Famous Birthdays on July 2

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 221

• 419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55), born in Ravenna (d. 455)
• 1029 Al-Mustanṣir, 8th Fāṭimid Caliph of Cairo, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1094)

• 1363 Maria, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens & Neopatria, born in Catania, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1401)
• 1489 Thomas Cranmer, England reformer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-55), martyr, born in Aslockton, England (d. 1556)
• 1492 Elizabeth Tudor, English princess, second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, born in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England (d. 1495)
• 1581 Johann Staden, German baroque organist and composer, baptized in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1634)
• 1589 Guillaume van Messaus, Belgian composer, born in Antwerp, Dutch Republic (d. 1640)
• 1636 Daniel Speer, German composer, born in Breslau, Habsburg Empire (d. 1707)
• 1644 Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Ulrich Megerle], German Augustinian friar and preacher, born in Kreenheinstetten, Germany (d. 1709)
• 1647 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English Tory statesman, born in London (d. 1730)
• 1652 Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans), born in Dendermonde, East Flanders (d. 1719)
• 1665 Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian, born in St Mabon, Cornwall, England (d. 1726)
• 1667 Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, born in Venice (d. 1740)
• 1698 Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena & Reggio, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1780)
• 1714 Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer (Il re pastore), born in Weidenwang, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
• 1724 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (Der Messias), born in Quedlinburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1803)
• 1737 François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht, Dutch Rebublic (d. 1827)
• 1746 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Danish flautist, composer, choral director, and music educator (Blaagaard Seminarium, 1791-1811), born in Husum, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany) (d. 1832)
• 1756 Christian Gottfried Körner, German lawyer, born in Leipzig (d. 1831)
• 1763 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
• 1793 Antoine Prumier, French harpist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1868)
• 1810 Robert Toombs, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of State, born in Washington, Georgia (d. 1885)
• 1814 Thérèse Wartel, French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1865)
• 1819 Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), born in Renescure, France (d. 1900)
• 1819 Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1874)
• 1820 George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1878)

• 1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains), born in Hadzor House, Worcestershire, England (d. 1899)
• 1830 John Bordenave Villepigue, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Camden, South Carolina (d. 1862)
• 1834 Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch lawyer, economist (Bank of the Netherlands) and historian, born in Zetten, Netherlands (d. 1917)
• 1836 Henry Eugene Davies, American writer, public official, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1894)
• 1847 Marcel Bertrand, French geologist and mine engineer (tectonic geology), born in Paris (d. 1907)
• 1849 Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, born in Brno, Austrian Empire (d. 1919)
• 1857 Francesco Spetrino, Italian conductor and composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 1948)
• 1862 William Henry Bragg, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1915 - crystalline structure analysis by means of X-rays), born in Westward, Cumberland, England (d. 1942) [1]
• 1865 Lily Braun [Amalie von Kretschmann], German feminist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), and socialist politician, born in Halberstadt, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1916)
• 1867 Herbert Prior, British actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire), born in Oxfordshire, England (d. 1954)
• 1876 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23) and businessman, born in Suhl, German Empire (d. 1933)

• 1880 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
• 1881 Royal H. Weller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1929)
• 1882 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria), born in Jamestown, South Australia (d. 1961)
• 1884 Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
• 1887 Marcel Tabuteau, French-American oboist (Philadelphia Orch 1915-54), born in Compiègne, Oise, France (d. 1966)
• 1888 Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American microbiologist (Nobel 1951-ingenious, systematic and successful studies of the soil microbes that led to the discovery of streptomycin), born in Nova Pryluka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1973) [1]
• 1889 Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director, and writer (Bleeke Bet; William of Orange; De Jantjes; A Mother), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1953)
• 1890 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
• 1891 Gus Dorais, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Notre Dame), coach (Gonzaga, Detroit Lions), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1954)
• 1892 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), born in Great Lever, Lancashire, England (d. 1965)
• 1893 Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1950)
• 1896 Lydia Mei, Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes, born in Hiiumaa, Estonia (d. 1965)
• 1898 Anthony McAuliffe, American general and commander of the 101st Airborne Division celebrated for his reply of "Nuts!" to a German surrender ultimatum, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)
• 1900 Tyrone Guthrie, British actor, producer, writer and director, born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1971)
• 1901 Rex Alston, English sports broadcaster and author (BBC radio), born in Faringdon, Berkshire (d. 1994)

• 1903 Olav V, King of Norway (1957-91), born in Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk (d. 1991)
• 1904 Carl Weinrich, American organist, choral conductor, Baroque revivalist, and educator, born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1981)
• 1904 Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)

• 1906 Alan Webb, British stage and screen character actor (King Lear; Taming of Shrew; Challenge of Lassie), born in York, England (d. 1982)
• 1906 Hans Bethe, German-American quantum physicist (Nobel 1967), born in Strassburg, Germany (d. 2005)
• 1906 Robert Levine Sanders, American composer, and organist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
• 1907 Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist and painter, born in Bandung, Indonesia (d. 1981)
• 1907 Leo O'Brien, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1997)
• 1908 Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, born in Germiston, South Africa (d. 1996)

• 1909 Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times), born in Ratzeburg, Germany (d. 1989)
• 1910 Earl Robinson, American composer (Ballad for Americans; Preamble to Peace), and folk music singer-songwriter ("Joe Hill"'; "Black and White"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1991)
• 1910 H. G. Adler, Czech-English writer (The Journey; Theresienstadt 1941-1945), Holocaust survivor. and poet, born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1988)
• 1910 William Douglas Denny, American composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1980)
• 1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright and leader (Vatican movie bureau), born in Forli, Italy (d. 1980)
• 1913 Edith Heerdegen, German actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1982)
• 1914 Frederick Fennell, American conductor (Time & Winds), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2004)
• 1914 Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and electrical engineer, born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (d. 1990)
• 1915 Bert Decorte, Flemish poet, born in Retie, Flanders, Belgium (d. 2009)
• 1916 Barry Gray [Bernard Yaroslaw], American radio personality and interviewer (started call-in radio), born in Red Lion, New Jersey (d. 1996)
• 1916 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, born in Konradswaldau, German Empire (d. 1982)
• 1916 Ken Curtis, American actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke), born in Lamar, Colorado (d. 1991)
• 1917 Pierre H. Dubois, Dutch literary and critic, born in Amsterdam (d. 1999)
• 1918 "Sheikh" Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, born in Giza (d. 1995)
• 1918 WiBo [Willem Boost], Dutch cartoonist, born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 2005)
• 1919 Jean Craighead George, American writer (Julie of the Wolves), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2012)
• 1920 Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1994)
• 1921 Maria Britneva, Russian actress (A Room with a View, Maurice), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1994)
• 1922 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, born in Żyrardów, Poland (d. 2000)
• 1922 Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer, born in San Biagio di Callalta, Italy (d. 2020)
• 1923 Wislawa Szymborska, Polish poet referred to as the 'Mozart of Poetry' (Nobel Prize for Literature 1996), born in Bnin, Poland (d. 2012)
• 1924 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), born in Reedley, California (d. 1970)
• 1925 Marvin Rainwater, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2013)

• 1926 Billy Usselton, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown and His Band of Renown), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
• 1926 Lee Allen, American tenor sax player (Walkin' With Mr Lee), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 1994)
• 1926 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist who criticized the Communist regime, born in Lisa, Romania (d. 2007)
• 1927 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird), born in New York City (d. 2005)
• 1927 Charlie White American professional baseball catcher (Philadelphia Stars; Milwaukee Braves), born in Kinston, North Carolina (d. 1998)
• 1927 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1996)
• 1928 Estelita Rodriguez, Cuban actress (Rio Bravo, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose), born in Guanajay, Cuba (d. 1966)
• 1928 Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France

• 1930 Ahmad Jamal [Frederick Jones], American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2023) [1]
• 1930 Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (1989-99), born in Anillaco, Argentina (d. 2021)
• 1931 Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army - "Reverend Farthing"), born in Edgware, Middlesex, England (d. 2022)
• 1931 Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Quincy, ME - "Sam"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1932 Dave Thomas, American businessman who founded Wendy's Restaurants, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
• 1932 Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
• 1933 David Lewin, American composer, born in New York City (d. 2003)
• 1933 Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist, born in Dondi Lohara, British India (d. 1996)
• 1934 Ivan Madray, West Indian cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108), born in Port Mourant, Guyana (d. 2009)
• 1935 Ed Bullins, American playwright (The Taking of Miss Janie), and civil rights activists (Black Panthers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
• 1935 Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and professor (SUNY Stony Brook), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1936 Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and head of Egyptian intelligence under Mubarak, born in Qena, Egypt (d. 2012)
• 1937 Dee [David] Palmer, English keyboard player and composer (Jethro Tull, 1972-80), born in Hendon, London
• 1937 Dick Berardino, American baseball player, coach and scout, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1937 Polly Holliday, American actress known for her catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" (Alice - "Flo", Flo -"Flo"), born in Jasper, Alabama

• 1938 John McDonnell, American track, cross country coach (University of Arkansas 1972–2008; 40 x NCAA C'ships; 8 x NCAA Triple Crown; 30 x NCAA coach of the year), born in County Mayo, Ireland (d. 2021)
• 1939 Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet who fought the military junta in Greece, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1976)
• 1939 John H. Sununu, US Secretary of State (R, 1989-91), Governor of New Hampshire (1983-89), born in Havana, Cuba
• 1939 M. A. Foster, American sci-fi author, (Gameplayers of Zan), born in North Carolina (d. 2020)
• 1939 Michael N. Castle, (Rep-R-Delaware 1993-2011, Governor of Delaware 1985-92), born in Wilmington, Delaware
• 1939 Paul Williams, American baritone singer and choreographer (The Temptations - Cloud Nine), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1973)
• 1940 Ken Clarke [Kenneth Harry Clarke], British Conservative politician, born in Nottinghamshire, England
• 1941 Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter and film score composer, born in Verdun, Quebec
• 1942 Georgi Ivanov, Bulgarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), born in Lovech, Kingdom of Bulgaria
• 1942 Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and 62nd President of Mexico (2000-06), born in Mexico City
• 1943 Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist (Olympic bronze, 1964), born in Ghent, Belgium
• 1945 James Fulkerson, American composer of theatrical and electro-acoustic music, and trombonist, born in Streator, Illinois
• 1946 Richard Axel, American scientist, 2004 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for odorant receptor discoveries, born in New York City
• 1946 Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop) and political activist, born in New York City (d. 2009)
• 1947 Elizabeth Anionwu, English-Nigerian nurse and lecturer (pioneer in sickle cell treatment), born in Birmingham, England
• 1947 Ervin Hall, 100m hurdler (Olympic silver 1968), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1947 Luci Baines Johnson, American businesswoman, daughter of President LBJ, born in Washington D.C.
• 1948 Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor (Warehouse 13) and director, born in Föhrenwald Camp, Germany
• 1949 Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor ("Exit...But No Panic"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"), born in Vienna, Austria
• 1949 Joe English, American musician and drummer (Wings; Sea Level), born in Rochester, New York
• 1949 Roy Bittan, American rock piano and accordion player (E Street Band), sometimes referred to as "The Professor", born in Queens, New York
• 1951 Anne Garrels, American broadcast journalist (ABC; NBC; NPR), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
• 1951 Joe Puerta, American rock bassist (Ambrosia; The Range), born in Lomita, California [1]
• 1951 Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist and European MP, born in Salerno, Italy
• 1951 Sylvia Rivera, American gay liberation and transgender activist and drag queen, born in New York City (d. 2002)
• 1952 Johnny Colla, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in Sacramento, California
• 1952 Linda M Godwin, American PhD, and NASA astronaut (STS 37, 59, 76), born in , Cape Girardeau, Missouri
• 1952 Miklós Sugár, Hungarian conductor, classical and electro-acoustic composer, and music educator, born in Budapest Hungary
• 1952 Wayne Haner, American rock bassist (Axe, 1980-84 - "Heat in the Street"), born in the USA
• 1953 Tony Armas, baseball player
• 1954 Wendy Schaal, American actress (It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1955 Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor, know for "The Blacklist", born in San Tomé, Venezuela
• 1955 Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
• 1956 Jeffrey Cooper, American R&B and funk guitarist (Midnight Star - "No Parking On The Dance Floor"; "Operator"), born in the USA
• 1956 Jerry Hall, American model and actress, married to Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch (Batman, Freejack), born in Mesquite, Texas
• 1957 Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Canadian WWF champion, born in Alberta
• 1957 Mick Anker, British rock bass guitarist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in the UK
• 1958 Cindy Kiro, New Zealand academic and educator (1st Maori woman Governor General of New Zealand 2021-), born in Whangārei, New Zealand
• 1958 Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop, born in Glen Dale, West Virginia
• 1959 Eduardo Bengoechea, Argentina, tennis star
• 1959 Hoogie Drexler, jockey
• 1959 Wendy B Lawrence, astronaut (STS 67, 86, sk:91), born in Jacksonville, Florida
• 1960 Julia Montgomery, American actress (One Life to Live, Revenge of the Nerds), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• 1960 Terry Rossio, American screenwriter (Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean series), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• 1961 Alba Parietti, Italian TV presenter and actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima), born in Torino Italy
• 1961 James McNichol, American actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1962 Brandel Chamblee, American golfer, broadcaster (Golf Channel, 1 PGA Tour title), born in St Louis, Missouri
• 1963 Mark Kermode, English film critic, radio and TV presenter, born in London, England
• 1964 Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee for WWE, born in Mooresville, North Carolina
• 1964 Dave Parsons, British rock bassist (Bush, 1992-2002 - "Swallowed"; Transvision Vamp), born in Hillingdon, England
• 1964 Doug Benson, American comedian (The LEGO Batman Movie), born in San Diego, California
• 1964 Joe Magrane, American baseball player nicknamed "Maddog" (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Des Moines, Iowa

• 1964 Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
• 1967 Debee Ashby, English topless model (There's Girl in My Soup), born in Coventry, England
• 1968 Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m backstroke 1992), born in Calgary, Alberta

• 1969 Kevin Hearn, Canadian keyboardist, guitarist, and accordion player (Barenaked Ladies; Thin Buckle), born in Grimsby, Ontario
• 1969 Matthew Cox, American convicted felon for mortgage fraud, born in Florida
• 1970 Colin Edwin, Australian progressive rock bassist, and guimbri player (Porcupine Tree), born in Melbourne, Australia
• 1970 Derrick Adkins, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1970 Monie Love [Simone Gooden Johnson], English rapper ("It's a Shame (My Sister)") and US radio personality, born in Battersea, England
• 1970 Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
• 1970 Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
• 1971 Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and author (Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1971 Jared Palmer, American tennis star, born in New York City
• 1971 Troy Brown, American NFL player and coach (NE Patriots), born in Barnwell, South Carolina
• 1972 Darren Shan, Irish children's author who writers under pseudonym Darren Shan, born in London, England
• 1973 Peter Kay, British comedian, actor and writer ( Peter Kay's Car Share), born in Farnworth, England
• 1974 Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, director and screenwriter (Oasis), born in Busan, South Korea
• 1974 Rocky Gray, American rock drummer (Evanescence, 2003–27), and guitarist, born in Jacksonville, Arkansas
• 1974 Sean Casey, American baseball player
• 1975 Daniel Kowalski, Australian swimmer (Olympics-bronze/silver-96), born in Singapore
• 1975 Éric Dazé, Canadian NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks; NHL All Star MVP 2002), born in Montreal, Quebec
• 1975 Erik Ohlsson, Swedish punk rock guitarist (Millencolin), and graphic artist, born in Orebro, Sweden
• 1976 Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
• 1976 Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
• 1978 Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (20162021), born in Tallinn, Estonia
• 1979 Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian-Russian pop singer, born in Sukhumi, Abkhaz, Georgian SSR, USSR

• 1979 Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
• 1980 Nicole Manske, American beauty queen and motorsports television commentator

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