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May 3 birthdays

297 notable historical figures were born on May 3, and 164 died on this day. Everyone born on May 3 is a Taurus.

19% of May 3 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.

Born on May 3

• Pete Seeger (1919 to 2014. American musician and social activist (1919–2014))
• James Brown (1933 to 2006. American musician (1933–2006))
• Bing Crosby (1903 to 1977. American singer and actor (1903–1977))
• Carlo Acutis (1991 to 2006. Italian saint (1991–2006))
• Machiavelli (1469 to 1527. Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527))
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 to 1940. Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940))
• Princess Haya bint Hussein (born 1974. King Hussein I of Jordan's daughter)
• Robert De Niro Sr. (1922 to 1993. American expressionist painter (1922–1993))
• Akio Toyoda (born 1956. Japanese business executive (born 1956))
• Steven Weinberg (1933 to 2021. American theoretical physicist (1933–2021))
• Charles XV (1826 to 1872. King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872)
• Margaret of York (1446 to 1503. Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477)
• Cecily Neville (1415 to 1495. English noblewoman (1415–1495))
• Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748 to 1836. French Roman Catholic abbé and political writer (1748–1836))
• Anna Roosevelt Halsted (1906 to 1975. American writer and socialite (1906–1975))
• Bernhard von Bülow (1849 to 1929. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909)
• Carlo Rovelli (born 1956. Italian theoretical physicist and writer (born 1956))
• Elisabeth of Bourbon (1764 to 1794. French princess, Sister of Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God (1764–1794))
• Emma Seligman (born 1995. Canadian film director and screenwriter)
• Élie Metchnikoff (1845 to 1916. Russian immunologist (1845–1916))
• Luce Irigaray (born 1930. Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher)
• Heraclius Constantine (612 to 641. Byzantine emperor in 641)
• Assi Rahbani (1923 to 1986. Lebanese composer, musician, and producer (1923–1986))
• George Paget Thomson (1892 to 1975. British experimental physicist (1892–1975))
• Yehuda Amichai (1924 to 2000. Israeli poet and author (1924–2000))
• Kiro Gligorov (1917 to 2012. 1st president of Macedonia)
• Bill Sienkiewicz (born 1958. American comic book artist (born 1958))
• Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877 to 1933. Hungarian noble and academic)
• Aldo Rossi (1931 to 1997. Italian architect (1931–1997))
• Leonid Khachiyan (1952 to 2005. Soviet and American mathematician and computer scientist)
• Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873 to 1945. Ukrainian and Russian Cossack military and political official; Hetman of Ukraine (1918))
• Eduard Heger (born 1976. 10th Prime Minister of Slovakia)
• Luis Alberto Moreno (born 1953. Colombian businessman and former diplomat)
• Massimo Ranieri (born 1951. Musical artist)
• Betty Comden (1917 to 2006. American dramatist and lyricist (1917–2006))
• Ernst Kantorowicz (1895 to 1963. German-American historian (1895–1963))
• Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951. Russian writer)
• Septima Poinsette Clark (1898 to 1987. American activist)
• Esperança da Costa (born 1961. Vice President of Angola since 2022)
• Isadore Singer (1924 to 2021. American mathematician (1924–2021))
• Vito Volterra (1860 to 1940. Italian mathematician and physicist (1860–1940))
• Albert Mandler (1929 to 1973. Israeli general (1929–1973))
• Marcel Dupré (1886 to 1971. French organist, composer and pedagogue (1886–1971))
• Louis, Count of Évreux (1276 to 1319. French prince (1276–1319))
• Montgomery C. Meigs (1816 to 1892. Union Army general)
• Miklós Zrínyi (1620 to 1664. Croatian-Hungarian military commander (1620–1664))
• Jeffrey C. Hall (born 1945. American geneticist and chronobiologist (born 1945))
• Götz Aly (born 1947. German journalist, historian and social scientist (born 1947))
• Raffaele Riario (1461 to 1521. Italian cardinal (1461–1521))
• Alfred Kastler (1902 to 1984. German-born French physicist (1902–1984))
• Alessandro Allori (1535 to 1607. Italian painter)
• Brother Stair (1933 to 2021. Christian fundamentalist (1933–2021))
• Kuroki Tamemoto (1844 to 1923. Japanese general (1844–1923))
• Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (born 1951. 41st Prime Minister of Poland in 1991)
• Vasco Gonçalves (1922 to 2005. Former Prime Minister of Portugal)
• Nitin Saxena (born 1981. Indian mathematician and computer scientist)
• Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (1857 to 1911. Irish writer (1857–1911))
• Sugar Ray Robinson (1921 to 1989. American boxer (1921–1989))
• José de la Riva Agüero (1783 to 1858. President of Peru in 1823)
• Stephen M. Veazey (born 1957. Prophet-President of Community of Christ (2005–2025))

Died on May 3

• Mehmed II (1432 to 1481. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481))
• Zakir Husain (1897 to 1969. President of India from 1967 to 1969)
• Patrick Pearse (1879 to 1916. Irish revolutionary (1879–1916))
• Robert De Niro Sr. (1922 to 1993. American expressionist painter (1922–1993))
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685 to 762. Emperor of the Tang dynasty from 713 to 756)
• Pramod Mahajan (1949 to 2006. Indian politician)
• Benedict XIV (1675 to 1758. Head of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758)
• late grandfather's (1914 to 1997. Prince Napoléon)
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820 to 1873. First ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1820–1873))
• Napoléon V Victor (1862 to 1926. Pretender to the French throne from 1879 to 1926)
• Gary Becker (1930 to 2014. American economist (1930–2014))
• Erik of Pomerania (1381 to 1459. King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1381/1382–1459))
• Béla IV of Hungary (1206 to 1270. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1235 to 1270)
• Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916 to 2005. Indian military officer (1916–2005))
• George Murphy (1902 to 1992. American actor and politician (1902–1992))
• Adolphe Adam (1803 to 1856. French composer (1803–1856))
• Alexander V (1339 to 1410. Papal claimant from 1409 to 1410 (c. 1339 – 1410))
• Stanislav Shushkevich (1934 to 2022. Leader of Belarus from 1991 to 1994)
• Aleksandar Karađorđević (1806 to 1885. Prince of Serbia (1806–1885))
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 to 1704. Czech-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704))
• Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926 to 2008. Spanish politician (1926–2008))
• Matilda of Boulogne (1105 to 1152. Queen of England from 1135 to 1152)
• Thorvald Stauning (1873 to 1942. Prime Minister of Denmark (1873–1942))
• Lev Pontryagin (1908 to 1988. Soviet mathematician (1908–1988))
• Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666 to 1739. Legitimized daughter of Louis XIV (1666–1739))
• Charlie Soong (1863 to 1918. Chinese businessman (1861–1918))
• Thomas Hood (1799 to 1845. English poet and humorist (1799–1845))
• Prince Octavius of Great Britain (1779 to 1783. British prince (1779–1783))
• Henry Ossian Flipper (1856 to 1940. American soldier (1856–1940))
• Karel Appel (1921 to 2006. Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (1921–2006))

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