August 2nd, 1976

Born on August 2nd, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 567 days, exactly on November 13th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway, a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

August 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.

August 2nd, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Born on August 2nd, 1976

47

Sam Worthington

Australian actor (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Godalming

47

Kati Wilhelm

German cross-country skier and biathlete

*August 2nd, 1976, Schmalkalden

47

Reyes Estévez

Athletics competitor

*August 2nd, 1976, Cornellà de Llobregat

47

Jay Heaps

American association soccer player

*August 2nd, 1976, Nashua

47

Michael Weiss

Figure skater

*August 2nd, 1976, Washington, D.C.

47

Emma Newman

British author and podcaster

*August 2nd, 1976, Cornwall

47

Sébastien Desabre

French football coach

*August 2nd, 1976, Valence

47

Rebecca Evans

Welsh politician (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Pontrhydyfen

47

Lidija Bizjak

Serbian classical pianist

*August 2nd, 1976, Belgrade

47

Toni Storaro

Bulgarian singer of Turkish origin

*August 2nd, 1976, Shumen

47

Mohammad Zahid

Cricketer

*August 2nd, 1976, Gaggo

47

Stéphane Gomez

French swimmer

*August 2nd, 1976, Millau

47

Vjekoslav Kramer

Television Chef

*August 2nd, 1976, Travnik

47

Vinny Perth

Association football player

*August 2nd, 1976, Dublin

47

Pritam Singh

Singaporean politician

*August 2nd, 1976, Singapore

47

Jurga Žilinskienė

Lithuanian businesswoman

*August 2nd, 1976, Kaunas

47

David Murie

Scottish footballer (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Edinburgh

47

Andy Brownrigg

English footballer (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Chapeltown

47

Daiki Wakamatsu

Japanese association football player

*August 2nd, 1976, Aichi Prefecture

47

Vasileios Kournetas

Greek volleyball player

*August 2nd, 1976, Athens

47

Gary Germaine

Footballer (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Birmingham

47

Adam Mayfield

American actor

*August 2nd, 1976, Houston

47

Rory MacGregor

British actor

*August 2nd, 1976, London

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

51

Daniele Nardello

Italian cyclist

*August 2nd, 1972, Varese

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

42

Tim Murtagh

Irish cricketer

*August 2nd, 1981, Lambeth

27

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

46

Edward Furlong

American actor and singer

*August 2nd, 1977, Glendale

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

24

Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

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Born on August 2nd, 1976
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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August 1976