October 3 - Births

Births

• 1610 – Gabriel Lallemant, French-born Jesuit missionary (North American Martyrs) (d. 1649)
• 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)
• 1720 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
• 1790 – John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
• 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
• 1800 – George Bancroft, American historian and 17th Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
• 1804 – Townsend Harris, the 1^st U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878)
• 1804 – Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
• 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
• 1837 – Nicolas Avellaneda, Argentine president (d. 1885)
• 1848 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (d. 1929)
• 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
• 1863 – Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Alfred Flatow, German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
• 1882 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)
• 1885 – Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)
• 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
• 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)
• 1894 – Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. 1969)
• 1895 – Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, Russian lyrical poet (d. 1925)
• 1896 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)
• 1897 – Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Leo McCarey, American film director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
• 1900 – Thomas Clayton Wolfe, American writer (d. 1938)
• 1901 – Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)
• 1904 – Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1916 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)
• 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American Nobel Prize-winning economist
• 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter
• 1925 – Gore Vidal, American author
• 1928 – Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
• 1931 – Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender
• 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
• 1934 – Koo Nimo, Ghanaian musician
• 1935 – Charles Duke, American astronaut
• 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer and guitarist (d. 1960)
• 1938 – Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
• 1938 – David Obey, American politician
• 1940 – Sheila Fearn, English actress
• 1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian Formula One driver and TV commentator
• 1943 – Jeff Bingaman, Democratic U.S. Senator of New Mexico
• 1944 – Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician
• 1944 – Roy Horn, German-American magician
• 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer
• 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian Bollywood film director
• 1950 – Pamela Hensley, American actress
• 1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player
• 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
• 1954 – Al Sharpton, American Baptist minister
• 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician (d. 1990)
• 1956 – Hart Bochner, Canadian film actor/director
• 1957 – Tim Westwood, Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ
• 1958 – Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer (La La La Human Steps)
• 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
• 1961 – Dean Lawrence (actor), English actor
• 1961 – Rebecca Stephens, first British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
• 1962 – Tommy Lee, American Drummer
• 1964 – Clive Owen, British actor
• 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• 1966 – Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player
• 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer
• 1968 – Greg Foster, American basketball player
• 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American musician & actress
• 1969 – Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
• 1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1972 – Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
• 1973 – Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
• 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, Mexican tennis player
• 1973 – Lena Headey, British actress
• 1974 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
• 1975 – India Arie, American singer
• 1975 – Talib Kweli, Rap Artist
• 1974 – Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor
• 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
• 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer
• 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
• 1978 – Jake Shears, singer (Scissor Sisters)
• 1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress, dancer and musician
• 1979 – Carlo Alban, Ecuadorian actor
• 1979 – John Morrison, American pro wrestler, WWE
• 1980 – Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian hockey player
• 1980 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer (The Script)
• 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer
• 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Erik von Detten, American actor
• 1983 – Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Bruno Gervais, French hockey defenceman
• 1984 – Chris Marquette, American film and television actor
• 1984 – Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, American singer
• 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
• 1984 – Yoon Eun-Hye, South Korean actress
• 1985 – Courtney Lee, American basketball player
• 1987 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican Miss Universe
• 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player
• 1990 – Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress
• 1996 – Adair Tishler, American actress