Famous Personalities Born In August - 02
Thursday, 23 October 2025
1455 On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
1533 On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
1627 Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.
1632 Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.
1672 On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
1674 On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
1696 On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
1703 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.
1723 On this day in history birth of nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
1746 On this day in history birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
1754 On this day in history birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
1775 On this day in history birth of jose Angel Lamas, composer
1788 On August - 02 birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
1802 On August - 02 birth of nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
1815 Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
1826 William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 02.
1828 On this day in history birth of manuel PavÃa y RodrÃguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
1832 On this day in history birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)
1834 On this day in history birth of frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
1834 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on August - 02.
1835 On August - 02 birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)
1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author was born on August - 02.
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands was born on August - 02.
1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on this day in history.
1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on August - 02.
1865 On August - 02 birth of irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
1865 On August - 02 birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 On August - 02 birth of ernest C Dowson, British poet
1868 Constantine I, king of Greece was born on August - 02.
1871 John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) was born on August - 02.
1872 On August - 02 birth of george E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1875 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957) was born on August - 02.
1878 On this day in history birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)