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People on May 2nd: birthdates

Lily Allen: 1985 (is 25 in 2010, 26 in 2011)
Pop Singer
Jim Almgren: 1986 (is 24 in 2010, 25 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Carolina Liar
R. C Bannon: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter, Louise Mandrell's hubby
Christine Baranski: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Cybill's Maryann Thorpe, The Odd Couple II, Happy Family's Annie Brennan, Welcome to Mooseport
Elizabeth Berridge: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Actress, John Larroquette Show's Officer Eggers
Theodore Bikel: 1924 (is 86 in 2010, 87 in 2011)
Movie/Stage Actor, Folk Singer, Austrian, b. in Vienna
Angela Bofill: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
Singer
Jo Callis: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)?
New Wave Guitarist, Synthesizer, Scotish, of The Human League; some say b. May 2, 1955 (is 55 in 2010)
Gaius Charles: 1983 (is 27 in 2010, 28 in 2011)
Actor, Friday Night Lights
Steven Daldry: 1960 (is 50 in 2010, 51 in 2011)
Movie Director, The Reader
Johnathan Giuseppe Dicarsano: 1981 (is 29 in 2010, 30 in 2011)
Actor
Dr. Robert: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, RN:Robert Howard; of Blow Monkeys
Rose Falcon: 1984 (is 26 in 2010, 27 in 2011)
Singer, Songwriter
Noname Fraser: 2006 (is 4 in 2010, 5 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Afton Smith and Brendan's child
John Leon "Bunk" Gardner: 1933 (is 77 in 2010, 78 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Mothers Of Invention
Larry Gatlin: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter, b. Seminole, TX; aka Rudy; of The Gatlin Brothers
Bruce Glover: 1932 (is 78 in 2010, 79 in 2011)
Movie Actor, Diamonds Are Forever
Lesley Gore: 1946 (is 64 in 2010, 65 in 2011)
Pop Singer, Actress, b. in Tenafly, NJ; It's My Party singer
Lou Gramm: 1950 (is 60 in 2010, 61 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, Foreigner lead, soloist
Emily Hart: 1986 (is 24 in 2010, 25 in 2011)
Actress, Sabrina the Animated Series voicist
Roger Hedgecock: yr unknown
Radio Talk Show Host, Mayor, former San Diego mayor
Robert "Bob" Henrit: 1946 (is 64 in 2010, 65 in 2011)?
Rock & Roll Drummer, English, of The Kinks, Argent; some say b. May 2, 1945 (is 65 in 2010)
Ty Herndon: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)?
Country/Western Performer; some say b. May 2, 1963 (is 47 in 2010)
Engelbert Humperdinck: 1936 (is 74 in 2010, 75 in 2011)
Singer, India, RN:Arnold George Gerry Dorsey; Tom Jones clone; ET says May 2, UPI says May 3
Bianca Jagger: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Actress, Photographer, Political Activist, Nicaraguan, Mick's ex-wife; RN:Bianca Perez Morena de Macias
Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Wrestler, Actor, The Rundown, The Mummy Returns, Walking Tall 2004, The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain
Mitzi Kapture: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
TV Actress, Silk Stockings's Rita Lance, Young and Restless' Anita Hodgeson
Mitzi Kapture-Douglas: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Young and the Restless' Anita
Don Marshall: 1934 (is 76 in 2010, 77 in 2011)
TV Actor, Land of the Giants
Goldy McJohn: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, Organist, Canadian, of Steppenwolf
John Neville: 1925 (is 85 in 2010, 86 in 2011)
Actor
Prescott Niles: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of The Knack
Kay Panabaker: 1990 (is 20 in 2010, 21 in 2011)
Actress, Summerland's Nikki Westerly, Nancy Drew
Paige Peterson: yr unknown
Actress, Hang Time's Amy Wright
Jo Ann Pflug: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Actress, Variety Show Hostess, Cartoon Voicist, The Fantastic Four, MASH's Lt. Dish (movie), Candid Camera cohost, Operation Petticoat, The Fall Guy's Samantha 'Big Jack' Jack, Rituals; Chuck Woolery's wife
Joey Phillips: 1949 (is 61 in 2010, 62 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Performer, Percussionist, of Atlantic Star
Quinn Redeker: 1936 (is 74 in 2010, 75 in 2011)
Movie/Soap Actor, movie: "The Three Stooges Meet Hercules"; Days of Our Lives' Alex Marshall, Young & the Restless' Rex Sterling
Todd Sucherman: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Styx (later years)
David Suchet: 1946 (is 64 in 2010, 65 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, English, Mystery's Hercule Poirot
Brian Tochi: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Actor, Asian-American; Space Academy, Razzmatazz, Hawaii Five-O's Joey Lee, St. Elsewhere's Dr. Alan Poe, Anna & the King
John Verity: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, of Argent, soloist
Jenna Von Oy: 1977 (is 33 in 2010, 34 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, RFN:Jennifer Brandis Jean; Blossom's Six LeMuere (b. six days from the day D.T. was born 17 years before, take 1 from the 7 in 17 and you get six! Coincidence?)
John Ware: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Drummer, of Michael Nesmith band
Scarlett White: 2006 (is 4 in 2010, 5 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Karen Elson and Jack's daughter

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People on May 2nd: birth anniversaries

Brian De Lacy Aherne: 1902=d.Feb 10, 1986 (was 83)
Movie/Stage Actor, English
Major John Andre: 1750=d.Oct 2, 1780 (was 30)
Spy, English, British army officer who negotiated with the American general Benedict Arnold and was executed as a spy during the U.S. War of Independence (1775-83).
William Bakewell: 1908=d.Apr 15, 1993 (was 84)
Actor, Gone With the Wind
Roscoe Lee Browne: 1925=d.Apr 11, 2007 (was 81)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Poet, Short Story Writer, Director, McCoy, Soap's Saunders
Shakyamuni Buddha: 556B.C.?=d.????
Religious Leader; some say b. Apr 12,-556B.C.
Randy "Rudy" Cain: 1945=d.Apr 9, 2009 (was 63)
Soul Singer, of Delfonics
Vernon Blythe Castle: 1887=d.Feb 15, 1918 (was 30)
Dancer, Aviator, English, with wife Irene
J. Fred Coots: 1897=d.????
Songwriter, wrote Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Wander J. De Hare: 1878=d.Apr 26, 1960 (was 81)
Physicist, (Einstein-de Hare effect); died the same day D.T. was born
Empress Catherine The Great II Of Russia: 1729 N.S.=d.Nov 17, 1796 (was 67)
Queen, German, Peter the Great III's wife; had him deposed in order to rule herself 1762-96; other style says b. Apr 21, 1729 O.S.
Henry Hall: 1898=d.Oct 29, 1989 (was 91)
Music Figure, British, BBC Dance Orchestra director
Lorenz Hart: 1895=d.Nov 22, 1943 (was 48)
Musician, Lyricist, Gay, collaborated with composer Richard Rodgers on songs like "Thou Swell" and "My Funny Valentine"; b. in New York.
Theodor Herzl: 1860=d.Jul 3, 1904 (was 44)
Writer, Hungarian, Founder of Modern Zionism
Hedda Hopper: 1885=d.Jun 2, 1966 (was 81)
Movie Actress, Columnist, Journalist, RN:Elda Furry; Hollywood gossipist with the weird hats; some say d. Feb 1; she later lied about both her day and year, switching to 1890 for youth and June 2 for what she thought was a better astrological year, according to Movie Time
King Faisal II Of Iraq: 1935=d.Jul 14, 1958 (was 23)
King, ruled 1939-58
Athanasius Kircher: 1601=d.Nov 27, 1680 (was 79)
Scholar, German, Jesuit priest and; scholar, sometimes called the last Renaissance man, important for his prodigious activity in; disseminating knowledge. Kircher's research encompassed a variety of disciplines including geography, astronomy, mathematics, language, medicine, and music. The closest he seems to come to "archaeologist" is in his attempts to decipherment of hieroglyphics. A number of discoveries and inventions (e.g., the magic lantern) have sometimes been mistakenly attributed to him.
Pinky Lee: 1907=d.Apr 3, 1993 (was 85)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, TV Host, RN:Pincus Leff; Noisy baggy pants comic, Gumby host, Pinky Lee Show
Frank Lowe: 1943=d.Sep 19, 2003 (was 60)
Reeds, Composer, Tenor-sax
Elijah McCoy: 1844=d.????
Inventor, black held over 50 patents
Lorenzo Music: 1937=d.Aug 4, 2001 (was 64)
Actor, TV Producer, Cartoon Voicist, Comedy Writer, Rhoda's Carlton the doorman, Garfield the cat voice
Erin O'Brien-Moore: 1902=d.May 3, 1979 (was 76)
Actress, The Ruggles' Margaret Ruggles, Peyton Place's Nurse Choate
Nigel Patrick: 1913=d.Sep 21, 1981 (was 68)
Actor, Director, English
Pope Leo XIII: 1810=d.Jul 20, 1903 (was 93)
Religious Leader, [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th or 257th pope (1878-1903)
Tyrone Sr. Power: 1869=d.Dec 30, 1931 (was 62)
Actor, English
Satyajat Ray: 1921=d.Apr 23, 1992 (was 70)
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Composer, India
Red Baron-The: 1892=d.Apr 21, 1918 (was 25)
Aviator, German, WWI; RN:Manfred Von Ricthoven; he shot down more than 80 enemy aircraft during World War I and became known as "The Red Baron."
Abraham Rosenthal: 1922=d.May 9, 2006 (was 84)
Editor, N.Y. Times
Alessandro Scarlatti: 1660=d.Oct 24, 1725 (was 65)
Composer, Sicilan
Dr. Benjamin Spock: 1903=d.Mar 15, 1998 (was 94)
Author, Political Activist, b. in New Haven, CT; Pediatrician
Link Wray: 1929=d.Nov 5, 2005 (was 76)
Singer/Guitarist, Composer, Pianist, b. in Dunn, NC; Rumble guitarist; Rawhide; some say b. 1930 or 1935

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People on May 2nd: death anniversaries

Lady Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor: 1964 (was 84)/b.May 19, 1879
Politician, American, British, 1st woman elected to British Parliament
Jack Barry: 1984 (was 66)/b.Mar 20, 1918
Game Show Host, TV Producer, RLN:Barasch; Juvenile Jury, Life Begins at 80, Twenty-One, The Joker's Wild
Don Brockett: 1995 (was 65)/b.Jan 30, 1930
Actor, Silence Of The Lambs, Mr. Rogers' Chef Brockett
Peter Bull: 1984 (was 72)/b.Mar 21, 1912
Movie Actor, British, African Queen, Dr. Strangelove, Dr. Doolittle
Larry Clinton: 1985 (was 75)/b.Aug 17, 1909
Singer, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Trumpeter
Leonardo da Vinci: 1519 (was 67)/b.Apr 15, 1452
Engineer, Scientist, Astronomer, Architect, Inventor, Painter, Geologist, Botanist, Italian, Gay, b. in Vinci; Anatomist; Mona Lisa & Last Supper painter; d. at Cloux, France
Sir John Carew Eccles: 1997 (was 94)/b.Jan 27, 1903
Physiologist, Australian, neurologist who won the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work on how nerve cells in the brain transmit impulses
Milton S. Eisenhower: 1985 (was 85)/b.Sep 15, 1899
Educator, Dwight's brother
Simon Flexner: 1946 (was 83)/b.Mar 25, 1863
Scientist, Bacteriologist; polio-causing virus founder
Julio Gallo: 1993 (was 83)/b.Mar 21, 1910
Businessperson, winemaking empire founder
J. Edgar Hoover: 1972 (was 77)/b.Jan 1, 1895
Movie Actor, Gay, b. in Washington, D.C.; Cross-dresser?; FN:John; founder and head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-72) under eight presidents; he cracked down on organized crime in the inter-war years and communist sympathizers in the post-World War II period.
Michael Hordern: 1995 (was 83)/b.Oct 3, 1911
TV/Movie Actor, English, Shakespearean type; Shogun
Jack Kemp: 2009 (was 73)/b.Jul 13, 1935
Congressperson, NFL Quarterback, Government Official, b. in Los Angeles; ex-Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, 1996 V.P. Candidate with Dole
Hugh Marlowe: 1982 (was 71)/b.Jan 30, 1911
TV/Movie Actor, Radio Actor, Soap Actor, RLN:Hipple; Ellery Queen star '54, Alfred Hitchcock & Perry Mason guest, Another World's Jim Matthews; some say 1914
Bobbi Martin: 2000 (was 56)/b.Nov 29, 1943
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, RFN:Barbara Ann
Joseph R. McCarthy: 1957 (was 48)/b.Nov 14, 1908
Senator, MN:Raymond; the controversial Republican senator from Wisconsin, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
Beverlee McKinsey: 2008 (was 72)/b.Aug 9, 1935
Soap Actress, Another World's original Iris Carrington Wheeler, Guiding Light's Alexandria Spaulding Thorpe; General Hospital's Myrna Slaughter
Wilbur D. Mills: 1992 (was 82)/b.May 24, 1909
Congressperson
George Pal: 1980 (was 72)/b.Feb 1, 1908
Movie Producer/Director, Animator, Hungarian
William Procter: 1951 (was 78)/b.Aug 25, 1872
Scientist, manufacturer who established the nation's first profit-sharing plan for employees.
David Rappaport: 1990 (was 38)/b.Nov 23, 1951
TV/Movie Actor, English, b. in London; Time Bandits, The Wizard, L.A. Law
Oliver Reed: 1999 (was 61)/b.Feb 13, 1938
TV/Movie Actor, English, Big Sleep, Three Musketeers, Hamlet, Gladiator
Louis Rukeyser: 2006 (was 73)/b.Jan 30, 1933
TV Host, Author, Commentator, Wall Street Week
Dr. Lee Salk: 1992 (was 65)/b.Dec 27, 1926
Author, Psychologist, Columnist, Child Psychologist; Jonas' brother
Franz Von Papen: 1969 (was 89)/b.Oct 29, 1879
Politician, German, helped Hitler become a German chancellor in 1933
George Wyle: 2003 (was 87)/b.Mar 22, 1916
Bandleader, Choreographer, Songwriter, of Jerry Lewis, Flip Wilson, Jimmy Durante, & other TV varieties since 50s; composed The Ballad of Gilligan's Island

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