Famous Personalities Born In August - 02
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
1455 On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
1533 On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
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 On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
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 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.
1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on August - 02.
1746 Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on August - 02.
1754 On August - 02 birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
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 August - 02 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 On August - 02 birth of william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
1828 Manuel PavÃa y RodrÃguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.
1832 On August - 02 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 On August - 02 birth of isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist
1835 Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) was born on this day in history.
1854 On August - 02 birth of francis Marion Crawford, British author
1858 On August - 02 birth of a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on August - 02.
1858 On this day in history birth of william Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest)
1865 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) was born on August - 02.
1865 On this day in history birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 On this day in history birth of ernest C Dowson, British poet
1868 On August - 02 birth of constantine I, king of Greece
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 Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) was born on this day in history.