August 2

August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year. ^{Anthony Payne, English composer and author (d. 2021)}

2 August 1936

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Giampaolo Pazzini • Istifan al-Duwayhi • Joanna Cassidy • Joe Harnell • John Alexander Douglas McCurdy • John Tyndall • Kyawswa of Pagan • Marianne Weber • Mohammed Kudus • Susie O'Neill

Born in the same month (August 1936): A. S. Byatt • Alan Hodgkinson • Andre Dubus • Arthur B. C. Walker Jr. • Benedict Anderson • Dale Hawkins • Giridharilal Kedia • Jan Pieńkowski • Jerry G. Bishop • John Callaway • Jonathan D. Spence • Kenny Guinn • Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) • Nikolai Baturin • Patrick Tse • Peter North (legal scholar) • Richard McBrien • Robert Redford • Rudy Lewis • Yves Saint Laurent (designer)