Famous Personalities Born In May - 02
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1360 Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.
1451 René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.
1458 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.
1601 On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.
1695 Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.
1702 On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
1729 Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on May - 02.
1729 Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.
1737 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on May - 02.
1740 On May - 02 birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society
1750 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.
1752 On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 On May - 02 birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 On this day in history birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
1772 Novalis, writer was born on this day in history.
1773 On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1810 On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on May - 02.
1821 On this day in history birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.
1844 On this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1846 On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer
1853 Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on this day in history.
1855 On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 On this day in history birth of frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 On May - 02 birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1859 On this day in history birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1860 On this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)