| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
| 1509 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
etienne Dolet |
French scholar (d. 1546) |
| 1692 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
John Henley |
English clergyman (d. 1759) |
| 1770 |
August 3 |
Friday |
King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia |
(d. 1840) |
| 1801 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Joseph Paxton |
English gardener (d. 1865) |
| 1808 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Hamilton Fish |
American politician (d. 1893) |
| 1811 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Elisha Graves Otis |
American inventor (d. 1861) |
| 1817 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Archduke Albert |
Austrian general (d. 1895) |
| 1832 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Ivan Zajc |
Croatian composer (d. 1914) |
| 1850 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Reginald Heber Roe |
2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926) |
| 1855 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Joe Hunter |
Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891) |
| 1856 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Alfred Deakin |
2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) |
| 1860 |
August 3 |
Friday |
W. K. Dickson |
Scottish inventor (d. 1935) |
| 1867 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Stanley Baldwin |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947) |
| 1872 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
King Haakon VII of Norway |
(d. 1957) |
| 1887 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Rupert Brooke |
English poet (d. 1915) |
| 1894 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Harry Heilmann |
American baseball player (d. 1951) |
| 1895 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Neva Morris |
American supercentenarian (d. 2010) |
| 1895 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Marguerite Nichols |
American actress (d. 1941) |
| 1899 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Louis Chiron |
Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979) |
| 1900 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Ernie Pyle |
American war correspondent (d. 1945) |
| 1900 |
August 3 |
Friday |
John T. Scopes |
American defendant (d. 1970) |
| 1901 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Stefan Wyszy?ski |
Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1981) |
| 1901 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
John C Stennis |
American politician (d. 1995) |
| 1902 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Regina Jonas |
German rabbi (d. 1944) |
| 1903 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Habib Bourguiba |
Tunisian politician (d. 2000) |
| 1904 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Clifford D. Simak |
American author (d. 1988) |
| 1905 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Dolores del Rio |
Mexican actress (d. 1983) |
| 1905 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Franz Konig |
Austrian cardinal archbishop (d. 2004) |
| 1911 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Alex McCrindle |
Scottish actor (d. 1990) |
| 1913 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Mel Tolkin |
Ukrainian television comedy writer (d. 2007) |
| 1915 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Frank Arthur Calder |
Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1915 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Pete Newell |
American basketball coach (d. 2008) |
| 1916 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Shakeel Badayuni |
Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970) |
| 1916 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Jose Manuel Moreno |
Argentine footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1917 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Les Elgart |
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| 1918 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Sidney Gottlieb |
American CIA official (d. 1999) |
| 1918 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Larry Haines |
American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1920 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
P. D. James |
English novelist |
| 1920 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Charlie Shavers |
American trumpet player (d. 1971) |
| 1920 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Elmar Tamp?ld |
Estonian/Canadian architect |
| 1921 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Marilyn Maxwell |
American actress (d. 1972) |
| 1921 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Hayden Carruth |
American poet and literary critic (d. 2008) |
| 1923 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Shenouda III of Alexandria |
Pope of Coptic Christianity |
| 1923 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Jean Hagen |
American film and tv actress (d. 1977) |
| 1924 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Leon Uris |
American novelist (d. 2003) |
| 1925 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Marv Levy |
American football coach |
| 1926 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Tony Bennett |
American singer |
| 1926 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Anthony Sampson |
British journalist (d. 2004) |
| 1927 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Gordon Scott |
American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1928 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Cecile Aubry |
French actress (d. 2010) |
| 1928 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Henning Moritzen |
Danish actor |
| 1933 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Pat Crawford |
Australian cricketer |
| 1934 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Haystacks Calhoun |
American professional wrestler (d. 1989) |
| 1934 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Jonas Savimbi |
Angolan political leader (d. 2002) |
| 1934 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Michael Chapman |
British classical bassoonist (d. 2005) |
| 1935 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Georgi Shonin |
Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997) |
| 1935 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Vic Vogel |
Canadian pianist‚ composer and bandleader |
| 1937 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Steven Berkoff |
English actor |
| 1937 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Roland Burris |
American politician‚ junior senator of Illinois |
| 1937 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Duncan Sharpe |
Former Pakistani cricketer |
| 1938 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Terry Wogan |
Irish television presenter |
| 1939 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Jimmie Nicol |
English musician |
| 1939 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Apoorva Sengupta |
Indian cricketer |
| 1940 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Lance Alworth |
American football player |
| 1940 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Martin Sheen |
American actor |
| 1941 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Beverly Lee |
American singer (Shirelles) |
| 1941 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Martha Stewart |
American media personality |
| 1944 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Nino Bravo |
Spanish singer (d. 1973) |
| 1945 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Eamon Dunphy |
Irish footballer |
| 1946 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Jack Straw |
British politician |
| 1946 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Syreeta Wright |
American singer and songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1948 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
Prime Minister of France |
| 1950 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
John Landis |
American film director |
| 1950 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Jo Marie Payton |
American Actress |
| 1951 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Marcel Dionne |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1951 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Jay North |
American actor |
| 1952 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Osvaldo Ardiles |
Argentine footballer |
| 1952 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Loles Len |
Spanish actress |
| 1954 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Gary Peters |
English footballer |
| 1955 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Corey Burton |
American voice actor |
| 1956 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Balwinder Sandhu |
Indian cricketer |
| 1958 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Ana Kokkinos |
Greek/Australian film director |
| 1958 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Lambert Wilson |
French actor |
| 1959 |
August 3 |
Monday |
John C. McGinley |
American actor |
| 1959 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Martin Atkins |
English musician |
| 1959 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Mike Gminski |
American basketball player |
| 1959 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Koichi Tanaka |
Japanese scientist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1960 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Tim Mayotte |
American tennis player |
| 1960 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Gopal Sharma |
Indian cricketer |
| 1961 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Lee Rocker |
American musician (Stray Cats) |
| 1961 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Molly Hagan |
American actress |
| 1963 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
James Hetfield |
American musician |
| 1963 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Ed Roland |
American musician |
| 1963 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Isaiah Washington |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Lisa Ann Walter |
American actress |
| 1964 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Lucky Dube |
South African reggae musician (d. 2007) |
| 1964 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Nate McMillan |
American basketball player and coach |
| 1964 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Abhisit Vejjajiva |
Thai politician |
| 1966 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Brent Butt |
Canadian Actor |
| 1966 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Eric Esch |
American boxer |
| 1967 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
French film director and screenwriter |
| 1968 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Rod Beck |
American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1969 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Doug Overton |
American basketball player |
| 1970 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Masahiro Sakurai |
Japanese video game developer |
| 1970 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Stephen Carpenter |
American musician |
| 1970 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Manmohan Waris |
Punjabi Singer |
| 1971 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Forbes Johnston |
Scottish footballer (d. 2007) |
| 1972 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Sandis Ozoli?s |
Latvian ice hockey player |
| 1973 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Jay Cutler |
American bodybuilder |
| 1973 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Nikos Dabizas |
Greek footballer |
| 1973 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Michael Ealy |
American actor |
| 1975 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Argiro Strataki |
Greek heptathlete |
| 1976 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Troy Glaus |
American baseball player |
| 1977 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Tom Brady |
American football player |
| 1977 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Tmas Lemarquis |
Icelandic actor |
| 1977 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
scar Pereiro |
Spanish cyclist |
| 1978 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Joi Chua |
Singaporean female singer |
| 1978 |
August 3 |
Thursday |
Mariusz Jop |
Polish footballer |
| 1979 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Evangeline Lilly |
Canadian model and actress |
| 1980 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Dominic Moore |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1980 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Tony Pashos |
American football player |
| 1980 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Brandan Schieppati |
American singer |
| 1982 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Jesse Lumsden |
Canadian bobsledder and football player |
| 1983 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Mamie Gummer |
American actress |
| 1983 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Mark Reynolds |
American baseball player |
| 1984 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Jon Foster |
American actor |
| 1984 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Yasin Avci |
Danish footballer |
| 1984 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Sunil Chetri |
Indian footballer |
| 1984 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Ryan Lochte |
American swimmer |
| 1984 |
August 3 |
Friday |
Chris Maurer |
American musician |
| 1985 |
August 3 |
Saturday |
Sonny Bill Williams |
New Zealand rugby league footballer |
| 1986 |
August 3 |
Sunday |
Charlotte Casiraghi |
Monegasque royalty |
| 1987 |
August 3 |
Monday |
Kim Hyung Joon |
Korean singer |
| 1988 |
August 3 |
Wednesday |
Kim Hyung Joon |
American football player |
| 1993 |
August 3 |
Tuesday |
Yurina Kumai |
Japanese singer |