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100 people born today: May 3

Eddie Collins

Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr., nicknamed "Cocky", was an American Major League Baseball second... more »

John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill

John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill was a U.S. Congressman from the 3rd Congressional district of... more »

Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena of Schleswig-Holstein, known as Princess... more »

Zygmunt Kalinowski

Zygmunt Kalinowski is a former Polish professional football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he... more »

Owen Roberts

Owen Josephus Roberts was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court for fifteen... more »

Feleti Mateo

Feleti Sosefo Mateo is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the New... more »

Fabian Lustenberger

Fabian Lustenberger is a Swiss footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He is... more »

Benjamin Spock

Benjamin McLane Spock was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in... more »

Stan Pincura

Stan Pincura was an American football back in the National Football League for the Cleveland... more »

Zygmunt Noskowski

Zygmunt Noskowski was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. more »

Jo Callis

John William Callis, known as Jo Callis is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar... more »

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Meir Bikel is a actor, folk singer, musician, and composer. He made his film debut in... more »

Edith Anna Somerville

Edith Anna Œnone Somerville was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ... more »

Atanasio Girardot

Atanasio Girardot was a Colombian revolutionary leader who fought with Simón Bolívar in the... more »

Erasmo Ramírez

Erasmo José Ramírez Olivera is a Nicaraguan professional baseball player for the Seattle... more »

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was a ranking member of the notorious Medellín Cartel, which was one of the... more »

Kamal Salibi

Kamal Suleiman Salibi was a Lebanese historian, professor of history at the American University... more »

Hadi Shakouri

Hadi Hassan Shakouri Darkhanei is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Mes... more »

Im Kwon-taek

Im Kwon-taek is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific... more »

Thabo Sefolosha

Thabo Patrick Sefolosha is a Swiss professional basketball player who currently plays for the... more »

Kalle Palander

Kalle Markus Palander is a Finnish retired alpine skier, the most successful male Finn ever in... more »

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the... more »

Li Qinqin

Li Qinqin is an actress. more »

Mohamad Hassan

Datuk Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Haji Hassan is the current Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan and is... more »

Keith Parsons

Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and... more »

Wilbur F. Sanders

Wilbur Fisk Sanders was a United States Senator from Montana, a skilled lawyer and played a... more »

Ippolit Monighetti

Ippolit Antonovich Monighetti was a Russian architect of Swiss descent who worked for the... more »

Afanasi Matushenko

Afanasy Nikolayevich Matushenko, was a political activist, a non-commissioned officer in the... more »

E. E. Smith

Edward Elmer Smith Ph.D. was an American food engineer and early science fiction author, best... more »

Bianca Jagger

Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress. Jagger... more »

Valery Gergiev

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev PAR is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general... more »

Sebald de Weert

Sebald or Sebalt de Weert was a Dutch captain and vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company... more »

Lu Lan

Lu Lan is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. more »

Eleanor of Viseu

Eleanor of Viseu was a Portuguese infanta and later queen consort of Portugal. To distinguish... more »

Athanasius Kircher

Athanasius Kircher, S.J. was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published... more »

Yoram Kaniuk

Yoram Kaniuk was an Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic. more »

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and... more »

Axel Springer

Axel Cäsar Springer was a German journalist and the founder and owner of the Axel Springer AG... more »

Zohib Islam Amiri

Haroon Fakhruddin is an Afghan footballer who plays as a defender. more »

Ian Wilson

Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson AM, solicitor, company director and Australian politician, was born... more »

Michael Broadbent

John Michael Broadbent, MW is a British wine critic, writer and auctioneer in a capacity as a... more »

A. M. Rosenthal

Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal, born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, was a New York... more »

Emperor Duzong of Song

Emperor Duzong 宋度宗 was the 15th emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the sixth emperor of... more »

Sid Bevan

Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British... more »

Edmund Bacon

Edmund Norwood Bacon was a noted American urban planner, architect, educator and author. During... more »

Amado Guevara

Amado Guevara is a Honduran football player who most recently played for C.D. Motagua in the... more »

Pia Sundstedt

Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt is a professional cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and... more »

José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage

José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of... more »

Mark 'Oh

Marko Albrecht, known by his DJ pseudonym Mark 'Oh, is a German disc jockey and electronic music... more »

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper was one of America's best-known gossip columnists, notorious for feuding with her... more »

Fabrice Pancrate

Fabrice Pancrate is a French football player who is currently playing for FC Nantes. more »

Kris Russell

Kris Russell is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Calgary... more »

C. S. Fly

Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly was an American photographer most noted for the many photographs he... more »

Hongjie Dai

Hongjie Dai is a Chinese-American Chemist and Applied Physicist, the J.G. Jackson & C.J. Wood... more »

Yohei Otake

Yohei Otake is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Tokyo. more »

Nana Kitade

Nana Kitade, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She has had success as a solo artist,... more »

Christopher Lee Nutter

Christopher Lee Nutter is the author of The Way Out: The Gay Man’s Guide to Freedom, No Matter... more »

Vicente Martín y Soler

Vicente Martín y Soler was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure... more »

John André

John André was a British Army officer hanged as a spy during the American War of Independence... more »

Lone Scherfig

Lone Scherfig is a Danish film director who has been involved with the Dogme 95 movement and who... more »

Sabah Fakhri

Sabah Fakhri: is an iconic Arabic traditional singer from Aleppo, Syria. Over the past 50 years... more »

Pollo

Adrián José Hernández Acosta, aka Pollo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD San Sebastián... more »

Yann Huguet

Yann Huguet is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Argos-Shimano. more »

Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay was a statistician, one of the founders of London University and of the Society... more »

Hans Christian Lumbye

Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other... more »

Oh Land

Nanna Øland Fabricius, better known by her stage name Oh Land, is a Danish singer-songwriter and... more »

Eddy Louiss

Eddy Louiss is a French jazz musician. His primary instrument is the Hammond organ. As a... more »

Wolfgang Abendroth

Wolfgang Abendroth was a socialist German jurist and political scientist. He was born in... more »

Yongle Emperor

The Yongle Emperor, formerly romanized as the Yung-lo Emperor, was the third emperor of the Ming... more »

Paige Peterson

Paige Ellen Peterson is an American actress and veteran cheerleader, best known for being... more »

Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German... more »

Aafje Heynis

Aafje Heynis is a Dutch contralto. In 1961, she was awarded the Harriet Cohen International... more »

J

Chung Jae-Young, better known by her stage name J, is a Korean R&B/Soul artist who is known for... more »

Wojciech Pszoniak

Wojciech Pszoniak, is a Polish film and theater actor. more »

Fabian Barbiero

Fabian Giuseppe Barbiero is an Italian Australian professional soccer player, who currently... more »

Michael Corbat

Michael L. Corbat is a Managing Director and Head of the Global Corporate Bank and Global... more »

Orange Jacobs

Orange Jacobs was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. His career in... more »

Ichiyō Higuchi

Ichiyō Higuchi is the pen name of Japanese author Natsu Higuchi, also known as Natsuko Higuchi... more »

Ziana Zain

Siti Roziana binti Zin, known by her stage name Ziana Zain is a Malaysian pop singer-songwriter,... more »

Phil Bruns

Philip Bruns was an American television actor and writer, best remembered for portraying George... more »

Zat Knight

Zatyiah "Zat" Knight is an English footballer who plays as a defender for and is club captain of... more »

Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl, born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and writer. He is... more »

Neal Asbury

Neal Asbury is an American entrepreneur and Chief Executive of The Legacy Companies. In addition... more »

Craig Conway

Craig Conway is a Scottish footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Brighton &... more »

K. N. Govindacharya

Kodipakam Neelameghacharya Govindacharya is an environmental activist, social activist,... more »

Kris Pavone

Kris Pavone is an American elementary school teacher and retired professional wrestler. He is... more »

Ashley Harkleroad

Ashley Harkleroad, is an American tennis player. Born in Rossville, Georgia, Harkleroad reached... more »

Marten Toonder

Marten Toonder was a Dutch comic creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful... more »

Caitlin Morrall

Caitlin Shea Morrall Machol is a beauty queen from Burlington, Wisconsin who competed in the... more »

Gjorge Ivanov

Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, also transliterated as Ǵorge is the President of the Republic of Macedonia,... more »

Tyrone Power, Sr.

Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power was an English-born American stage and screen actor, who acted... more »

Ty Herndon

Boyd Tyrone "Ty" Herndon is an American country music singer. Signed to Epic Records in 1995,... more »

Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently d... more »

Sibylle of Saxony

Sibylle of Saxony was a Saxon princess of the Albertine line of House of Wettin and by marriage... more »

Ndèye Ndiaye

Ndèye Ndiaye is a Senegalese professional women's basketball player with Tarbes GB of the Ligue... more »

Myriam Hernández

Miriam Raquel Hernández Navarro, popularly known as Myriam Hernández, is a Chilean... more »

Zoé Valdés

Zoé Valdés is a Cuban writer. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José... more »

Félix José

Domingo Félix Andújar José is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major... more »

Faisal II of Iraq

Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was... more »

Jaakko Kolmonen

Jaakko Kolmonen is a Finnish chef. He has worked since 1962 as a cooking teacher in several... more »

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