List of Famous people born on May 2nd

Walter Rudin was an Austrian-American mathematician and professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Josef Daniel Stenbäck was a Finnish church architect and engineer. He designed 35 churches for Finland, which until 1917 was part of the Russian Empire. Four of the churches were located in the current Russian territory of the Karelian Isthmus, ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944. Stenbäck's churches represent Romantic nationalism or Gothic Revival. One of his most famous works is the Juselius Mausoleum.

George Claude Pimentel was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-center four-electron bond which is now accepted as the best simple model of hypervalent molecules. In the late 1960s, Pimentel led the University of California team that designed the infrared spectrometer for the Mars Mariner 6 and 7 missions that analyzed the surface and atmosphere of Mars.

Victor Reinier Nieuwenhuijzen is a Dutch actor and screenwriter. Reinier is a son of Kees Nieuwenhuijzen and a cousin of Annet Nieuwenhuyzen. From his first marriage (1991–2007), he has a son and a daughter. From his current partnership, a daughter.