May 2 Ludwig August Lebrun, German composer, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1790) May 3 Braz Francisco de Lima, Portuguese composer (d. 1813) May 4 John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (1816-23), born in Medford (d. 1825) May 11 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) May 14 Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) May 14 Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) 1751 Famous Birthdays by Year 1753