Désiré Charnay
Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries.
2 May 1828
Born on the same birth day (2 May): Alessandro Scarlatti • Brian Lara • Cherprang Areekul • Duncan Gay • Eleanor of Viseu • Elias Boudinot • Elijah McCoy • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Lesley Gore • Pinky Lee • Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015) • Satyajit Ray • Thabo Sefolosha • Tokugawa Hidetada • Zat Knight
Born in the same month (May 1828): Albrecht von Graefe (ophthalmologist) • Charbel Makhlouf • Dante Gabriel Rossetti • Henry Dunant • Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera • Rudolf Koller