Famous Births on 3 Jan

Famous Births on 3 Jan

106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1698 - Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1733 - Sir Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
1760 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist (d. 1880)
1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (d. 1857)
1806 - Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
1810 - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897)
1819 - Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
1836 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1840 - Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)
1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1861 - William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1862 - Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946)
1873 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
1876 - Wilhelm Pieck, first President of East Germany (d. 1960)
1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1884 - Raoul von Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
1886 - Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
1887 - Helen Parkhurst, American educator (d. 1973)
1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974)
1901 - Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1905 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
1916 - Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
1916 - Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
1916 - Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist
1917 - General Vernon Walters, U.S. military officer, diplomat (d. 2002)
1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
1921 - John Russell, American actor (d. 1991)
1922 - Ronald Smith, British pianist (d. 2004)
1922 - Bill Travers, English actor and director (d. 1994)
1923 - Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005)
1923 - Charles Tingwell, Australian actor
1924 - André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (d. 1997)
1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
1924 - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
1926 - George Martin, British producer
1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
1935 - Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman
1936 - David Vine, British sports commentator
1937 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1939 - Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
1939 - Janice Crosio, Australian politician
1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
1939 - Ruben Reyes, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician
1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
1942 - John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)
1944 - Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician
1946 - John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)
1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer
1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
1950 - Victoria Principal, American actress
1951 - Gary Nairn, Australian politician
1952 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman
1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
1956 - Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
1957 - Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier
1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
1960 - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
1962 - Francesca Lia Block, American author
1963 - Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
1963 - Jerome Young, American professional wrestler
1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
1969 - Michael Schumacher, German seven-time F1 World Champion
1970 - Matt Ross, American actor
1970 - Christian Duguay, American comic actor
1970 - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
1971 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
1976 - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
1976 - Alisen Down, Canadian actress
1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1977 - A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
1977 - Michelle Stephenson, English singer (The Spice Girls)
1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
1978 - Dominic Wood, English children's television presenter and magician
1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka
1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
1980 - Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
1980 - David Tyree, American football player
1981 - Chris Blais, California racecar driver
1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
1985 - John David Booty, American football player
1986 - Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
1986 - Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
1988 - Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor
1989 - Anya Kop, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant