Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power by military officers in the 1948 Venezuelan coup.
2 August 1884
Born on the same birth day (2 August): Austin Theory • Dragan Vukmir • Joe Harnell • Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque • Michael Weiss (figure skater) • Per Westerberg • Peter O'Toole • Philippe II, Duke of Orléans • Pierre Charles L'Enfant • Ravishankar Shukla • Theodor Zwinger • Viliam Schrojf
Born in the same month (August 1884): Béla Balázs • Earl Derr Biggers • Harry Dean (cricketer) • Henri Cornet • Peter Fraser • Sara Teasdale • Theodor Svedberg • Vincent Auriol