March 3 - Births

Births

1455 – King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
1583 – Edward Herbert, English noble and diplomat (d. 1648)
1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
1606 – Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
1631 – Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter (d. 1672)
1652 – Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
1756 – William Godwin, English writer (d. 1836)
1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
1793 – William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
1800 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
1805 – Jonas Furrer, 1st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
1816 – William James Blacklock, British painter (d. 1858)
1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879)
1831 – George Pullman, American inventor (d. 1897)
1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
1841 – John Murray, Scottish oceanographer (d. 1914)
1845 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American inventor (d. 1922)
1848 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
1860 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
1863 – Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
1866 – Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1868 – Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
1869 – Henry Joseph Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
1871 – Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
1873 – William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
1878 – Leopold Jessner, German producer and director (d. 1945)
1879 – József Klekl, Slovene writer (d. 1936)
1879 – George Wilkinson, British water polo player (d. 1946)
1880 – Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
1880 – Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (d. 1963)
1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician (d. 1946)
1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian criminal (d. 1949)
1883 – Cyril Burt, English educational psychologist (d. 1971)
1886 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American aviator (d. 1915)
1890 – Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
1890 – Edmund Lowe, American actor (d. 1971)
1891 – Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens, former Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949)
1891 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (d. 1982)
1893 – Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
1894 – Ethel Grandin, silent film actress (d. 1988)
1895 – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1895 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 1993)
1898 – Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962)
1901 – Claude Choules, English WWI veteran (d. 2011)
1903 – Vasily Kozlov, Soviet politician (d. 1967)
1906 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer, poet and literary critic (d. 1991)
1910 – Kittens Reichert, American child actor (d. 1990)
1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
1911 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician (d. 1982)
1913 – Margaret Bonds, American composer and pianist (d. 1972)
1913 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
1918 – Nan Huai-Chin, Chinese scholar (d. 2012)
1918 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1918 – Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
1920 – Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
1920 – James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
1920 – Ronald Searle, English illustrator (d. 2011)
1921 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960)
1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
1923 – Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 – Doc Watson, American musician (d. 2012)
1924 – Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan
1924 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. 1948)
1924 – Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995)
1926 – James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
1926 – Lys Assia, Swiss singer
1927 – Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1928 – Pierre Michelot, French bassist (Play Bach Trio) (d. 2005)
1928 – Daphne Slater, English actress (d. 2012)
1930 – Heiner Geißler, German politician
1930 – Ion Iliescu, 2nd President of Romania
1930 – K. S. Rajah, Singaporean judicial official (d. 2010)
1933 – Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
1933 – Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer
1933 – Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
1939 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio personality (d. 2003)
1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
1940 – Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
1940 – Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
1940 – Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and clergyman
1942 – Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
1944 – Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer
1945 – George Miller, Australian director
1945 – Hattie Winston, American actress
1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player
1947 – Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
1947 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
1948 – Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1949 – Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
1949 – Gloria Hendry, American actress
1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1950 – Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
1951 – Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
1951 – Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, English businessman
1951 – Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach
1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
1953 – Robyn Hitchcock, British musician (The Soft Boys)
1953 – Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra), Brazilian footballer
1954 – John Lilley, American musician (The Hooters)
1954 – Édouard Lock, Canadian choreographer
1954 – Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos, Brazilian football referee (d. 1995)
1955 – Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
1955 – Darnell Williams, English actor
1955 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1957 – William Pascal Kikoti, Tanzanian bishop (d. 2012)
1958 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
1959 – Ira Glass, American radio host
1959 – Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball coach
1960 – Neal Heaton, American baseball player coach
1960 – Colin Wells, English cricketer
1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress
1961 – John Matteson, American biographer
1961 – Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
1961 – Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player
1963 – Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
1964 – Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 – Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer
1966 – Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
1966 – Tone Lōc (Anthony Terrell Smith), American rapper and actor
1966 – Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
1967 – Go Mi-Young, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2009)
1968 – Brian Cox, English physicist and TV presenter
1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1968 – Scott Radinsky, American pitching coach and musician (Pulley, Ten Foot Pole)
1969 – Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player
1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1971 – Charlie Brooker, English comedian, writer and broadcaster
1971 – Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer
1973 – Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
1973 – Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
1973 – Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
1974 – Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV presenter and actress
1974 – David Faustino, American actor
1975 – Aleksandr Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
1975 – Aleksei Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1977 – Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Barret Swatek, American actress
1978 – Ilias Anastasakos, Greek footballer
1978 – Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1978 – Ashwin Madia, American politician
1978 – Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
1979 – Manuel Benthin, German footballer
1979 – Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1979 – Patrick Renna, American actor
1979 – Alex Zane, English comedian
1980 – Mason Unck, American football player
1981 – Eugene, South Korean singer and actress
1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
1981 – Justin Gabriel, South African wrestler
1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 – Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L)
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress
1982 – Martin Hauswald, German footballer
1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Derreck Robinson, American football player
1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian rules footballer
1983 – Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1983 – Chris Roberson, American football player
1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984 – Hayley Marie Norman. American actress
1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 – Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer
1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1988 – Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
1988 – Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos, Greek-Canadian ice dancer
1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer /goalkeeper
1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1992 – Jordy Lucas, Australian actress
1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese actress