The 122nd day of the year, the 123rd in a leap year
Born on 2 May
Every 2 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 2 May in any year.
Which weekday 2 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 2 May falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 2 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,812 babies were born on 2 May in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 173rd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 2 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine the Great | 1729–1796 | Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 |
| Satyajit Ray | 1921–1992 | Indian filmmaker and writer |
| David Beckham | 1975– | English footballer |
| Novalis | 1772–1801 | German poet and writer |
| Dwayne Johnson | 1972– | American actor and professional wrestler |
| Theodor Herzl | 1860–1904 | Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who formed the Zionist Organization |
| Jerome K. Jerome | 1859–1927 | English humorist |
| Lily Allen | 1985– | British singer and actress |
| Princess Charlotte of Wales | 2015– | daughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales |
| Manfred von Richthofen | 1892–1918 | German fighter pilot |
| Jacques Rogge | 1942–2021 | President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013 |
| Donatella Versace | 1955– | Italian fashion designer |
| Athanasius Kircher | 1602–1680 | German Jesuit scholar |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1660–1725 | Italian composer |
| Yongle Emperor | 1360–1424 | emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424 |
| David Suchet | 1946– | English actor |
| Benjamin Spock | 1903–1998 | American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care |
| Édouard Balladur | 1929–2026 | 91st Prime Minister of France |
Died on 2 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo da Vinci | 1452–1519 | Italian Renaissance polymath |
| Osama bin Laden | 1957–2011 | founder of al-Qaeda |
| Alfred de Musset | 1810–1857 | French writer |
| Martin Bormann | 1900–1945 | German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery |
| Franz von Papen | 1879–1969 | German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany |
| Joseph McCarthy | 1908–1957 | American politician |
| Giulio Natta | 1903–1979 | Italian chemist |
| Maya Plisetskaya | 1925–2015 | Russian ballet dancer |
| J. Edgar Hoover | 1895–1972 | American law enforcement administrator |
| Paulo Freire | 1921–1997 | Brazilian educator and philosopher |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | 1791–1864 | German-French composer |
| John Eccles | 1903–1997 | Australian neurophysiologist |
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