Famous Personalities Born In May - 02
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1360 Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.
1451 On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.
1601 On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.
1695 On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
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 this day in history.
1740 On this day in history birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society
1750 On this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
1752 On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 On May - 02 birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on May - 02.
1772 On this day in history birth of novalis, writer
1773 On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.
1810 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 02 birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on this day in history.
1843 On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
1844 On this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on May - 02.
1853 Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on May - 02.
1855 On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.
1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 On May - 02 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)