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December 3 birthdays

280 notable historical figures were born on December 3, and 175 died on this day. Everyone born on December 3 is a Sagittarius.

18% of December 3 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on December 3

• Ozzy Osbourne (1948 to 2025. English musician and media personality (1948–2025))
• Jean-Luc Godard (1930 to 2022. French and Swiss film director (1930–2022))
• Julianne Moore (born 1960. American actress and author (born 1960))
• Warren Jeffs (born 1955. American sex offender and cult leader (born 1955))
• Joseph Conrad (1857 to 1924. Polish-British writer (1857–1924))
• Charles VI of France (1368 to 1422. King of France from 1380 to 1422)
• Rajendra Prasad (1884 to 1963. President of India from 1950 to 1962)
• David Villa (born 1981. Spanish professional footballer (born 1981))
• Bayezid II (1447 to 1512. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512)
• Anna Freud (1895 to 1982. Austrian–British psychoanalyst (1895–1982))
• Jeffrey R. Holland (1940 to 2025. American educator and religious leader (1940–2025))
• Anton Webern (1883 to 1945. Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945))
• Abimael Guzmán (1934 to 2021. Peruvian Maoist terrorist leader (1934–2021))
• Hasan al-Askari (845 to 874. Eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams)
• Khudiram Bose (1889 to 1908. Indian revolutionary, freedom fighter and martyr (1889–1908))
• Dan Snow (born 1978. British historian and television presenter (born 1978))
• Gilbert Stuart (1755 to 1828. American painter (1755–1828))
• Nikolai Vatutin (1901 to 1944. Soviet military commander (1901–1944))
• Hafez Bashar al-Assad (born 2001. Son of Bashar al-Assad (born 2001))
• Tahmasp II (1704 to 1740. Shah of Iran)
• Amanda Seyfried (born 1985. American actress (born 1985))
• John Backus (1924 to 2007. American computer scientist)
• Ewa Kopacz (born 1956. Prime Minister of Poland from 2014 to 2015)
• Walton Walker (1889 to 1950. United States Army general (1889–1950))
• Princess Louise of Prussia (1838 to 1923. Grand Duchess of Baden from 1856 to 1907)
• France Prešeren (1800 to 1849. Slovene poet (1800-1849))
• Nikenike Vurobaravu (born 1951. President of Vanuatu since 2022)
• Brendan Fraser (born 1968. American and Canadian actor (born 1968))
• Ludvig Holberg (1684 to 1754. Danish–Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754))
• Richard Pearse (1877 to 1953. New Zealand aviation pioneer (1877–1953))
• F. Sionil José (1924 to 2022. Filipino writer (1924–2022))
• Richard Kuhn (1900 to 1967. Austrian-German biochemist (1900–1967))
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 to 1911. American engineer and chemist (1843–1911))
• Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937 to 2012. East Timorese politician (1937–2012))
• Antonio Imbert Barrera (1920 to 2016. Dominican army general (1920–2016))
• Alice Schwarzer (born 1942. German journalist, publisher and feminist)
• Paul J. Crutzen (1933 to 2021. Dutch climatologist (1933–2021))
• Kourosh Yaghmaei (born 1946. Iranian guitarist, singer and composer)
• Yashwantrao Holkar (1776 to 1811. Maharaja of Indore from 1799 to 1811)
• Rajendra Bikram Shah (1813 to 1881. King of Nepal from 1816 to 1847)
• Mary Lamb (1764 to 1847. English writer (1764–1847))
• Anna Sten (1908 to 1993. Russian-American actress (1908–1993))
• Samy Gemayel (born 1980. President of the Lebanese Kataeb Party)
• Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883 to 1973. Duke of Castro)
• Toomaj Salehi (born 1990. Iranian rapper (born 1990))
• François Hanriot (1759 to 1794. French Sans-culotte leader)
• Salvador Moncada (born 1944. Honduran pharmacologist and professor)
• Manne Siegbahn (1886 to 1978. Swedish physicist (1886–1978))
• Alfred Uhry (born 1936. American playwright and screenwriter (born 1936))
• Mamman Jiya Vatsa (1940 to 1986. Nigerian general and poet (1940–1986))
• Nicolae Guță (born 1967. Musical artist)
• Fred Alan Wolf (born 1934. American theoretical physicist)
• Francesca Lia Block (born 1962. American writer (born 1963))
• Alaíde Foppa (1914 to ?. Guatemalan poet, feminist, and educator (1914–c. 1980))
• Daryl Hannah (born 1960. American actress and director (born 1960))
• Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971. Swedish Sámi novelist (born 1971))
• Karl Koller (ophthalmologist) (1857 to 1944. Austrian ophthalmologist (1857–1944))
• John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820 to 1894. British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician (1820–1894))
• Santōka Taneda (1882 to 1940. Japanese haiku poet (1882–1940))
• Viktor Gorbatko (1934 to 2017. Soviet cosmonaut (1934–2017))

Died on December 3

• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 to 1894. Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894))
• Diocletian (244 to 316. Roman emperor from 284 to 305)
• Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882 to 1944. Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944))
• Francis Xavier (1506 to 1552. Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552))
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 to 1919. French painter and sculptor (1841–1919))
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821 to 1910. American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910))
• Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868 to 1935. British princess (1868–1935))
• Frederick VI of Denmark (1768 to 1839. King of Denmark (1808–39) and Norway (1808–14))
• Babrak Karmal (1929 to 1996. Afghan communist politician (1929–1996))
• Vasili III (1479 to 1533. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533)
• John B. Anderson (1922 to 2017. American lawyer and politician (1922–2017))
• Nureddin al-Atassi (1929 to 1992. President of Syria (1966–1970))
• Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545 to 1592. Italian general and governor (1545–1592))
• Alexander Rodchenko (1891 to 1956. Russian artist and designer (1891–1956))
• Giovanni Belzoni (1778 to 1823. Italian explorer (1778–1823))
• Levin August von Bennigsen (1745 to 1826. German general serving Russia (1745–1826))
• Geoffrey Elton (1921 to 1994. German–British historian (1921–1994))
• Marike de Klerk (1937 to 2001. First Lady of South Africa (1937-2001))
• Anastasius IV (1073 to 1154. Head of the Catholic Church from 1153 to 1154)
• Sita Ram Goel (1921 to 2003. Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003))
• Hoyt Curtin (1922 to 2000. American composer (1922–2000))
• Samuel Cooper (general) (1798 to 1876. Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate States)
• Wesley Merritt (1836 to 1910. American politician and general (1836–1910))
• Alison Lurie (1926 to 2020. American novelist and academic (1926–2020))
• Prudente de Morais (1841 to 1902. President of Brazil from 1894 to 1898)
• Manik Bandopadhyay (1908 to 1956. Indian writer and poet)
• Paul Aussaresses (1918 to 2013. French general)
• James Stewart (mathematician) (1941 to 2014. Canadian mathematician and textbook author (1941–2014))
• Georges Duby (1919 to 1996. French historian)
• Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1133 to 1158. Queen of Portugal from 1146 to 1157)

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