History Births on June 02

Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)

#Nat_Mayer_Shapiro

Christopher Slade, English lawyer and judge

#Christopher_Slade

Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter

#Lasse_Hallström

Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress

#Sonakshi_Sinha

Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Larry_Robinson

Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (d. 1960)

#Adelaide_Casely-Hayford

Stacy Keach, American actor

#Stacy_Keach

Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

#Lydia_Lunch

Richard Skuse, English rugby player

#Richard_Skuse

Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

#Feleti_Mateo

Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

#Jerry_Lumpe

William Salmon, English medical writer (d. 1713)

#William_Salmon

Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer

#Paulo_Sérgio_(footballer,_born_1969)

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer

#Antônio_Rodrigo_Nogueira

Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (d. 2017)

#Gilbert_Baker_(artist)

Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (d. 1973)

#Charles_Stewart_Mott

Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer

#Sergio_Agüero

Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012)

#Marvin_Hamlisch

Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dez_Cadena

Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)

#Rudolf_Christian,_Count_of_East_Frisia

Maggie Thrash, American graphic novelist and writer

#Maggie_Thrash

Justin Long, American actor

#Justin_Long

Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer

#Rineke_Dijkstra

Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1896)

#Daniel_Pollen

Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player

#Lex_Luger

Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (d. 1928)

#Thomas_Hardy

Adam Taggart, Australian footballer

#Adam_Taggart

Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder

#Dayana_Cadeau

Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer

#Erwin_Olaf

Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman

#Ünal_Aysal

Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach

#Abby_Wambach

Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007)

#Ken_McGregor

Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)

#Marquis_de_Sade

Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (d. 1981)

#Lotte_Reiniger

Luke Williamson, Australian rugby league player

#Luke_Williamson

Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster

#Kyle_Petty

Mike Stanton, American baseball player

#Mike_Stanton_(left-handed_pitcher)

Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (d. 1971)

#Pete_Robinson_(drag_racer)

Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)

#Pope_Leo_XI

Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1537)

#Charles,_Duke_of_Vendôme

Sally Kellerman, American actress

#Sally_Kellerman

Constantine II of Greece

#Constantine_II_of_Greece

Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space

#Yi_So-yeon

Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

#Karl_Adolph_Gjellerup

Steve Smith, Australian cricketer

#Steve_Smith_(cricketer)

Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player

#Neifi_Pérez

Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)

#Jack_O'Connor_(catcher)

Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Tim_Rice-Oxley

Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)

#Pete_Conrad

Pope Pius X (d. 1914)

#Pope_Pius_X

Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist

#Heather_Couper

Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer

#Petra_van_Staveren

Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer

#Zachary_Quinto

Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress

#Morena_Baccarin

Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician

#Jonathan_Evans_(politician)

Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer

#Dennis_Haysbert

Natalia Rodríguez, Spanish runner

#Natalia_Rodríguez_(athlete)

Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer

#Angelo_Mathews

Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player

#Raúl_Ibañez

Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player

#Campbell_Graham

Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player

#Chris_Higgins_(ice_hockey)

Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)

#Wallace_Hartley

Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)

#Johnny_Weissmuller

Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer

#Freddy_Adu

Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker

#Volodymyr_Holubnychy

Dominic Cooper, English actor

#Dominic_Cooper

Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)

#Marcel_Reich-Ranicki

Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator

#Dimitri_Kitsikis

Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jack_Afamasaga

Earl Boykins, American basketball player

#Earl_Boykins

Max Boyer, Canadian wrestler

#Max_Boyer

Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)

#Frank_G._Clement

Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal

#Crescenzio_Sepe

Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player

#Todd_Carney

Toni Livers, Swiss skier

#Toni_Livers

Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Matthew_Koma

Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer

#Miyuki_Sawashiro

Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist

#Vidar_Johansen_(musician)

Craig Stadler, American golfer

#Craig_Stadler

Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)

#Juan_Antonio_Bardem

Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys

#Nandan_Nilekani

Jack Lowden, Scottish actor

#Jack_Lowden

Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)

#Milo_O'Shea

Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer

#Richard_Long_(artist)

Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)

#Felix_Weingartner

Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist

#Mark_Waugh

Bobby Simmons, American basketball player

#Bobby_Simmons

William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)

#William_Lawson_(explorer)

Charles Haid, American actor and director

#Charles_Haid

Bonnie Newman, American businessman and politician

#Bonnie_Newman

Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Butterfly_Boucher

Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer

#Pajtim_Kasami

Frank Rich, American journalist and critic

#Frank_Rich

Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player

#Patrik_Berglund

Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver

#Jan_Lammers

Yoann Huget, French rugby player

#Yoann_Huget

W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)

#W._Watts_Biggers

George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)

#George_Lohmann

Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player

#Nikolay_Davydenko

Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (d. 2014)

#Yolande_Donlan

Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Michael_Steele_(musician)

Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)

#Gédéon_Ouimet

Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)

#Walter_Egan_(golfer)

Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor

#Dana_Carvey

Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Mani_Ratnam

Jewel Staite, Canadian actress

#Jewel_Staite

Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)

#Rafael_A._Lecuona

John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1833)

#John_Randolph_of_Roanoke

Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Charlie_Watts

Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1815)

#Jabez_Bowen

Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player

#Gata_Kamsky

Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic

#Cornel_West

Brooke White, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Brooke_White

(baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649)

#Isaac_van_Ostade

Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter

#Caroline_Link

Takijir? ?nishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)

#Takijir?_?nishi

Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player

#Russ_Courtnall

Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)

#Alessandro_Cagliostro

Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (d. 1934)

#Edward_Elgar

Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)

#Ferdinand_I_of_Naples

Lilimar Hernandez, Venezuelan actress

#Lilimar_Hernandez

Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977)

#Chiyonoyama_Masanobu

Kate?ina Jacques, Czech translator and politician

#Kate?ina_Jacques

David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author

#David_Wheaton

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (d. 1709)

#Henry_Hyde,_2nd_Earl_of_Clarendon

Nikki Cox, American actress

#Nikki_Cox

Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

#Lloyd_Shapley

Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist

#Matt_Serra

A.J. Styles, American wrestler

#A.J._Styles

Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (d. 1335)

#Abu_Sa'id_Bahadur_Khan

Émile Munier, French artist (d. 1895)

#Émile_Munier

Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer

#Wayne_Brady

András Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)

#András_Szennay

Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)

#Heinz_Sielmann

John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (d. 1987)

#John_Lehmann

Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)

#Jimmy_Jones_(singer)

Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)

#Erzsi_Kovács

Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland

#Mike_Ahern_(Australian_politician)

Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League

#Gary_Bettman

Candace Gingrich, American activist

#Candace_Gingrich

Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer

#Steve_Waugh

Leela James, American singer-songwriter

#Leela_James

Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)

#Rutger_von_Ascheberg

Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Tony_Hadley

Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager

#Marko_Kristal

Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer

#Fabrizio_Moretti

Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter

#Tomasz_Wróblewski

Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter

#Wentworth_Miller

Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)

#Thurman_Arnold

Jerry Mathers, American actor

#Jerry_Mathers

Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)

#Concordia_Selander

Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager

#Arnold_Mühren

Mike Grzesiek, Esports player and streamer

Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer-songwriter

Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player

Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player

Teet Allas, Estonian footballer

Martin ?ech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)

Salvatore Scibona, American author

B Real, American rapper and actor

Kurt Abbott, American baseball player

Andy Cohen, American television host

Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter

Remigija Nazarovien?, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach

Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter

Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)

Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach

Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner

Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager

Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator

Mom?ilo Vukoti?, Serbian footballer and manager

Anne Phillips, English theorist and academic

Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer

Peter Sutcliffe, UK serial killer

Robert Elliott, American actor (d. 2004)

Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

John Schlee, American golfer (d. 2000)

Charles Miller, American musician (d. 1980)

George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge

Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author

Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright

Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer

Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge

Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2003)

#Carol_Shields

Johnny Carter, American singer (d. 2009)

Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic

June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)

Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (d. 2002)

Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)

Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983)

Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)

Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)

Tex Schramm, American businessman (d. 2003)

Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011)

Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)

Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)

Johnny Bulla, American golfer (d. 2003)

Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)

Barbara Pym, English author (d. 1980)

Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002)

Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)

Dorothy West, American journalist and author (d. 1998)

Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974)

Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)

Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)