On This Day

Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

August 2 2007

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Events on This Day

Birth of First Child
Suriya
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Audrey Peters
deceased
American actress (1927-2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,775
🇫🇷Daniel Timsit
deceased
Algerian physician (1928-2002) · 1928–2002
Days lived
26,892

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on August 2 Died on August 2 On This Day Day Lookup

· b. 1949

Days alive

21,184

🇦🇹Bettina Zelenka

athlete · b. 1978

Days alive

10,592

🇩🇪Boris Dlugosch

rapper · b. 1968

Days alive

14,244

🇺🇸Brandon Browner

American and Canadian football player, defensive back, cornerback · b. 1984

Days alive

8,400

🇧🇷Bruno Mendes

Brazilian association football player · b. 1994

Days alive

4,748

🇬🇧Charli XCX

Singer · b. 1992

Days alive

5,478

🇩🇪Curt Backeberg

deceased

writer · 1894–1966

Days lived

26,097

🇩🇪Dieter Claessens

deceased

German sociologist and anthropologist (1921–1997) · 1921–1997

Days lived

27,634

🇷🇺Dmitry Puchkov

writer · b. 1961

Days alive

16,801

🇩🇪Felix von Leitner

German IT security expert · b. 1973

Days alive

12,418

🇩🇪Florian Stetter

actor · b. 1977

Days alive

10,957

🇩🇪Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg

deceased

German sociologist · 1929–2025

Days lived

34,893

🇫🇷Guillaume Lacour

French footballer · b. 1980

Days alive

9,861

🇩🇪Hans Hopf

deceased

German operatic tenor (1916-1993) · 1916–1993

Days lived

28,086

🇩🇪Hermann Giesler

deceased

German architect (1898-1987) · 1898–1987

Days lived

32,312

🇺🇸Ike Williams

deceased

American boxer · 1923–1994

Days lived

25,967

🇺🇸Jameel Watkins

American basketball player · b. 1977

Days alive

10,957

🇺🇸John Vlissides

deceased

American Software scientist (1961–2005) · 1961–2005

Days lived

16,185

Jorge Rafael Videla

deceased

Notable Trials · 1925–2013

Days lived

32,065

🇩🇪Juliane Lorenz

German film editor and film director · b. 1957

Days alive

18,262

🇩🇪Karl-Otto Koch

deceased

politician · 1897–1945

Days lived

17,412

🇰🇷Koo Dae-sung

film director · b. 1969

Days alive

13,879

🇬🇧Laura Bassett

football player · b. 1983

Days alive

8,766

🇺🇸Laura Bennett

American architect and fashion designer · b. 1963

Days alive

16,071

🇫🇷Ludovic Gaurier

deceased

French speleologist (1875–1931) · 1875–1931

Days lived

20,498

🇺🇸Marianne Weber

deceased

German women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954) · 1870–1954

Days lived

30,631

🇨🇦Mark Lee

K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 1999

Days alive

2,922

🇩🇪Mathieu Carrière

German actor · b. 1950

Days alive

20,819

🇺🇸Max Wright

deceased

Stage actor · 1943–2019

Days lived

27,722

Mohammed Kudus

association football player · b. 2000

Days alive

2,556

🇺🇸Natty Dominique

deceased

American musician (1896–1982) · 1896–1982

Days lived

31,438

🇺🇸Nayer

singer · b. 1987

Days alive

7,305

🇮🇪Peter O'Toole

deceased

British-Irish actor (1932–2013) · 1932–2013

Days lived

29,719

🇫🇷Philippe Soupault

deceased

French writer (1897–1990) · 1897–1990

Days lived

33,824

🇮🇳Purushottam Shivaram Rege

deceased

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India · 1910–1978

Days lived

24,671

🇩🇪Rainer Troppa

deceased

football player · 1958–2023

Days lived

23,778

🇦🇹Rudolf Prack

deceased

Austrian actor (1905-1981) · 1905–1981

Days lived

27,881

🇨🇭Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

deceased

German actress (1931–2024) · 1931–2024

Days lived

33,907

🇬🇧Sam Worthington

Australian actor born 1976 · b. 1976

Days alive

11,322

🇭🇺Sándor Bakos

deceased

association football player (1939-2010) · 1939–2010

Days lived

25,794

🇮🇱Shimon Peres

deceased

politician · 1923–2016

Days lived

34,026

🇩🇪Stefan Effenberg

German association football player · b. 1968

Days alive

14,244

🇦🇹Susan Denberg

actor · b. 1944

Days alive

23,010

Uli Latukefu

Actor · b. 1983

Days alive

8,766

🇺🇸Victoria Jackson

singer · b. 1959

Days alive

17,532

🇩🇪Werner Haase

deceased

SS officer and physician (1900–1950) · 1900–1950

Days lived

18,382

🇺🇸Winsome Frazier

basketball player · b. 1982

Days alive

9,131

🇩🇪Dietrich Kraiss

deceased

military person · 1889–1944

Days lived

19,982

🇩🇪Fritz Lang

deceased

actor · 1890–1976

Days lived

31,286

🇦🇹Hermann Grab

deceased

writer · 1903–1949

Days lived

16,890

🇩🇪James Krüss

deceased

journalist · 1926–1997

Days lived

25,996

🇫🇷Jean-Pierre Yvaral

deceased

French painter (1934-2002) · 1934–2002

Days lived

25,026

🇩🇪Kurt Feltz

deceased

German songwriter, lyricist, music producer (1910–1982) · 1910–1982

Days lived

26,225

🇮🇳Meldric Daluz

deceased

Indian Olympic field hockey player (1921–2011) · 1921–2011

Days lived

33,054

🇩🇪Nikolaus Riehl

deceased

chemist · 1901–1990

Days lived

32,577

🇩🇪Olga Desmond

deceased

actor · 1890–1964

Days lived

26,936

🇩🇪Oscar Müller

deceased

German actor (1921–2003) · 1921–2003

Days lived

30,144

🇩🇪Robert Bosch Jr.

deceased

German businessman (1928–2004) · 1928–2004

Days lived

27,945

🇩🇪Rudolf Swiderski

deceased

German chess master (1878–1909) · 1878–1909

Days lived

11,327

🇩🇪Wilhelm Haller

deceased

German businessman (1935-2004) · 1935–2004

Days lived

25,211

William S. Burroughs

deceased

Notable Trials · 1914–1997

Days lived

30,494

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

42,486

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

42,149

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

40,024

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

38,929

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇦🇹Johannes Heesters

deceased

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011

Days lived

39,466

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

37,834

🇺🇸Emilio Navarro

deceased

Puerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011

Days lived

38,567

🇺🇸Washoe

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

deceased

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

9,774

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

61,574

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

52,016

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

50,982

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

50,616

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

48,060

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

46,712

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

71,043

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

51,712

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

30,064

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

27,607

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

25,517

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

23,494

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

12,914

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

11,731

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

11,026

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,339

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,296

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

10,075

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇦🇹Alfred Rosche

🇫🇷Anne Lauvergeon

🇭🇺Bertalan Farkas

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Audrey Peters

🇫🇷Daniel Timsit

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇪🇨Lonesome George

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇦🇹Bettina Zelenka

🇩🇪Boris Dlugosch

🇺🇸Brandon Browner

🇧🇷Bruno Mendes

🇬🇧Charli XCX

🇩🇪Curt Backeberg

🇩🇪Dieter Claessens

🇷🇺Dmitry Puchkov

🇩🇪Felix von Leitner

🇩🇪Florian Stetter

🇩🇪Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg

🇫🇷Guillaume Lacour

🇩🇪Hans Hopf

🇩🇪Hermann Giesler

🇺🇸Ike Williams

🇺🇸Jameel Watkins

🇺🇸John Vlissides

Jorge Rafael Videla

🇩🇪Juliane Lorenz

🇩🇪Karl-Otto Koch

🇰🇷Koo Dae-sung

🇬🇧Laura Bassett

🇺🇸Laura Bennett

🇫🇷Ludovic Gaurier

🇺🇸Marianne Weber

🇨🇦Mark Lee

🇩🇪Mathieu Carrière

🇺🇸Max Wright

Mohammed Kudus

🇺🇸Natty Dominique

🇺🇸Nayer

🇮🇪Peter O'Toole

🇫🇷Philippe Soupault

🇮🇳Purushottam Shivaram Rege

🇩🇪Rainer Troppa

🇦🇹Rudolf Prack

🇨🇭Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

🇬🇧Sam Worthington

🇭🇺Sándor Bakos

🇮🇱Shimon Peres

🇩🇪Stefan Effenberg

🇦🇹Susan Denberg

Uli Latukefu

🇺🇸Victoria Jackson

🇩🇪Werner Haase

🇺🇸Winsome Frazier

🇩🇪Dietrich Kraiss

🇩🇪Fritz Lang

🇦🇹Hermann Grab

🇩🇪James Krüss

🇫🇷Jean-Pierre Yvaral

🇩🇪Kurt Feltz

🇮🇳Meldric Daluz

🇩🇪Nikolaus Riehl

🇩🇪Olga Desmond

🇩🇪Oscar Müller