Birthday facts

Born on August 2.

Everyone born on August 2 is a Leo — ruled by the Sun, generous, and would like that noted. The stone is peridot, the flower gladiolus, and the day is shared with JD Vance and Sam Worthington.

Sun sign

Leo ♌︎

the Lion · ruled by the Sun · generous, and would like that noted

Birthstone

Peridot

August

Birth flower

Gladiolus

& poppy

Your book

Born on August 2? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Leo, July 23 to August 22.

The Lion, ruled by the Sun itself, and the books do not pretend otherwise: this is the sign of the centre of the room. A fire sign, credited with warmth, generosity and a need to be seen that its people would call a gift for being seen. The tradition gives Leo courage and a big heart and a weakness for applause, and notes that it tends to earn the applause, which is the annoying part.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on August 2.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1984

JD Vance

American politician

1976

Sam Worthington

English-Australian actor and producer

1924

James Baldwin

American novelist and poet

1992

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

1932

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor and producer

1964

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress

1942

Isabel Allende

Chilean-American novelist and essayist

1948

Dennis Prager

American author and radio host

On this day

What August 2 has seen.

It is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.

1870One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

1914The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

1932At 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.

1986The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, was released.

The calendar

When August 2 falls.

A Sunday in 2026, a Monday in 2027, a Wednesday in 2028, a Thursday in 2029, and a Friday in 2030.