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August 2 birthdays

Isao Nakauchi, Ilya Kopalin, Michael Anti, Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, Laura Steinbach were born on August 2.

718 people · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Zodiac sign

What zodiac sign is August 2?

Leo

August 2 falls under Leo. July 23 – August 22.

People born under Leo

We use fixed Western tropical calendar ranges. These are a browsing convention; boundaries are not calculated from birth time. No personality claims.

  1. Isao Nakauchi

    businessperson, writer

    1922–2005 · aged 83

    1922

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  2. Ilya Kopalin

    director, pedagogue

    1900–1976 · aged 75

    1900

    No external source identified

  3. Michael Anti

    sport shooter

    62 years old

    1964

    No external source identified

  4. Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez*

    philosopher, writer

    Date disputed

    1913

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  5. Laura Steinbach

    handball player

    41 years old

    1985

    No external source identified

  6. Trofim Lomakin

    weightlifter

    1924–1973 · aged 48

    1924

    No external source identified

  7. Chelsea Hammond

    athletics competitor

    43 years old

    1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  8. Johanne Dybwad

    stage actor

    1867–1950 · aged 82

    1867

    Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1948)

  9. 1885–1967 · aged 81

    1885

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Mirko Vuillermin

    short-track speed skater, speed skater

    53 years old

    1973

    No external source identified

  11. 34 years old

    1992

    Source: eurosport.com

  12. Günter Kutowski

    sports agent, association football player

    61 years old

    1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  13. Wilhelm von Christ

    linguist, university teacher

    1831–1906 · aged 74

    1831

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Babatunde Hunpe

    politician

    63 years old

    1963

    Source: nass.gov.ng

  15. 1913–2002 · aged 89

    1913

    No external source identified

  16. John Pitti

    garbage collection, association football referee

    48 years old

    1978

    No external source identified

  17. Emre Tetikel

    television actor, stage actor

    41 years old

    1985

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  18. Sophie Polkamp

    field hockey player

    42 years old

    1984

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  19. Heinrich von Brandt

    military officer, politician

    1789–1868

    1789

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  20. Pablo Pérez Rodríguez

    association football player

    33 years old

    1993

    Source: As

  21. Łukasz Michalski

    athletics competitor

    38 years old

    1988

    Source: World Athletics database

  22. 35 years old

    1991

    Source: rio2016.com

  23. Eugène Ruffy

    politician, jurist

    1854–1919 · aged 65

    1854

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  24. Carl Justi

    university teacher, art historian

    1832–1912

    1832

    Source: Marburger Professorenkatalog

  25. Amédée Thierry

    journalist, writer

    1797–1873 · aged 75

    1797

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Josimar Lima

    association football player

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Sho Shimoji

    association football player

    41 years old

    1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  28. Ilya Abayev

    association football player

    45 years old

    1981

    Source: As

  29. Shaker Al-Shujaa

    association football player

    54 years old

    1972

    No external source identified

  30. 1926–2020 · aged 93

    1926

    No external source identified

  31. Mathieu Turgeon

    trampoline gymnast

    47 years old

    1979

    Source: olympic.ca

  32. Takashi Takabayashi

    association football player

    1931–2009 · aged 78

    1931

    No external source identified

  33. Tupua Leupena

    politician

    1922–1996 · aged 74

    1922

    No external source identified

  34. 1837–1916 · aged 79

    1837

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  35. Nasta Palazhanka

    social activist, politician

    36 years old

    1990

    No external source identified

  36. Christophe Kerbrat

    association football player

    40 years old

    1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Otto Roehm

    amateur wrestler

    1882–1958 · aged 75

    1882

    No external source identified

  38. José Ángel Lamas

    composer, oboist

    1775–1814 · aged 39

    1775

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  39. Alfred Jäck

    association football player

    1911–1953 · aged 42

    1911

    Source: FBref

  40. Bence Szabolcsi

    musicologist, editing staff

    1899–1973 · aged 73

    1899

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  41. Naoki Sakai

    association football player

    51 years old

    1975

    No external source identified

  42. 1927–1989 · aged 62

    1927

    No external source identified

  43. 40 years old

    1986

    No external source identified

  44. Antoine Boutros Arida

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1863–1955 · aged 91

    1863

    No external source identified

  45. Brunhilde Hendrix

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1938–1995 · aged 57

    1938

    Source: World Athletics database

  46. 1889–1975 · aged 86

    1889

    Source: olympedia.org

  47. Francis Weldon

    art collector, event rider

    1913–1993 · aged 80

    1913

    Source: The Peerage

  48. Satoshi Nagano

    association football player

    44 years old

    1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Guo Xinxin

    freestyle skier

    43 years old

    1983

    No external source identified

  50. Sergei Filippenkov

    association football player, association football coach

    1971–2015 · aged 44

    1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  51. Ion Ungureanu

    director, university teacher

    1935–2017 · aged 81

    1935

    No external source identified

  52. 1898–1977 · aged 79

    1898

    No external source identified

  53. 41 years old

    1985

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  54. Rainer Troppa

    association football coach, association football player

    1958–2023 · aged 65

    1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Ernesto Maguengue

    theologian, Catholic priest

    62 years old

    1964

    No external source identified

  56. Guillaume Lacour

    association football player, association football coach

    46 years old

    1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  57. Frank A. Perret

    entrepreneur, inventor

    1867–1943 · aged 75

    1867

    No external source identified

  58. Boris Gregorka

    artistic gymnast, judge

    1906–2001 · aged 94

    1906

    No external source identified

  59. Yasuhiro Nagahashi

    association football player

    51 years old

    1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Jean Cornelis

    association football coach, association football player

    1941–2016 · aged 74

    1941

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Elena Prokofyeva

    swimmer, synchronized swimmer

    32 years old

    1994

    No external source identified

  62. Dimitris Thanopoulos

    amateur wrestler

    67 years old

    1959

    No external source identified

  63. Yuri Kuznetsov

    association football coach, association football player

    1931–2016 · aged 84

    1931

    No external source identified

  64. Ferdinand Rudio

    mathematician, librarian

    1856–1929 · aged 72

    1856

    Source: BnF authorities

  65. Derley

    association football player

    40 years old

    1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Hjördis Nordin

    artistic gymnast

    94 years old

    1932

    Source: sports-reference.com

  67. 50 years old

    1976

    Source: Olympedia

  68. Mercedes Coghen

    field hockey player

    64 years old

    1962

    No external source identified

  69. 71 years old

    1955

    No external source identified

  70. Chiaki Yamada

    association football player

    60 years old

    1966

    Source: pantheon.world

  71. Adelheid Morath

    sport cyclist, athlete

    42 years old

    1984

    No external source identified

  72. Karel Vácha

    association football player, association football coach

    56 years old

    1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. Jaap Oudkerk

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1937–2024 · aged 86

    1937

    No external source identified

  74. Francisco Regueiro

    film director, screenwriter

    92 years old

    1934

    Source: datos.bne.es

  75. Masatoshi Mihara

    association football player

    38 years old

    1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Elbridge Ross

    ice hockey player

    1909–1980 · aged 71

    1909

    No external source identified

  77. Adib ol-Mamalek Farahani*

    journalist, writer

    Date disputed

    1860

    No external source identified

  78. Kaspar von Stieler

    linguist, teacher

    1632–1707 · aged 74

    1632

    Source: SNAC

  79. Elena Berlato

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    1988

    No external source identified

  80. Edgar Buchwalder

    sport cyclist

    1916–2009 · aged 92

    1916

    No external source identified

  81. Sigi Renz

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    1938–2025 · aged 86

    1938

    No external source identified

  82. Vasyl Semeniuk

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    77 years old

    1949

    No external source identified

  83. 1913–1991

    1913

    No external source identified

  84. 1923–1996 · aged 73

    1923

    No external source identified

  85. Eider Merino

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    1994

    Source: uci.org

  86. Villő Kormos

    competitive diver

    38 years old

    1988

    No external source identified

  87. Thomas Piermayr

    association football player

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Kamel Masoud

    association football player

    112 years old

    1914

    Source: FBref

  89. Guram Tetrashvili

    association football player

    38 years old

    1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  90. Heidi Pelttari

    ice hockey player

    41 years old

    1985

    No external source identified

  91. Adrian Simion

    handball player

    65 years old

    1961

    No external source identified

  92. Thamar Henneken

    swimmer, rower

    47 years old

    1979

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  93. Allen West

    tennis player

    1872–1952 · aged 80

    1872

    No external source identified

  94. Gökçen Denkel

    volleyball player

    41 years old

    1985

    No external source identified

  95. Artur Karnoza

    association football player

    36 years old

    1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. 29 years old

    1997

    Source: judoinside.com

  97. Daiki Wakamatsu

    association football player

    50 years old

    1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Raffaele Andreassi

    film director, screenwriter

    1924–2008 · aged 84

    1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  99. Takuya Sugai

    association football player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  100. Andrés Oroz

    association football player

    46 years old

    1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  101. Eduard Steinemann

    artistic gymnast

    1906–1937 · aged 30

    1906

    No external source identified

  102. Axel Peschel

    sport cyclist

    84 years old

    1942

    No external source identified

  103. 52 years old

    1974

    No external source identified

  104. Herbert Müller

    field hockey player

    1904–1966 · aged 62

    1904

    No external source identified

  105. Julien Lootens

    sport cyclist

    1876–1942 · aged 66

    1876

    No external source identified

  106. Luigi Arzuffi

    painter, sculptor

    1931–1995 · aged 63

    1931

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  107. Carlos Tobalina

    athletics competitor

    41 years old

    1985

    Source: worldathletics.org

  108. Freddy Mansveld

    bobsledder

    1911–1986 · aged 74

    1911

    No external source identified

  109. Mun Ji-hee

    biathlete

    38 years old

    1988

    No external source identified

  110. Friedrich Wurmböck

    handball player

    1903–1987 · aged 84

    1903

    No external source identified

  111. Paul Gailly

    swimmer, water polo player

    1894–1969 · aged 74

    1894

    No external source identified

  112. 1855–1919 · aged 63

    1855

    Source: birth certificate

  113. 1932–2014 · aged 81

    1932

    No external source identified

  114. Pierre Clemens

    sport cyclist

    1913–1963 · aged 50

    1913

    Source: firstcycling.com

  115. Zinaida Brumberg

    screenwriter, film director

    1900–1983 · aged 82

    1900

    Source: BnF authorities

  116. Yasuhiro Tanaka

    association football player

    42 years old

    1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Masayoshi Hirano

    association football player

    58 years old

    1968

    No external source identified

  118. Vasily Zhuravlyov

    screenwriter, film director

    1904–1987 · aged 83

    1904

    No external source identified

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