Famous Personalities Born In August - 02
Friday, 18 April 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 On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
1632 Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.
1672 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.
1674 On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
1696 On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
1703 On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
1723 On this day in history birth of nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
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 On August - 02 birth of jose Angel Lamas, composer
1788 On this day in history birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
1802 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster was born on this day in history.
1815 On August - 02 birth of adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
1818 On this day in history birth of [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
1826 On this day in history birth of william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
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 this day in history birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)
1854 On August - 02 birth of francis Marion Crawford, British author
1858 On this day in history birth of a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on August - 02.
1858 William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
1865 John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.
1867 Ernest C Dowson, British poet was born on August - 02.
1868 Constantine I, king of Greece was born on August - 02.
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 this day in history 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)