Jules A. Hoffmann

French biologist.

Born August 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Echternach. ^[ref]

Valery Bykovsky

Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019).

Born August 2nd, 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad.

Died March 27th, 2019 at 84 years old in Leonikha. ^[ref]

Helen Morgan

American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941).

Born August 2nd, 1900 in Danville.

Died October 8th, 1941 at 41 years old in Chicago (liver cirrhosis). ^[ref]

Bei Dao

Contemporary chinese (prc) avant garde poet.

Born August 2nd, 1949 (age 76 years) in Beijing.

Sébastien Desabre

French football coach.

Born August 2nd, 1976 (age 49 years) in Valence.

Kuba Wojewódzki

Polish journalist.

Born August 2nd, 1963 (age 62 years) in Koszalin.

Hatice Şendil

Turkish actor (born 1983).

Born August 2nd, 1983 (age 42 years) in Istanbul.

Mathieu Carrière

German actor.

Born August 2nd, 1950 (age 75 years) in Hanover. ^[ref]

Vasile Alecsandri

Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat.

Born August 2nd, 1821 in Bacău County. ^[ref]

Died September 3rd, 1890 at 69 years old in Mircești (lung cancer).

Irving Babbitt

American academic and literary critic (1865-1933).

Born August 2nd, 1865 in Dayton.

Died July 15th, 1933 at 67 years old in Cambridge. ^[ref]

Gundula Janowitz

Austrian opera soprano (born 1937).

Born August 2nd, 1937 (age 88 years) in Berlin.

Yoko Tani

French-born japanese actress (1928-1999).

Born August 2nd, 1928 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 19th, 1999 at 70 years old in Paris (cancer).

Steven Rosenberg

American cancer researcher.

Born August 2nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Gordan Jandroković

Croatian diplomat and politician.

Born August 2nd, 1967 (age 58 years) in Bjelovar.

John Sloan

American painter (1871–1951).

Born August 2nd, 1871 in Lock Haven.

Died September 8th, 1951 at 80 years old in Hanover.

Angel Boris

American model and actress.

Born August 2nd, 1974 (age 51 years) in Fort Lauderdale.

Bernard L. Kowalski

Director (1929-2007).

Born August 2nd, 1929 in Brownsville.

Died October 26th, 2007 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.

Isabel Macedo

Argentine actress.

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

Linda Fratianne

American figure skater.

Born August 2nd, 1960 (age 65 years) in Northridge.

Chiara Mastalli

Italian actress.

Born August 2nd, 1984 (age 41 years) in Rome.

Marianne Weber

German women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954).

Born August 2nd, 1870 in Oerlinghausen.

Died June 14th, 1954 at 83 years old in Heidelberg.

Jeffrey Lau

Hong kong film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer.

Born August 2nd, 1952 (age 73 years) in Hong Kong.

Laura Pigossi

Brazilian tennis player.

Born August 2nd, 1994 (age 31 years) in São Paulo.

Robert Holdstock

British fantasy and science fiction author (1948-2009).

Born August 2nd, 1948 in Hythe.

Died November 29th, 2009 at 61 years old in London. ^[ref]

André Gagnon

Canadian pianist.

Born August 2nd, 1936 in Saint-Pacôme. ^[ref]

Died December 3rd, 2020 at 84 years old (dementia with Lewy bodies). ^[ref]