Famous Personalities Born In August - 02
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1455 On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
1533 Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.
1627 On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
1632 On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)
1672 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.
1674 Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.
1696 On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
1703 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on this day in history.
1746 On August - 02 birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC was born on this day in history.
1775 Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on August - 02.
1788 On this day in history birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
1802 On this day in history birth of nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
1815 On August - 02 birth of adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major was born on August - 02.
1826 William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.
1828 On August - 02 birth of manuel PavÃa y RodrÃguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) was born on this day in history.
1834 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on this day in history.
1834 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on this day in history.
1835 Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1858 On August - 02 birth of catherina van Rennes, composer
1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on August - 02.
1865 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) was born on this day in history.
1865 On August - 02 birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 Ernest C Dowson, British poet was born on August - 02.
1868 On this day in history birth of constantine I, king of Greece
1871 John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.
1872 George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) was born on August - 02.
1875 On August - 02 birth of mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)
1878 On this day in history birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)