Birthdays of important personalities on July 3

1423: King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
1442: Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1530: Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
1676: Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
1683: Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765)
1685: Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
1728: Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
1738: John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
1743: Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
1851: Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
1854: Leoš Janácek, Czech composer (d. 1928)
1870: Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
1875: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
1878: George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. 1942)
1879: Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
1880: Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (d. 1967)
1883: Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
1900: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (d. 1987)
1903: Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1906: George Sanders, British actor (d. 1972)
1908: M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
1908: Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
1913: Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist (d. 1965)
1917: João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
1918: S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (d. 1974)
1920: Paul O'Dea, baseball player (d. 1978)
1921: Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
1924: S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
1927: Ken Russell, British director
1930: Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
1930: Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
1930: Tommy Tedesco, American musician (d. 1997)
1933: Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
1935: Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
1937: Tom Stoppard, Czech-born, British playwright
1938: Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
1939: Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano
1939: László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat
1940: César Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1994)
1940: Fontella Bass, American soul singer
1940: Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
1940: Lamar Alexander, American politician
1942: Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor
1942: Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (d. 1999)
1943: Kurtwood Smith, American actor
1944: Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter
1945: Michael Cole, American TV actor
1946: Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
1947: Betty Buckley, American actress
1947: Dave Barry, American humorist and author
1948: Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
1949: Jan Smithers, American actress
1949: Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
1950: Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
1950: James Hahn, American politician
1951: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
1951: Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
1955: Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
1956: Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
1956: Montel Williams, American celebrity and former talk show host
1957: Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
1958: Aaron Tippin, American singer
1958: Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist
1958: Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
1959: Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
1959: Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt)
1960: Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
1961: Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
1961: Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
1962: Hunter Tylo, American actress
1962: Thomas Gibson, American actor
1962: Tom Cruise, American actor
1964: Joanne Harris, British author
1964: Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress
1965: Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
1965: Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
1966: Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
1966: Sandra Lee, American television host and cookbook author
1967: Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
1969: Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
1970: Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
1970: Shawnee Smith, American actress
1970: Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
1973: Emma Cunniffe, British actress
1973: Johnny Terris, Canadian-born actor and director
1973: Patrick Wilson, American actor
1976: Andrea Barber, American actress
1976: Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
1976: Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1979: David Bacani, American baseball player
1979: Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
1979: Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
1980: Kevin Boyle, American basketballer
1980: Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
1982: Kanika, Indian actress
1983: Steph Jones, American singer and model
1984: Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
1984: Manny Lawson, American Football player
1984: Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987: Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver

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