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September 3 birthdays

280 notable historical figures were born on September 3, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on September 3 is a Virgo.

16% of September 3 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on September 3

• Jenny Han (born 1980. American writer (born 1980))
• Charlie Sheen (born 1965. American film and television actor (born 1965))
• Mario Draghi (born 1947. Prime Minister of Italy from 2021 to 2022)
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936 to 2019. President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011)
• Daron Acemoglu (born 1967. Turkish-American economist (born 1967))
• Eva Vlaardingerbroek (born 1996. Dutch political commentator (born 1996))
• Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851 to 1926. Queen of Greece from 1867 to 1913)
• Urho Kekkonen (1900 to 1986. President of Finland from 1956 to 1982)
• Eugène de Beauharnais (1781 to 1824. French statesman and military officer (1781–1824))
• Louis Sullivan (1856 to 1924. American architect (1856–1924))
• Pilar Pallete (born 1928. Peruvian-born American painter (born 1928))
• Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810 to 1842. French prince (1810–1842))
• Maithripala Sirisena (born 1951. President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019)
• Ty Warner (born 1944. American businessman (born 1944))
• Omi (singer) (born 1986. Jamaican singer (born 1986))
• Caryl Churchill (born 1938. British playwright (born 1938))
• Roshanara Begum (1617 to 1671. Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire)
• John Humphrey Noyes (1811 to 1886. American utopian community founder (1811–1886))
• 7th Dalai Lama (1708 to 1757. Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1720 to 1757)
• Levy Mwanawasa (1948 to 2008. 3rd president of Zambia (1948–2008))
• Matthew Boulton (1728 to 1809. English industrialist (1728–1809))
• Sergey Stepanov (musician) (born 1984. Musical artist and Internet meme)
• Carl David Anderson (1905 to 1991. American experimental physicist (1905–1991))
• Sergei Dovlatov (1941 to 1990. Soviet journalist and writer (1941–1990))
• Kjell Magne Bondevik (born 1947. Norwegian politician (born 1947))
• Nasir Khusraw (1004 to 1088. 11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary)
• James Joseph Sylvester (1814 to 1897. English mathematician (1814–1897))
• Marguerite Higgins (1920 to 1966. American journalist (1920–1966))
• Nikolai Denkov (born 1962. Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2023 to 2024)
• Lev Pontryagin (1908 to 1988. Soviet mathematician (1908–1988))
• J. M. E. McTaggart (1866 to 1925. English philosopher (1866–1925))
• Solomon Lefschetz (1884 to 1972. Russian-born American mathematician (1884–1972))
• Douglas Gracey (1894 to 1964. British military officer (1894–1964))
• Stanislav Smirnov (born 1970. Russian mathematician (born 1970))
• Gaston Thorn (1928 to 2007. Luxembourgish and international politician (1928–2007))
• Charles Augustus (1757 to 1828. Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
• Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032 to 1073. Emperor of Japan from 1068 to 1073)
• Prudence Crandall (1803 to 1890. American civil rights pioneer (1803–1890))
• Macfarlane Burnet (1899 to 1985. Australian virologist (1899–1985))
• Kevin Kiner (born 1958. American film and television composer (born 1958))
• Macha Méril (born 1940. French actress and writer (born 1940))
• Gerd Gigerenzer (born 1947. German psychologist (born 1947))
• Alison Lurie (1926 to 2020. American novelist and academic (1926–2020))
• Ryōji Noyori (born 1938. Japanese chemist (born 1938))
• Nereu Ramos (1888 to 1958. President of Brazil from 1955 to 1956)
• John Ernst Worrell Keely (1837 to 1898. American inventor and fraud)
• Negasso Gidada (1943 to 2019. President of Ethiopia from 1995 to 2001)
• John N. Abrams (1946 to 2018. United States Army general)
• Gareth Southgate (born 1970. English footballer and manager (born 1970))
• Olivera Ćirković (born 1969. Serbian basketball player and jewel thief)
• Chabuca Granda (1920 to 1983. Peruvian singer and composer (1920–1983))
• Paul Kane (1810 to 1871. Canadian painter (1810–1871))
• Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen (born 1943. Prussian prince (born 1943))
• Christian I of Birkenfeld- Bischweiler (1598 to 1654. Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654)
• Norihiko Hibino (born 1973. Japanese composer and saxophonist)
• María Mercedes Coroy (born 1994. Guatemalan actress (born 1994))
• Fritz Pregl (1869 to 1930. Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist)
• Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929. Canadian visual artist (born 1929))
• T. Michael Moseley (born 1949. US Air Force general)
• Joseph Warioba (born 1940. Prime Minister of Tanzania from 1985 to 1990)

Died on September 3

• Oliver Cromwell (1599 to 1658. English military and political leader (1599–1658))
• William Rehnquist (1924 to 2005. Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005)
• Adolphe Thiers (1797 to 1877. President of France from 1871 to 1873)
• E. E. Cummings (1894 to 1962. American poet and author (1894–1962))
• Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749 to 1792. Princesse de Lamballe)
• Edvard Beneš (1884 to 1948. Czechoslovak politician (1884–1948))
• Fanny Kaplan (1890 to 1918. Attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (1890–1918))
• Jusepe de Ribera (1591 to 1652. Spanish painter (1591–1652))
• John Ashbery (1927 to 2017. American poet (1927–2017))
• Harry Partch (1901 to 1974. American composer (1901–1974))
• Robert Greene (dramatist) (1558 to 1592. English author (1558–1592))
• Eleanor of Portugal (1434 to 1467. Holy Roman Empress from 1452 to 1467)
• Kitbuqa (1250 to 1260. Mongol general (died 1260))
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764 to 1820. English architect (1764-1820))
• Walter Short (1880 to 1949. U.S. Army Major general)
• Piero Sraffa (1898 to 1983. Italian economist (1898–1983))
• Johnny Marks (1909 to 1985. American songwriter (1909–1985))
• Saint Marinus (275 to 366. Italian stonemason who founded San Marino in 301)
• Emperor Uda (867 to 931. Emperor of Japan from 887 to 897)
• Traian Vuia (1872 to 1950. Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer (1872–1950))
• Louis MacNeice (1907 to 1963. Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963))
• Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779 to 1853. French explorer and botanist (1779–1853))
• Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1339 to 1420. Scottish prince and statesman (died 1420))
• Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798 to 1881. Princess of Salerno)
• Julian Amery (1919 to 1996. British politician (1919–1996))
• Hassan Firouzabadi (1951 to 2021. Iranian military officer (1951–2021))
• Prince Jerome (1830 to 1893. French-American soldier (1830–1893))
• Derek J. de Solla Price (1922 to 1983. Physicist and science historian (1922–1983))
• Michael Clarke Duncan (1957 to 2012. American actor (1957–2012))
• Qansuh al-Ghawri (1441 to 1516. Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 1501 to 1516)

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