List of Famous people born on May 2nd

Abraham Hinckelmann, a German Protestant theologian, was an Islamologist who was one of the first to print a complete Qur'an in Hamburg.

Ulla Poulsen Skou, formerly Baroness Ulla Rosenørn-Lehn, was a Danish ballerina and actress. She was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet and is best known for being the subject of a series of portraits by Gerda Wegener.

John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne was a British peer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lady Sophia Carteret and British Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, known to history as the Earl of Shelburne. The Earl concluded the Peace of Paris recognising American independence, by his first wife,

Johann August Nösselt was a German Protestant theologian.

James West PRS was a British politician and antiquary, who served as President of the Royal Society between 1768 and 1772.