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July 2nd

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511 Notable birthdays

Bruno Rezende

Brazilian volleyball player.

Born July 2nd, 1986 (age 39 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Randy Weber

American politician.

Born July 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Pearland.

Dee Palmer

British musician.

Born July 2nd, 1937 (age 88 years) in London.

Katherine Brunt

England women cricketer (born 1985).

Born July 2nd, 1985 (age 40 years) in Barnsley.

Sam Hornish Jr.

American racecar driver.

Born July 2nd, 1979 (age 46 years) in Defiance.

Frederick Taylor Gates

American baptist clergyman (1853–1929).

Born July 2nd, 1853 in Maine.

Died February 6th, 1929 at 75 years old in Phoenix.

Junior Durkin

American actor (1915–1935).

Born July 2nd, 1915 in New York City.

Died May 4th, 1935 at 19 years old in San Diego (traffic collision).

Robert Toombs

American politician (1810-1885).

Born July 2nd, 1810 in Washington.

Died December 15th, 1885 at 75 years old in Georgia.

Wladimir Balentien

Baseball player.

Born July 2nd, 1984 (age 41 years) in Willemstad. [ref]

Marie Bonaparte

French author and psychoanalyst (1882-1962).

Born July 2nd, 1882 in Saint-Cloud.

Died September 21st, 1962 at 80 years old in Gassin (leukemia).

Michael Castle

American politician (1939–2025).

Born July 2nd, 1939 in Wilmington.

Died August 14th, 2025 at 86 years old in Greenville. [ref]

Robert Thomas

Canadian ice hockey player (1999-).

Born July 2nd, 1999 (age 26 years) in Aurora.

Alan Grant

Scottish comic book writer.

Born July 2nd, 1949 in Bristol. [ref]

Died July 21st, 2022 at 73 years old in Moniaive. [ref]

Erich Topp

German admiral and u-boat commander during world war ii.

Born July 2nd, 1914 in Hanover.

Died December 26th, 2005 at 91 years old in Süßen.

Liane de Pougy

French courtesan, dancer and novelist, editor.

Born July 2nd, 1869 in La Flèche.

Died December 26th, 1950 at 81 years old in Lausanne. [ref]

Morris Cohen

American spy (1910-1995).

Born July 2nd, 1910 in New York City.

Died June 23rd, 1995 at 84 years old in Moscow.

Mark Hart

American musician.

Born July 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Fort Scott.

Kris Meeke

World rally championship driver.

Born July 2nd, 1979 (age 46 years) in Dungannon.

Nathan Ellington

British footballer (born 1981).

Born July 2nd, 1981 (age 44 years) in Bradford.

Rocky Gray

American musician.

Born July 2nd, 1974 (age 51 years) in Jacksonville.

Colin Edwin

Australian bass guitarist.

Born July 2nd, 1970 (age 55 years) in Melbourne.

Jean Craighead George

American novelist and nature writer (1919–2012).

Born July 2nd, 1919 in Washington, D.C..

Died May 15th, 2012 at 92 years old in Valhalla, Westchester Medical Center (stroke). [ref]

Richard Axel

American molecular biologist.

Born July 2nd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Brooklyn.

Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch

British businessman and member of the house of lords.

Born July 2nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Devizes.

Jean-François Richet

French film director.

Born July 2nd, 1966 (age 59 years) in Paris.

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