May 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#145 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 2 birthdays
Theodor Herzl · father of modern political Zionism1860
Hedda Hopper · American gossip columnist and actress1885
Gottfried Benn · German physician, poet, and essayist1886
Manfred von Richthofen · German fighter pilot1892
Benjamin Spock · American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care1903
Satyajit Ray · Indian filmmaker and writer1921
Édouard Balladur · 91st Prime Minister of France1929
Faisal II · King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 19581935
Luis Suárez · Spanish association football player and manager1935
Jacques Rogge · President of the International Olympic Committee1942
David Suchet · English actor1946
Christine Baranski · American actress1952
Donatella Versace · Italian fashion designer1955
Gjorge Ivanov · President of Macedonia1960
Dwayne Johnson · American actor and professional wrestler1972
David Beckham · English footballer1975
Tina Maze · Slovenian alpine skier1983
Lily Allen · British singer and actress1985
Paul George · American basketball player1990
Princess Charlotte of Wales · daughter of William2015
On this day in history
1999Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
2008The Chaitén volcano in Chile began to erupt for the first time since around 1640.
2011The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government.
2012A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
1945World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.
1969The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
2000President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2003Cyclone Manou formed in the Indian Ocean; over the next two weeks it struck Madagascar and left more than 100,000 people homeless.
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