Famous Births on 2 May

Famous Births on 2 May

1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 - William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)
1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
1695 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796)
1737 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 - Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (d. 1821)
1750 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
1772 - Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
1773 - Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1802 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
1828 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1843 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born Inventor (d. 1929)
1859 - Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist (d. 1904)
1865 - Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
1879 - James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
1885 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)
1886 - Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
1887 - Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
1887 - Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot - the Red Baron (d. 1918)
1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
1896 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
1897 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
1903 - Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)
1906 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
1906 - Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002)
1907 - Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)
1910 - Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)
1912 - Axel Cäsar Springer, German publisher (d. 1985)
1913 - Nigel Patrick, English actor (d. 1981)
1915 - Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
1920 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
1921 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)
1922 - A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006)
1922 - Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)
1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (d. 2007)
1925 - John Neville, English theatre and film actor
1926 - Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
1927 - Ray Barrett, Australian actor
1929 - Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
1930 - Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
1932 - Maury Allen, American sportswriter
1935 - King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
1935 - Lance LeGault, American actor
1935 - Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
1936 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer
1937 - Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
1938 - Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
1939 - Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
1941 - Clay Carroll, American baseball player
1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
1945 - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
1945 - Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer
1945 - Sarah Weddington, American attorney
1946 - Lesley Gore, American singer
1946 - David Suchet, English actor
1948 - Larry Gatlin, American musician
1949 - Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter
1950 - Duncan Gay, Australian politician
1950 - Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner)
1950 - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
1952 - Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress
1953 - Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
1954 - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
1955 - Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
1956 - David Rhodes, English guitarist
1958 - David O'Leary, Irish football manager and player
1959 - Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
1961 - Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
1961 - Steve James, English snooker player
1962 - Stephen Daldry, English film director
1962 - Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
1962 - Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1962 - Jimmy White, English snooker player
1965 - Félix José, Dominican baseball player
1966 - Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
1967 - Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
1968 - Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
1968 - Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
1968 - Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
1969 - Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer
1972 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
1972 - Paul Adcock, English footballer
1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
1974 - Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
1974 - Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
1974 - Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer
1975 - David Beckham, English footballer
1977 - Luke Hudson, American baseball player
1977 - Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
1978 - Steve Bays, Canadian musician
1979 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1979 - Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Troy Murphy, American basketball player
1980 - Zat Knight, English footballer
1980 - Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
1980 - Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
1980 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
1981 - Matt Murray, English footballer
1981 - Chris Kirkland, English footballer
1982 - Lorie, French singer
1983 - Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
1984 - Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
1985 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
1985 - David Nugent, English footballer
1985 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
1985 - Kyle Busch, American race car driver
1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
1986 - James Kirk, Canadian actor
1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
1988 - Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actor
1995 - Kelsey Lewis, American actress
2000 - Angel Sy, Filipina child actor