List of Famous people born on August 2nd

Hamidou Benmessaoud, best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor.

Jacob Collier is an English musician. His music incorporates elements from many musical genres, and often features extreme use of reharmonisation.

Ursula Karusseit was a German actress.

Pritam Singh is a Singaporean author, lawyer and politician who has served as the secretary-general of the Workers' Party of Singapore since 2018. He is officially appointed as the Leader of the Opposition and Opposition Whip by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singh has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) for Eunos since 7 May 2011.

John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned four decades. A lifelong member of the Actors Studio, in 1971, O'Connor found widespread fame as Archie Bunker, the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–79) and its spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–83). O'Connor later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–95), where he played the role of Sparta, Mississippi, police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. At the end of his career in the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman on Mad About You.

Brigadier General Felix Laurence Sparks was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, commanded the 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, one of the first Allied forces to enter Dachau concentration camp and liberate its prisoners. He later served on the Colorado Supreme Court.

Nick Chou is a Taiwanese singer, rapper and actor.

Laura Bassett is an English former football defender who represented England internationally. She played for FA WSL club Notts County, Birmingham City, Arsenal, Leeds Carnegie, Chelsea, and Australian W-League club Canberra United.

Kazuki Namioka is a Japanese actor. He made his acting debut in the television series Pride. He appeared in Hiroshi Shinagawa's 2009 debut film Drop. He also co-starred with Kōji Yakusho in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins.

Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021. He was confirmed on July 23, 2018 by the United States Senate; the confirmation vote was 86–9. He was sworn in on July 30, 2018.