List of Famous people born on May 2nd

Maurice Estève,, was a French painter.

Franklin Hansen was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category of Sound Recording for 1932's A Farewell to Arms and was nominated for four more in the same category.

Mojca Kopač is a Slovenian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 1996 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and a nine-time Slovenian national champion. She represented her country at three Winter Olympics and qualified for the final segment twice – at the 1998 Olympics, where she placed 23rd, and the 2002 Olympics, where she placed 22nd. She reached the free skate at eleven European Championships and four World Championships.

Jeannine Altmeyer is an American soprano who had a prolific international opera career during the 1970s through the 1990s. Particularly admired for her portrayal of Wagner and Strauss heroines, she notably sang Brünnhilde under Marek Janowski on the 1982 recording of The Ring Cycle which won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

Bradley "Buzz" Calkins Jr. is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL. He won the series' inaugural race, the 1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World ahead of Tony Stewart and was that year's league co-champion with Scott Sharp. He competed in the Indianapolis 500 six times, with a best finish of 10th in 1998. His win in the series' first race would end up to be his only IRL win. He drove until 2001 when he retired and ventured into the business world.

Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt is a professional former cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing, as well as cross country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics for Finland. Having started in 2006, Sundstedt competes for Rocky Mountain/Business Objects mountain bike racing team.