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History Births on June 03


Igor Shafarevich
Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 2017)

#Igor_Shafarevich

Hans Kroes
Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer

#Hans_Kroes

Georg von Békésy
Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

#Georg_von_Békésy

Thomas Winning
Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001)

#Thomas_Winning

Werner Arber
Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Werner_Arber

Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter

#Deniece_Williams

?ukasz Teodorczyk
Lukasz Teodorczyk, Polish footballer

#?ukasz_Teodorczyk

Julie Gayet
Julie Gayet, French actress

#Julie_Gayet

Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator

#Edith_McGuire

Billy Powell
Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)

#Billy_Powell

Abbas Zandi
Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017)

#Abbas_Zandi

James Hutton
James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)

#James_Hutton

?ukasz Piszczek
?ukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer

#?ukasz_Piszczek

Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)

#Frederick_VIII_of_Denmark

George Fernandes
George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India

#George_Fernandes

Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Torsten_Wiesel

Lyfe Jennings
Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Lyfe_Jennings

Manfred Mölgg
Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier

#Manfred_Mölgg

João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)

#João_Manuel,_Prince_of_Portugal

Johan Jongkind
Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (d. 1891)

#Johan_Jongkind

Garret Hobart
Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)

#Garret_Hobart

Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach

#Lindy_Remigino

Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)

#Zhang_Xueliang

Leo Gorcey
Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)

#Leo_Gorcey

Lili St. Cyr
Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (d. 1999)

#Lili_St._Cyr

Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)

#Manuel_Belgrano

Jan Reker
Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager

#Jan_Reker

Katie Hoff
Katie Hoff, American swimmer

#Katie_Hoff

Jamie McMurray
Jamie McMurray, American race car driver

#Jamie_McMurray

Walter Robins
Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968)

#Walter_Robins

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999)

#Isa_bin_Salman_Al_Khalifa

Dean Pay
Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Dean_Pay

Charles R. Drew
Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)

#Charles_R._Drew

Colin Meads
Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2017)

#Colin_Meads

Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)

#Allen_Ginsberg

Dagmar Neubauer
Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter

#Dagmar_Neubauer

Flora MacDonald (politician)
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015)

#Flora_MacDonald_(politician)

Paul Rotha
Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)

#Paul_Rotha

Tom Burns (bishop)
Thomas Burns, British bishop

#Tom_Burns_(bishop)

Pietro Paolini
Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681)

#Pietro_Paolini

Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)

#Charles_II,_Archduke_of_Austria

R. G. D. Allen
R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983)

#R._G._D._Allen

Chuck Barris
Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)

#Chuck_Barris

Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons

#Lawrence_Lessig

Masami Nagasawa
Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress

#Masami_Nagasawa

Mikhail Larionov
Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964)

#Mikhail_Larionov

César, Duke of Vendôme
César, Duke of Vendôme, French nobleman (d. 1665)

#César,_Duke_of_Vendôme

David Gregory (mathematician)
David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)

#David_Gregory_(mathematician)

Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach

#Billy_Cunningham

Maurice Evans (actor)
Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)

#Maurice_Evans_(actor)

Theodore Robinson
Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)

#Theodore_Robinson

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)

#Colleen_Dewhurst

Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress

#Suzi_Quatro

Sami Vatanen
Sami Vatanen, Finnish ice hockey defenceman

#Sami_Vatanen

Michael Clarke (musician)
Michael Clarke, American drummer (d. 1993)

#Michael_Clarke_(musician)

James Purefoy
James Purefoy, English actor

#James_Purefoy

Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975)

#Josephine_Baker

Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect

#Hale_Irwin

Papiss Cissé
Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer

#Papiss_Cissé

Mario Götze
Mario Götze, German footballer

#Mario_Götze

Forbes Carlile
Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016)

#Forbes_Carlile

Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)

#Boots_Randolph

David Richards (motorsport)
David Richards, Welsh entrepreneur and businessman (Prodrive)

#David_Richards_(motorsport)

Susannah Constantine
Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author

#Susannah_Constantine

Kerry King
Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter

#Kerry_King

Alla Nazimova
Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)

#Alla_Nazimova

Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)

#Ellen_Corby

Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)

#Paulette_Goddard

Willem van Mieris
Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (d. 1747)

#Willem_van_Mieris

Ransom E. Olds
Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)

#Ransom_E._Olds

Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474-1523) (d. 1523)

#Bogislaw_X,_Duke_of_Pomerania

Larry Probst
Larry Probst, American businessman

#Larry_Probst

Imbi Paju
Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author

#Imbi_Paju

Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)

#Otto_Loewi

Kelly Jones
Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kelly_Jones

Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)

#Raoul_Dufy

Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici
Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463)

#Giovanni_di_Cosimo_de'_Medici

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)

#Tony_Curtis

Micah Kogo
Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner

#Micah_Kogo

Eddy Ottoz
Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach

#Eddy_Ottoz

Otto Erich Hartleben
Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)

#Otto_Erich_Hartleben

Christian Malcolm
Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter

#Christian_Malcolm

George V
George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)

#George_V

Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver

#Jean-Pierre_Jaussaud

Frédéric François
Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter

#Frédéric_François

Dakota Staton
Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)

#Dakota_Staton

Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author

#Anderson_Cooper

Rudy Demotte
Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region

#Rudy_Demotte

Vivian Woodward
Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)

#Vivian_Woodward

Michael Moore (British politician)
Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

#Michael_Moore_(British_politician)

José Molina (baseball)
Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#José_Molina_(baseball)

Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Rebrov, Ukrainian footballer and manager

#Serhiy_Rebrov

Ignaz Fränzl
Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)

#Ignaz_Fränzl

Françoise Arnoul
Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress

#Françoise_Arnoul

Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)

#Jan_Peerce

Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter

#Yelena_Isinbayeva

Tomáš Verner
Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater

#Tomáš_Verner

Nikos Chatzis
Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player

#Nikos_Chatzis

Christos Verelis
Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications

#Christos_Verelis

Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton, English actress

#Penelope_Wilton

Charles Lecocq
Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)

#Charles_Lecocq

Raymond Pearl
Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)

#Raymond_Pearl

Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Alain_Resnais

Bill Paterson (actor)
Bill Paterson, Scottish actor

#Bill_Paterson_(actor)

Takako Minekawa
Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter

#Takako_Minekawa

Louis Faidherbe
Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)

#Louis_Faidherbe

Pietro de' Medici
Pietro de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1604)

#Pietro_de'_Medici

Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

#Wasim_Akram

Ian Hunter (singer)
Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ian_Hunter_(singer)

Martin Gottfried Weiss
Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)

#Martin_Gottfried_Weiss

Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

#Rafael_Nadal

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788)

#Giovanni_Antonio_Scopoli

Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)

#Curtis_Mayfield

Baburao Painter
Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)

#Baburao_Painter

Ignacio Ponseti
Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009)

#Ignacio_Ponseti

Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer and manager

#Luigi_Di_Biagio

Detlev von Liliencron
Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)

#Detlev_von_Liliencron

Amauri
Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer

#Amauri

Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)

#Jimmy_Rogers

Leo Picard
Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997)

#Leo_Picard

Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)

#Jefferson_Davis

Danny Wilde (musician)
Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Danny_Wilde_(musician)

Raúl Castro
Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba

#Raúl_Castro

Pasquale Foggia
Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer

#Pasquale_Foggia

Anton Anderledy
Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)

#Anton_Anderledy

Philippe Quinault
Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688)

#Philippe_Quinault

Al Horford
Al Horford, Dominican basketball player

#Al_Horford

John Richard Reid
John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer

#John_Richard_Reid

Flinders Petrie
Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)

#Flinders_Petrie

Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)

#Yordano_Ventura

Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
Todd Reid, Australian tennis player
Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
Cris, Brazilian footballer
André Bellavance, Canadian politician
Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host
Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016)
Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
Mickey Finn, English drummer (d. 2003)
John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter
John Norman, American philosopher and author
Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014)
Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2018)
Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003)
Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)
Sejanus, Roman soldier and bodyguard (d. 31 AD)