On this day · Aquarius

February 3 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on February 3, and 233 died on this day. Everyone born on February 3 is a Aquarius.

15% of February 3 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (83) than any other country.

Born on February 3

• Beau Biden (1969 to 2015. American politician and lawyer (1969–2015))
• Simone Weil (1909 to 1943. French philosopher (1909–1943))
• Gertrude Stein (1874 to 1946. American author (1874–1946))
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 to 1847. German composer (1809–1847))
• Marquess of Salisbury (1830 to 1903. British prime minister (1885-86; 1886-92; 1895-1902))
• Joseph E. Johnston (1807 to 1891. Confederate Army general (1807–1891))
• Raghuram Rajan (born 1963. Indian economist and former governor of Reserve Bank of India)
• Alvar Aalto (1898 to 1976. Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976))
• Chan Santokhi (1959 to 2026. President of Suriname from 2020 to 2025)
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478 to 1521. English nobleman (1478–1521))
• Aseefa Bhutto Zardari (born 1993. Pakistani activist and politician)
• Risto Ryti (1889 to 1956. Finnish politician (1889–1956))
• Henning Mankell (1948 to 2015. Swedish author (1948–2015))
• Antonio José de Sucre (1795 to 1830. President of Peru and Bolivia (1795–1830))
• Billy Meier (born 1937. Swiss UFO religion founder (born 1937))
• E. P. Thompson (1924 to 1993. English historian & activist (1924–1993))
• Jesper Kyd (born 1972. Danish composer and sound designer)
• Hugo Junkers (1859 to 1935. German aviation pioneer (1859–1935))
• Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929 to 1966. Colombian revolutionary (1929–1966))
• Michele Greene (born 1962. American actress)
• Juan Negrín (1892 to 1956. Prime Minister of Spain from 1937 to 1939)
• Georg Trakl (1887 to 1914. Austrian poet (1887–1914))
• Sidney Lanier (1842 to 1881. American musician and poet (1842–1881))
• Abu Bakar of Johor (1833 to 1895. Sultan of Johor (r. 1886–1895))
• Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791 to 1865. Greek politician (1791–1865))
• Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (born 1948. Roman Catholic bishop (born 1948))
• Blas de Lezo (1689 to 1741. Spanish admiral)
• Joanna of Bourbon (1338 to 1378. Queen of France from 1364 to 1378)
• Bahadur Yar Jung (1905 to 1944. Indian politician (1905–1944))
• Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641 to 1695. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from 1659 to 1695)
• Elvana Gjata (born 1987. Albanian singer and songwriter (born 1987))
• Café Filho (1899 to 1970. President of Brazil from 1954 to 1955)
• Shlomo Goren (1917 to 1994. Polish-born Israeli rabbi (1917–1994))
• Hassan Firouzabadi (1951 to 2021. Iranian military officer (1951–2021))
• Louis of Valois (1549–1550) (1549 to 1550. Duke of Orléans)
• Julie Meadows (born 1974. American pornographic actress, writer (born 1974))
• Gaston Julia (1893 to 1978. French mathematician (1893–1978))
• Rosamond Lehmann (1901 to 1990. English writer (1901–1990))
• Aliya Nazarbayeva (born 1980. Kazakh businesswoman)
• Jimmy Thunder (1966 to 2020. Samoan-born New Zealand boxer (1966–2020))
• Edward James Roye (1815 to 1872. 5th president of Liberia (1870–71))
• Isaac Israëls (1865 to 1934. Dutch painter (1865–1934))
• Jehan Alain (1911 to 1940. French organist, composer and soldier)
• Daddy Yankee (born 1976. Puerto Rican rapper and singer (born 1976 or 1977))
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 to 1975. Italian composer (1904–1975))
• Ignacy Krasicki (1735 to 1801. Poland's leading Enlightenment poet (1735–1801))
• Ralph Alpher (1921 to 2007. American cosmologist (1921–2007))
• Marwan Khoury (born 1969. Lebanese musician/singer (born 1968))
• Hajime Tanabe (1885 to 1962. Japanese philosopher)
• Johnny Cymbal (1945 to 1993. American musician)
• Olagunsoye Oyinlola (born 1951. Nigerian politician and general (born 1951))
• Paul Scherrer (1890 to 1969. Swiss physicist (1890–1969))
• Elizabeth Holmes (born 1984. American businesswoman convicted of fraud (born 1984))
• Steven Stapleton (born 1957. British musician (born 1957))
• Amal Clooney (born 1978. Lebanese, British, and French barrister (born 1978))
• K. Vijayraghavan (born 1954. Indian scientist)
• Helena Palaiologina (1428 to 1458. Queen consort of Cyprus and Armenia from 1442 to 1458)
• Pavel Urysohn (1898 to 1924. Russian mathematician)
• Isla Fisher (born 1976. Australian actress (born 1976))
• Stephen Ross (economist) (1944 to 2017. American economist)

Died on February 3

• Woodrow Wilson (1856 to 1924. President of the United States from 1913 to 1921)
• Johannes Gutenberg (1400 to 1468. German inventor and craftsman (died 1468))
• Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (1972 to 2026. Libyan political figure (1972–2026))
• John of Gaunt (1340 to 1399. English prince and regent (1340–1399))
• Murad II (1403 to 1451. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1421–1444, 1446–1451))
• Frank Oppenheimer (1912 to 1985. American particle physicist and science educator (1912–1985))
• Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Piedmont (1937 to 2024. Disputed Head of the House of Savoy from 1983 to 2024)
• Swein Forkbeard (963 to 1014. King of Denmark, Norway and England (963–1014))
• Oliver Heaviside (1850 to 1925. British mathematician and electrical engineer (1850–1925))
• Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835 to 1901. Japanese author, educator, and philosopher (1835–1901))
• Lunalilo (1835 to 1874. King of Hawaii from 1873 to 1874)
• Gia Long (1762 to 1820. Founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04))
• Hugo Junkers (1859 to 1935. German aviation pioneer (1859–1935))
• Ernst Mayr (1904 to 2005. German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005))
• Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1897 to 1951. Muslim nationalist activist (1897–1951))
• Robert Duncan (poet) (1919 to 1988. American poet (1919–1988))
• George Steiner (1929 to 2020. French and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher (1929–2020))
• Ansgar (801 to 865. Christian saint, Archbishop, and missionary)
• Coloman, King of Hungary (1070 to 1116. King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116)
• Jane Wilde (1821 to 1896. Irish poet and writer (1821-1896))
• Jan Steen (1626 to 1679. Dutch genre painter (c.1626–1679))
• Tafari Benti (1921 to 1977. Ethiopian military officer; chairman of the Derg from 1974 to 1977)
• Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901 to 1964. Duke of Calabria, Count of Caserta)
• Buddy Holly (1936 to 1959. American musician (1936–1959))
• Italo Gariboldi (1879 to 1970. Italian senior officer in the Royal Army before and during World War II)
• Nicholas of Japan (1836 to 1912. Russian Orthodox priest)
• Reinhart Koselleck (1923 to 2006. German historian (1923–2006))
• Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774 to 1862. French physicist (1774–1862))
• Leon Chancler (1952 to 2018. American drummer (1952–2018))
• Anatoly Alexandrov (physicist) (1903 to 1994. Russian physicist (1903–1994))

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