August 2: Today's Notable Birthdays

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August 2nd was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Frederic Auguste (Amilcar Hasenfratz,) Bartholdi, French sculptor (The Lion of Belfort, Marquis de Lafayette and The Statue of Liberty) and painter, was born on August 2, 1834.

British composer Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (The Beatitudes, Colour Symphony, Morning Heroes and The Olympians) was born on August 2, 1891.

Nicolas de Pigage, French Classical architect (Karlstor, Mannheimer Schloss, Pflege Schonau and Schwetzingen Castle), was born on August 2, 1723.

Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American engineer, architect and designer of Washington, D.C., was born on August 2, 1754.

John French Sloan, American etcher and painter (Isadora in Revolt, McSorley's Bar, Nude with Nine Apples, Renganeschi's - Saturday Night, Return from Toil, Swinging in the Square and Wake of the Ferry), was born on August 2, 1871.

Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (Boy with Hut, Pinboard, Slippers, Tobias' Farewell to His Parents, The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception and Young Woman at the Door), was born on August 2, 1627.

Flemish painter and sculptor Rik Wouters (Attitude, The Family, The Laundry Maid, Portrait of Nel Wouters, The Red Cloister, Study of Woman in Blue in a Garden and Woman Ironing) was born on August 2, 1882.

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Carl Cecil Cain, American basketball player and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on August 2, 1934.

Angel Herrera, Cuban boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1976 and 1980), was born on August 2, 1952.

Susie O'Neill, Australian butterfly swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on August 2, 1973.

Yvonne Ruegg, Swiss giant slalom skier and Olympic gold medalist (1960, was born on August 2, 1938.

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Isabel Allende, Chilean novelist (Daughter of Fortune, Eva Luna, The House of Spirits, The Infinite Plan, Of Love and Shadows and Portrait in Sepia), was born on August 2, 1942.

American author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (Another Country, The Fire Next Time, Giovanni's Room, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Going to Meet the Man, Just Above My Head, Native Son, No Name in the Street, Nobody Knows My Name and The Price of a Ticket) was born on August 2, 1924.

Robert Paul Holdstock, British science-fiction writer (Ancient Echoes, The Broken Kings, Celtika, Earthwind, The Fetch, The Hollowing, The Iron Grail and Merlin's Wood), was born on August 2, 1948.

Lance Allan Ito, American judge (Los Angeles Supreme Court), was born on August 2, 1950. Ito has presided over many high-profile cases, including Charles H. Keating and O.J. Simpson.

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Betsy Bloomingdale, American department store owner and socialite, was born on August 2, 1926.

Jacob (Jack) Leonard Warner, Canadian-American film studio co-owner (Warner Brothers), was born on August 2, 1892.

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Performers

Joanna Cassidy Caskey, American actress (Barbarians at the Gate, Buffalo Bill, Dallas, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Hollywood Wives, The Package, Six Feet Under, The Tommyknockers, Under Fire, Vampire in Brooklyn and Who Framed Roger Rabbit), was born on August 2, 1944.

American actor Edward Walter Furlong (American History X, Before and After, Detroit Rock City, Little Odessa, Pet Sematary Two and Terminator 2: Judgment Day) was born on August 2, 1977.

American singer Andrew Gold ("Final Frontier," "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend") was born on August 2, 1951.

Brittany Hargest, American Christian rocker (Jump 5), was born on August 2, 1988.

Kathryn Harrold, American actress (Bogie, Bronx Zoo, Dead Solid Perfect, Desperate Housewives, I'll Fly Away, Modern Romance and Raw Deal), was born on August 2, 1950.

American actress Victoria Jackson (Baby Boom, Casual Sex, The Couch Trip, Family Business, I Love You to Death, The Pick-Up Artist and Saturday Night Live) was born on August 2, 1959.

American actress Patricia (Apollonia) Kotero (Purple Rain) was born on August 2, 1960.

Kathy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters), was born on August 2, 1943.

American actor Patrick (Butch Patrick) Alan Lilley (The Munsters and The Phantom Tollbooth) was born on August 2, 1953.

American actress Myrna Loy (The Best Years of Our Lives, Double Wedding, The Jazz Singer, The Thin Man and Vanity Fair) was born on August 2, 1905.

Carroll O'Connor, American actor (All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place and In the Heat of the Night), was born on August 2, 1922.

Irish actor and Academy Award Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2003) Peter Seamus O'Toole (Becket, Casanova, Joan of Arc, Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Lord Jim, Pygmalion, Ratatouille, The Tudors, Troy, Venus and Waiting for Godot) was born on August 2, 1932.

Mary-Louise Parker, American actress (Angels in America, Boys on the Side, Fried Green Tomatoes, Mr. Wonderful, Saved, Weeds and The West Wing), was born on August 2, 1964.

British comedienne and actress Madeline Smith (Carry on Matron, His and Hers, In the Looking Glass, Live and Let Die, Tam Lin, Theatre of Blood, Up the Front and The Vampire Lovers) was born on August 2, 1949.

Cynthia Stevenson, American actress (According to Jim, Agent Cody Banks, Bob, Dead Like Me, Happiness, Hope and Gloria, The L Word, Men in Trees and The Player), was born on August 2, 1963.

August 2nd Birthdays: Famous Scientists

American telecommunications equipment inventor Elisha Gray, was born on August 2, 1835.

Hugh Francis Lamprey, British wilderness pilot and ecologist, was born on August 2, 1928.

Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, was born on August 2, 1912.

Happy Birthday, August 2nd.

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