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Famous People Born on May 2(178 people)

Notable Figure

Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne

BamBam, Thai singer(1997 - present)
Musician

BamBam, Thai singer

Musician

Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer

Athlete

Julian Brandt, German footballer

Athlete

Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer

Musician

Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter

Notable Figure

Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist

Musician

Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer

Musician

Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper

Musician

Sunmi, South Korean singer

Athlete

María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player

Actor

Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

Athlete

Jonathan Villar, Dominican baseball player

Actor

Kay Panabaker, American actress

Athlete

Paul George, American basketball player

Athlete

Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player

Actor

Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress

Actor

Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Notable Figure

Pat McAfee, American sports analyst and football player

Notable Figure

Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player

Notable Figure

Yasir Shah, Pakistani cricketer

Actor

Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress

Notable Figure

Kyle Busch, American race car driver

Athlete

Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player

Notable Figure

Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

Athlete

Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer

Athlete

Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player

Athlete

Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer

Athlete

Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer

Notable Figure

Tina Maze, Slovenian skier

Notable Figure

Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver

Notable Figure

Johan Botha, South African cricketer

Actor

Robert Buckley, American actor

Athlete

Chris Kirkland, English footballer

Athlete

Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer

Athlete

Tim Borowski, German footballer

Actor

Ellie Kemper, American actress, comedian and writer

Athlete

Zat Knight, English footballer

Athlete

Troy Murphy, American basketball player

Notable Figure

Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

Actor

Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter

Musician

Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter

Athlete

David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model

Actor

Joe Wilkinson, English comedian, actor and writer

Filmmaker

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter

Actor

Dwayne Johnson, American actor and wrestler

Athlete

Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna

Notable Figure

Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer

Athlete

Jeff Agoos, American footballer

Actor

Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress

Writer

Mika Brzezinski, American journalist and author

Athlete

David Rocastle, English footballer (died 2001)

Politician

Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician

Politician

Gina Yoginda, Indonesian army general and diplomat

Filmmaker

Michael Grandage, English director and producer

Notable Figure

Jimmy White, English snooker player

Filmmaker

Stephen Daldry, English director and producer

Notable Figure

Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach

Musician

Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Musician

Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer

Athlete

David O'Leary, English-Irish footballer and manager

Politician

Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City

Athlete

Willie Miller, Scottish footballer

Fashion

Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer

Musician

Elliot Goldenthal, American composer and conductor

Politician

Dawn Primarolo, English politician

Musician

Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director

Athlete

Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player

Notable Figure

Chris Anderson, Australian rugby league player and coach

Actor

Christine Baranski, American actress and singer

Musician

John Glascock, English singer and bass player (died 1979)

Notable Figure

Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022)

Politician

Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician

Musician

Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter

Writer

Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author

Writer

Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman

Actor

Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Business

James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company

Musician

Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Actor

David Suchet, English actor

Musician

Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (died 1998)

Actor

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist

Scientist

Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist, historian, and curator

Actor

Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor and film director (died 2020)

Business

Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman (died 2021)

Athlete

Clay Carroll, American baseball player

Notable Figure

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (died 1996)

Actor

Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)

Actor

Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter

Musician

Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist

Athlete

Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2023)

Political Leader

Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (died 1958)

Legal

Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Actor

Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman (died 2012)

Artist

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (died 2013)

Politician

Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician (died 2016)

Political Leader

Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France

Musician

Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

Notable Figure

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (died 1972)

Actor

Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer (died 2009)

Writer

Michael Broadbent, British wine critic and writer (died 2020)

Actor

John Neville, English-Canadian actor (died 2011)

Actor

Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2015)

Politician

Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan (died 2018)

Political Leader

Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (died 2008)

Actor

Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (died 2007)

Writer

A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born American journalist and author (died 2006)

Notable Figure

B. B. Lal, Indian archaeologist (died 2022)

Filmmaker

Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)

Musician

Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist and composer

Politician

Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2002)

Musician

Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)

Actor

Peggy Mount, English actress (died 2001)

Writer

Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (died 1985)

Notable Figure

Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (died 2005)

Actor

Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (died 1981)

Notable Figure

Alexander Bonnyman Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1943)

Writer

Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author (died 2005)

Comedian

Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (died 1993)

Writer

Charlotte Armstrong, American author (died 1969)

Writer

Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, activist, and author (died 1998)

Actor

Brian Aherne, English actor (died 1986)

Actor

Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (died 1989)

Musician

John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (died 1985)

Writer

Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist (died 1943)

Actor

Norma Talmadge, American actress of the silent era (died 1957)

Scientist

Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic (died 1981)

Notable Figure

Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (died 1918)

Writer

E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (died 1965)

Politician

Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1959)

Notable Figure

Vernon Castle, English-American dancer (died 1918)

Athlete

Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (died 1951)

Writer

Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (died 1956)

Actor

Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (died 1966)

Politician

John Boland, American politician (died 1958)

Activist

Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (died 1971)

Politician

Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (died 1955)

Notable Figure

Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach (died 1955)

Politician

James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (died 1972)

Writer

Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)

Writer

Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer (died 1896)

Notable Figure

Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster (died 1930)

Writer

Clyde Fitch, American playwright (died 1909)

Medical

John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (died 1936)

Writer

Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (died 1904)

Writer

Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright (died 1927)

Scientist

Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (died 1929)

Writer

Otto Staudinger, German entomologist and author (died 1900)

Artist

Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (died 1915)

Notable Figure

Jane Miller Thengberg, Scottish-Swedish governess and educator (died 1902)

Legal

William Buell Richards, Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (died 1889)

Writer

Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet (died 1883)

Musician

Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (died 1874)

Philosopher/Religious

Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (died 1876)

Scientist

Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (died 1870)

Medical

Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (died 1864)

Writer

Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (died 1845)

Writer

Novalis, German author and poet (died 1801)

Musician

Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (died 1806)

Musician

Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (died 1790)

Military

John André, English soldier and spy (died 1780)

Political Leader

Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (died 1821)

Political Leader

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1805)

Notable Figure

Catherine the Great of Russia (died 1796)

Musician

Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (died 1747)

Philosopher/Religious

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and theosopher (died 1782)

Artist

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect (died 1766)

Musician

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)

Philosopher/Religious

Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (died 1680)

Notable Figure

Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shōgun (died 1632)

Military

Sebald de Weert, Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (died 1603)

Notable Figure

William Camden, English historian and topographer (died 1623)

Notable Figure

Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1596)

Politician

Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (died 1536)

Notable Figure

Eleanor of Viseu (died 1525)

Notable Figure

René II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1508)

Political Leader

Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (died 1445)

Political Leader

Yongle Emperor of China (died 1424)

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About Famous Birthdays on May 2

May 2 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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  • 178 famous people in our database were born on May 2
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