History Births on January 03

Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge

#Linda_Dobbs

Lee Bowyer, English footballer and coach

#Lee_Bowyer

Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player

#Matt_Frattin

Reto Berra, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender

#Reto_Berra

Lee Il-hwa, South Korean actress

#Lee_Il-hwa

Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer (d. 1921)

#Sophie_Elkan

Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter

#Dana_Hussain

Doug McDermott, American basketball player

#Doug_McDermott

Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960)

#Wilhelm_Pieck

Savitribai Phule, Indian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1897)

#Savitribai_Phule

Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist (d. 1994)

#Betty_Furness

Hank Stram, American football coach and sportscaster (d. 2005)

#Hank_Stram

Billy Mehmet, English-Irish footballer

#Billy_Mehmet

Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)

#Chetan_Anand_(director)

Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1863)

#Francis_Caulfeild,_2nd_Earl_of_Charlemont

Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer

#Jerson_Cabral

Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives

#Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan

Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter

#Lorenzo_Fertitta

Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (d. 1935)

#Ettore_Marchiafava

Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author (d. 1946)

#Henry_Handel_Richardson

Ichiz? Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (d. 1957)

#Ichiz?_Kobayashi

Fred Haas, American golfer (d. 2004)

#Fred_Haas

Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (d. 1961)

#Marion_Davies

Dan Harmon, American screenwriter and producer

#Dan_Harmon

Sakamoto Ry?ma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867)

#Sakamoto_Ry?ma

Jason Marsden, American actor

#Jason_Marsden

Antoni Melchior Fija?kowski, Polish archbishop (d. 1861)

#Antoni_Melchior_Fija?kowski

Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player

#Ben_Matulino

Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000)

#Victor_Borge

Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bruce_LaBruce

Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)

#Arik_Einstein

David Tyree, American football player

#David_Tyree

Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (d. 1898)

#Charles_Pelham_Villiers

Hubert Bland, English businessman (d. 1914)

#Hubert_Bland

Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)

#Lucretia_Mott

James Harrington, English political theorist (d. 1677)

#James_Harrington_(author)

Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician

#Stewart_Hosie

Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress (d. 1854)

#Henriette_Sontag

Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

#Sergio_Leone

John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer

#John_Paul_Jones_(musician)

Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player

#Dane_Gagai

Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist

#Greta_Thunberg

Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)

#Frenchy_Bordagaray

Sio Siua Taukeiaho, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

#Sio_Siua_Taukeiaho

Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Stephen_Stills

Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2001)

#Renato_Carosone

Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002)

#Albert_Mol

André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1997)

#André_Franquin

Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean actor, director, and producer

#Shim_Hyung-rae

Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer

#Lasse_Nilsson

Henry Lytton, English actor (d. 1936)

#Henry_Lytton

David Starkey, English historian and academic

#David_Starkey

Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (d. 1891)

#Samuel_C._Pomeroy

Darren Daulton, American baseball player (d. 2017)

#Darren_Daulton

Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician

#Robin_Butler,_Baron_Butler_of_Brockwell

Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)

#Clement_Attlee

Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)

#Bill_Travers

Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)

#Duncan_Gillis

Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic

#Linda_Steiner

K?hei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast

#K?hei_Uchimura

Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)

#Charles_Piazzi_Smyth

Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)

#Arthur_Mailey

Vernon A. Walters, American general and diplomat, 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)

#Vernon_A._Walters

Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player

#Linas_Kleiza

Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player

#Bobby_Hull

Bryan Clay, American decathlete

#Bryan_Clay

Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (d. 43 BC)

#Cicero

Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby player

#Gavin_Hastings

Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman (d. 1912)

#Harry_Elkins_Widener

Peter Clarke, English footballer

#Peter_Clarke_(footballer)

Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (d. 1857)

#Douglas_William_Jerrold

Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1899)

#Ernest_Renshaw

ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)

#ZaSu_Pitts

Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer

#Robert-Jan_Derksen

Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord (d. 199)

#Lü_Bu

Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Gianfranco_Fini

Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor and producer

#Nicholas_Gonzalez

Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)

#Alexandros_Diomidis

Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist

#Alessandro_Petacchi

Gian Girolamo Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1591)

#Gian_Girolamo_Albani

A. J. Burnett, American baseball player

#A._J._Burnett

Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer

#Ikechi_Anya

Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer (d. 1996)

#Dante_Giacosa

Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler (d. 1799)

#Veerapandiya_Kattabomman

Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)

#Siegfried_Buback

Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Mel_Gibson

Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

#Carla_Anderson_Hills

Michael Schumacher, German racing driver

#Michael_Schumacher

Sandra Zaniewska, Polish tennis player

#Sandra_Zaniewska

Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)

#Anna_May_Wong

Eeles Landström, Finnish pole vaulter and politician

#Eeles_Landström

Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (d. 1792)

#Angelo_Emo

Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2007)

#Bernard_Blaut

Robert Loggia, American actor and director (d. 2015)

#Robert_Loggia

Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer

#Angelos_Basinas

Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation

#Gordon_Moore

Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author

#Anne_Stevenson

W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury

#W._Michael_Blumenthal

Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986)

#Ray_Milland

William Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1904)

#William_Renshaw

Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Kurt_Vile

Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver

#Jarmo_Lehtinen

Park Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress

#Park_Ji-yoon

Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2008)

#Marpessa_Dawn

Father Damien, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1889)

#Father_Damien

Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (d. 1897)

#Antoine_Thomson_d'Abbadie

Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)

#Armand_Lohikoski

Dominic Wood, English comedian and former magician

#Dominic_Wood

Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author

#Blanche_d'Alpuget

Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)

#Raoul_Koczalski

August Macke, German-French painter (d. 1914)

#August_Macke

George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (d. 2016)

#George_Martin

Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)

#Josephine_Hull

Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer

#Özgür_Çek

Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player

#Dimitra_Kalentzou

Eli Manning, American football player

#Eli_Manning

Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1782)

#Pietro_Metastasio

Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)

#Emperor_Tsuchimikado

Karel Dežman, Slovenian archaeologist, botanist, and politician, Mayor of Ljubljana (d. 1889)

#Karel_Dežman

Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)

#Matthew_Nathan

Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid

#Esperanza_Aguirre

Dabney Coleman, American actor

#Dabney_Coleman

Danica McKellar, American actress, writer, and mathematician

#Danica_McKellar

Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman

#Victoria_Principal

Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor

#Van_Dyke_Parks

Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator

#Jim_Ross

Thomas Bangalter, French DJ, musician (Daft Punk), and producer

#Thomas_Bangalter

Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player

#Angela_Ruggiero

Sébastien Faure, French footballer

Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer

Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer

Dmitry Starodubtsev, Russian pole vaulter

Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer

Evan Moore, American football player

Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress and singer

Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder

Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer

Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach

Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright

Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer

Russell Spence, English racing driver

Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author

Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State

Ian Nankervis, Australian footballer

Zulema, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Fran Cotton, English rugby player

Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2002)

Jarl Alfredius, Swedish journalist (d. 2009)

John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse (d. 2002)

John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist (d. 2006)

Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player

Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (d. 2008)

K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (d. 2006)

Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (d. 2014)

Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician

Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer

Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor

Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (d. 2015)

Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009)

Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator (d. 2005)

Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG (d. 2013)

Isabella Bashmakova, Russian historian of mathematics (d. 2005)

Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963)

Dorothy Morrison, American actress

Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)

Jack Levine, American painter and soldier (d. 2010)

Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2002)

Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier (d. 1936)

John Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1982)

Ngô ?ình Di?m, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963)

Donald J. Russell, American businessman (d. 1985)

Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician (d. 1974)

Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (d. 1990)

J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (d. 1973)

John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950)

Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer (d. 1960)

Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (d. 1752)

Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (d. 1796)