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April 3 birthdays

321 notable historical figures were born on April 3, and 162 died on this day. Everyone born on April 3 is a Aries.

17% of April 3 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.

Born on April 3

• Marlon Brando (1924 to 2004. American actor (1924–2004))
• Alec Baldwin (born 1958. American actor and comedian (born 1958))
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894 to 1971. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964)
• Jane Goodall (1934 to 2025. English zoologist (1934–2025))
• Sam Manekshaw (1914 to 2008. Indian military officer (1914–2008))
• Helmut Kohl (1930 to 2017. Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998)
• Washington Irving (1783 to 1859. American writer, historian, and diplomat (1783–1859))
• Tony Benn (1925 to 2014. British politician and activist (1925–2014))
• Hayley Kiyoko (born 1991. American singer and actress (born 1991))
• Swaminarayan (1781 to 1830. Founder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (1781–1830))
• Nigel Farage (born 1964. British politician and broadcaster (born 1964))
• Alcide De Gasperi (1881 to 1954. Italian politician and statesman (1881–1954))
• Robert Sink (1905 to 1965. United States Army general)
• Jean-Louis Tauran (1943 to 2018. French Catholic prelate (1943–2018))
• Doris Day (1922 to 2019. American actress and singer (1922–2019))
• Miguel Bosé (born 1956. Spanish and Italian singer (born 1956))
• George Herbert (1593 to 1633. English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633))
• Louise of Orléans (1812 to 1850. Queen of the Belgians from 1832 to 1850)
• Mike Ness (born 1962. American musician (born 1962))
• Otto Weininger (1880 to 1903. Austrian philosopher (1880–1903))
• Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770 to 1843. Greek revolutionary leader (1770–1843))
• H. C. Verma (born 1952. Indian nuclear physicist (born 1952))
• Eddie Murphy (born 1961. American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1961))
• J. B. M. Hertzog (1866 to 1942. South African politician (1866–1942))
• St John Philby (1885 to 1960. British Arabist (1885–1960))
• Salem Saleh bin Braik (born 1965. Yemeni politician (born 1965))
• Camille Chamoun (1900 to 1987. President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958)
• Temmie Chang (born 1993. Video game animator and developer (born 1993))
• Blanche Gardin (born 1977. French actress, comedian and writer (born 1977))
• Menen Asfaw (1891 to 1962. Empress of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1962)
• Lorenzo Snow (1814 to 1901. American LDS Church leader (1814–1901))
• A. C. Grayling (born 1949. English philosopher)
• Mary Harrison McKee (1858 to 1930. First Lady of the United States from 1892 to 1893)
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948. 11th Secretary General of NATO)
• Anne (1461 to 1522. Duchess of Bourbon)
• John Burroughs (1837 to 1921. American naturalist and essayist (1837–1921))
• Stevo Pendarovski (born 1963. President of North Macedonia from 2019 to 2024)
• Sachindra Nath Sanyal (1893 to 1942. Indian revolutionary (1890–1942))
• Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939. American economist and author (born 1939))
• Ikki Kita (1883 to 1937. Japanese political philosopher, writer, and intellectual (1883–1937))
• Mario Benjamín Menéndez (1930 to 2015. Argentinian military officer (1930–2015))
• Viktor Sadovnichiy (born 1939. Russian mathematician (born 1939))
• Harold Kushner (1935 to 2023. American rabbi (1935–2023))
• Henry van de Velde (1863 to 1957. Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist)
• Charles Wilkes (1798 to 1877. American explorer (1798–1877))
• Piet de Jong (1915 to 2016. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971)
• David Pearce (born 1959. British transhumanist philosopher (born 1959))
• Kati Marton (born 1949. Hungarian-American writer)
• Dora Russell (1894 to 1986. British writer, feminist and socialist campaigner (1894–1986))
• Hanna Suchocka (born 1946. Prime Minister of Poland from 1992 to 1993)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 to 1968. Italian-Jewish composer (1895–1968))
• Poul Schlüter (1929 to 2021. Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993)
• Brigitte Boisselier (born 1956. French chemist)
• Vincenzo Galilei (1520 to 1591. Italian musician and music theorist (1520–1591))
• Nirmal Verma (1929 to 2005. Renowned Indian Novelist)
• Oladipo Diya (1944 to 2023. Nigerian general and politician (1944–2023))
• Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901 to 1983. Iranian politician and diplomat (1901–1983))
• Nikolay Semyonov (1896 to 1986. Soviet physicist and chemist (1896–1986))
• Leona Lewis (born 1985. British singer (born 1985))
• M. Bhaskar (1935 to 2013. Indian film director)

Died on April 3

• Shivaji (1627 to 1680. Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1674 to 1680)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 to 1897. German composer and pianist (1833–1897))
• Graham Greene (1904 to 1991. British writer and playwright (1904–1991))
• Kurt Weill (1900 to 1950. German composer (1900–1950))
• Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622 to 687. Pro-Alid Arab revolutionary (c.622–687))
• Joe Medicine Crow (1913 to 2016. Native American writer and war chief (1913–2016))
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927 to 2013. British-American writer (1927–2013))
• Carter G. Woodson (1875 to 1950. African-American historian, writer, and journalist (1875–1950))
• Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187 to 1203. Duke of Brittany from 1196 to 1203)
• Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924 to 2022. Concentration camp survivor (1924–2022))
• Elisha Netanyahu (1912 to 1986. Israeli mathematician (1912–1986))
• Lionel Bart (1930 to 1999. English composer and writer (1930–1999))
• Pál Teleki (1879 to 1941. Hungarian prime minister (1879–1941))
• Juliusz Słowacki (1809 to 1849. Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849))
• Peter Pears (1910 to 1986. English tenor (1910–1986))
• Honorius IV (1210 to 1287. Head of the Catholic Church from 1285 to 1287)
• Mary Cartwright (1900 to 1998. British mathematician (1900–1998))
• Bolesław II the Generous (1039 to 1081. Duke of Poland (1058–1076); King of Poland (1076–1079))
• Eddie Robinson (American football coach) (1919 to 2007. American football coach (1919–2007))
• Charles Lang (1902 to 1998. American cinematographer (1902–1998))
• Nikolai Rysakov (1861 to 1881. Russian revolutionary and assassin)
• Nadežda Petrović (1873 to 1915. Serbian artist (1873–1915))
• Odo IV (1295 to 1350. Duke of Burgundy from 1315-1349)
• Tony Croatto (1940 to 2005. Italian musician (1940–2005))
• Wolf Vostell (1932 to 1998. German artist (1932–1998))
• Matsudaira Hirotada (1526 to 1549. Japanese nobleman (1526 – 1549))
• Anthony Ludovici (1882 to 1971. British philosopher, sociologist, social critic and polyglot (1882–1971))
• Brother Stair (1933 to 2021. Christian fundamentalist (1933–2021))
• William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910 to 963. Duke of Aquitaine from 959 to 963)
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918 to 2022. Brazilian novelist and writer (1918–2022))

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