Some famous birthdays today:

• Hermann Hesse (novelist, painter, poet, philosopher, resistance fighter, literary, born July 2, 1877)
• Philip I of Castile (ruler, born June 23, 1478)
• Christian II of Denmark (monarch, born June 23, 1481)
• Wisława Szymborska (writer, poet, essayist, translator, author, born July 2, 1923)
• Vicente Fox (politician, economist, born July 2, 1942)
• Carlos Menem (politician, lawyer, born July 2, 1930)
• Olav V of Norway (monarch, born July 2, 1903)
• John of Gaunt (politician, duke, born June 24, 1340)
• William Henry Bragg (mathematician, physicist, university teacher, chemist, crystallographer, lacrosse player, born July 2, 1862)
• Alec Douglas-Home (politician, diplomat, cricketer, born July 2, 1903)
• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (playwright, writer, poet, linguist, born July 2, 1724)
• Richard Axel (university teacher, biochemist, neurologist, born July 2, 1946)
• Imelda Marcos (politician, diplomat, singer, model, socialite, entrepreneur, born July 2, 1929)
• Ashley Tisdale (singer, singer-songwriter, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, composer, model, born July 2, 1985)
• René Lacoste (entrepreneur, tennis player, tennis coach, born July 2, 1904)
• Philippa of Hainault (regent, born June 24, 1314)
• Thurgood Marshall (politician, lawyer, judge, born July 2, 1908)
• Francis II, Duke of Brittany (politician, born June 23, 1435)
• Richard Petty (politician, racing automobile driver, NASCAR team owner, born July 2, 1937)
• Charles Tupper (politician, lawyer, physician, diplomat, born July 2, 1821)
• Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (politician, born June 22, 1510)
• Hjalmar Söderberg (playwright, novelist, writer, poet, translator, journalist, drawer, literary critic, born July 2, 1869)
• Michelle Branch (singer, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, actor, pianist, film actor, born July 2, 1983)
• Larry David (screenwriter, comedian, writer, film director, actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, television producer, television director, born July 2, 1947)
• Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (aristocrat, born June 23, 1456)
• Jose Canseco (baseball player, taekwondo athlete, karateka, Thai boxer, born July 2, 1964)
• Émile Ollivier (politician, lawyer, historian, born July 2, 1825)
• Princess Marie Bonaparte (writer, translator, psychologist, born July 2, 1882)
• Saori Minami (singer, born July 2, 1954)
• Lutz D. Schmadel (astronomer, born July 2, 1942)
• Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (aristocrat, born July 2, 1698)
• Waldemar Matuška (singer, actor, born July 2, 1932)
• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (politician, born June 24, 1322)
• Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra (singer, singer-songwriter, actor, film actor, composer, born July 2, 1969)
• Line Renaud (singer, actor, film actor, stage actor, born July 2, 1928)
• Jerry Hall (film actor, stage actor, television actor, model, born July 2, 1956)
• Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (consort, born July 2, 1849)