What happened on May 2 ?

1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)

1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)

1551 - William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)

1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)

1660 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)

1695 - Jean-Nicolas Servan, French architect and painter (d. 1766)

1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)

1729 - Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst,Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d.1796)

1740 - Elias Boudinot, American president of the Continental Congress (d. 1821)

1772 - Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)

1773 - Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German 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)

1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and Zionist leader (d. 1904)

1865 - Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)

1873 - Jurgis Baltru?aitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)

1884 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born inventor (d. 1929)

1885 - Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966)

1886 - Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)

1887 - Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)

1887 - Eddie Collins, baseball player (d. 1951)

1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)

1892 - Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot (d. 1918)

1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)

1903 - Dr. Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)

1907 - Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer and television host (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 singer and songwriter (d. 2003)

1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)

1921 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)

1922 - A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor

1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer

1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor

1929 - Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)

1935 - King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)

1935 - Lance LeGault, American actor

1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, British singer

1936 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)

1937 - Lorenzo Music, American writer and producer (d. 2001)

1938 - Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)

1939 - Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist

1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympics Committee president

1945 - Sarah Weddington, American attorney

1945 - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan activist

1946 - Lesley Gore, American singer

1946 - David Suchet, English actor

1948 - Larry Gatlin, American musician and songwriter

1949 - Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener, television presenter, and writer

1950 - Lou Gramm, US singer (Foreigner)

1952 - Christine Baranski, American actress

1953 - Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor

1955 - Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer

1956 - David Rhodes, English guitarist

1961 - Steve James, English snooker player

1962 - Jimmy White, English snooker player

1967 - Mika Brzezinski, American journalist

1962 - Ray Traylor, aka The Big Boss Man, professional wrestler (d. 2004)

1968 - Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress

1969 - Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer

1972 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor

1972 - Paul Adcock, English footballer

1974 - Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer

1975 - David Beckham, English footballer

1978 - Steve Bays, Canadian musician

1979 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (d. 2003)

1980 - Zat Knight, English footballer

1980 - Troy Murphy, American basketball player

1982 - Lorie, French singer

1984 - Saulius Mikoli?nas, Lithuanian footballer

1985 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

1985 - Kyle Busch, American race car driver

1985 - Lily Allen, British singer-songwriter

1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer

1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer

1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actress