June 3 - Births

Births

• 1537 – John Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
• 1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
• 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
• 1636 – John Hale, American pastor during the Salem witch trials (d.1700)
• 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and naturalist (d. 1788)
• 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
• 1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
• 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. 1820)
• 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
• 1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
• 1819 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss missionary, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
• 1832 – Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1840 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
• 1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1844 – Garret Hobart, American politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)
• 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist (d. 1942)
• 1855 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905)
• 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
• 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
• 1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Otto Loewi, German pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958)
• 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist (d. 1997)
• 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
• 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Nate Barragar, American football player (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and writer (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Lloyd Percival, Canadian sports pioneer (d. 1974)
• 1917 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque dancer, model, and actress (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and coach
• 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director
• 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician
• 1924 – Karunanidhi, Indian Politician, 15th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Million Dollar Band) (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host, director, and producer
• 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
• 1930 – George Fernandes, Indian politician
• 1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese writer and producer
• 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, French actress
• 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba
• 1931 – John Norman, American author
• 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete
• 1933 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain (d. 1999)
• 1934 – Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
• 1935 – Irma P. Hall, American actress
• 1936 – Jim Gentile, American baseball player
• 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author
• 1937 – Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
• 1937 – Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1938 – David L. Mills, American computer engineer
• 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
• 1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and musician (Mott the Hoople)
• 1939 – Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist
• 1940 – Loretta Long, American actress
• 1940 – Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Impressions) (d. 1999)
• 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Edith McGuire, American runner
• 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete
• 1945 – John Derbyshire, English-American mathematician
• 1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer
• 1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1945 – Bill Paterson, English actor
• 1946 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer
• 1946 – Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
• 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
• 1947 – Mickey Finn, English singer and musician (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch football manager
• 1949 – Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
• 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
• 1950 – Suzi Quatro, English-American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
• 1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician
• 1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 – Robert Z'Dar, American actor
• 1952 – Billy Powell, American keyboardist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
• 1952 – David Richards, English businessman
• 1953 – John Moulder Brown, English actor
• 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1954 – Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1956 – Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
• 1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer and musician (The Quick and The Rembrandts)
• 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1958 – Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian
• 1958 – Suzie Plakson, American actress
• 1959 – John Carlson, American radio host
• 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
• 1961 – Ed Wynne, English musician, producer, and composer (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus)
• 1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
• 1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
• 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
• 1964 – Kerry King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slayer)
• 1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
• 1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, musician, and filmmaker (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod)
• 1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
• 1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
• 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer
• 1966 – Jamie O'Neal, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
• 1967 – Jason Jones, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1968 – Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi)
• 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
• 1969 – Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese singer (Access)
• 1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Julie Masse, French-Canadian singer
• 1970 – Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
• 1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up)
• 1971 – Carl Everett, American baseball player
• 1971 – John Hodgman, American author, actor, and humorist
• 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer and musician (Stereophonics)
• 1974 – Arianne Zucker, American actress
• 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1975 – Jeff Soto, American painter
• 1976 – Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and singer
• 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 1977 – Cristiano Marques Gomez, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Travis Hafner, American baseball player
• 1977 – Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
• 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1980 – Amauri, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
• 1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Timur Tekkal, German rugby player
• 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Hi-5)
• 1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Janine Habeck, German model
• 1984 – Emily Scott, Australian model, DJ, and producer
• 1985 – Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian boxer
• 1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
• 1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
• 1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
• 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 – Tomas Verner, Czech ice skater
• 1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft)
• 1987 – Michelle Keegan, English actress
• 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• 1989 – Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
• 1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
• 2006 – Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg