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March 3 birthdays

312 notable historical figures were born on March 3, and 196 died on this day. Everyone born on March 3 is a Pisces.

20% of March 3 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on March 3

• Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922. Inventor of the telephone (1847–1922))
• Benedict of Nursia (480 to 547. 6th-century Italian Catholic saint and monk)
• Ion Iliescu (1930 to 2025. President of Romania (1990–1996, 2000–2004))
• James Doohan (1920 to 2005. Canadian actor (1920–2005))
• William Godwin (1756 to 1836. English philosopher and novelist (1756–1836))
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (born 1965. Ethiopian public health official (born 1965))
• Matthew Ridgway (1895 to 1993. United States Army general (1895–1993))
• Camila Cabello (born 1997. American singer-songwriter (born 1997))
• Brice Oligui Nguema (born 1975. President of Gabon since 2023)
• Reginald Pole (1500 to 1558. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1556 to 1558)
• Xavier Bettel (born 1973. Luxembourgish politician (born 1973))
• John II of Portugal (1455 to 1495. King of Portugal from 1481 to 1495)
• Arthur Machen (1863 to 1947. Welsh author and mystic (1863–1947))
• Shraddha Kapoor (born 1987. Indian actress (born 1987))
• Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778 to 1841. Queen of Hanover from 1837 to 1841)
• Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1451 to 1485. Portuguese noblewoman (born 1455))
• Karol Nawrocki (born 1983. President of Poland since 2025)
• Yang Kyoungjong (1920 to 1992. Rumored Korean soldier (fl. 20th century))
• Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876 to 1940. Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia (1876–1940))
• Khaltmaagiin Battulga (born 1963. President of Mongolia from 2017 to 2021)
• Michael Walzer (born 1935. American philosopher (born 1935))
• Muniba Mazari (born 1987. Pakistani artist, motivational speaker and human rights activist)
• Vasili Mitrokhin (1922 to 2004. Soviet archivist for the foreign intelligence service (1922–2004))
• Sameera Moussa (1917 to 1952. Egyptian nuclear physicist)
• Emil Artin (1898 to 1962. Austrian mathematician (1898–1962))
• Jessica Biel (born 1982. American actress (born 1982))
• Henry I of Cyprus (1217 to 1253. King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253)
• Zvi Zamir (1925 to 2024. Director of the Mossad (1968–1974))
• Zhelyu Zhelev (1935 to 2015. President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997)
• Mikhail Mishustin (born 1966. Russian politician and economist (born 1966))
• Ali Gomaa (born 1952. Egyptian imam (born 1952))
• Arthur Kornberg (1918 to 2007. American biochemist (1918–2007))
• James Merrill (1926 to 1995. American poet (1926–1995))
• Ernest Cassel (1852 to 1921. British businessman (1852–1921))
• Jonathan Hinder (born 1991. British politician)
• Asger Jorn (1914 to 1973. Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author)
• Margaret Bonds (1913 to 1972. American composer and pianist (1913–1972))
• Alain (philosopher) (1868 to 1951. French philosopher (1868–1951))
• Ronald Mallett (born 1945. American theoretical physicist (born 1945))
• Archbishop Damaskinos (1891 to 1949. Greek politician and priest (1891–1949))
• Jean Harlow (1911 to 1937. American actress (1911–1937))
• Yassmin Abdel-Magied (born 1991. Sudanese Australian media presenter and writer)
• Richard M. Weaver (1910 to 1963. American scholar (1910–1963))
• Ismail I of Granada (1279 to 1325. Sultan of Granada from 1314 to 1325)
• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583 to 1648. English soldier and poet (1583–1648))
• Susan Zirinsky (born 1952. American journalist and television news producer)
• Alfred Gruenther (1899 to 1983. United States Army general)
• Kazimierz Bartel (1882 to 1941. Polish politician and scientist)
• Loki Schmidt (1919 to 2010. German environmentalist)
• Edward H. Rulloff (1819 to 1871. Canadian-born American philologist and murderer)
• Zoitakis (1910 to 1996. Regent of Greece from 1967 to 1972)
• Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506 to 1555. Duke of Beja (1506–155))
• Constantin Argetoianu (1871 to 1955. Romanian politician (1871–1955))
• Boris Delaunay (1890 to 1980. Soviet mathematician)
• Emily Eden (1797 to 1869. English poet and novelist (1797–1869))
• San Yu (1918 to 1996. President of Myanmar from 1981 to 1988)
• Tadashi Maeda (1898 to 1977. Japanese admiral)
• Lee Holdridge (born 1944. American composer, conductor, and orchestrator)
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (1940 to 2010. Saudi government official, ambassador and poet (1940–2010))
• Alexandru II Mircea (1529 to 1577. Prince of Wallachia (1529–1577))

Died on March 3

• Aurangzeb (1618 to 1707. Mughal emperor from 1658 to 1707)
• Robert Hooke (1635 to 1703. English polymath (1635–1703))
• Rajaram I (1670 to 1700. Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1689 to 1700)
• Hergé (1907 to 1983. Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983))
• Marguerite Duras (1914 to 1996. French writer and film director (1914–1996))
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 to 1706. German composer and organist (1653–1706))
• Michael Foot (1913 to 2010. British politician (1913–2010))
• Bohemond I of Antioch (1054 to 1111. 11/12th-century prince of Taranto and Antioch; military leader in the First Crusade)
• Pope Clement VIII (1536 to 1605. Head of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605)
• Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898 to 1942. Duke of Aosta, Commander in Italian East Africa (1898–1942))
• Howard W. Hunter (1907 to 1995. American religious leader (1907–1995))
• René Préval (1943 to 2017. President of Haiti (1996–2001, 2006–2011))
• Fred W. Friendly (1915 to 1998. President of CBS News)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896 to 1982. Indian Urdu poet)
• Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978 to 1039. Holy Roman Empress from 1014 to 1024; Roman Catholic saint)
• John Frederick I the Magnanimous (1503 to 1554. Elector of Saxony from 1532 to 1547)
• Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (1461 to 1542. Illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England)
• Sholem Schwarzbard (1886 to 1938. Russo-French anarchist poet and assassin (1886–1938))
• Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767 to 1855. French politician (1767–1855))
• William Stukeley (1687 to 1765. English antiquarian (1687–1765))
• Johan Christian Fabricius (1745 to 1808. Danish zoologist (1745–1808))
• Gerhard Herzberg (1904 to 1999. German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999))
• Jan Toorop (1858 to 1928. Dutch painter (1858–1928))
• John Krol (1910 to 1996. American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996))
• Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755 to 1824. Italian violinist (1755–1824))
• William Pogue (1930 to 2014. American astronaut (1930–2014))
• Henri Troyat (1911 to 2007. Russian-French author (1911–2007))
• Brian Faulkner (1921 to 1977. Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1971 to 1972)
• Robert Mills (architect) (1781 to 1855. American architect)
• Pierre Cuypers (1827 to 1921. Dutch architect)

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