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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for August 2

Discover all
the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes,
political leaders, and other celebrities who
share a half birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
friends and mark your calendar with alerts at
least a week before so you can plan!
- 1208 – James I of
Aragon (d.
1276)
- 1455 – John, King
of Denmark (d.
1513)
- 1457 – Peter
Martyr d'Anghiera (d.
1526)
- 1494 – Bona Sforza,
Italian wife of Sigismund I
the Old (d.
1557)
- 1502 – Damião de
Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
- 1506 – René de
Birague, Italian-French cardinal and
politician (d. 1583)
- 1522 – Lodovico
Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
- 1600 – Gabriel
Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d.
1653)
- 1613 – Noël
Chabanel, French missionary (d. 1649)
- 1621 – Johannes
Schefferus, Swedish author (d. 1679)
- 1650 – Pope
Benedict XIII (d.
1730)
- 1650 – Nell Gwyn,
English actress (d. 1687)
- 1669 – Louis
Marchand, French organist and composer (d.
1732)
- 1677 – Jean-Baptiste
Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
- 1695 – William
Borlase, English geologist (d. 1772)
- 1695 – François de
Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
- 1700 – Johann
Christoph Gottsched, German author and
critic (d. 1766)
- 1711 – Wenzel
Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d.
1794)
- 1714 – Gottfried
August Homilius, German organist and
composer (d. 1785)
- 1717 – Ernst
Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal
(d. 1790)
- 1754 – Charles
Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French
politician, Prime
Minister of France (d.
1838)
- 1782 – Henri de
Rigny, French admiral and politician (d.
1835)
- 1786 – Jacques
Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician,
physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
- 1802 – Jean-Baptiste
Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
- 1803 – Albert
Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
- 1829 – Alfred
Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
- 1829 – William
Stanley, English inventor and engineer (d.
1909)
- 1841 – François-Alphonse
Forel, Swiss scientist (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Julian
Sochocki, Polish mathematician (d. 1927)
- 1849 – Pavol
Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and
playwright (d. 1921)
- 1851 – José
Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator (d.
1913)
- 1860 – Curtis
Guild, Jr., American politician, 43rd Governor of
Massachusetts (d.
1915)
- 1861 – Solomon R.
Guggenheim, American businessman and
philanthropist, founded the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum (d.
1949)
- 1862 – Émile Coste,
French fencer (d. 1927)
- 1866 – Enrique
Simonet, Spanish painter (d. 1927)
- 1873 – Leo Fall,
Austrian composer (d. 1925)
- 1873 – Konstantin
von Neurath, German diplomat, 13th Minister of
Foreign Affairs for Germany(d. 1956)
- 1875 – Fritz
Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and
composer (d. 1962)
- 1878 – Alfréd
Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
- 1878 – Joe Lydon,
American boxer (d. 1937)
- 1880 – Frederick
Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1881 – Orval
Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
- 1882 – Prince
Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d.
1944)
- 1882 – James Joyce,
Irish writer (d. 1941)
- 1883 – Johnston
McCulley, American author (d. 1958)
- 1886 – William
Rose Benét, American poet (d. 1950)
- 1887 – Ernst
Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
- 1887 – Pat
Sullivan, Australian-American animator and
producer (d. 1933)
- 1888 – Frederick
Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1889 – Jean de
Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
- 1890 – Charles
Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1892 – Tochigiyama
Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d.
1959)
- 1893 – Cornelius
Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and
physicist (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Raoul
Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d.
1970)
- 1893 – Damdin
Sükhbaatar, Mongolian military leader (d.
1924)
- 1895 – George
Halas, American football player and coach
(d. 1983)
- 1896 – Kazimierz
Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and
logician (d. 1980)
- 1897 – Howard
Deering Johnson, American businessman,
founded Howard
Johnson's (d.
1972)
- 1900 – Willie Kamm,
American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1901 – Jascha
Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
- 1902 – Newbold
Morris, American lawyer and politician (d.
1966)
- 1904 – Bozorg
Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)
- 1905 – Ayn Rand,
Russian-American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Wes Ferrell,
American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1909 – Frank
Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1912 – Millvina
Dean, last remaining survivor of the Sinking of
the RMS Titanic (d.
2009)
- 1912 – Burton Lane,
American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
- 1913 – Poul
Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Eric
Kierans, Canadian economist and politician
(d. 2004)
- 1915 – Abba Eban,
South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel
Ambassador to the United Nations (d.
2002)
- 1915 – Stan
Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
- 1916 – Xuân Diệu,
Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
- 1917 – Đỗ Mười,
Vietnamese politician
- 1918 – Hella
Haasse, Dutch author (d. 2011)
- 1919 – Lisa Della
Casa, Swiss soprano (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Georg
Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d.
1999)
- 1923 – James
Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Bonita
Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1923 – Red
Schoendienst, American baseball player,
coach, and manager
- 1923 – Liz Smith,
American journalist
- 1923 – Clem
Windsor, Australian rugby union player and
surgeon (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Elfi von
Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer,
pianist, producer (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Elaine
Stritch, American actress and singer
- 1926 – Valéry
Giscard d'Estaing, French politician, 20th President
of France
- 1927 – Stan Getz,
American saxophonist (d. 1991)
- 1927 – C. R.
Krishnaswamy Rao, Indian civil servant (d.
2013)
- 1927 – Doris Sams,
American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Jay Handlan,
American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1928 – A. Leon
Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, author,
and activist (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Sheila
Matthews Allen, American actress and
producer (d. 2013)
- 1929 – George Band,
English mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Věra
Chytilová, Czech director
- 1931 – Les Dawson,
English comedian and author (d. 1993)
- 1931 – Glyn
Edwards, British actor
- 1931 – John Paul
Harney, Canadian educator and politician
- 1931 – Dries van
Agt, Dutch politician, Prime
Minister of the Netherlands
- 1931 – Judith
Viorst, American journalist and author
- 1932 – Arthur
Lyman, American vibraphone player
(d. 2002)
- 1932 – Robert
Mandan, American actor
- 1933 – M'el Dowd,
American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Tony Jay,
English actor (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Orlando
"Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista
Social Club) (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Evgeny
Velikhov, Russian physicist
- 1936 – Duane Jones,
American actor (d. 1988)
- 1937 – Don Buford,
American baseball player
- 1937 – Anthony
Haden-Guest French-English
journalist, poet, and critic
- 1937 – Remak
Ramsay, American actor
- 1937 – Tom
Smothers, American comedian, actor, and
singer (Smothers
Brothers)
- 1938 – Norman
Fowler, English politician
- 1938 – Gene
MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d.
1995)
- 1939 – Metin Oktay,
Turkish footballer (d. 1991)
- 1940 – Alan Caddy,
English guitarist and producer (Johnny Kidd
& the Pirates and The
Tornados) (d. 2000)
- 1940 – Thomas M.
Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
- 1940 – Wayne
Fontes, American football player and coach
- 1940 – David Jason,
English actor
- 1941 – Terry
Biddlecombe, English jockey (d. 2014)
- 1941 – Lee Redmond,
American Guinness
World Record holder
for longest fingernails
- 1942 – Bo Hopkins,
American actor
- 1942 – Graham Nash,
English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hollies, Crosby
& Nash, and Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young)
- 1942 – Jang
Sung-taek, North Korean politician (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Susan
Hanson, English actress
- 1944 – Andrew
Davis, English conductor
- 1944 – Karen Foss,
American journalist
- 1944 – Geoffrey
Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
- 1945 – John
Eatwell, British economist and politician
- 1946 – John Armitt,
English chairman of the Olympic
Delivery Authority
- 1946 – Blake Clark,
American comedian and actor
- 1946 – Alpha Oumar
Konaré, Malian politician, 3rd President
of Mali
- 1946 – Constantine
Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and
academic (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Farrah
Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1948 – Caroline
Gipps, British academic
- 1948 – Ina Garten,
American chef and author
- 1948 – Al McKay,
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind
& Fire)
- 1948 – Roger
Williamson, English race car driver (d.
1973)
- 1949 – Duncan
Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and author
- 1949 – Yasuko
Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
- 1949 – Brent
Spiner, American actor
- 1949 – Ross Valory,
American bass player (Journey and The Storm)
- 1950 – Osamu Kido,
Japanese wrestler
- 1950 – Libby
Purves, English radio presenter, journalist
and author
- 1950 – Barbara
Sukowa, German actress
- 1950 – Genichiro
Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
- 1951 – Ken Bruce,
Scottish radio presenter
- 1951 – Vangelis
Alexandris, Greek basketball player and
coach
- 1952 – John Cornyn,
American politician
- 1952 – Park
Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President
of South Korea
- 1952 – Rick Dufay,
American guitarist who played in Aerosmith
- 1953 – Duane
Chapman, American bounty hunter
- 1953 – Jerry Sisk,
Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry
Television (d.
2013)
- 1954 – Christie
Brinkley, American model and actress
- 1954 – Hansi
Hinterseer, Austrian skier, actor, and
singer
- 1954 – Nelson Ne'e,
Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)
- 1954 – John Tudor,
American baseball player
- 1955 – Leszek
Engelking, Polish poet and author
- 1955 – Virginia
Leng, Maltese horse rider
- 1955 – Kim Zimmer,
American actress
- 1957 – Phil Barney,
Algerian-French singer-songwriter
- 1958 – Michel Marc
Bouchard, Canadian playwright
- 1960 – Jari
Porttila, Finnish journalist
- 1961 – Abraham
Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
- 1961 – Lauren Lane,
American actress
- 1961 – Steve
Penney, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – Philippe
Claudel, French director
- 1962 – Andy
Fordham, English darts player
- 1962 – Luke
Johnson, English entrepreneur
- 1962 – Paul Kilgus,
American baseball player
- 1962 – Michael T.
Weiss, American actor
- 1963 – Eva Cassidy,
American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1963 – Kjell
Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1963 – Philip
Laats, Belgian martial artist
- 1963 – Stephen
McGann, English actor
- 1965 – Carl Airey,
English footballer
- 1965 – Naoki Sano,
Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1966 – Andrei
Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
- 1966 – Robert
DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and
producer (Stone
Temple Pilots, Army of
Anyone, and Talk Show)
- 1966 – Michael
Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of
the Turks and Caicos Islands
- 1967 – Artūrs Irbe,
Latvian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Laurent
Nkunda, Congolese general
- 1968 – Sean
Elliott, American basketball player
- 1968 – Scott
Erickson, American baseball player
- 1968 – Thomas
Teige, German martial artist and actor
- 1968 – Simon
Wickham-Smith, English singer, astrologer,
and academic
- 1969 – Valeri
Karpin, Russian footballer
- 1970 – C. Ernst
Harth, Canadian actor
- 1970 – Nikolaos
Michopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1970 – Roar Strand,
Norwegian footballer
- 1970 – Jennifer
Westfeldt, American actress and screenwriter
- 1971 – Michelle
Gayle, English singer-songwriter, actress
and author.
- 1971 – Rockwilder,
American rapper and producer
- 1972 – Dana
International, Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1972 – Melvin Mora,
Venezuelan baseball player
- 1972 – Aleksey
Naumov, Russian footballer
- 1973 – Andrei
Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
- 1973 – Aleksander
Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
- 1973 – Marissa
Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
- 1975 – Todd
Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Donald
Driver, American football player
- 1975 – Vaggelis
Koutsoures, Greek footballer
- 1975 – Ieroklis
Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- 1976 – Lori Beth
Denberg, American actress
- 1976 – James
Hickman, English swimmer
- 1977 – Shakira,
Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1977 – Libor
Sionko, Czech footballer
- 1978 – Eden
Espinosa, American actress and singer
- 1978 – Barry
Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- 1978 – Rich Sommer,
American actor
- 1978 – Faye White,
English footballer
- 1979 – Urmo Aava,
Estonian race car driver
- 1979 – Christine
Bleakley, Northern Irish television
presenter
- 1979 – Fani
Chalkia, Greek hurdler
- 1979 – Klaus
Mainzer, German rugby player
- 1979 – Shamita
Shetty, Indian actress
- 1979 – Irini
Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
- 1980 – Angela
Finger-Erben, German journalist
- 1980 – Teddy Hart,
Canadian wrestler
- 1980 – Gucci Mane,
American rapper and producer
- 1980 – Oleguer
Presas, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Salem
al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker
of American
Airlines Flight 77 (d.
2001)
- 1981 – Michelle
Bass, English model
- 1981 – Brianne
Delcourt, Canadian pair skater
- 1982 – Sergio
Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Kelly
Mazzante, American basketball player
- 1982 – Brandy
Talore, American porn actress
- 1983 – Ronny
Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 – Carolina
Klüft, Swedish heptathlete, long jumper and
triple jumper
- 1983 – Jeanne
Thornton, American novelist and artist
- 1983 – Jordin
Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Vladimir
Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
- 1983 – Alex
Westaway, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Fightstar)
- 1984 – Renn
Kiriyama, Japanese actor
- 1984 – Rudi Wulf,
New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Masoud
Azizi, Afghan sprinter
- 1985 – Kristo
Saage, Estonian basketball player
- 1985 – Silvestre
Varela, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 – Prinzzess,
American pornographic actress and Penthouse Pet
- 1986 – Gemma
Arterton, English actress
- 1987 – Anthony
Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 – Saia
Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 – Gerard
Piqué, Spanish footballer
- 1987 – Javon
Ringer, American football player
- 1987 – Jill Scott,
English footballer
- 1987 – Martin
Spanjers, American actor
- 1991 – Nathan
Delfouneso, English footballer
- 1992 – Joonas Tamm,
Estonian footballer
- 1992 – Danielle
White, American singer-songwriter and
actress (American
Juniors)
- 1993 – Ravel
Morrison, English footballer
- 1995 – Paul Digby,
English footballer
- 1995 – Arfa Karim,
Pakistani student and computer programmer (d.
2012)
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