On this day: May 2
Born on this day
Athanasius KircherMay 2, 1602 – November 1680 · Technology
Alessandro ScarlattiMay 2, 1660 – October 22, 1725 · Music
William Petty, 2nd Earl of ShelburneMay 2, 1737 – May 7, 1805 · Politics
Vicente Martín y SolerMay 2, 1754 – February 11, 1806 · Music
Friedrich von GentzMay 2, 1764 – June 9, 1832 · Culture
NovalisMay 2, 1772 – March 25, 1801 · Culture
Henrik SteffensMay 2, 1773 – February 13, 1845 · Culture
Heinrich Gustav MagnusMay 2, 1802 – April 4, 1870 · Science
Charles GleyreMay 2, 1806 – May 5, 1874 · Art
Hans Christian LumbyeMay 2, 1810 – March 20, 1874 · Music
Carl Michael ZiehrerMay 2, 1843 – November 14, 1922 · Music
Helene von DruskowitzMay 2, 1856 – May 31, 1918 · Culture
D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonMay 2, 1860 – June 21, 1948 · Science
Maurice EmmanuelMay 2, 1862 – December 14, 1938 · Music
Robert W. WoodMay 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955 · Technology
Ki Hajar DewantaraMay 2, 1889 – April 28, 1959 · Culture
Lorenz HartMay 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943 · Music
Satyajit RayMay 2, 1921 – April 23, 1992 · Art
Serge ReggianiMay 2, 1922 – July 22, 2004 · Art
Link WrayMay 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005 · Music
Sabah FakhriMay 2, 1933 – November 2, 2021 · Music- Brian G. HuttonMay 2, 1935 – August 19, 2014 · Film
Leonid KanevskyMay 2, 1939 – present · Film
Sumio IijimaMay 2, 1939 – present · Science
James DysonMay 2, 1947 – present · Technology
Philippe HerrewegheMay 2, 1947 – present · Music
Christopher DoyleMay 2, 1952 – present · Film
Elliot GoldenthalMay 2, 1954 – present · Music
Dominic L. Pudwill GorieMay 2, 1957 – present · Space
Yasushi AkimotoMay 2, 1958 – present · Film
Lone ScherfigMay 2, 1959 – present · Film
Stephen DaldryMay 2, 1961 – present · Film
Brad WrightMay 2, 1961 – present · Film
Jan KounenMay 2, 1964 – present · Film
Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckMay 2, 1973 – present · Film
Matt BerryMay 2, 1974 – present · Music
David BeckhamMay 2, 1975 – present · Film
Dorothy M. Metcalf-LindenburgerMay 2, 1975 – present · Space
Intars BusulisMay 2, 1978 – present · Music
LorieMay 2, 1982 – present · Film
Mon LaferteMay 2, 1983 – present · Music
Lily AllenMay 2, 1985 – present · Music
Sam TsuiMay 2, 1989 – present · Music
BamBamMay 2, 1997 – present · Music
