August 3 - Births

Births

1491 – Maria of Jülich-Berg (d. 1543)
1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
1692 – John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1734 – Naungdawgyi, Myanmar king (d. 1763)
1770 – Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1803 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
1811 – Elisha Otis, American inventor and businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general (d. 1895)
1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
1855 – Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, France-Scottish actor, director, and inventor (d. 1935)
1863 – Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1922)
1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English politician (d. 1947)
1872 – Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1878 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner (d. 1958)
1886 – Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet (d. 1964)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1895 – Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
1899 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American journalist (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes, American teacher (d. 1970)
1901 – John C. Stennis, American politician (d. 1995)
1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
1905 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1907 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist (d. 1971)
1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian writer (d. 2007)
1915 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (d. 2006)
1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
1917 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist (d. 1999)
1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1920 – Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1920 – P. D. James, English author
1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect
1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008)
1923 – Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977)
1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
1925 – Marv Levy, American football coach
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer
1926 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist (d. 2004)
1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress (d. 2010)
1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (d. 2012)
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
1934 – William Calhoun, American wrestler (d. 1989)
1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader, founded UNITA (d. 2002)
1934 – Michael Chapman, English bassoonist (d. 2005)
1935 – Georgy Shonin, Soviet astronaut (d. 1997)
1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader
1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor
1937 – Roland Burris, American politician
1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish-English broadcaster
1939 – Jimmie Nicol, English drummer (Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys)
1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian cricketer
1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor
1940 – James Tyler, American guitarist, composer, and author (d. 2010)
1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles)
1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician
1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer
1946 – Jack Straw, English politician
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1946 – John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Byrds)
1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French politician
1949 – Philip Casnoff, American actor
1949 – B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (War)
1950 – John Landis, American director
1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress
1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Jay North, American actor
1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
1952 – Loles León, Spanish actress
1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician (Keats)
1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer
1955 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny and Dead Men Walking)
1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer
1957 – Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer
1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Australian director
1958 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor
1959 – Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, and Killing Joke)
1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player
1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese engineer and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
1961 – Lee Rocker, American bassist (Stray Cats)
1963 – James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm)
1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Collective Soul)
1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor
1964 – Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboardist (d. 2007)
1964 – Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
1964 – Kevin Sumlin, American college football coach
1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor
1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer
1967 – Skin, English singer and model (Skunk Anansie)
1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French director and screenwriter
1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1969 – Doug Overton, American basketball player
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter (Deftones and Sol Invicto)
1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer, created Super Smash Bros and Kirby
1970 – Manmohan Waris, Indian singer
1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1971 – DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Salt-n-Pepa)
1972 – Brigid Brannagh, Irish-American actress
1972 – Erika Marozsán, Hungarian actress
1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor
1975 – Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
1975 – Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
1977 – Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
1977 – Deniz Akkaya, Turkish model
1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter
1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
1980 – Nadia Ali, Pakistani-American singer-songwriter (iiO)
1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player
1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown)
1981 – Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
1982 – Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982 – Aaron Stevens, American wrestler
1983 – Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
1983 – Mamie Gummer, American actress
1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1984 – Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
1984 – Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
1984 – Jon Foster, American actor
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 – Chris Maurer, American singer and bass player (Suburban Legends)
1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer (Dream)
1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover
1987 – Kim Hyung-jun, Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
1988 – Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
1988 – Leigh Tiffin, American football player
1989 – Jules Bianchi, French race car driver
1989 – Sam Hutchinson, English footballer
1990 – Jourdan Dunn, English model
1992 – Karlie Kloss, American model
1992 – Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
1992 – Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
1993 – Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo)