List of Famous people born on May 2nd

Jacques-Louis Lions was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture prize in 1986 and numerous other distinctions. Lions is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.

Charles James Cockerill was a British entrepreneur.

Dominique Parodi was a French philosopher and educational administrator.

Étienne Pascal was a French chief tax officer and the father of Blaise Pascal.

Dorian Foulon is a French cyclist. He represented France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Vladimír Javorský is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1986 and 2011.

Jodi Applegate is an American broadcast journalist. She served as an anchorwoman at local stations as well as nationally for MSNBC and NBC News.