Famous Birthdays on June 3

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• 1540 Charles II Archduke of Austria, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1590)
• 1610 Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver and publisher (worked on engravings for major artists including Rubens and van Dyck), born in Antwerp (d. after 1660) baptism date
• 1657 Manuel de Egues, Spanish composer, born in San Martin del Rio, Spain (d. 1729)

• 1659 David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (Astronomiae, physicae & geometricae elementa), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1708)
• 1660 Johannes Schenck, Dutch born composer, baptized in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (d. c. 1712)
• 1685 Cornelis Hop, Mayor of Amsterdam and diplomat, born in Amsterdam (d. 1762)
• 1723 Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)

• 1734 John Francis Edward Acton, French-born English Naval Commander and PM of Naples (remembered for his brutality towards French supporters), born in Besançon, France (d. 1811)
• 1738 Johann Christoph Oley, German composer, baptized in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt (d. 1789)
• 1746 James Hook, English composer, born in Norwich (d. 1827)
• 1750 Frédéric Thiéme, French composer, born in Reims, France (d. 1802)
• 1761 Henry Shrapnel, English Army officer and inventor (created the shrapnel shell), born in Wiltshire, England (d. 1842)

• 1771 Charles Bernard Desormes, French physicist and chemist who determined the ratio of the specific heats of gases and the composition of carbon monoxide and carbon disulfide, born in Dijon, France (d. 1862)
• 1771 Sydney Smith, English preacher, reformer and author, born in Woodford, Essex (d. 1845)
• 1773 Caspar Reinwardt, German Dutch biologist (Bogor Botanical Garden, Indonesia), born in Lüttringhausen (d. 1854)
• 1773 Michael Gottard Fischer, German composer and organist, born in Alach (d. 1829)
• 1780 William Hone, English author and bookseller (won landmark freedom of the press case against the government), born in Bath, England (d. 1842)
• 1782 Charles Waterton, English naturalist and pioneering conservationist, born in Wakefield, England (d. 1865)
• 1801 František Jan Škroup, Czech composer (Kde domov můj? - Czech national anthem), born in Osice, Czech Republic (d. 1862)
• 1804 Richard Cobden, English politician and manufacturer (founder of the Anti-Corn-Law League), born in Dunford, England (d. 1865)

• 1812 Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1866-72), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1881)
• 1815 Martin Edward Green, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
• 1818 Louis Faidherbe, French general and colonel administrator in Senegal, born in Lille, France (d. 1889)
• 1819 Johan Jongkind, Dutch-French painter and printer (Marine Scenes), born in Lattrop, Netherlands (d. 1891)
• 1819 Thomas Ball, American sculptor, painter and musician, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
• 1821 Edward L. Youmans, American scientific writer and founder of "Popular Science" magazine, born in Coeymans, New York (d. 1887)
• 1824 Charles Kinnaird Graham, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1889)
• 1828 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1891)
• 1829 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, French organist and composer, born in Montpelier, France (d. 1884)

• 1831 Otho French Strahl, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1864)
• 1832 Alexander Charles Lecocq, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1918)
• 1839 Paul Lindau, German playwright and critic (Der Herr im Hause), born in Magdeburg (d. 1919)
• 1840 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer and poet (Morning Twilight), born in Torhout, Flanders (d. 1926)
• 1841 Eduardo Caudella, Romanian composer, born in Iași, Moldavia (d. 1924)
• 1843 Frederik VIII, King of Denmark (1906-12), born in Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1844 Detlev von Liliencron, German writer (Rides of the Adjutant and Other Poems), born in Kiel, Holstein (d. 1909)
• 1844 Emile Paladilhe, French composer, born in Montpellier, France (d. 1926)
• 1844 Garret Hobart, American politician (R) 24th US Vice President (1897-99), born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 1899)
• 1853 Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (Merneptah Stele, measured the pyramids), born in London, England (d. 1942)
• 1864 Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)

• 1866 George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
• 1868 (Ivar) Henning Mankell, Swedish pianist and composer, born in Härnösand, Sweden (d. 1930)
• 1868 Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), born in Camagüey, Cuba (d. 1931)
• 1869 Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Count of Flaanders, born in Palais de la Régence, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)
• 1873 Otto Loewi, German physician (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1936), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1961)
• 1877 Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist painter (Palm), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1953)
• 1879 Pieter J. A. Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer (d. 1974)
• 1879 Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
• 1881 Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
• 1887 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), born in Rataje (d. 1949)
• 1887 Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor, arranger, and composer, born in Curryville, Georgia (d. 1977)
• 1888 Tom Brown, American dixieland jazz trombonist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1958)
• 1891 Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-14), born in Ventura County, California (d. 1971)
• 1893 Asen Karastoyanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Samokov, Bulgaria (d. 1976)
• 1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian statesman and diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), born in Travancore, British India (d. 1963)
• 1895 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian-British film director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers), born in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (d. 1961)
• 1897 Memphis Minnie [Lizzie Douglas], American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Bumble Bee"; "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), born in Algiers, Louisiana (d. 1973)
• 1898 Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1994)
• 1899 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physioloy or Medicine 1961 for work on the inner ear), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1972)
• 1900 Gerard den Brabander [Jan G Jofriet], Dutch poet (Nothing New) (d. 1968)
• 1901 Maurice Evans, British actor (Planet of the Apes, Bewitched), born in Dorchester, Dorset, England (d. 1989)
• 1902 Edward Wayne, English physician (Queen of Scotland, Wayne score), born in Leeds, England (d. 1990)
• 1903 Eddie Acuff, American actor (Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate), (d. 1956)

• 1904 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
• 1905 Martin Gottfried Weiss, German commandant of Dachau concentration camp (d. 1946, by execution)

• 1906 Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 1969)
• 1906 Walter Robins, English cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder), born in Stafford, England (d. 1968)
• 1907 Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, Russian composer, born in Odessa (d. 1988)
• 1908 Adele Dixon, American actress (Calling the Tune), born in London, England (d. 1992)
• 1910 Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], American actress (Great Dictator), born in Whitestone Landing, Long Island (d. 1990)
• 1910 Wilfred Thesiger, English explorer and travel writer (Arabian Sands), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (d. 2003)
• 1911 Ellen Corby [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 1999)
• 1911 Mason Gross, American TV quiz show personality and professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1977)
• 1912 Richard D'Aeth, British educationist (Hughes Hall Cambridge), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2008)
• 1912 William Douglas-Home, British playwright (Now .. Barabbas), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1992)
• 1913 Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
• 1914 (Ronald George) "Tim" Woodman, British WWII RAF pilot and squadron leader, born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (d. 1996)
• 1914 Roy Glenn, American radio and screen character actor (Rocky Jordan; The Jack Benny Show; Amos 'n' Andy; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 1971)
• 1915 Iris Meredith [Shunn], American actress (Son of Davy Crockett, The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 1980)
• 1915 Milton Cato, 1st Prime Minister of San Vincent and the Grenadines (1979-84), born in Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands (d. 1997)
• 1916 (Edwin) "Buster" Pickens. American blues pianist (Texas Alexander, Lightnin' Hopkins), born in Hempstead, Texas (d. 1964)
• 1917 Leo Gorcey, American stage and screen comic actor, and malapropist (The Dead End Kids; The East Side Boys; The Bowery Boys), born in New York City (d. 1969)
• 1918 Carl Pruitt, American jazz and blues session double-bassist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1977)
• 1918 Lili St. Cyr [Marie Van Schaack], American striptease performer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1999)
• 1918 Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), born in London, England (d. 1996)
• 1920 Henry Brandon [Lord Brandon of Oakbrook], British judge (Lord of Appeal - Ordinary) and probable spy (Military Cross), born in Sussex (d. 1999)
• 1921 Aubrey Frank, British jazz saxophonist, and educator, born in East End of London (d. 1993)
• 1921 Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and influential swimming coach, born in Melbourne (d. 2016)
• 1922 Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), born in Brittany, France (d. 2014)
• 1922 Iván Patachich, Hungarian contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1993)
• 1923 Al Harewood, American jazz drummer (Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine), and teacher, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2014)
• 1923 Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine (d. 2017)
• 1923 Michael Jaffe, English professor and museum director (Fitzwilliam Museum), born in London, England (d. 1997)
• 1924 Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Blue and the Grey - "Maggie"; Anne of Green Gables), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1991)
• 1924 David Holloway, British literary editor (The Daily Telegraph) (d. 1995)
• 1924 Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), born in Ruleville, Mississippi (d. 1997)
• 1924 Michael Gow, British army officer (head of British Army of the Rhine), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2013)
• 1924 Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1925 Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, born in Gablenz, Germany (d. 2015)
• 1925 Thomas Winning, Scottish controversial Roman Catholic Cardinal, born in Wishaw, Scotland (d. 2001)

• 1926 Carlos Veerhoff, Argentine-born German composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2011)
• 1926 Hamilton Fish IV, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1969-95), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1996)
• 1926 Janez Matičič, Slovenian pianist. conductor, and pedagogue, born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (d. 2022)
• 1926 Roscoe Bartlett, American politician (Rep-R-Maryland, 1993-2013), born in Moorland, Kentucky
• 1927 (Homer) "Boots" Randolph, American session saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2007)
• 1928 Donald Judd, American minimalist sculptor and artist, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri (d. 1994)
• 1928 John Reid, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (58 Tests; 6 x 100s; 85 wickets) and ICC Match Referee (50 Tests 1993-2002), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2020)
• 1929 Chuck Barris, TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
• 1929 Howard Yanks, American music festival founder (Philadelphia folk festival) (d. 1995)
• 1929 Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978, for discovery of restriction enzymes), born in Gränichen, Switzerland [1]
• 1930 Ben Wada, Japanese television producer (NHK), born in Matsusaka, Japan (d. 2011)
• 1930 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
• 1930 Marion Zimmer Bradley, American sci-fi author (Storm Queen), born in Albany, New York (d. 1999)
• 1930 Michael Melle, South African cricketer (pace bowler of early 1950's; 7 test matches), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (2003)
• 1931 Françoise Arnoul, French actress and composer (French Cancan; Jacko & Lise), born in Constantine, France (d. 2021)
• 1931 Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York (d. 2018)

• 1933 Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, 1st emir of Bahrain (1961-1999), born in Jasra, Bahrain (d. 1999)
• 1934 Jim Gentile, American MLB baseball player, 1957-66 (All-Star, Baltimore Orioles, and 4 other teams), known as "Diamond Jim", born in San Francisco, California
• 1934 Rolland D. McCune, American theologian, Baptist minister, and writer, born near Berne, Indiana (d. 2019)
• 1935 Ken Ploen, American CFL HOF quarterback (CFL All-Star 1965; CFL West All-Star 1957, 59, 65 Winnipeg Blue Bombers), born in Lost Nation, Iowa (d. 2024)
• 1935 Ted Curson, American jazz tumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

• 1936 David Nicholls, English Anglican priest, theologian and political theorist, born in Woking, England (d. 1996)
• 1936 Eddie Willis, American guitar and sitar player (The Funk Brothers), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
• 1936 Larry McMurtry, American Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (Lonesome Dove), and Academy Award-winning scriptwriter (Brokeback Mountain), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2021)
• 1936 Philip Attenborough, English publisher (Hodder & Stoughton), born in Chislehurst, England (d. 2006)
• 1937 Grachan Moncur III, American post-bop and modern jazz trombonist and composer (Evolution; Exploration), born in New York City (d. 2022) [1]
• 1937 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1978, 80), born in Caen, France (d. 2021)
• 1937 Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1983-2011), born in Robstown, Texas
• 1939 David Stock, American composer (Rosewood Reflections), and conductor (Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 1976-99), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
• 1939 Ian Hunter [Patterson], British rock singer (Mott the Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"; "Roll Away The Stone"; solo - "Just Another Night"), born in Oswestry, England
• 1939 Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player and inspiration for Bull Durham film, born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 2020)
• 1940 Richard Edwards, West Indian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 18 wickets; Barbados), born in Christ Church, Barbados
• 1942 Anita Harris, British actress (Follow that Camel), and singer ("Just Loving You"), born in Somerset, England

• 1942 Duane Josephson, MLB baseball catcher, 1965-72 (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox), born in New Hampton, Iowa (d. 1997)

• 1943 Eddie McGrady, Northern Irish politician (SDLP) unseated Enoch Powell, Born in Downpatrick (d. 2013)
• 1943 Mike Dennis [Freda], American pop-rock vocalist (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; "You Can't Sit Down"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1944 Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete (hurdles) and coach, born in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
• 1944 Edith McGuire, American athlete (Olympic gold women's 200m, silver 100m & 4x100m relay 1964), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1944 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993)
• 1945 Brian Barnes, English golfer (Ryder Cup 1969-79), born in Addington, Surrey (d. 2019)

• 1946 Eddie Holman, American singer ("Hey There Lonely Girl"; "You Make My Life Complete"), born in Norfolk, Virginia
• 1946 Penelope Wilton [Penelope Alice], English actress (Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests), born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• 1946 Tristan Rogers, Australian actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital)
• 1947 Dave Alexander, American rock bassist (The Stooges, 1967-70), born in Whitmore Lake, Michigan (d. 1975)
• 1947 John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
• 1947 Mickey Finn, British rock percussionist (T. Rex), born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England (d. 2003)
• 1949 Bruce Jackson, Australian audio engineer specializing in live concert mixing (Elvis Presley, 1973-77; Bruce Springsteen, 1978-88; Barbra Streisand, 1993-2007; Fleetwood Mac, 1997), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2011)
• 1949 David Evennett, British politician (Conservative), born in Romford, England
• 1949 Stephen Ruppenthal, American trumpet player (Electric Weasel Ensemble) and composer (Kakao - Poetic Lippudenies of the Ungumptious), born in Berkeley, California
• 1950 (Susan) "Suzi" Quatro, American rock singer and bassist (Stumblin' In), and actress (Happy Days - "Leather Tuscadero"), born in Detroit, Michigan
• 1950 Deniece Williams [Chandler], American pop singer ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"; "Let's Hear It For The Boy"), born in Gary, Indiana
• 1950 Florian Pilkington-Miksa, English rock drummer (Curved Air), and sculptor, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 2021)
• 1950 Marlene Elejarde, Cuban athlete 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Havana, Cuba
• 1950 Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
• 1951 David Ogilvie, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests, HS 47; Queensland), born in Southport, Australia
• 1951 Jill Biden, American first lady and educator, born in Hammonton, New Jersey
• 1952 Billy Powell, American musician and keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd - "That Smell"; "Freebird"), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2009)
• 1952 David Richards, Welsh motor racing entrepreneur (chairman Prodrive, Motorsport UK, Aston Martin, team principal BAR, Benetton F1 teams; World Rally C'ship 1981), born in Denbighshire, Wales
• 1952 Greg Taylor, American rock and blues harmonica player, known as "Fingers" (Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, 1975-2000), born in Wichita, Kansas
• 1954 Dan Hill, Canadian pop singer and songwriter ("Sometimes When We Touch"; "Can't We Try"), born in Toronto, Ontario
• 1956 Danny Wilde [Thomas], American rock singer-songwriter (The Rembrandts - "I’ll Be There For You"), born in Houlton, Maine
• 1956 George Burley, Scottish soccer right back (11 caps; Ipswich Town 394 games) and manager (Scotland, Ipswich T, Derby County, Southampton), born in Cumnock, Scotland
• 1956 Suren Nalbandyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 1976), born in Geghard, Armenia, Soviet Union
• 1957 Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player, born in Plau am See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• 1958 Ibrahim Hussein, Kenyan marathon runner (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92), born in Kapsabet, Kenya
• 1958 Scott Valentine, American actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover), born in Saratoga Springs, New York
• 1959 Sam Mills, American NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers), born in Neptune City, New Jersey (d. 2005)
• 1960 Barry Lyons, American MLB player, born in Biloxi, Mississippi
• 1960 Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer (Queensland & Australian quickie), born in Brisbane, Australia
• 1960 Steve Lyons, American MLB player and sports commentator, born in Tacoma, Washington
• 1961 César Zabala, Paraguayan soccer defender (49 caps; Cerro Porteño), born in Luque, Paraguay (d. 2020)
• 1961 Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
• 1961 Peter Vidmar, American gymnast (Olympic gold pommel horse, team; silver all-round 1984), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1962 Connie Price-Smith, American discus thrower (Olympic 5th-96), born in Saint Charles, Missouri
• 1962 David Cole, American songwriter ( C+C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat"), and record producer (Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, James Brown), born in Johnson City, Tennessee (d. 1995)
• 1962 Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru (What Not to Wear), born in London, England
• 1963 Deb Richard, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Abbeville, Louisiana
• 1963 Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, born in Ronse, Belgium
• 1963 Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor, born in Tokyo, Japan
• 1964 Dorothee "Doro" Pesch, German heavy metal singer and songwriter (Warlock), known as the 'Metal Queen', born in Düsseldorf, West German
• 1964 James Purefoy, English actor (Rome), born in Taunton, England
• 1964 Kerry King, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1964 Nelson Liriano, Dominican MLB infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
• 1965 Fabrice Bollon, French composer (Dogmatic Pleasures), and conductor (Theater Freiburg, 2008-22), born in Paris, France
• 1965 Jeff Blumenkrantz, American theatrical composer, actor, and podcaster, born in Long Branch, New Jersey
• 1965 Mike Gordon, American rock bassist, banjo player (Phish), and filmmaker, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts

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