February 3 - Births

Births

• 995 – William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
• 1338 – Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)
• 1654 – Pietro Antonio Fiocco, Italian Baroque composer (d. 1714)
• 1677 – Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
• 1689 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
• 1690 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
• 1721 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
• 1736 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian musician (d. 1809)
• 1747 – Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813)
• 1757 – Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist (d. 1833)
• 1777 – John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (d. 1836)
• 1795 – Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
• 1807 – Joseph E. Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1891)
• 1808 – Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877)
• 1809 – Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
• 1811 – Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
• 1817 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
• 1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
• 1824 – Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
• 1826 – Walter Bagehot, English essayist, journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
• 1830 – Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
• 1842 – Sidney Lanier, American musician and poet. (d. 1881)
• 1843 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (d. 1915)
• 1857 – Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor (d. 1935)
• 1859 – Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
• 1862 – James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
• 1871 – Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, French fencer (d. 1929)
• 1872 – Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Gertrude Stein, American writer, poet and art collector (d. 1946)
• 1876 – William Tedmarsh, English-born American silent movie actor (d. 1937)
• 1887 – Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
• 1889 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1894 – Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
• 1898 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
• 1899 – João Café Filho, Brazilian president (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
• 1899 – Doris Speed, English actress (d. 1994)
• 1900 – Mabel Mercer, English born cabaret singer (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish aviator (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Joe Stripp, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
• 1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
• 1905 – Arne Beurling, Swedish/American mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1907 – James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
• 1909 – André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
• 1911 – Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
• 1911 – Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1912 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Mary Carlisle, American actress and singer
• 1913 – Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
• 1918 – Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Shlomo Goren, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Helen Stephens, American runner (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Russell Arms, American actor and singer
• 1920 – Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
• 1920 – Henry Heimlich, American physician
• 1923 – Alys Robi, Canadian singer
• 1924 – E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class) (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Martial Asselin, Canadian politician
• 1925 – Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
• 1925 – John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1926 – Shelley Berman, American comedian
• 1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
• 1927 – Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
• 1927 – Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
• 1927 – Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Ingemar Haraldsson, Swedish footballer (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Ken Shipp, American football coach
• 1930 – Gillian Ayres, English painter
• 1932 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1933 – Polde Bibič, Slovenian actor and writer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Paul Sarbanes, American politician
• 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese military ruler
• 1934 – Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentine actor
• 1935 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Jim Marshall, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Billy Meier, Swiss ufologist
• 1938 – Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1938 – Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands boxer
• 1939 – Michael Cimino, American film director
• 1940 – Angelo D'Aleo, American singer (Dion and the Belmonts)
• 1940 – Fran Tarkenton, American football player
• 1941 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
• 1941 – Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler
• 1941 – Bridget Hanley, American actress
• 1943 – Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 – Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1943 – Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 – Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
• 1945 – Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1945 – Bob Griese, American football player
• 1947 – Paul Auster, American novelist
• 1947 – Dave Davies, English musician (The Kinks)
• 1947 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
• 1947 – Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese politician, Nobel Peace laureate
• 1948 – Henning Mankell, Swedish author
• 1948 – Jim Lockhart, Irish musician (Horslips)
• 1949 – Arthur Kane, American musician (New York Dolls) (d. 2004)
• 1949 – Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
• 1949 – Donald Palma, American musician
• 1950 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress
• 1950 – Pamela Franklin, British actress
• 1951 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
• 1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball player
• 1953 – Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
• 1954 – Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
• 1955 – Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
• 1956 – John Jefferson, American football player
• 1956 – Nathan Lane, American actor
• 1956 – Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
• 1957 – Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
• 1957 – Steven Stapleton, English musician (Nurse With Wound)
• 1958 – Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American astronaut
• 1958 – N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
• 1959 – Thomas Calabro, American actor
• 1959 – Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
• 1959 – Lol Tolhurst, English musician (The Cure)
• 1959 – Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish film director
• 1960 – Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1960 – Tim Chandler, American bass guitar player (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies)
• 1960 – Joachim Löw, German football manager
• 1961 – Jay Adams, American skateboarder
• 1961 – Linda Eder, American singer
• 1961 – Keith Gordon, American actor
• 1962 – Michele Greene, American actress
• 1962 – Marty Jannetty, American professional wrestler
• 1963 – Raghuram Rajan, American economist
• 1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, American actress
• 1965 – Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician
• 1965 – Maura Tierney, American actress
• 1966 – Frank Coraci, American film director
• 1966 – Kostas Patavoukas, Greek basketball player
• 1967 – Dave Benson Phillips, English children's TV presenter
• 1967 – Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1967 – Bob Taylor, English footballer
• 1968 – Vlade Divac, Serbian basketball player
• 1969 – Retief Goosen, South African golfer
• 1969 – Robert Pack, American basketball player
• 1970 – Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• 1970 – Warwick Davis, English actor
• 1971 – Sean Dawkins, American football player
• 1971 – Elisa Donovan, American actress
• 1971 – Vincent Elbaz, French actor
• 1971 – Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
• 1971 – Christian Liljegren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Narnia, Audiovision, and Divinefire)
• 1971 – Rockwilder, American producer
• 1972 – Jesper Kyd, Danish composer
• 1972 – Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
• 1973 – Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
• 1974 – Konrad Gałka, Polish swimmer
• 1974 – Julie Meadows, American porn actress
• 1974 – Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
• 1975 – Brad Thorn, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Isla Fisher, Scottish-Australian actress
• 1976 – Tim Heidecker, American comedian
• 1976 – Dwayne Rudd, American football player
• 1977 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer and rapper
• 1977 – Marek Zidlicky, Czeck ice hockey player
• 1978 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Adrian R'Mante, American actor
• 1978 – Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Becca Fitzpatrick, American author
• 1980 – Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
• 1980 – Kim E-Z, former member of the Korean girl group, Baby V.O.X.
• 1981 – Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
• 1982 – Marie-Eve Drolet, Canadian short track speed skater
• 1982 – Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
• 1982 – Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
• 1982 – Bridget Regan, American actress
• 1983 – Richard Bartel, American football player
• 1983 – Silambarasan Rajendar, Indian actor
• 1983 – Gabriel Sargissian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• 1984 – Sara Carbonero, Spanish TV presenter and journalist
• 1985 – Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
• 1986 – Lucas Duda, American baseball player
• 1986 – Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
• 1987 – Jung Ayul, South Korean actress (d. 2012)
• 1987 – Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler, model, cheerleader
• 1988 – Kyuhyun, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1988 – Nicola Redomi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
• 1989 – Ryne Sanborn, American actor
• 1989 – Julio Jones, American Football player
• 1990 – Sean Kingston, Jamaican-American singer
• 1990 – Sterling Moore, American football player
• 1991 – Glenn McCuen, American actor and model
• 1993 – Getter Jaani, Estonian actress and singer