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February 3 in recent years

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 331 days remain until the end of the year (332 in leap years).

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 1973)
  • 1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
  • 1905Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)
  • 1905 – Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)
  • 1906 – George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist (d. 1989)
  • 1907James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (d. 1997)
  • 1909André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (d. 1989)
  • 1909 – Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1943)
  • 1911Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
  • 1912 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (d. 1990)
  • 1914Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)
  • 1915Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (d. 1998)
  • 1917Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994)
  • 1918Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1918 – Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (d. 1994)
  • 1920Russell Arms, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
  • 1920 – Tony Gaze, Australian race car driver and pilot (d. 2013)
  • 1920 – Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (d. 2016)
  • 1924Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
  • 1924 – E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
  • 1925Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – John Fiedler, American actor (d. 2005)
  • 1926Hans-Jochen Vogel, German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin (d. 2020)
  • 1927Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
  • 1927 – Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 2003)
  • 1933Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
  • 1934Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1935Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
  • 1936Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (d. 1984)
  • 1936 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 1937 – Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
  • 1938Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
  • 1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (d. 2013)
  • 1939Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1940 – Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1941 – Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
  • 1941 – Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1943Blythe Danner, American actress
  • 1943 – Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer (d. 2018)
  • 1943 – Eric Haydock, English bass player (d. 2019)
  • 1943 – Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1945 – Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)
  • 1945 – Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1947Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet
  • 1947 – Dave Davies, English musician
  • 1947 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director
  • 1947 – Melanie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
  • 1948Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • 1948 – Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (d. 2015)
  • 1949Jim Thorpe, American golfer
  • 1950Morgan Fairchild, American actress
  • 1950 – Pamela Franklin, Japanese-English actress
  • 1950 – Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host (d. 2020)
  • 1951 – Arsène Auguste, Haitian footballer
  • 1951 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
  • 1951 – Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1954 – Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1956 – John Jefferson, American football player and coach
  • 1956 – Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
  • 1956 – Lee Ranaldo, American musician and songwriter
  • 1957Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic
  • 1958 – Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1958 – Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American economist
  • 1958 – Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
  • 1959 – Thomas Calabro, American actor
  • 1959 – Lol Tolhurst, English musician and songwriter
  • 1959 – Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance
  • 1960 – Marty Jannetty, American wrestler
  • 1960 – Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
  • 1961 – Linda Eder, American singer and actress
  • 1962 – Michele Greene, American actress, singer, and author
  • 1963 – Vũ Đức Đam, Vietnamese politician
  • 1963 – Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic
  • 1964Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
  • 1965Maura Tierney, American actress and producer
  • 1966 – Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach
  • 1967 – Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
  • 1968Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1968 – Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer
  • 1968 – František Kučera, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1969Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (d. 2015)
  • 1969 – Retief Goosen, South African golfer
  • 1970 – Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
  • 1970 – Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1970 – Anthony Russo, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Elisa Donovan, American actress
  • 1971 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
  • 1971 – Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
  • 1972Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer
  • 1973 – Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
  • 1976 – Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1976 – Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
  • 1976 – Tim Heidecker, American actor, comedian, and musician
  • 1976 – Eihi Shiina, Japanese fashion model and actress
  • 1977 – Maitland Ward, American actress and model
  • 1977 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
  • 1977 – Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1978Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
  • 1978 – Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist
  • 1979 – Paul Franks, English cricketer and coach
  • 1982 – Becky Bayless, American wrestler
  • 1982 – Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
  • 1982 – Bridget Regan, American actress
  • 1984Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos
  • 1984– Matthew Moy, American actor
  • 1985 – Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
  • 1985 – Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
  • 1986 – Lucas Duda, American baseball player
  • 1986 – Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
  • 1986 – Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
  • 1987Elvana Gjata, Albanian singer
  • 1988 – Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer
  • 1989Jia, Chinese singer and actress
  • 1989 – Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
  • 1990Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
  • 1992 – Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1992 – James White, American football player
  • 1994Rougned Odor, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1995 – Tao Tsuchiya, Japanese actress
  • 1998 – Tyler Huntley, American football player
  • 1998 – Isaiah Roby, American basketball player
  • 1999 – Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress
  • 2001 – Tre Mann, American basketball player
  • 2001 – Rhys Williams, English footballer
  • 2004 – Scoot Henderson, American basketball player

Deaths

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1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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