Famous Births on 3 May

Famous Births on 3 May

1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
1764 - Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI, guillotined 1794
1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)
1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
1857 - George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)
1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
1886 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
1896 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
1896 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
1901 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
1905 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)
1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1975)
1906 - Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
1917 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)
1918 - Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
1919 - Pete Seeger, American singer
1920 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
1921 - Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician
1923 - George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
1924 - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
1924 - Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian
1933 - Alex Cord, American actor
1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer
1934 - Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor
1937 - Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
1940 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
1942 - C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
1942 - Dave Marash, American journalist
1945 - Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach
1946 - Norm Chow, American football coach
1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
1948 - Chris Mulkey, American actor
1949 - Ron Wyden, American politician
1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician
1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
1952 - Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete
1954 - Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
1956 - Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
1957 - Rod Langway, American ice hockey player
1958 - Kevin Kilner, American actor
1958 - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter
1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician
1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
1959 - David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
1960 - Amy Steel, American actress
1961 - Steve McClaren, English football manager
1961 - Joe Murray, American cartoonist
1961 - David Vitter American politician
1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman
1963 - Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player
1963 - Sally Whittaker, English actress
1964 - Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
1965 - John Jensen, Danish footballer
1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor
1966 - Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
1968 - Shane Minor, American singer
1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor
1970 - Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
1971 - Damon Dash, American label executive
1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
1972 - Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
1972 - Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese adult actress
1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
1975 - Dulé Hill, American actor
1975 - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
1977 - Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
1978 - Christina Hendricks, American actress
1978 - Lawrence Tynes, American football player
1979 - Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
1980 - Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
1982 - Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
1983 - Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer
1983 - Joseph Addai, American football player
1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
1983 - Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
1984 - Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
1985 - Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer
612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)