Butch Vig

American musician and record producer.

Born August 2nd, 1957 (age 68 years) in Viroqua.

Jorge Rafael Videla

Argentine dictator (1925–2013).

Born August 2nd, 1925 in Mercedes.

Died May 17th, 2013 at 87 years old in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires (cardiac arrest).

Mark Lee

Canadian rapper.

Born August 2nd, 1999 (age 26 years) in Toronto.

Gary Merrill

Film and television character actor from the united states (1915-1990).

Born August 2nd, 1915 in Hartford.

Died March 5th, 1990 at 74 years old in Falmouth (lung cancer).

Tory Kittles

American actor.

Born August 2nd, 1975 (age 50 years) in Lawtey.

Burgess Owens

American politician and former football player (born 1951).

Born August 2nd, 1951 (age 74 years) in Columbus.

Skylar Diggins-Smith

American basketball player.

Born August 2nd, 1990 (age 35 years) in South Bend. ^[ref]

Kathryn Harrold

American actress.

Born August 2nd, 1950 (age 75 years) in Tazewell.

Jonas Blue

English dj.

Born August 2nd, 1989 (age 36 years) in London. ^[ref]

Pingali Venkayya

Indian independence activist (1876–1963).

Born August 2nd, 1876 in Bhatla Penumarru.

Died July 4th, 1963 at 86 years old in Vijayawada.

Nehemiah Persoff

American actor and painter (1919–2022).

Born August 2nd, 1919 in Jerusalem. ^[ref]

Died April 5th, 2022 at 102 years old in San Luis Obispo (heart failure). ^[ref]

Artemis Pebdani

American actress.

Born August 2nd, 1977 (age 48 years) in Texas.

Angélica Rivera

Mexican singer, model and telenovela actress (born 1969).

Born August 2nd, 1969 (age 56 years) in Mexico City.

Jacky Rosen

American politician (born 1957).

Born August 2nd, 1957 (age 68 years) in Chicago.

Joe Lynn Turner

American singer.

Born August 2nd, 1951 (age 74 years) in Hackensack.

Cai Xukun

Chinese singer-songwriter, rapper and dancer.

Born August 2nd, 1998 (age 27 years) in Wenzhou.

Sandeep Lamichhane

Nepalese cricketer.

Born August 2nd, 2000 (age 25 years) in Aruchaur.

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904).

Born August 2nd, 1834 in Colmar. ^[ref]

Died October 4th, 1904 at 70 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). ^[ref]

Nadia Bjorlin

American actress.

Born August 2nd, 1980 (age 45 years) in Newport.

Charles Roven

American film producer (born 1949).

Born August 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Jim Capaldi

English musician and songwriter (1944–2005).

Born August 2nd, 1944 in Evesham.

Died January 28th, 2005 at 60 years old in London (stomach cancer). ^[ref]

Andy Fairweather Low

Welsh singer and guitarist.

Born August 2nd, 1948 (age 77 years) in Cardiff. ^[ref]

Simone Manuel

American swimmer.

Born August 2nd, 1996 (age 29 years) in Houston.

Karl-Otto Koch

German ss military regiment officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897–1945).

Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.

Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (gunshot wound).

Beatrice Straight

American actress (1914-2001).

Born August 2nd, 1914 in Old Westbury.

Died April 7th, 2001 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).