthony Enright, British Labour politician, born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1995)
1935 John MacIvor Perkins, American composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2010)
1936 Anthony Payne, British composer (Phoenix Mass; Visions and Journeys), critic, and musicologist, born in London (d. 2021)
1936 Christopher Hogg, British industrialist and CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters), born in Surry, England (d. 2021)

American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1959, LSU; AFL C’ship 1960, 61, 67; AFL All-Star 1961, 69; Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders), born in Philadelphia, Mississippi

1937 Garth Hudson, Canadian rock Lowrey organist, accordion player and saxophonist (The Band – “Chest Fever”; “Up On Cripple Creek”), born in Windsor, Ontario (d. 2025) [1] [2]
1937 Gundula Janowitz, Austrian concert and operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1959-90), and vocal teacher, born in Berlin, Germany
1937 Jim McLean, Scottish soccer forward (Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Dundee) and manager (Dundee United 1971-93), born in Larkhall, Scotland (d. 2020)
1937 Ronald Brierley, New Zealand investor and company director, born in Wellington, New Zealand
1938 Brunhilde Hendrix, German relay runner (Olympic silver 1960), born in Langenzenn, Germany (d. 1995)
1938 Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey left wing (4 x NHL All Star; Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, NY Rangers), born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan (d. 2007)
1938 Pierre de Bané, French Canadian politician (Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec. 1984-2013; Member of Parliament. 1968-84), born in Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine (d. 2019)
1939 Benjamin Barber, American political theorist (Jihad vs. McWorld), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)

American film director (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), born in Cleveland, Ohio

1941 Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles), born in Goldsboro, California (d. 2000)
1941 Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (Be What You Are), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2003)

1942 Chilean-American author (The House of the Spirits, City of the Beasts), born in Lima, Peru

1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer manager (Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago, Poland), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2025)
1943 Kathy Lennon, American pop singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Santa Monica, California
1943 Max Wright, American character actor (Buffalo Bill; Alf; Misfits of Science), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
1943 Rose Tremain, British novelist and playwright (Restoration), born in London, England
1943 Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic – “Something So Strong”; “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”), born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England (d. 2005)
1944 Juvenal “Naná’ Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny; Björk; Milton Nascimento), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2016)
1945 Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer, born in Salzburg, Austria
1945 Eric Simms, Australian rugby league fullback (8 Tests; NSWRL points record [1,841] stood until 1983; South Sydney), born in Karuah, Australia
1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, American feminist and social and political activist who led the National Coalition of 100 Black Women movement in the 1970s, born in Washington, D.C.
1945 Joanna Cassidy [Caskey], American actress (Blade Runner; Under Fire; Six Feet Under), born in Haddonfield, New Jersey
1945 John Bowis, British MP (C), born in Brighton, East Sussex
1945 John T. Ward Jr., American racehorse trainer (Kentucky Derby 2001 Monarchos; Breeders’ Cup Distaff 1999 Beautiful Pleasure), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2021)
1947 Lawrence Wright, American author and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Looming Tower” (2007), born in Oklahoma City
1947 Massiel [Maria Santamaria], Spanish pop singer (La, la, la), born in Madrid, Spain
1948 Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh session and touring guitarist (Amen Corner; Roger Waters; Eric Clapton; George Harrison), born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales
1948 Chris Bennett, American musician (The Theme from Midnight Express), born in Marshall, Illinois
1948 Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), born in Hythe, England (d. 2009)
1949 “Fat” Larry James, American funk and R&B vocalist, drummer, and bandleader (Fat Larry’s Band – “Zoom”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
1949 Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
1949 James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
1950 (David) “Ted” Turner, British rock guitarist and vocalist (Wishbone Ash – Argus), born in Birmingham, England
1950 Kathryn Harrold, American actress (MacGruder & Loud), born in Tazewell, Virginia

1950 Lance Ito, American judge (O.J. Simpson trial), born in Los Angeles, California
1950 Mathieu Carriere, German actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames), born in Hanover, Germany
1950 Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
1951 Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter, and record producer (“Lonely Boy”; “Thank You for Being a Friend”), born in Burbank, California (d. 2011)
1951 Burgess Owens, American politician (Rep-R-Utah) and football player, born in Columbus, Ohio
1951 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2016)
1951 Joe Lynn Turner [Linquito], American hard rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Fandango; Rainbow), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
1951 Per Westerberg, Swedish politician (Speaker of the Riksdag), born in Nyköping, Sweden
1952 Angel Herrera, Cuban FW/LW boxer (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
1952 Les Dudek, American guitarist and singer (Steve Miller Band), born in Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island
1952 Paul David Crews, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in South Carolina (d. 2022)
1953 Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters), born in Inglewood, California
1954 James Charles Kopp, American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian, born in Pasadena, California
1954 Lisa Brown, American actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1954 Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star (Manchester United), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1955 (Bryan) “Butch” Vig, American record producer (Nirvana -Nevermind; Smashing Pumpkins; Foo Fighters), songwriter, and drummer (Garbage), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
1955 Anne Lacaton, French architect (Lacaton & Vassal; Pritzker Prize, 2021), born in Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, France
1955 Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian, born in Manhattan, New York
1955 Jimmy Lowe, American country singer (Pirates of Mississippi – “Feed Jake”), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1955 Roberta Wallach, American actress (Civil Wars), born in New York City
1955 Tim Dunigan, American actor, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1956 Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist and author, born in Gorizia, Italy
1956 Isabel Pantoja, Spanish copla and Canción melódica singer (Genio y Figura), born in Seville, Spain
1957 Jacky Rosen, American politician (Senator-D-Nevada 2019-), born in Chicago, Illinois
1957 Mojo Nixon [Neill McMillan, Jr.], American musician (“Elvis Is Everywhere”) and actor, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (d. 2024) [1]
1958 Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980’s), born in Hyderabad, India
1958 Chi Chia-wei, Taiwanese gay rights activist, born in Taiwan
1958 Rainer Troppa, German soccer defender (17 caps GDR; BFC Dynamo 172 games), born in Kolkwitz, Germany (d. 2023)
1959 Britt Helfer, American actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat), born in Clearfield, Utah
1959 Christian Larièpe, French soccer defender (FC Montceau Bourgogne) and sporting director (AS Saint-Étienne, FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Nantes), born in Montceau-les-Mines, France (d. 2023)
1959 Victoria Jackson, comedian and actress (Casual Sex, Saturday Night Live), born in Miami, Florida
1960 Apollonia [Patricia Kotero], American actress (Purple Rain), born in Santa Monica, California
1960 David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid; The Jesus Lizard), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1960 Linda Fratianne, American figure skater (Olympic silver 1980), born in Northridge, Los Angeles
1960 Neal Morse, American musician (Spock’s Beard; Transatlantic), born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California

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