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100 people born today: May 2
 | Diana Hayden is a beauty pageant title holder from India. She won the Femina Miss India contest... more » |
 | Anthony Johnson Showalter was an American gospel music composer, teacher and publisher. He was... more » |
 | Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team. Greenidge was... more » |
 | Yang Jiechi is a high-ranking Chinese politician and lifelong professional diplomat. He was the... more » |
,_Bestanddeelnr_190-1343.jpg/218px-Warschau._Portret_van_majoor_Stanislaw_Jan_Skarzynski_(1899-1942),_Bestanddeelnr_190-1343.jpg "Stanisław Skarżyński") | Stanisław Jakub Skarżyński was a Lt. Colonel in the Polish Air Force and aviator famous for his... more » |
 | Yael Arad is an Israeli judoka. She was the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal. She is widely... more » |
 | Euloge Daniel Ahodikpe is a naturalized Togolese footballer. more » |
 | Ahmad Zia Massoud was the Vice President of Afghanistan in the first elected administration of... more » |
 | Zacharie Jacques Théodore Allemand, was a French admiral. more » |
 | Amira Casar is a French actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France. She has appeared in... more » |
 | Fuat Necati Öncel is a Turkish lawyer and Ppolitician. He was born as the son of a hero of... more » |
| Rich Pecci is an actor. more » |
_(19951866555).jpg/200px-Peer_WMQ15_(2)_(19951866555).jpg "Shahar Pe'er") | Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world... more » |
| Glenwood Razeem Coffee, Jr is a former American football running back for the San Francisco... more » |
 | Ira Sullivan is a bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist and composer born in... more » |
| Zénaïde Rossi. Born to Luigi Rossi and Armida Niccolaï. A singer, actress, and entertainer. She... more » |
 | Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins was Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During... more » |
 | Ignazio Silone was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician. more » |
 | Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential Flemish language writer and poet and... more » |
 | Nadim Bashir Gemayel, is a Lebanese MP and a senior member of the Kataeb party, founded by his... more » |
 | Iban Iriondo Uranga is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam... more » |
| Sohail Ahmed, best known as Azizi, is a Pakistani comedian, and stage and TV actor. He is most... more » |
 | Ilyas Zhansugurov was a Kazakh poet and writer. The town of Zhansugirov in Almaty Province is... more » |
 | Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. The title... more » |
 | Martin "Marty" O'Donnell is an American composer known for his work on video game developer... more » |
 | Jaap van der Poll was a Dutch javelin thrower. Van der Poll competed at the 1936 Summer... more » |
 | Cyrille-Fraser Delâge, CMG was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented... more » |
.jpg/221px-Afonso_Arinos_(o_Contradador_de_Diamantes).jpg "Afonso Arinos"){kind=spacer} | Afonso Arinos was a Brazilian writer. In the 19th century, Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco was... more » |
 | Gábor Faludi, was a theatre manager in Budapest, Hungary, a founder and manager of the... more » |
| Surgeon is the pseudonym of Anthony Child, an English electronic musician and DJ. Child releases... more » |
| Ana Claudia Talancón is a Mexican actress and model. She first started acting in her home town,... more » |
 | Austin Nathan Croshere is a retired American professional basketball player and current analyst... more » |
 | Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son... more » |
 | Fan Chun Yip, with the nickname "Piggy", is a retired goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach for South... more » |
| Puchalapalli Sundarayya was a founding member of the Communist Party of India and a leader of... more » |
| Kow Otani is a Japanese composer of anime, films, and video games. He is best known for creating... more » |
 | Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld was a German aviation pioneer and initiator of the... more » |
 | Andreas Laskaratos was a satirical poet and writer from the Ionian island of Cefalonia or... more » |
 | Filip Ivanovski is a footballer from Macedonia now playing for FC Astana. He made his name in... more » |
 | Stanisław Krusiński was a Polish economist, sociologist and political activists. One of the... more » |
 | Eckart Diesch is a German sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in... more » |
| Htun Aeindra Bo is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award-winning actress and singer. The Mogok... more » |
 | Władysław Filipkowski was a Polish military commander and a professional officer of the Polish... more » |
 | Junius Brutus Booth was an English stage actor. He was the father of John Wilkes Booth, Edwin... more » |
 | Joel Rosenberg was a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his... more » |
 | Iain Smith is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament... more » |
 | ZeBarney Thorne Phillips was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. more » |
 | Wynne Edwin Baxter FRMS, FGS LL.B was an English lawyer, translator, antiquarian and botanist,... more » |
 | Jacek Dehnel in Gdańsk, Poland is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Dehnel studied... more » |
 | Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair GCB, PC, FRS was a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. more » |
 | D'arcy Elizabeth Wretzky is an American musician. She is best known for her work as the original... more » |
 | Augustus van Horne Ellis was an American lawyer, sea captain, and soldier. He was a brevet... more » |
 | Svante Stensson Sture or Svante Sture the Younger was a Swedish count, riksmarsk and statesman... more » |
.jpg/300px-Ahmed_Tibi_v._Arie_Eldad_-_אחמד_טיבי_נגד_אריה_אלדד_(3228638465).jpg "Aryeh Eldad") | Prof. Aryeh Eldad, M.D. is an Israeli physician and politician, and a former member of the... more » |
 | Francisco Vázquez González, commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a Galician professional... more » |
 | Larry Bensky is a literary and political journalist with more than forty years experience in... more » |
 | Dvora Netzer was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai, the... more » |
 | Tabitha Moffatt Brown was an American pioneer emigrant who traveled the Oregon Trail to the... more » |
 | Hermann August Cappelen was a Norwegian painter. Cappelen was best known for his melancholic,... more » |
 | John McKinley was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the... more » |
 | Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that... more » |
 | Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, GM, OBE, Croix de guerre was a Polish Special Operations... more » |
.jpg/256px-Dann_Florek_(30383990274).jpg "Ezekial Dann Florek") | Ezekial Dann Florek, better known as Dann Florek, is an American actor and director. He is best... more » |
 | Anne Fletcher is an American actress, film director and choreographer. more » |
| Isabelle Geffroy, better known by the nickname Zaz, is a French singer mixing jazzy styles,... more » |
 | Emilia-Maia-Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of... more » |
 | Olaf Thon is a German retired footballer, and a current coach. Mainly a central midfielder, his... more » |
| Gerard Dominic Nolan is an Australian broadcast journalist and media and communications... more » |
| Feldwebel Eugen Bönsch was a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories. more » |
| Wong Mew Choo is a former badminton singles player who played for Malaysia. She was known for... more » |
 | Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of... more » |
 | Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs... more » |
 | Horatio Bisbee, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Born in Canton, Maine, Bisbee... more » |
 | Modesto Lafuente y Zamalloa was a Spanish critic and historian. more » |
| Sidney Onoriode Esiri, known commonly as, Dr SID is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and Dentist,... more » |
 | Sven Windahl is a Swedish professor of communication studies as well as a consultant in the... more » |
 | Ion Popescu-Gopo was a Romanian graphic artist and animator, but also writer, movie director and... more » |
.jpg/240px-Vicente_Rocafuerte_(cropped).jpg "Vicente Rocafuerte") | Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano was an influential figure in Ecuadorian politics and President of... more » |
| John Haynes, also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of... more » |
 | Suresh Kalmadi is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He was formerly a member... more » |
 | H.E. Dr. Zahir Tanin, born on 1 May 1956, is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations... more » |
| Ricardo Flores Peres, was a defender of the Galician independentist movement, in 1920s and '30s... more » |
 | Farah LeeAllen Fath is an American actress. She portrayed Gigi Morasco on the ABC Daytime soap... more » |
 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family who... more » |
 | Walter Hauser was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was elected to... more » |
 | Rob Davison is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing within the San... more » |
 | Dr. Josef Allen Hynek was a United States astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps... more » |
 | Count Gustaf Philip Creutz, was a Swedish statesman, diplomat and poet. He was born in Finland... more » |
 | Felix Hanemann is an American singer and musician. more » |
 | Tracy Lee Hines is an American auto racing driver. He was the 2000 USAC Silver Crown Champion... more » |
 | Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill was a men's basketball and baseball coach at Oregon State University. more » |
 | Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is a prominent Mexican politician. He was a former Head of... more » |
| Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek... more » |
 | José Antônio Saraiva, also known as Counsellor Saraiva, was a politician, diplomat and lawyer... more » |
 | Princess Augusta of Prussia was a German salonist and electress consort of Hesse. She was the... more » |
 | Sudarat Keyuraphan is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai party. She... more » |
| Ney Mello is a Brazilian born guitarist, composer, and producer. more » |
| The Reverend Archie Emerson Mitchell was a minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance... more » |
.jpg/206px-Theo_van_Gogh_(1888).jpg "Theo van Gogh") | Theodorus "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van... more » |
 | Richa Maria Adhia is a model and beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Earth Tanzania 2006 and... more » |