List of Famous people born on August 2nd

Yoko Tani was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer.

Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian, was the younger brother of Augustin.

Joseph Hayes was an American playwright, novelist and screenwriter born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Harold Joseph, a furniture dealer, and Pearl M. Arnold Hayes. Hayes entered a Benedictine monastery at the age of thirteen, attending St. Meinrad Seminary High School in southern Indiana for two years, but graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis in 1936. He married Marrijane Johnston in 1938 and they had three children: Gregory, Jason, and Daniel. Hayes studied at Indiana University with his wife from 1938–1941.

Louis John Papan was a Democratic California politician. He was known as the "Dean of the Assembly" for his 20 years in the California State Assembly.

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse was a French historical and decorative painter.

Fehime Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Murad V and his fourth wife Meyliservet Kadın.