On This Day — August 2
4082 noted people were born and 1889 died on August 2 in our archive, including Mina Rees, Nigel Hitchin and Alexander Sergeev.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 2
Mina Rees
1902 – 1997
Nigel Hitchin
b. 1946
Alexander Sergeev
b. 1955
Bertalan Farkas
b. 1949
Bob Rae
b. 1948
Charles de Visscher
1884 – 1973
Fakhraddin Manafov
b. 1955
Friedrich Stromeyer
1776 – 1835
Fulvio Melia
b. 1956
Irwin Fridovich
1929 – 2019
JD Vance
b. 1984
James Dale
b. 1970
Javier Arias Stella
1924 – 2020
Jerzy Młynarczyk
1931 – 2017
Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez
1913 – 2009
John Tyndall
1820 – 1893
Jules A. Hoffmann
b. 1941
Kalevi Wiik
1932 – 2015
Ken Kutaragi
b. 1950
Marek Szczygieł
b. 1969
Nell Irvin Painter
b. 1942
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
1927 – 2018
Pieter Pauw
1564 – 1617
Robert Bilott
b. 1965
Ruth Lawrence
b. 1971
Saul A. Teukolsky
b. 1947
Serge Halimi
b. 1955
Seth Lloyd
b. 1960
Shimon Peres
1923 – 2016
Toranosuke Katayama
1935 – 2025
Adrien de Gerlache
1866 – 1934
Ahmed Djebbar
b. 1941
Ain-Elmar Kaasik
1934 – 2026
Ainsley Iggo
1924 – 2012
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
1937 – 2020
Aleksandar Belić
1876 – 1960
Alfred Fiderkiewicz
1886 – 1972
Andreas Kornhuber
1824 – 1905
Anne Lauvergeon
b. 1959
Anthony Seldon
b. 1953
Arthur Bliss
1891 – 1975
Arthur Headlam
1862 – 1947
Askar Zhumagaliev
b. 1972
Augustus C. French
1808 – 1864
Bei Dao
b. 1949
Bence Szabolcsi
1899 – 1973
Benjamin Barber
1939 – 2017
Bernhard Ernst von Bülow
1815 – 1879
Bertha Lutz
1894 – 1976
Boghos Nubar
1851 – 1930
Brian Agler
b. 1958
Burgess Owens
b. 1951
Carl Justi
1832 – 1912
Carlo Savina
1919 – 2002
Carroll O'Connor
1924 – 2001
Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa
1885 – 1967
Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton
1814 – 1905
Charles Francis Adams III
1866 – 1954
Charlie Cheever
b. 1981
Chrystia Freeland
b. 1968
Constantine I of Greece
1868 – 1923
David Kinley
1861 – 1944
David Tang
1954 – 2017
Diego García-Sayán
b. 1950
Donnie Munro
b. 1953
Edward Augustus Freeman
1823 – 1892
Edward Belbruno
b. 1951
Elise Boot
1932 – 2023
Elisha Gray
1835 – 1901
Eliyahu Ben-Elissar
1932 – 2000
Ernesto Giménez Caballero
1899 – 1988
Ernst Homburg
b. 1952
Eugene R. Sullivan
b. 1941
Eustachy Sapieha
1881 – 1963
Ewa Braun
b. 1944
Ferdinand Rudio
1856 – 1929
Franciszka Cegielska
1946 – 2000
François Fortassin
1939 – 2017
Gillian Tans
b. 1970
Gordan Jandroković
b. 1967
Gustav Simon
1900 – 1945
Hans Hunziker
1878 – 1941
Henri-Étienne Beaunis
1830 – 1921
Herbert Dingle
1890 – 1978
Herbert M. Allison
1943 – 2013
Håkon Stenstadvold
1912 – 1977
Ignacio Alonso
b. 1978
Igor Gorgan
b. 1969
Ingerid Dal
1895 – 1985
Ioannis Varvitsiotis
1933 – 2026
Irene Velez Torres
b. 1982
Irving Babbitt
1865 – 1933
Jacky Rosen
b. 1957
James Baldwin
1924 – 1987
James Fallows
b. 1949
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen
1751 – 1836
Javier Corral Jurado
b. 1966
Jean Luzac
1746 – 1807
Jean-Claude Bernardet
1936 – 2025
Jill Underly
b. 1977
Joe Hockey
b. 1965
Joel Thompson Boone
1889 – 1974
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
1886 – 1961
John Bowis
b. 1945
John Galbally
1910 – 1990
John Hannam
b. 1929
John W. Snow
b. 1939
Johnie Hammond
b. 1932
Jonathan B. Tucker
1954 – 2011
Jordi Sabater Pi
1922 – 2009
Jorge Rafael Videla
1925 – 2013
Junji Kinoshita
1914 – 2006
Ján Langoš
1946 – 2006
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
1905 – 1963
Kaspar Rostrup
1845 – 1911
Katsyaryna Barysevich
b. 1984
Kenneth Broberg
b. 1993
Kenneth Kunen
1943 – 2020
Larry Echo Hawk
b. 1948
Laurent Pic
b. 1964
Lawrence Wright
b. 1947
Leon Litinetsky
b. 1967
Leopold Gmelin
1788 – 1853
Liana Isakadze
1946 – 2024
Llew Edwards
1935 – 2021
Lo Tsung-lo
1898 – 1978
Lou Papan
1928 – 2007
Luc Cromheecke
b. 1961
Matthew Rosenberg
b. 1974
Max Weber
1897 – 1974
Melvin Hochster
b. 1943
Mempo Giardinelli
b. 1947
Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux
1938 – 2023
Michael Quante
b. 1962
Michael Tubbs
b. 1990
Mihail Jora
1891 – 1971
Mike Ross
b. 1961
Myrna Loy
1905 – 1993
Nathan Raw
1866 – 1940
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman
1802 – 1865
Nikolai Severov
1887 – 1957
Nikolay Kiryukhin
1896 – 1953
Núria Parlon
b. 1974
Ogtay Shiraliyev
1950 – 2025
Oliver L. Spaulding
1833 – 1922
Paul Laxalt
1922 – 2018
Paul Marshall
b. 1959
Per Westerberg
b. 1951
Philippe Diallo
b. 1963
Piotr Świtalski
b. 1957
Prafulla Chandra Ray
1861 – 1944
Pritam Singh
b. 1976
Reginald Pinney
1863 – 1943
Richard A. Cody
b. 1950
Richard Neely
1941 – 2020
Rick Speare
1947 – 2016
Robert Henry Peters
1946 – 1996
Robert Hillenbrand
b. 1941
Roger Cohen
b. 1955
Roosseno
1908 – 1996
Rula Maayah
b. 1970
Ruth Barcan Marcus
1921 – 2012
Régis Messac
1893 – 1945
Rómulo Gallegos
1884 – 1969
Rüdiger Grube
b. 1951
Samuel E. Pingree
1832 – 1922
Sarah T. Hughes
1896 – 1985
Sardara Singh Johl
b. 1928
Serg Bell
b. 1971
Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet
1820 – 1888
Steven Rosenberg
b. 1940
Søren Hjorth Nielsen
1901 – 1983
Teng Biao
b. 1973
Theodor Zwinger
1533 – 1588
Uzi Landau
b. 1943
Vasyl Semeniuk
b. 1949
Viktor Seliverstov
b. 1954
Volodymyr Butkevych
b. 1946
Westbrook Pegler
1894 – 1969
William Adam
1751 – 1839
William Alexander Mackinnon
1789 – 1870
Wladimir d'Ormesson
1888 – 1973
Yehezkel Flomin
1935 – 2019
Yoram Yovell
b. 1958
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
b. 1944
Yuri Ovchinnikov
1934 – 1988
Émile Reuter
1874 – 1973
A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
b. 1964
Abdullah Md Zin
b. 1946
Aino Kallas
1878 – 1956
Alan Pope
1945 – 2022
Albert Ludvig Lindsay von Julin
1871 – 1944
Alexander I of Serbia
1876 – 1903
Alexander Yelagin
b. 1953
Algernon Lee Butler
1905 – 1978
Ali Mroudjaé
1939 – 2019
Alice Faber Tryon
1920 – 2009
Alice Moran
b. 1988
Alim Alijew
b. 1988
Alla Shishkina
b. 1989
… and 3,882 more
Died on August 2
Alexander Graham Bell
1847 – 1922
Ahmed Zewail
1946 – 2016
Barbara Prammer
1954 – 2014
Baruj Benacerraf
1920 – 2011
Carl de Neergaard
1800 – 1850
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
1858 – 1944
Giovanni Conso
1922 – 2015
Horace Mann
1796 – 1859
Inoue Masaru
1843 – 1910
John Downer
1843 – 1915
John F. Seiberling
1918 – 2008
Lazare Carnot
1753 – 1823
Luis de Zulueta
1878 – 1964
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
1888 – 1977
Michel Debré
1912 – 1996
Nikolay Pilyugin
1908 – 1982
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
1921 – 1987
Aleksiej Szitikow
1912 – 1993
Alexander Nudelman
1912 – 1996
Alexander Stroganov
1795 – 1891
Alma Levant Hayden
1927 – 1967
Alois Indra
1921 – 1990
Armand de Gramont
1879 – 1962
Auguste Pomel
1821 – 1898
Boris Ugarov
1922 – 1991
Carlos Chávez
1899 – 1978
Christopher González
1943 – 2008
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
1689 – 1769
David Bevington
1931 – 2019
Delano Lewis
1938 – 2023
Eberhard Rebling
1911 – 2008
Edmond Nocard
1850 – 1903
Emil von Reznicek
1860 – 1945
Erastus Otis Haven
1820 – 1881
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
1916 – 2013
Francisco Weffort
1937 – 2021
Franciszek Macharski
1927 – 2016
František Langer
1888 – 1965
François Craenhals
1926 – 2004
Fred Daly
1912 – 1995
Fritz Lang
1890 – 1976
Georges Hébert
1875 – 1957
Guido del Mestri
1911 – 1993
Hagigat Rzayeva
1907 – 1969
Hans Kolfschoten
1903 – 1984
Henry George Ward
1797 – 1860
Hilary Weston
1942 – 2025
Hironoshin Furuhashi
1928 – 2009
Ignaz Seipel
1876 – 1932
Ioannis Varvitsiotis
1933 – 2026
Jacques Fouques-Duparc
1897 – 1966
James Hardy Dillard
1865 – 1940
Jean-Nicolas Huyot
1780 – 1840
Julius L. Chambers
1936 – 2013
Jóannes Patursson
1866 – 1946
Kajetan Mühlmann
1898 – 1958
Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind
1818 – 1894
Kay Granger
1943 – 2026
Louis François, Prince of Conti
1717 – 1776
Louis Tirman
1837 – 1899
László Kalmár
1905 – 1976
Mary Teresa Norton
1875 – 1959
Mathias Steuchius
1644 – 1730
Nils Eberhard Svedelius
1873 – 1960
Niyazi
1912 – 1984
Paul Goodman
1911 – 1972
Paul von Hindenburg
1847 – 1934
Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire
1798 – 1880
Ramón Lobo
1955 – 2023
Richard Norton
1872 – 1918
Roberto Donoso-Barros
1921 – 1975
Royal C. Johnson
1882 – 1939
Rudolph Ganz
1877 – 1972
Takashi Mitsubayashi
1953 – 2010
Vadim Borisovsky
1900 – 1972
Vahakn Dadrian
1926 – 2019
Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
1895 – 1979
Wang Zaoshi
1903 – 1971
Werner Werenskiold
1883 – 1961
Wild Bill Hickok
1837 – 1876
Willem Wilmink
1936 – 2003
William S. Burroughs
1914 – 1997
William William
1731 – 1811
Aaron Clark
1787 – 1861
Abdulai Conteh
1945 – 2024
Adachi Kenzō
1864 – 1948
Adam Asnyk
1838 – 1897
Adolf Scherbaum
1909 – 2000
Albert Ulrik Bååth
1853 – 1912
Alexandra Strelchenko
1937 – 2019
Alexandre, vicomte Digeon
1771 – 1826
Alfred Tippinge
1817 – 1898
Alyaksandar Hyerasimyenka
1946 – 2017
Amable de Bourzeys
1606 – 1672
Anatoly Cherepovich
1936 – 1970
Andrey Kapitsa
1931 – 2011
Annibale Gonzaga
1602 – 1668
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest
1756 – 1846
Ara Parseghian
1923 – 2017
Arno Hilf
1858 – 1909
Arturo M. Tolentino
1910 – 2004
Auguste Danse
1829 – 1929
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
1919 – 2014
Berek Lajcher
1893 – 1943
Bernhard Quandt
1903 – 1999
Carla Lonzi
1931 – 1982
Carlos Contreras Labarca
1899 – 1982
Carol A. Timmons
1958 – 2020
Carsten Tank-Nielsen
1877 – 1957
Cathleen Nesbitt
1888 – 1982
Chandrakant Sheth
1938 – 2024
Charles Eyck
1897 – 1983
Charles Powlett, 2nd Baron Bayning
1785 – 1823
Charles Roach Smith
1807 – 1890
Chunilal Bose
1861 – 1930
Clarence E. Miller
1917 – 2011
Conrad Selvig
1877 – 1953
Dmitry Vasilyev
1963 – 2025
Dmytro Vitovsky
1887 – 1919
Donald Ogden Stewart
1894 – 1980
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
1756 – 1799
Eduard Pulpe
1880 – 1916
Edward Aveling
1849 – 1898
Edward Blakeney
1778 – 1868
Edward Ellice
1810 – 1880
Edward White Robertson
1823 – 1887
Emil Lockwood
1919 – 2002
Ercole, Marquis of Baux
1623 – 1651
Evgenia Pavlovna Sokolova
1850 – 1925
F. W. P. Greenwood
1797 – 1843
Facundo Suárez
1923 – 1998
Farrokh Saidi
1929 – 2026
Fela Kuti
1938 – 1997
Fernando d'Alessio
1944 – 2026
Forbes Carlile
1921 – 2016
Forrest Bird
1921 – 2015
Francis Paget
1851 – 1911
Fred Allison
1882 – 1974
Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1646 – 1691
Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann
1934 – 2022
Fujio Akatsuka
1935 – 2008
Gabriel Dupont
1878 – 1914
Gene Weltfish
1902 – 1980
Geoffrey Ballard
1932 – 2008
George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea
1752 – 1826
George Hamilton
1812 – 1883
George Hitchcock
1850 – 1913
George Leslie Drewry
1894 – 1918
George Marshall
1781 – 1855
George Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont
1794 – 1874
George Shiras, Jr.
1832 – 1924
George Washington Williams
1849 – 1891
Gino Birindelli
1911 – 2008
Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti
1817 – 1873
Gordon Danby
1929 – 2016
Gregory Areshian
1949 – 2020
Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
1763 – 1815
Haavard Martinsen
1879 – 1967
Haji Mammadov
1920 – 1981
Hamish MacCunn
1868 – 1916
Harald Hauptmann
1936 – 2018
Hatten Yoder
1921 – 2003
Henning Illies
1924 – 1982
Henry III of France
1551 – 1589
Henry Tombs
1825 – 1874
Holger Börner
1931 – 2006
Horace Nock
1879 – 1958
Howard Everest Hinton
1912 – 1977
Ignacy Sachs
1927 – 2023
Ilona Kolonits
1922 – 2002
Ilyas Ya'kub
1903 – 1958
Jack Sensenbrenner
1902 – 1991
James Douglas
1803 – 1877
James FitzGerald
1818 – 1896
James Keane
1857 – 1929
Jay Hammond
1922 – 2005
Jean-Daniel Dumas
1721 – 1794
Jean-Pierre Melville
1917 – 1973
Jim Slaughter
1928 – 1999
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
1956 – 2019
John Dooley
1883 – 1961
John Graham
1935 – 2017
John Hiram Lathrop
1799 – 1866
John James Kingsbury
1853 – 1939
John Kostuck
1892 – 1960
John Maxwell Ferguson
1841 – 1924
John S. Rice
1899 – 1985
John Samuel Sherburne
1757 – 1830
John Stanly
1774 – 1834
John Thorpe
1715 – 1792
Jonathan Borwein
1951 – 2016
Joseph Bonnet
1884 – 1944
Joseph Thomson
1858 – 1895
Kakuji Kakuta
1890 – 1944
Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
1796 – 1877
Karl Kreibich
1883 – 1966
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł
1669 – 1719
Kogorō Yamazaki
1905 – 1976
Krystyna Krahelska
1914 – 1944
Lemuel P. Padgett
1855 – 1922
… and 1,689 more