May 2 - Births

Births

• 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)
• 1806 – Catherine Labouré, French visionary and saint (d. 1876)
• 1808 – Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
• 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)
• 1894 – Joseph Henry Woodger, British theoretical biologist (d. 1981)
• 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)
• 1898 – Henry Hall, British bandleader (d. 1989)
• 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)
• 1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
• 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
• 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
• 1924 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
• 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 (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, third king of Bhutan (d. 1972)
• 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Édouard Balladur, French Prime Minister
• 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 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer
• 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
• 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 – Sarah Weddington, American attorney
• 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer
• 1945 – Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
• 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 – Christine Baranski, American actress
• 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
• 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
• 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
• 1954 – Stephen Venables, British mountaineer
• 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
• 1956 – David Rhodes, English guitarist
• 1956 – Amir Mokri, Iranian-born American cinematographer
• 1958 – David O'Leary, Irish football manager and player
• 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
• 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
• 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
• 1961 – Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
• 1961 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
• 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
• 1962 – Ray Traylor, American wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
• 1962 – Mitzi Kapture, American actress
• 1965 – Félix José, Dominican baseball player
• 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
• 1967 – Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
• 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
• 1968 – Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1968 – Jeff Agoos, American footballer
• 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
• 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer
• 1971 – Musashimaru Kōyō, American Samoan sumo wrestler, the 67^th Yokozuna
• 1972 – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
• 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
• 1972 – Pandora Boxx, American drag queen and reality tv personality
• 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
• 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer
• 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
• 1974 – Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
• 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer
• 1975 – Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
• 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Jenna von Oy, American actress
• 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
• 1978 – Steve Bays, Canadian musician
• 1978 – Intars Busulis, Latvian singer, trombone player
• 1978 – Melvin Ely, American basketball player
• 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
• 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
• 1980 – Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
• 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
• 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
• 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
• 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
• 1981 – Robert Buckley, American actor
• 1982 – Lorie, French singer
• 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
• 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
• 1983 – Daniel Sordo, Spanish rally driver
• 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
• 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
• 1985 – Kyle Busch, American racing driver
• 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
• 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
• 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
• 1985 – Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
• 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
• 1986 – Emily Hart, American actress
• 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
• 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Neftali Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1988 – Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
• 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actor
• 2000 – Angel Sy, Filipina child actor