Famous Birthdays for April 3rd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1016 – Xing Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1055)
• 1151 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
• 1395 – George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (d. 1486) ^[20]
• 1438 – John III of Egmont, Dutch nobleman (d. 1516)
• 1529 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
• 1540 – Maria de' Medici, Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (d. 1557)
• 1593 – George Herbert, English poet (d. 1633)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1643 – Charles V, duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
• 1682 – Valentin Rathgeber, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
• 1693 – George Edwards, English ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1773)
• 1715 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
• 1764 – John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1831)
• 1769 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (d. 1835)
• 1770 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
• 1778 – Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (d. 1862)
• 1781 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
• 1782 – Alexander Macomb, American general (d. 1841)
• 1783 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (d. 1859)
• 1791 – Anne Lister, English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (d.1840)
• 1798 – Charles Wilkes, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877)
• 1807 – Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (d. 1877)^[21]
• 1814 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)
• 1822 – Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (d. 1909)
• 1823 – George Derby, American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)
• 1823 – William M. Tweed, American politician (d. 1878)
• 1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (d. 1900)
• 1837 – John Burroughs, American botanist and author (d. 1921)
• 1842 – Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (d. 1864)
• 1848 – Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)
• 1852 – Talbot Baines Reed, English author (d. 1893)^[22]
• 1858 – Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Frederik van Eeden, Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)
• 1864 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)
• 1875 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
• 1876 – Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)
• 1880 – Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (d. 1903)
• 1881 – Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)
• 1883 – Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)
• 1885 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1885 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (d. 1944)
• 1885 – St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (d. 1960)
• 1886 – Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (d. 1953)
• 1887 – Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
• 1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (d. 1949)
• 1893 – Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)
• 1895 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968)
• 1895 – Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (d. 1989)
• 1898 – David Jack, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
• 1898 – George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time magazine (d. 1967)
• 1900 – Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987)
• 1900 – Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
• 1904 – Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)
• 1909 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984)^[23]
• 1910 – Ted Hook, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)
• 1911 – Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (d. 1980)
• 1912 – Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963)
• 1913 – Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2016)
• 1915 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (d. 1991)
• 1918 – Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Stan Freeman, American composer and conductor (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 1921 – Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Doris Day, American singer and actress (d. 2019)
• 1923 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945)
• 1925 – Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019)
• 1926 – Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967)^[24]
• 1927 – Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (d. 2018)
• 1928 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982)
• 1929 – Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 2021)
• 1930 – Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
• 1931 – William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician
• 1933 – Rod Funseth, American golfer (d. 1985)
• 1934 – Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
• 1934 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
• 1934 – Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987)
• 1938 – Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1938 – Phil Rodgers, American golfer (d. 2018)
• 1939 – François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975)
• 1939 – Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician
• 1941 – Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Philippé Wynne, American soul singer (d. 1984)
• 1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress
• 1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer
• 1942 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
• 1943 – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)
• 1943 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
• 1944 – Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
• 1944 – Tony Orlando, American singer
• 1945 – Doon Arbus, American author and journalist
• 1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress (d. 2022)
• 1946 – Nicholas Jones, English actor
• 1946 – Dee Murray, English bass player (d. 1992)
• 1946 – Hanna Suchocka, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland^[25]
• 1947 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO
• 1948 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
• 1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico^[26]
• 1949 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and actor (d. 1992)
• 1949 – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic
• 1949 – Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
• 1951 – Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
• 1951 – Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
• 1951 – Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1952 – Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 – Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
• 1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
• 1953 – James Smith, American boxer
• 1954 – Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
• 1954 – K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
• 1956 – Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
• 1956 – Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
• 1956 – Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
• 1956 – Ray Combs, American game show host (d. 1996)
• 1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
• 1958 – Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
• 1958 – Francesca Woodman, Jewish-American photographer (d. 1981)
• 1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
• 1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 – Tim Crews, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
• 1962 – Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 – Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
• 1963 – Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 – Ricky Nixon, Australian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1964 – Marco Ballotta, Italian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Nigel Farage, English politician
• 1964 – Claire Perry, English banker and politician
• 1964 – Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager
• 1964 – Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach
• 1964 – Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia
• 1965 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. 2000)
• 1966 – John de Vries, Australian race car driver
• 1967 – Cat Cora, American chef and author
• 1967 – Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
• 1967 – Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
• 1967 – Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1968 – Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1968 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer
• 1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player
• 1969 – Rodney Hampton, American football player
• 1969 – Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
• 1969 – Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer
• 1971 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver
• 1971 – Picabo Street, American skier
• 1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress and director
• 1972 – Catherine McCormack, English actress
• 1972 – Sandrine Testud, French tennis player
• 1973 – Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Adam Scott, American actor
• 1974 – Marcus Brown, American basketball player
• 1974 – Drew Shirley, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1974 – Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor
• 1975 – Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
• 1975 – Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player
• 1975 – Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
• 1975 – Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
• 1975 – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 – Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
• 1978 – Matthew Goode, English actor
• 1978 – Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player
• 1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player
• 1979 – Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
• 1980 – Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
• 1980 – Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist
• 1981 – Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player
• 1981 – DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Jared Allen, American football player
• 1982 – Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Ben Foster, English footballer
• 1983 – Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
• 1984 – Maxi López, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
• 1985 – Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress
• 1986 – Stephanie Cox, American soccer player
• 1986 – Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist
• 1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, writer, and producer
• 1987 – Jay Bruce, American baseball player
• 1987 – Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
• 1987 – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
• 1987 – Julie Sokolow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer^[27]
• 1988 – Kam Chancellor, American football player
• 1988 – Brandon Graham, American football player
• 1988 – Peter Hartley, English footballer
• 1988 – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Romain Alessandrini, French footballer
• 1989 – Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer
• 1989 – Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1990 – Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
• 1990 – Madison Brengle, American tennis player
• 1990 – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
• 1991 – Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
• 1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
• 1994 – Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
• 1997 – Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• 1998 – Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer
• 1999 – Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player^[28]