Famous Birthdays for June 3rd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1139 – Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)
• 1421 – Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463)^[16]
• 1454 – Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (d. 1523)
• 1537 – João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)^[17]
• 1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
• 1554 – Pietro de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1604)
• 1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)^[18]
• 1594 – César, Duke of Vendôme, French nobleman (d. 1665)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1603 – Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681)
• 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688)
• 1636 – John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
• 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1662 – Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (d. 1747)
• 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788)^[19]
• 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)
• 1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)^[20]
• 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)^[21]
• 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (d. 1889)^[22]
• 1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)
• 1819 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
• 1819 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (d. 1891)^[23]
• 1832 – Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
• 1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1844 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
• 1852 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)^[24]
• 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)
• 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
• 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)^[25]
• 1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)^[26]
• 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
• 1879 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)
• 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964)
• 1890 – Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) ^[27]
• 1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
• 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)
• 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
• 1906 – R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque dancer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 2017)
• 1924 – Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2018)
• 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)^[28]
• 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[29]
• 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)^[30]
• 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)^[31]
• 1926 – Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
• 1928 – John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)
• 1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
• 1930 – George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (d. 2019)
• 1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (d. 2020)^[32]
• 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
• 1931 – John Norman, American philosopher and author
• 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach (d. 2018)
• 1931 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2017)
• 1937 – Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French racing driver (d. 2021)
• 1939 – Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
• 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1944 – Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
• 1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
• 1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1945 – Bill Paterson, Scottish actor
• 1946 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
• 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1950 – Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Larry Probst, American businessman
• 1950 – Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[33]
• 1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
• 1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter^[34]
• 1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States^[35]
• 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter^[36]
• 1954 – Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
• 1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1959 – Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
• 1960 – Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016)^[37]
• 1960 – Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host
• 1960 – Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
• 1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
• 1961 – Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1962 – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
• 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of Wallonia
• 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
• 1964 – André Bellavance, Canadian politician
• 1964 – Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
• 1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 – Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster^[38]
• 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author^[39]
• 1967 – Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer^[40]
• 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1971 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Mary Grigson, Australian cross-country mountain biker^[41]
• 1972 – Julie Gayet, French actress
• 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Serhii Rebrov, Ukrainian international footballer and manager^[42]
• 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1976 – Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 1977 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
• 1979 – Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
• 1980 – Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer
• 1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
• 1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
• 1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
• 1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 – Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
• 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer^[43]
• 1991 – Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)
• 1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
• 1998 – Hwang Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress^[44]