Famous people born on 2 July

• Hermann HesseNobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter · 1877–1962
  85 yrs
• Wisława SzymborskaPolish poet, Nobel Prize winner · 1923–2012
  88 yrs
• Patrice LumumbaCongolese politician and independence leader · 1925–1961
  35 yrs
• William Henry BraggBritish scientist · 1862–1942
  79 yrs
• Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist · 1906–2005
  98 yrs
• Christoph Willibald von GluckOpera composer · 1714–1787
  73 yrs
• Alec Douglas-HomePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964 · 1903–1995
  92 yrs
• Carlos MenemArgentinean president between 1989 and 1999 · 1930–2021
  90 yrs
• Olav V of NorwayKing of Norway · 1903–1991
  87 yrs
• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock ↗German poet, writer and linguist · 1724–1803
  78 yrs
• Pierre Cardin ↗French-Italian fashion designer · 1922–2020
  98 yrs
• John of Gaunt ↗English magnate of the House of Plantagenet · 1340–1399
  58 yrs
• Hans-Ulrich Rudel ↗German World War II Stuka pilot and neo-Nazi activist · 1916–1982
  66 yrs
• Wilhelm Cuno ↗German chancellor · 1876–1933
  56 yrs
• Philippa of Hainault ↗Queen consort of King Edward III of England · 1310–1369
  59 yrs
• René Lacoste ↗French tennis player · 1904–1996
  92 yrs
• Marie Bonaparte ↗French author and psychoanalyst · 1882–1962
  80 yrs
• Thurgood Marshall ↗Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 · 1908–1993
  84 yrs
• Antonio Labriola ↗Italian philosopher · 1843–1904
  60 yrs
• Omar Suleiman ↗Egyptian head of intelligence and vice president · 1936–2012
  76 yrs
• John of Capistrano ↗Franciscan friar and Catholic saint · 1386–1456
  70 yrs
• Ahmad Jamal ↗American jazz pianist · 1930–2023
  92 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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