Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

August 3

• 1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
• 1692 – John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
• 1734 – Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (d. 1763)
• 1770 – King Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
• 1803 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
• 1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
• 1811 – Elisha Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
• 1817 – Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
• 1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
• 1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
• 1855 – Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1856 – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
• 1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, France-born Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
• 1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English politician (d. 1947)
• 1872 – King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
• 1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
• 1895 – Neva Morris, Iowa's oldest person (d. 2010)
• 1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
• 1899 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
• 1900 – John T. Scopes, American teacher and evolutionist (d. 1970)
• 1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1901 – John C Stennis, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
• 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Franz König, Austrian Cardinal (d. 2004)
• 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Lawrence Brown, American jazz trombonist (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
• 1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian television comedy writer (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
• 1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
• 1917 – Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1920 – P. D. James, English novelist
• 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
• 1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-born Canadian architect
• 1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
• 1921 – Richard Adler, American lyricist and composer
• 1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of Coptic Christianity
• 1923 – Jean Hagen, American film and TV actress (d. 1977)
• 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Marv Levy, American football coach
• 1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer
• 1926 – Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor
• 1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer
• 1934 – William Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
• 1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Michael Chapman, British classical bassoonist (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
• 1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor
• 1937 – Roland Burris, American politician
• 1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter
• 1939 – Jimmie Nicol, English musician
• 1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian cricketer
• 1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
• 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor
• 1940 – James Tyler, American musicologist and author (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
• 1941 – Martha Stewart, American media personality
• 1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
• 1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer
• 1946 – Jack Straw, British politician
• 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1946 – John York, American bass player
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French politician
• 1949 – B. B. Dickerson, American bass player & song writer
• 1950 – John Landis, American film director
• 1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress
• 1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 – Jay North, American actor
• 1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
• 1952 – Loles León, Spanish actress
• 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician
• 1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer
• 1955 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
• 1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer
• 1956 – Kirk Brandon, English musician
• 1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Australian film director
• 1958 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
• 1958 – Cindy Nixon, member of country music group Girls Next Door
• 1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor
• 1959 – Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Killing Joke)
• 1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player
• 1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese engineer and chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
• 1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1961 – Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
• 1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
• 1963 – James Hetfield, American vocalist and guitarist (Metallica)
• 1963 – Ed Roland, American vocalist (Collective Soul)
• 1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor
• 1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
• 1964 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae vocalist and keyboardist (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
• 1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor
• 1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer
• 1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter
• 1967 – Deborah Anne Dyer, aka Skin, singer and model
• 1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1969 – Doug Overton, American basketball player
• 1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
• 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist (Deftones)
• 1970 – Manmohan Waris, Indian Punjabi singer
• 1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1971 – Deidra Muriel Roper, American DJ and rapper, known as DJ Spinderella
• 1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
• 1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor
• 1973 – Stephen Carpenter, lead guitarist with the Deftones
• 1975 – Argiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
• 1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
• 1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
• 1977 – Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
• 1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
• 1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean singer
• 1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
• 1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
• 1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player
• 1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
• 1982 – Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
• 1983 – Mamie Gummer, American actress
• 1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
• 1984 – Jon Foster, American actor
• 1984 – Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
• 1984 – Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer
• 1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
• 1984 – Chris Maurer, American musician
• 1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer
• 1985 – Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer
• 1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque royalty
• 1987 – Kim Hyung Joon, Korean singer (SS501)
• 1988 – Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Leigh Tiffin, American football player
• 1989 – Jules Bianchi, French racing driver
• 1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer