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August 3 birthdays

272 notable historical figures were born on August 3, and 187 died on this day. Everyone born on August 3 is a Leo.

16% of August 3 birthdays work in Sports, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.

Born on August 3

• Stanley Baldwin (1867 to 1947. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937))
• Haakon VII (1872 to 1957. King of Norway from 1905 to 1957)
• Frederick William III of Prussia (1770 to 1840. King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840)
• Robert Thurman (1941 to 2026. American Buddhist writer and academic (born 1941))
• Jonas Savimbi (1934 to 2002. Angolan politician and rebel leader (1934–2002))
• Charlotte Casiraghi (born 1986. Eldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco)
• P. D. James (1920 to 2014. English crime writer (1920–2014))
• Evika Siliņa (born 1975. Prime Minister of Latvia since 2023)
• Habib Bourguiba (1903 to 2000. President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987)
• Rupert Brooke (1887 to 1915. English poet (1887–1915))
• John Eisenhower (1922 to 2013. United States Army general, military historian, diplomat)
• Jack Straw (born 1946. British politician (born 1946))
• Evangeline Lilly (born 1979. Canadian actress (born 1979))
• Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923 to 2012. Head of the Coptic Church from 1971 to 2012)
• Abhisit Vejjajiva (born 1964. Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011)
• Alfred Deakin (1856 to 1919. Prime Minister of Australia (1903–1904; 1905–1908; 1909–1910))
• Aleksei Brusilov (1853 to 1926. Russian and Soviet general (1853–1926))
• Ernesto Samper (born 1950. President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998)
• Al-Mahdi (744 to 785. 3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785))
• August Kubizek (1888 to 1956. Close friend of Adolf Hitler (1888–1956))
• Hage Geingob (1941 to 2024. President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024)
• Ernesto Geisel (1907 to 1996. President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979)
• Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (born 1943. Swedish princess (born 1943))
• DJ Spinderella (born 1971. American DJ and rapper (born 1970))
• Thomas Francis Meagher (1823 to 1867. Irish nationalist and American Union army officer (1823–1867))
• Hamilton Fish (1808 to 1893. American politician (1808–1893))
• Fahri Korutürk (1903 to 1987. President of Turkey from 1973 to 1980)
• Zac Gallen (born 1995. American baseball player (born 1995))
• Joseph Paxton (1804 to 1865. English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament)
• Anne Klein (fashion designer) (1923 to 1974. American fashion designer)
• Charles Edison (1890 to 1969. American politician (1890–1969))
• John Bunting (sculptor) (1927 to 2002. British sculptor and teacher (1927–2002))
• Bethel Leslie (1929 to 1999. American actress and screenwriter (1929–1999))
• Troy Glaus (born 1976. American baseball player (born 1976))
• Shō Tai (1843 to 1901. Last King of Ryukyu)
• Martin Sheen (born 1940. American actor (born 1940))
• Jean-Pierre Raffarin (born 1948. Prime Minister of France from 2002 to 2005)
• Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817 to 1895. Austrian noble and Austro-Hungarian military officer (1817–1895))
• Joan Higginbotham (born 1964. American astronaut and engineer (born 1964))
• Gabe Vasquez (born 1984. American politician (born 1984))
• Richard Adler (1921 to 2012. American lyricist, writer, composer and producer (1921–2012))
• Koichi Tanaka (born 1959. Japanese electrical engineer (born 1959))
• Tony Bennett (1926 to 2023. American singer (1926–2023))
• Maithilisharan Gupt (1886 to 1964. Indian Poet (1886-1964))
• Béla Bollobás (born 1943. Hungarian mathematician (born 1943))
• George Saitoti (1945 to 2012. 6th Vice President of Kenya)
• Patrick Frank (born 1967. U.S. Army general)
• Maria of Jülich-Berg (1491 to 1543. German princess)
• Sunil Chhetri (born 1984. Indian professional footballer (born 1984))
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943. American novelist and short story writer (born 1943))
• Mark Kac (1914 to 1984. Polish-American Mathematician)
• John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847 to 1934. British politician (1847-1934))
• Tom Brady (born 1977. American football player and commentator (born 1977))
• Jules Bianchi (1989 to 2015. French racing driver (1989–2015))
• Sonallah Ibrahim (1937 to 2025. Egyptian novelist and short story writer (1937–2025))
• Harry Heilmann (1894 to 1951. American baseball player and broadcaster (1894–1951))
• Braima Camará (born 1968. Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau in 2025)
• George Francis FitzGerald (1851 to 1901. Irish theoretical physicist (1851–1901))
• Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940. American composer and jazz musician)
• Sri Prakasa (1890 to 1971. Indian politician)

Died on August 3

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 to 2008. Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008))
• Joseph Conrad (1857 to 1924. Polish-British writer (1857–1924))
• Colette (1873 to 1954. French novelist (1873–1954))
• James II of Scotland (1430 to 1460. King of Scots from 1437 to 1460)
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880 to 1940. Russian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940))
• Thorstein Veblen (1857 to 1929. American economist and sociologist (1857–1929))
• Makarios III (1913 to 1977. Greek Cypriot prelate and politician (1913–1977))
• John Hume (1937 to 2020. Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020))
• Alfred Schnittke (1934 to 1998. Soviet-born Russian composer (1934–1998))
• Venetia Stanley (1887 to 1948. British aristocrat and socialite (1887–1948))
• Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717 to 1797. British Army general (1717–1797))
• Emile Berliner (1851 to 1929. German-born American inventor (1851–1929))
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 to 1907. American sculptor and engraver (1848–1907))
• Olaf II of Denmark (1370 to 1387. King of Denmark, Norway (1370–1387))
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) (1726 to 1802. Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia)
• Raymond Damadian (1936 to 2022. American physician and inventor (1936–2022))
• Nikolai Kardashev (1932 to 2019. Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (1932–2019))
• George Inness (1825 to 1894. 19th-century American landscape painter)
• Zoltán Tildy (1889 to 1961. President of Hungary (1889–1961))
• Charles Garnier (architect) (1825 to 1898. French architect (1825–1898))
• Dominic Behan (1928 to 1989. Irish writer (1928–1989))
• Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937 to 2003. President of Sierra Leone from 1985-92)
• Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849 to 1917. German mathematician (1849–1917))
• Martin Fleischmann (1927 to 2012. British chemist (1927–2012))
• Shaun Martin (1978 to 2024. American composer and musician (1978–2024))
• Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714 to 1780. French philosopher (1714–1780))
• Zainab al-Ghazali (1917 to 2005. Egyptian activist)
• Mohammed Hadid (1907 to 1999. Iraqi activist and politician)
• Grinling Gibbons (1648 to 1721. Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver)
• Elizabeth I, Duchess of Luxembourg (1390 to 1451. Duchess of Luxemburg)

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