March 3 - Births

Births

• 1455 – King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
• 1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
• 1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
• 1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
• 1606 – Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
• 1652 – Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
• 1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
• 1756 – William Godwin, English journalist, political philosopher and novelist (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, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
• 1816 – William James Blacklock, British landscape painter (d. 1858)
• 1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11^th Yokozuna (d. 1879)
• 1831 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
• 1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
• 1845 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
• 1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian inventor (d. 1922)
• 1848 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
• 1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
• 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, journalist and pacifist (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)
• 1880 – Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (d. 1963)
• 1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian fraud convict (d. 1949)
• 1883 – Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
• 1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American aviator (d. 1915)
• 1890 – Edmund Lowe, American silent and early talkie film actor (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
• 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, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
• 1901 – Claude Choules, One of two surviving British veterans of World War I
• 1910 – Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
• 1911 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
• 1911 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
• 1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
• 1918 – Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and 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, British illustrator
• 1921 – Diana Barrymore, stage & film actress (d. 1960)
• 1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Doc Watson, American musician
• 1924 – Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
• 1924 – Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (d. 1948)
• 1926 – Lys Assia, Swiss singer
• 1926 – Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
• 1926 – James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1928 – Gudrun Pausewang, German writer
• 1930 – Heiner Geißler, German politician
• 1930 – Ion Iliescu, former President of Romania
• 1930 – K. S. Rajah, Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
• 1933 – Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
• 1933 – Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
• 1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
• 1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
• 1940 – Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
• 1940 – Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
• 1940 – Jean-Paul Proust, French-born Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
• 1944 – Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer
• 1945 – George Miller, Australian film director
• 1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player
• 1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
• 1947 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
• 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
• 1950 – Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
• 1951 – Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
• 1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and retired politician
• 1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
• 1953 – Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
• 1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer
• 1954 – Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
• 1954 – Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos Brazilian Football Referee (d. 1995)
• 1955 – Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
• 1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
• 1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
• 1958 – Miranda Richardson, British 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 – Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
• 1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress
• 1961 – Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
• 1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
• 1961 – John Matteson, American biographer
• 1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
• 1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
• 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
• 1964 – Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
• 1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer
• 1966 – Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
• 1966 – Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
• 1966 – Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
• 1967 – Go Mi-Young, South Korean female mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Scott Radinsky, American 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, chef, television personality and cookbook author
• 1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer
• 1973 – Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
• 1973 – Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
• 1973 – Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
• 1974 – David Faustino, American actor
• 1974 – Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV presenter and actress
• 1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules footballer
• 1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer
• 1977 – Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Matt Diaz, American baseball player
• 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 – Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
• 1981 – Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
• 1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper
• 1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
• 1981 – Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
• 1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
• 1981 – Paul Lloyd, Jr., South African professional wrestler
• 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 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
• 1983 – Chris Roberson, American football player
• 1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
• 1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
• 1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
• 1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
• 1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer
• 1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
• 1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
• 1988 – Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
• 1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player