Who Was Born Today – May 2 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on May 2 | ||
1729 | Catherine II, Czarina of Russia. | |
1837 | Henry Martyn Roberts, parlimentarian (Robert’s Rules of Order). | |
1860 | William Maddock Bayliss, British physiologist, co-discoverer of hormones. | |
1866 | Jesse Lazear, American physician and researcher of yellow fever. | |
1877 | Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer. | |
1892 | Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron), German fighter ace of World War I. | |
1895 | Lorenz Milton Hart, lyricist, collaborator with Richard Rodgers. | |
1903 | Benjamin Spock, pediatrician, author and activist. | |
1921 | Satyajit Ray, Indian film director (Aparajito, The World of Apu). |