Births on 3 August
1900s
Zach Wilson
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Brahim Díaz
1999
Morocco international footballer (born 1999)
Yoo Yeon-jung
1999
South Korean singer (born 1999)
Luis Robert Jr.
1997
Cuban-born baseball player (born 1997)
Alec Bohm
1996
American baseball player (born 1996)
Bokondji Imama
1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Derwin James
1996
American football player (born 1996)
Zac Gallen
1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Victoria Kan
1995
Russian tennis player (born 1995)
Kwon Alexander
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Manaia Cherrington
1994
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Esther Earl
1994
American author and online personality (1994–2010)
Todd Gurley
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Younghoe Koo
1994
South Korean-American football player (born 1994)
Ola Abidogun
1993
British Paralympic athlete
Yurina Kumai
1993
Japanese pop singer and fashion model (born 1993)
Gamze Bulut
1992
Turkish middle-distance runner
Gesa Felicitas Krause
1992
German steeplechase runner
Diāna Marcinkēviča
1992
Latvian tennis player (born 1992)
Aljon Mariano
1992
Filipino basketball player
Lum Rexhepi
1992
Kosovan footballer (born 1992)
Karlie Kloss
1992
American fashion model (born 1992)
Jourdan Dunn
1990
English model and actress (born 1990)
Kang Min-kyung
1990
South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
Jules Bianchi
1989
French racing driver (1989–2015)
Sam Hutchinson
1989
English footballer (born 1989)
Tyrod Taylor
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Nick Viergever
1989
Dutch footballer (born 1989)
Denny Cardin
1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Leigh Tiffin
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Sven Ulreich
1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Kim Hyung-jun
1987
South Korean entertainer and rapper
Chris McQueen
1987
England international rugby league footballer
Charlotte Casiraghi
1986
Eldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
Darya Domracheva
1986
Belarusian biathlete and coach
Georgina Haig
1985
Australian actress
Brent Kutzle
1985
Musical artist
Ats Purje
1985
Estonian footballer
Sonny Bill Williams
1985
New Zealand dual-code international rugby footballer
Yasin Avcı (footballer, born 1984)
1984
Turkish footballer
Sunil Chhetri
1984
Indian professional footballer (born 1984)
Matt Joyce (baseball)
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Ryan Lochte
1984
American swimmer (born 1984)
Suburban Legends
1984
American ska punk band
Ryan Carter
1983
American ice hockey player (born 1983)
Mark Reynolds (baseball)
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Kaspar Kokk
1982
Estonian cross-country skier (born 1982)
Jesse Lumsden
1982
Canadian football player and bobsledder
Aron Stevens
1982
American professional wrestler (born 1982)
Fikirte Addis
1981
Ethiopian fashion designer
Travis Bowyer
1981
American baseball player
Pablo Ibáñez
1981
Retired Spanish footballer (born 1981)
Nadia Ali (singer)
1980
American singer-songwriter (born 1980)
Dominic Moore
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Tony Pashos
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Brandan Schieppati
1980
American metalcore singer
Hannah Simone
1980
British actress
Evangeline Lilly
1979
Canadian actress (born 1979)
Joi Chua
1978
Singaporean singer (born 1978)
Mariusz Jop
1978
Polish footballer (born 1978)
Jenny Tinmouth
1978
British motorcycle racer
Dimitrios Zografakis
1978
Greek footballer (born 1978)
Tom Brady
1977
American football player and commentator (born 1977)
Justin Lehr
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Óscar Pereiro
1977
Spanish cyclist
Troy Glaus
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Wael Gomaa
1975
Egyptian footballer (born 1975)
Argyro Strataki
1975
Greek heptathlete (born 1975)
Jay Cutler (bodybuilder)
1973
American bodybuilder (born 1973)
Nikos Dabizas
1973
Greek former professional footballer
Michael Ealy
1973
American actor (born 1973)
Chris Murphy
1973
American politician (born 1973)
Sandis Ozoliņš
1972
Latvian ice hockey player (born 1972)
Forbes Johnston
1971
Scottish footballer
DJ Spinderella
1971
American DJ and rapper (born 1970)
Stephen Carpenter
1970
American guitarist
Gina G
1970
Australian singer
Masahiro Sakurai
1970
Japanese video game designer (born 1970)
Doug Overton
1969
American basketball player and coach
Rod Beck
1968
American baseball player (1968–2007)
Mathieu Kassovitz
1967
French actor and director (born 1967)
Skin (musician)
1967
British singer
Brent Butt
1966
Canadian actor, comedian, and writer
Gizz Butt
1966
British musician
Eric Esch
1966
American boxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
Robert Laimer
1966
Austrian politician (born 1966)
Lucky Dube
1964
South African reggae musician (1964–2007)
Ralph Knibbs
1964
English rugby union player
Nate McMillan
1964
American basketball coach and former player (born 1964)
Kevin Sumlin
1964
American football player and coach (born 1964)
Abhisit Vejjajiva
1964
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011
Tasmin Archer
1963
British singer-songwriter (born 1963)
Frano Botica
1963
NZ dual-code international Rugby player
James Hetfield
1963
American musician (born 1963)
David Knox (rugby union)
1963
Australia international rugby union player
Ed Roland
1963
American singer (born 1963)
Lisa Ann Walter
1963
American actress (born 1963)
Isaiah Washington
1963
American actor (born 1963)
Molly Hagan
1961
American actress
Nick Harvey
1961
British Liberal Democrat politician
Lee Rocker
1961
American double bass player (born 1961)
Tim Mayotte
1960
American tennis player
Gopal Sharma
1960
Indian cricketer (born 1960)
Martin Atkins
1959
English musician
Mike Gminski
1959
American basketball player (born 1959)
John C. McGinley
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Koichi Tanaka
1959
Japanese electrical engineer (born 1959)
Lindsey Hilsum
1958
English television journalist and writer (born 1958)
Ana Kokkinos
1958
Australian filmmaker
Bodo Rudwaleit
1957
German former football goalkeeper (born 1957)
Kate Wilkinson (politician)
1957
New Zealand politician
Kirk Brandon
1956
English musician (born 1956)
Todd Christensen
1956
American football player (1956–2013)
Dave Cloud
1956
American singer-songwriter
Balwinder Sandhu
1956
Indian cricketer
Saga (band)
1956
Canadian rock band
Michael Arthur (physician)
1954
British academic
Gary Peters (footballer)
1954
English footballer and manager
Ian Bairnson
1953
Scottish musician (1953–2023)
Marlene Dumas
1953
South African artist (born 1953)
Osvaldo Ardiles
1952
Argentine association football player and manager
Marcel Dionne
1951
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)
Jay North
1951
American actor (1951–2025)
Linda Howard
1950
American writer
John Landis
1950
American filmmaker and actor (born 1950)
Jo Marie Payton
1950
American actress (born 1950)
Ernesto Samper
1950
President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998
Philip Casnoff
1949
American actor
War (band)
1949
American band
Sue Slipman
1949
Former President of the National Union of Students (UK)
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
1948
Prime Minister of France from 2002 to 2005
Ralph Wright (footballer)
1947
English footballer (1947–2020)
Robert Ayling
1946
British businessman
Jack Straw
1946
British politician (born 1946)
John York (musician)
1946
American bassist and guitarist (born 1946)
Eamon Dunphy
1945
Irish association football player and journalist
Morris Berman
1944
American historian (born 1944)
Nino Bravo
1944
Spanish singer (1944-1973)
Béla Bollobás
1943
Hungarian mathematician (born 1943)
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
1943
Swedish princess (born 1943)
Steven Millhauser
1943
American novelist and short story writer (born 1943)
Juanita Helms
1941
American politician
The Shirelles
1941
African American girl group
Martha Stewart
1941
American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
Lance Alworth
1940
American football player (born 1940)
Martin Sheen
1940
American actor (born 1940)
James Tyler (musician)
1940
American musician (1940–2010)
Jimmie Nicol
1939
English drummer (born 1939)
Apoorva Sengupta
1939
Indian cricket player. (1939–2013)
Terry Wogan
1938
Irish-British radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)
Steven Berkoff
1937
English actor (born 1937)
Roland Burris
1937
American politician and attorney (born 1937)
Duncan Sharpe
1937
Pakistani cricketer
Jerry G. Bishop
1936
American broadcaster in Chicago
Edward Petherbridge
1936
English actor, writer, author, and artist
John Erman
1935
American television director and producer (1935–2021)
Georgy Shonin
1935
Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1997)
Vic Vogel
1935
Canadian musician (1935–2019)
Haystacks Calhoun
1934
American professional wrestler (1934–1989)
Michael Chapman (bassoonist)
1934
British musician (1934–2005)
Jonas Savimbi
1934
Angolan politician and rebel leader (1934–2002)
Pat Crawford
1933
Australian cricketer
James Komack
1930
American television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor (1924–1997)
Cécile Aubry
1928
French actress, television director, writer and screenwriter
Henning Moritzen
1928
Danish actor (1928–2012)
Rona Anderson
1926
British actress (1926–2013)
Tony Bennett
1926
American singer (1926–2023)
Anthony Sampson
1926
British writer and journalist
Gordon Scott
1926
American actor (1926–2007)
Rushdy Abaza
1926
Egyptian actor (1926–1980)
Marv Levy
1925
American gridiron football coach (born 1925)
Lewis Rowland
1925
American neurologist
Connie Converse
1924
American musician (born 1924)
Leon Uris
1924
American author (1924–2003)
Jean Hagen
1923
American actress (1923–1977)
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
1923
Head of the Coptic Church from 1971 to 2012
John Eisenhower
1922
United States Army general, military historian, diplomat
Richard Adler
1921
American lyricist, writer, composer and producer (1921–2012)
Hayden Carruth
1921
American poet and literary critic
Marilyn Maxwell
1921
American actress, singer (1921–1972)
Norman Dewis
1920
British racing driver (1920–2019)
Max Fatchen
1920
Australian author and journalist
P. D. James
1920
English crime writer (1920–2014)
Charlie Shavers
1920
American jazz trumpeter (1920–1971)
Elmar Tampõld
1920
Canadian-Estonian architect
James MacGregor Burns
1918
American historian and political scientist (1918–2014)
Sidney Gottlieb
1918
American chemist and spymaster
Larry Haines
1918
American actor
Eddie Jefferson
1918
American jazz vocalist and lyricist (1918–1979)
Les Elgart
1917
American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter (1917–1995)
Shakeel Badayuni
1916
Indian lyricist (1916–1970)
José Manuel Moreno
1916
Argentine footballer (1916–1978)
Mel Tolkin
1913
American comedy writer (1913–2007)
Fritz Hellwig
1912
German politician (1912–2017)
Alex McCrindle
1911
Scottish actor (1911–1990)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1909
Novelist, short story writer, educator
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist)
1907
American jazz trombonist (1907–1988)
Ernesto Geisel
1907
President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979
Yang Shangkun
1907
President of China from 1988 to 1993
Franz König
1905
Austrian Roman Catholic cardinal (1905–2004)
Dolores del Río
1904
Mexican actress (1904–1983)
Clifford D. Simak
1904
American science fiction writer (1904–1988)
Habib Bourguiba
1903
President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987
Regina Jonas
1902
First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)
David Buttolph
1902
American composer (1902–1983)
John C. Stennis
1901
American politician (1901–1995)
Stefan Wyszyński
1901
Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (1901–1981)
Ernie Pyle
1900
American war correspondent and writer
John T. Scopes
1900
American schoolteacher and Scopes Trial figure (1900–1970)
1800s
Louis Chiron
1899
Monégasque racing driver (1899–1979)
Ralph Horween
1896
American football player and coach (1896–1997)
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley
1895
British politician
Harry Heilmann
1894
American baseball player and broadcaster (1894–1951)
Konstantin Melnikov
1890
Russian architect and painter (1890–1974)
Rupert Brooke
1887
English poet (1887–1915)
August Wesley
1887
Finnish journalist
Maithilisharan Gupt
1886
Indian Poet (1886-1964)
Haakon VII
1872
King of Norway from 1905 to 1957
Vernon Louis Parrington
1871
American literary historian (1871-1929)
Stanley Baldwin
1867
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937)
Géza Gárdonyi
1863
Hungarian writer and journalist
William Kennedy Dickson
1860
British-American inventor (1860–1935)
Alfred Deakin
1856
Prime Minister of Australia (1903–1904; 1905–1908; 1909–1910)
Reginald Heber Roe
1850
John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey
1840
British lawyer, judge and politician (1840–1929)
Julien Reverchon
1837
French botanist (1837–1905)
Ivan Zajc
1832
Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher (1832–1914)
Thomas Francis Meagher
1823
Irish nationalist and American Union army officer (1823–1867)
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
1823
Spanish composer (1823–1894)
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
1817
Austrian noble and Austro-Hungarian military officer (1817–1895)
Elisha Otis
1811
19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator
Hamilton Fish
1808
American politician (1808–1893)
Joseph Paxton
1803
English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament
Before 1800
Frederick William III of Prussia
1770
King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840
Aaron Chorin
1766
Hungarian rabbi
Alvise Foscari
1724
Venetian nobleman and naval officer (1724–1783)
John Henley (preacher)
1692
English clergyman
Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
1622
Étienne Dolet
1509
16th-century French scholar and printer
Maria of Jülich-Berg
1491
German princess
Imperia Cognati
1486
Italian courtesan
Galeotto I Pico
1442
15th-century Italian soldier and nobleman