List of Famous people born on June 2nd
Yang Shoujing
Yang Shoujing was a late-Qing dynasty historical geographer, calligrapher, antiquarian, bibliophile, and diplomat. He is best known for the historical atlas Lidai yudi tu, commonly called the Yangtu, the most complete and scholarly historical atlas of China produced during the Qing dynasty. He devoted most of his life to the annotation of the 6th-century geographic work Shui jing zhu, which was completed by his disciple Xiong Huizhen and published as the Shui jing zhu shu.
Whitney Sudler-Smith
Whitney Sudler-Smith is an American filmmaker, television director, and classically trained guitarist. He is the Creator and Executive Producer of Bravo's Southern Charm, a "reality docu-series" about life in Charleston, South Carolina. He is also an executive producer on the Savannah and New Orleans spin-off shows.
Pepe Viyuela
José Viyuela Castillo, known as Pepe Viyuela, is a Spanish actor, clown, poet, and comedian. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his one-man stage show Encerrona (Lock-In), which was brought to the London stage in June 2017 as part of the Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón).
Yoshihiro Ito
Yoshihiro Ito is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2008 to 2015.
Steve Waugh
Stephen Rodger Waugh is a former Australian international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler. As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004, he led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in history with 41 victories and a winning ratio of 72%.
Melissa Chan
Melissa Chan is a Chinese-American broadcast journalist, who currently presents DW News Asia on Deutsche Welle TV. Her works have appeared in The Guardian, The Washington Post, VICE News, POLITICO, and Foreign Policy. She has appeared as a guest on CNN and the BBC.
Carmen Silvera
Carmen Dorothy Blanche Silvera was a British comic actress. Born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television regularly in the 1960s, and achieved mainstream fame in the 1980s with her starring role in the British television programme, 'Allo 'Allo! as Edith Artois.
Babulal Gaur
Babulal Gaur Yadav was an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected in 10 Assembly elections from the seat of Govindpura in Bhopal before retiring from electoral politics in 2018 due to old age.
Laura Barney Harding
Laura Barney Harding was an American socialite and philanthropist. She became a close friend of Katharine Hepburn in the late 1920s when they were both aspiring actresses; the two travelled together to California to seek work in films, and shared a house in Franklin Canyon Park, near Hollywood.
Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny Jr. was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.