Famous birthdays
Famous people born on May 2
Short answer
Well-known people born on May 2 include Catherine II of Russia (1729), Satyajit Ray (1921), David Beckham (1975) and Novalis (1772). Our list below has 94 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives May 2 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1660 (Alessandro Scarlatti) and the most recent is 2015 (Princess Charlotte of Wales). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, singer.
Who was born on May 2?
- Catherine II of Russia 1729 Eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)
- Satyajit Ray 1921 Indian filmmaker and writer
- David Beckham 1975 English footballer
- Novalis 1772 German poet and writer
- Dwayne Johnson 1972 American actor and professional wrestler
- Theodor Herzl 1860 Father of modern political Zionism
- Lily Allen 1985 British singer and actress
- Gjorge Ivanov 1960 President of (North) Macedonia
- Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015 Daughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
- Manfred von Richthofen 1892 German fighter pilot
- Donatella Versace 1955 Italian fashion designer
- Jacques Rogge 1942 President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013
- Alessandro Scarlatti 1660 Italian composer
- David Suchet 1946 English actor
- Christine Baranski 1952 American actress
- Benjamin Spock 1903 American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
- Gottfried Benn 1886 German physician, poet, and essayist
- Tina Maze 1983 Slovenian alpine skier
- Julian Brandt 1996 German association football player
- Faisal II of Iraq 1935 King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958
- Luis Suárez 1935 Spanish association football player and manager
- Valery Gergiev 1953 Russian conductor and opera company director
- Teruo Iwamoto 1972 Japanese association football player
- Tiago Mendes 1981 Portuguese footballer and manager
- Engelbert Humperdinck 1936 British singer
- Teruo Nimura 1943 Japanese association football player
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuck 1929 King of Bhutan
- Dodô 1974 Japanese association football player
- Paul George 1990 American basketball player
- Hedda Hopper 1885 American gossip columnist and actress
- Tim Borowski 1980 German footballer
- Alessandro Diamanti 1983 Italian association football player and manager
- Maynor Figueroa 1983 Honduran footballer
- Yukari Kinga 1984 Japanese association football player
- Imane Khelif 1999 Algerian boxer
- Wilm Hosenfeld 1895 German army officer
- Lesley Gore 1946 American singer
- Saara Aalto 1987 Finnish singer-songwriter
- Helen of Greece and Denmark 1896 Greek and Romanian Royal
- Ichiyō Higuchi 1872 Japanese writer
- Patrick Hillery 1923 6th president of Ireland
- Ellie Kemper 1980 American actress
- Heinrich Gustav Magnus 1802 German chemist and physicist
- Norma Aleandro 1936 Argentine actress
- Derek Boateng 1983 Ghanaian footballer
- Kumail Nanjiani 1978 Pakistani-American comedian and actor
- Sani Kaita 1986 Nigerian footballer
- Kay Panabaker 1990 American actress
- Link Wray 1929 American guitarist
- Kléber Laube Pinheiro 1990 Brazilian association football player
- Catherine Labouré 1806 French Daughter of Charity and saint
- Domitien Ndayizeye 1953 President of Burundi
- Ahmed Hassan 1975 Egyptian association football player.
- Jonathan Ikoné 1998 French association football player
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 1973 German film director and screenwriter
- Soumya Swaminathan 1959 Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist
- Jimmy White 1962 English snooker player
- Serge Reggiani 1922 French singer and actor
- David O'Leary 1958 Irish footballer and manager
- Kim Yong-il 1944 Premier of North Korea from 2007 to 2010
- Jules Wijdenbosch 1941 Surinamese politician
- Theodore Bikel 1924 Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist
- Amado Guevara 1976 Honduran footballer
- Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho 1938 King of Lesotho
- Vasily Rozanov 1856 Russian philosopher
- Charles Gleyre 1806 Swiss artist
- Serhiy Sydorchuk 1991 Ukrainian footballer
- Thomas McDonell 1986 American actor, musician, and artist
- Elliot Goldenthal 1954 American composer
- Philippe Halsman 1906 American photographer
- Christopher Doyle 1952 Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer and film director
- Ki Hajar Dewantara 1889 Indonesian educator, activist
- Mitsunori Yabuta 1976 Japanese association football player and manager
- Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger 1975 Astronaut
- James Dyson 1947 British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company
- Huang Zitao 1993 Chinese singer-songwriter, rapper and actor
- Amandine Leynaud 1986 French handball player
- Luigi Apolloni 1967 Italian footballer
- Brian Lara 1969 West Indian cricketer
- Robert Buckley 1981 American actor
- Jeff Agoos 1968 American soccer player
- Anders Dreyer 1998 Danish association football player
- Zat Knight 1980 English association football player
- Chris Kirkland 1981 English association football player
- David Nugent 1985 English association football player
- Allison Pineau 1989 French handball player
- Axel Springer 1912 German mass media owner
- Shota Fujio 2001 Japanese association football player
- Tetsuya Enomoto 1983 Japanese association football player
- Thelo Aasgaard 2002 Norwegian footballer
- Leonid Kanevsky 1939 Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor, TV presenter
- Antonio Maura 1853 Spanish politician
- Peter Welch 1947 United States Senator from Vermont since 2023
- Víctor Rodríguez Andrade 1927 Uruguayan footballer
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on May 2 share the 2nd of May as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.