Birthdays of important personalities on January 3

1624: William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America
1680: Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
1763: Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
1777: Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker
1777: M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
1789: Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher
1793: Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1810: Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24]
1810: Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
1819: Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892
1829: John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian
1829: Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1835: Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor
1840: Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1868: Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian
1870: Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)
1876: Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
1879: Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)
1883: Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51)
1884: Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
1886: John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
1887: Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)
1893: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
1898: Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
1901: Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)
1901: Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1902: Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician
1903: Charles Foulkes, Canada, general
1904: Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
1905: Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
1909: Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
1910: Thomas Stuart Willan, historian
1917: Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN
1918: Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
1922: Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
1924: Andre Franquin, cartoonist
1924: Henry M Fazzie, S Afr Union/UDF-leader
1924: Roy Harding, British teacher
1926: Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist
1928: Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
1929: Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
1932: Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut
1934: Carla Hills, politician (US Pres Commission on Housing-1982)
1936: David Vine, British(?) sport commentator
1939: Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)
1947: Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut
1948: Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)
1948: Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1951: Frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches
1953: Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961: Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
1962: Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)
1962: Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)
1962: Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
1964: Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1965: Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids MI, pitcher (SF Giants)
1966: John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966: Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1967: Demetri Davis, WLAF tight end (Barcelona Dragons)
1967: Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
1968: Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)
1968: Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969: Matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1969: Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1969: Steve Poapst, Cornwall, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1971: Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1971: Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1972: Deborah Carter, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
1974: Stefan Ustorf, Kaufbeuren Ger, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1974: Todd Warriner, Blenheim, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1976: Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player (Ajax, VVV)
1977: Beata Handra, SF Calif, dance skater (& Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd)
1980: Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)

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