Historical Births Today: 03 October

Births

• 1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)


• 1720 - Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)


• 1790 - John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)


• 1792 - Francisco Morazán, Central American statesman


• 1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)


• 1800 - George Bancroft, American historian and Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)


• 1802 - John Gorrie, American scientist (d. 1855)


• 1804 - Townsend Harris, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878)


• 1804 - Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)


• 1806 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)


• 1828 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)


• 1848 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (d. 1929)


• 1858 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)


• 1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)


• 1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)


• 1869 - Alfred Flatow, German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942)


• 1880 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)


• 1882 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)


• 1885 - Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947)


• 1885 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)


• 1886 - Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)


• 1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)


• 1894 - Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)


• 1894 - Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (d. 1976)


• 1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. 1969)


• 1895 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, Russian lyrical poet (d. 1925)


• 1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)


• 1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)


• 1898 - Leo McCarey, American film director (d. 1969)


• 1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)


• 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author (d. 1938)


• 1901 - Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)


• 1904 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)


• 1904 - Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 (d. 1998)


• 1911 - Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)


• 1915 - Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)


• 1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)


• 1916 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (d. 1969)


• 1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1922 - Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)


• 1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)


• 1924 - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter


• 1924 - Harvey Kurtzman, U.S. cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine (d. 1993)


• 1925 - Gore Vidal, American author


• 1928 - Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)


• 1928 - Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist


• 1929 - Bert Stern, American photographer


• 1931 - Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender


• 1933 - Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player


• 1935 - Charles Duke, American astronaut


• 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer


• 1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)


• 1938 - Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer


• 1940 - Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter


• 1940 - Sheila Fearn, English actress


• 1940 - Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1941 - Chubby Checker, American musician


• 1942 - Alan Rachins, American actor


• 1943 - Jeff Bingaman, Democratic U.S. Senator of New Mexico


• 1944 - Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician


• 1944 - Roy Horn, German-American magician


• 1944 - Bob Riley, American politician, governor of Alabama


• 1945 - Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (d. 1988)


• 1946 - Biff Henderson, American television personality


• 1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician


• 1948 - Michael Medved, American film critic


• 1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, American musician (Fleetwood Mac)


• 1949 - J. P. Dutta, Indian Bollywood film director


• 1950 - Pamela Hensley, American actress


• 1951 - Bernard Cooper, American writer


• 1951 - Keb' Mo', American singer


• 1951 - Dave Winfield, American baseball player


• 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player


• 1954 - Al Sharpton, American minister and activist


• 1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)


• 1956 - Hart Bochner, Canadian film actor/director


• 1957 - Tim Westwood, Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ


• 1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer


• 1959 - Greg Proops, American actor and comedian


• 1959 - Jack Wagner, American actor


• 1962 - Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe)


• 1963 - Marion Peck, American artist and painter


• 1964 - Clive Owen, British actor


• 1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player


• 1966 - Darrin Fletcher, Major League Baseball player


• 1966 - Frank Hannon American guitarist Tesla (band)


• 1967 - Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist


• 1968 - Paul Crichton, English footballer


• 1968 - Greg Foster, American basketball player


• 1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer (No Doubt)


• 1969 - Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel)


• 1971 - Wil Cordero, baseball player


• 1971 - Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)


• 1972 - Garrett Dutton, American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)


• 1972 - Black Thought, American rapper (The Roots)


• 1972 - Lajon Witherspoon, American singer (Sevendust)


• 1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress


• 1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress


• 1973 - Angélica Gavaldón, Mexican tennis player


• 1973 - Lena Headey, British actress


• 1974 - Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater


• 1974 - Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1975 - India.Arie, American singer


• 1975 - Talib Kweli, American rapper


• 1975 - Alanna Ubach,American actress


• 1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor


• 1978 - Jake Shears, singer (Scissor Sisters)


• 1978 - Gerald Asamoah, German footballer


• 1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer


• 1978 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress


• 1979 - John Hennigan, American professional wrestler


• 1979 - Daniel Hollie, American professional wrestler


• 1980 - Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian hockey player


• 1981 - Danny Coid, English Footballer


• 1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer


• 1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer


• 1981 - Matt Murton, American baseball player


• 1981 - Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress


• 1982 - Erik von Detten, American actor


• 1983 - Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer


• 1983 - Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor


• 1984 - Yoon Eun Hye, South Korean actress


• 1984 - Ashlee Simpson, American singer


• 1987 - Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican Miss Universe


• 1988 - Tadhg Kelly, American actor


• 1990 - Rhian Denise Ramos, Filipino actress


• 1996 - Adair Tishler, American child actress