July 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#39 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 2 birthdays
William Henry Bragg · British scientist1862
Hermann Hesse · Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter1877
Alec Douglas-Home · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 19641903
Olav V · King of Norway1903
Hans Bethe · German-American nuclear physicist1906
Pierre Cardin · French-Italian fashion designer1922
Wisława Szymborska · Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner1923
Patrice Lumumba · Congolese politician and independence leader1925
Imelda Marcos · Philippine former First Lady1929
Carlos Menem · Argentinean president between 1989 and 19991930
Vicente Fox · 62th president of Mexico1942
Richard Axel · American molecular biologist1946
Larry David · American comedian, writer and actor1947
Bret Hart · Canadian-American professional wrestler, writer and actor1957
Jüri Ratas · Estonian politician1978
Michelle Branch · American singer, songwriter and musician1983
Ashley Tisdale · American actress and singer-songwriter1985
Lindsay Lohan · American actress and singer1986
Alex Morgan · American soccer player1989
Margot Robbie · Australian actress1990
On this day in history
1779American Revolutionary War: French troops landed near St. George's, Grenada, and began their capture of the island.
1964The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public in the United States.
1998Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, the second novel of the Harry Potter series, was published.
2013The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.
1890The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1921World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
1976More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1990Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament agreed to suspend the effects of their act to re-establish Lithuania as a state.
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