Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho

Moshoeshoe II, previously known as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was the Paramount Chief of Basutoland, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until the country gained full independence from Britain in 1966. He was King of Lesotho from 1966 until his exile in 1990, and from 1995 until his death in 1996.

2 May 1938

Born on the same birth day (2 May): Clyde Fitch • Dani Sordo • Dawn Primarolo • Donatella Versace • Ki Hajar Dewantara • Lorenz Hart • María Teresa Torró Flor • Otto Staudinger • Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen • René II, Duke of Lorraine • Schuyler Bailar • Sunmi • Tiago Mendes • Tokugawa Hidetada • William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne • Yoram Kaniuk • Édouard Balladur

Born in the same month (May 1938): Andrew Clennel Palmer • Carlos Monsiváis • Carroll Cole • Charles Simic • Christopher Bland • Geoffrey Robinson (politician) • Herbie Flowers • Igor Ter-Ovanesyan • Ivan Sutherland • Jean Giraud • Johnny Paycheck • K. Bikram Singh • Lee "Shot" Williams • Michael Murphy (actor) • Mireille Darc • Moisés da Costa Amaral • Omar Abdel-Rahman • Peter Yarrow • Raymond Carver • Stuart Bell • Teresa Stratas • William Bolcom