On This Day — May 3
3993 noted people were born and 1947 died on May 3 in our archive, including Alfred Kastler, Aryeh Dvoretzky and George Paget Thomson.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 3
Alfred Kastler
1902 – 1984
Aryeh Dvoretzky
1916 – 2008
George Paget Thomson
1892 – 1975
Max Volmer
1885 – 1965
Mikhail Prokhorov
b. 1965
Vito Volterra
1860 – 1940
Abraham Nitzan
b. 1944
Alexander Yule Fraser
1857 – 1890
Alexey Alexandrov
b. 1952
Asle Sudbø
b. 1961
Bärbel Bas
b. 1968
Carl Toldt
1840 – 1920
David Vitter
b. 1961
Eugène de Rozière
1820 – 1896
Franco Modugno
b. 1938
Franziska Giffey
b. 1978
Frédéric Jousset
b. 1970
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Dulnev
1927 – 2012
Georges Huisman
1889 – 1957
Gernot Erler
b. 1944
Henri Rolin
1891 – 1973
Jaron Lanier
b. 1960
Jeffrey C. Hall
b. 1945
John Scott Haldane
1860 – 1936
János Pach
b. 1954
Karin Schnass
b. 1980
Kornel Morawiecki
1941 – 2019
Kuniko Inoguchi
b. 1952
Liam Donaldson
b. 1949
Lieven Scheire
b. 1981
Marcel Dupré
1886 – 1971
Martin Bouygues
b. 1952
Martí de Riquer i Morera
1914 – 2013
Mette Kierkgaard
b. 1972
Nenad Ban
b. 1966
Per-Ingvar Brånemark
1929 – 2014
Pierre Lellouche
b. 1951
Raúl Padilla López
1954 – 2023
René Huyghe
1906 – 1997
Richard Arnowitt
1928 – 2014
Ronald Lindsay
1877 – 1945
Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett
b. 1949
Steven Weinberg
1933 – 2021
Takuzo Aida
b. 1956
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
1874 – 1954
Werner Fenchel
1905 – 1988
Wilbur Olin Atwater
1844 – 1907
Élie Metchnikoff
1845 – 1916
Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
1908 – 1990
Agu Laisk
b. 1938
Akio Toyoda
b. 1956
Alan Flowers
b. 1953
Albrecht Fleckenstein
1917 – 1992
Aldo Rossi
1931 – 1997
Alexander Gerst
b. 1976
Amaat Joos
1855 – 1937
André Chevrillon
1864 – 1957
Ann B. Davis
1926 – 2014
António Ginestal Machado
1874 – 1940
Arthur Hardy
1817 – 1909
Arthur Kerman
1929 – 2017
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein
1865 – 1935
Bernhard von Bülow
1849 – 1929
Bevil Granville
1665 – 1706
Carl XV of Sweden
1826 – 1872
Carlo Rovelli
b. 1956
Charles Richmond Glover
1870 – 1936
Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
1936 – 2023
Daniel Angelici
b. 1964
David Bierens de Haan
1822 – 1895
Dennis O'Neil
1939 – 2020
Dieter Borchmeyer
b. 1941
Dmitry Bisikalo
b. 1961
Dorothy Walcott Weeks
1893 – 1990
Drauzio Varella
b. 1943
Eduard Heger
b. 1976
Edward Dowden
1843 – 1913
Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe
1875 – 1952
Edward Lucas
b. 1962
Efraín Barquero
1931 – 2020
Ernst Kantorowicz
1895 – 1963
Ernst Scholz
1874 – 1932
Ewa Björling
b. 1961
Fabio Pusterla
b. 1957
Felix Kolmer
1922 – 2022
Francesco Paolo Bonifacio
1923 – 1989
Francesco Profumo
b. 1953
Franco Burgersdijk
1590 – 1635
Frank Snepp
b. 1943
Gani Qasymov
b. 1950
Garth Fagan
b. 1940
Georg Franck von Franckenau
1643 – 1704
Georg Sabinus
1508 – 1560
George Rich
1863 – 1956
Gina McCarthy
b. 1954
Götz Aly
b. 1947
Harry M. Caudill
1922 – 1990
Heinz Kohut
1913 – 1981
Henry B. González
1916 – 2000
Henry Francis Bryan
1865 – 1944
Henry S. Graves
1871 – 1951
Hugo Rahner
1900 – 1968
Jacob Riis
1849 – 1914
James Harry Covington
1870 – 1942
James McGarel-Hogg, 1st Baron Magheramorne
1823 – 1890
James Stirling
1836 – 1916
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
b. 1951
Jean François Orcel
1896 – 1978
Jiřina Bohdalová
b. 1931
Johann Goercke
1750 – 1822
John Hamilton Gray
1814 – 1889
John Hansen Sørbrøden
1775 – 1857
John Lewis
1920 – 2001
John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley
1772 – 1840
Josefina Ludmer
1939 – 2016
Juan Gelman
1930 – 2014
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
b. 1966
Ke T'ing-sui
1913 – 2000
Kiro Gligorov
1917 – 2012
Klaus Korhonen
b. 1961
Kurt Pätzold
1930 – 2016
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck
1809 – 1887
Leo Panitch
1945 – 2020
Lesya Orobets
b. 1982
Lina Thomsgård
b. 1978
Lior Pachter
b. 1973
Lot M. Morrill
1813 – 1883
Louis Tobback
b. 1938
Lourdes Maldonado
b. 1973
Luis Alberto Moreno
b. 1953
Luis Aldunate
1842 – 1908
Luminița Odobescu
b. 1969
Manuel Lima
b. 1978
Marc Dugain
b. 1957
Mark Dvorzhetski
1908 – 1975
Michel Bacos
1924 – 2019
Mikhail Bortnik
b. 1960
Milton Santos
1926 – 2001
Mo Ibrahim
b. 1946
Monika Płatek
b. 1953
Montgomery C. Meigs
1816 – 1892
Natalya Radina
b. 1979
Nikolai Lyashchenko
1910 – 2000
Nikolay Koshelev
1840 – 1918
Nitin Saxena
b. 1981
Oleg Ostapenko
b. 1957
Olexander Motsyk
b. 1955
Otto Behaghel
1854 – 1936
Otto Bütschli
1848 – 1920
Panagiotis Ipeirotis
b. 1976
Park Jung-yang
1872 – 1959
Patrick Billingsley
1925 – 2011
Pavlo Skoropadsky
1873 – 1945
Pierre Emmanuel
1916 – 1984
Pierre Lafitte
1872 – 1938
Pierre Vilar
1906 – 2003
Pyo Chang-won
b. 1966
Pyotr Vershigora
1905 – 1963
Rachel Zegler
b. 2001
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan
b. 1987
Ralph Hone
1896 – 1992
Richard Cordray
b. 1959
Rob Astorino
b. 1967
Robert Osborne
1932 – 2017
Ron Wyden
b. 1949
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
b. 1978
Stanisław Kociołek
1933 – 2015
Stephen David Macleod Brown
b. 1955
Suzi Perry
b. 1970
Sverker Göranson
b. 1954
Tamerlan Thorell
1830 – 1901
Tatyana Tolstaya
b. 1951
Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
b. 1954
Thomas B. Hayward
1924 – 2022
Thomas Sutherland
1931 – 2016
Tim Fischer
1946 – 2019
Tomáš Týn
1950 – 1990
Trevor N. Dupuy
1916 – 1995
Ulric-Joseph Tessier
1817 – 1892
Vasco Gonçalves
1922 – 2005
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
1896 – 1974
Wang Ming
1904 – 1974
William Clay Ford
b. 1957
William Denison
1804 – 1871
William Inge
1913 – 1973
Wong Kwok-kin
b. 1952
Władysław Belina-Prażmowski
1888 – 1938
Xu Liangying
1920 – 2013
Yehuda Amichai
1924 – 2000
Zdzisław Wąsik
b. 1947
Zlil Sela
b. 1965
Édouard Drumont
1844 – 1917
Adams George Archibald
1814 – 1892
Agnès Desarthe
b. 1966
Agustín Eyzaguirre
1768 – 1837
Alain Hakim
b. 1961
Albert Sacco
b. 1949
Aleksandar Malinov
1867 – 1938
Aleksander Sochaczewski
1843 – 1923
Alessandro Battilocchio
b. 1977
… and 3,793 more
Died on May 3
Charles Tilston Bright
1832 – 1888
Abraham Seidenberg
1916 – 1988
Boris Babkin
1877 – 1950
Charles Lory
1823 – 1889
Didrik Arup Seip
1884 – 1963
Francis Crawford Burkitt
1864 – 1935
Gary S. Becker
1930 – 2014
Isawa Shūji
1851 – 1917
Jim Oberstar
1934 – 2014
John Hugh Seiradhakis
1948 – 2020
John Winthrop
1714 – 1779
Jorge Illueca
1918 – 2012
Josef Jařab
1937 – 2023
Juan Donoso Cortés
1809 – 1853
Karl von Auwers
1863 – 1939
Kazuo Aichi
1937 – 2024
Kristian Schreiner
1874 – 1957
Krzysztof Pawłowski
1946 – 2026
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
1926 – 2008
Lev Pontryagin
1908 – 1988
Lino Gutierrez
1951 – 2025
Onni Talas
1877 – 1958
Robert Brout
1928 – 2011
Stanislaw Shushkievich
1934 – 2022
Torsten Hägerstrand
1916 – 2004
Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov
1897 – 1963
Zakir Husain
1897 – 1969
Émile Duclaux
1840 – 1904
Adolphe Adam
1803 – 1856
Agshin Alizadeh
1937 – 2014
Alex Agase
1922 – 2007
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1820 – 1873
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
1920 – 2004
Antoni Kalina
1846 – 1906
António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama
1806 – 1881
Arvid Genetz
1848 – 1915
Barbara Castle
1910 – 2002
Bolesław Kieniewicz
1907 – 1969
Bruce Beetham
1936 – 1997
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
1934 – 2016
Charles W. Curtis
1926 – 2026
Clarence Hugo Linder
1903 – 1994
Daniel Vincent
1874 – 1946
Darius Paul Dassault
1882 – 1969
Domingo Siazon
1939 – 2016
Edgar Fahs Smith
1854 – 1928
Fay Gale
1932 – 2008
Ferdinand Baston de La Riboisière
1856 – 1931
Franz Bücheler
1837 – 1908
Frederick Knight
1812 – 1897
Geoff Stedman
1943 – 2026
George Murphy
1902 – 1992
Henry Manning
1877 – 1963
Hideto Kishida
1899 – 1966
Horace Maynard
1814 – 1882
Howard Taylor Ricketts
1871 – 1910
Howard Thomas Markey
1920 – 2006
Ingolf Elster Christensen
1872 – 1943
Jacques Bertin
1918 – 2010
Jagmohan
1927 – 2021
James Mace
1952 – 2004
James Wilson
1849 – 1929
Janusz Tazbir
1927 – 2016
Jerzy Kosiński
1933 – 1991
Jesús Díaz
1941 – 2002
John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury
1872 – 1950
John Joseph O'Connor
1920 – 2000
John Miles Foley
1947 – 2012
Julia Butler Hansen
1907 – 1988
Julien Léon Loizillon
1829 – 1899
Józef Michalik
1941 – 2026
Karl Freund
1890 – 1969
Kikunae Ikeda
1864 – 1936
Leopold Freiherr von Hauer
1854 – 1933
Lino Capolicchio
1943 – 2022
Louis Delaporte
1842 – 1925
Louis Wirth
1897 – 1952
Lygia Pape
1927 – 2004
Margaret Eliza Maltby
1860 – 1944
Mariano Luis de Urquijo
1769 – 1817
Michael Schilkin
1900 – 1962
Mieczysław Wolfke
1883 – 1947
Nargis
1929 – 1981
Nikica Valentić
1950 – 2023
Norman Mineta
1931 – 2022
Odón de Buen
1863 – 1945
Oleg Lupanov
1932 – 2006
Pehr Henrik Ling
1776 – 1839
Percy Spender
1897 – 1985
Peter Connolly
1935 – 2012
Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco
1857 – 1932
Revas Chkheidze
1926 – 2015
Richard Friederich Arens
1919 – 2000
Richard Pares
1902 – 1958
Richard Schoemaker
1886 – 1942
Robert Alda
1914 – 1986
Shakuntala Paranjpye
1906 – 2000
Shinji Satō
1932 – 2016
Stanisław Biniecki
1907 – 1999
Stefan Doernberg
1924 – 2010
Sırrı Süreyya Önder
1962 – 2025
Tadeusz Gocłowski
1931 – 2016
Tony Staley
1939 – 2023
Uroš Krek
1922 – 2008
Venkatesh Kulkarni
1945 – 1998
Vivi Laurent-Täckholm
1898 – 1978
Wally Schirra
1923 – 2007
William H. Woodin
1868 – 1934
William Meigh Goodman
1847 – 1928
Xue Yue
1896 – 1998
Yoshinao Nakada
1923 – 2000
Yrjö Wichmann
1868 – 1932
Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji
1985 – 2017
Aksel Hansen
1853 – 1933
Albert Béguin
1901 – 1957
Albert G. Porter
1824 – 1897
Alexander V
1339 – 1410
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
1908 – 1993
Allan L. McCutcheon
1950 – 2016
Alphonse DeCarre
1892 – 1977
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
1806 – 1859
Andrew Lysaght, junior
1873 – 1933
András Gergely
1946 – 2021
Anthony Ainley
1932 – 2004
Antoine Portail
1674 – 1736
Anton Wildgans
1881 – 1932
Aubrey E. Landry
1880 – 1972
August Liivik
1903 – 1942
Benedict XIV
1675 – 1758
Bernard Lapasset
1947 – 2023
Bill Hodgman
1909 – 1997
Boris Kobe
1905 – 1981
Branko Vukelić
1958 – 2013
Bridget Redmond
1905 – 1952
Caspar Henry Borgess
1826 – 1890
Charles Roe
1715 – 1781
Charlie Soong
1863 – 1918
Chet Jastremski
1941 – 2014
Clement Hindley
1874 – 1944
Cornelis Theodorus Elout
1767 – 1841
Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar
1867 – 1934
Dag Berggrav
1925 – 2003
Daniel Edgar Sickles
1819 – 1914
Dante Gullo
1947 – 2019
David Pines
1924 – 2018
Derwas Cumming
1891 – 1918
Dick Rutan
1938 – 2024
Earl Woods
1932 – 2006
Eduard Böcking
1802 – 1870
Eduard Schwyzer
1874 – 1943
Emily Frost Phipps
1865 – 1943
Eric of Pomerania
1381 – 1459
Ernest E. Tissot, Jr.
1927 – 2019
Ernie Nevers
1902 – 1976
Ernst Bertram
1884 – 1957
Ernst Wollweber
1898 – 1967
Ferdinand von Kummer
1816 – 1900
Fergus William Campbell
1924 – 1993
Florencio Campomanes
1927 – 2010
Francesco Algarotti
1712 – 1764
Frank Foster
1889 – 1958
Frank H. Rudkin
1864 – 1931
Frank Kerr
1889 – 1977
Frank Maxwell Andrews
1884 – 1943
František Tondra
1936 – 2012
Friedrich von Pourtalès
1853 – 1928
Fu Dingyi
1877 – 1958
G. Ott Romney
1892 – 1973
George S. Blanchard
1920 – 2006
George Wheeler
1842 – 1905
Godfrey Evans
1920 – 1999
Gorō Shimura
1930 – 2019
Guenter Wendt
1923 – 2010
Guy Benson
1876 – 1958
György Holovits
1946 – 2018
Hanon Reznikov
1950 – 2008
Helen Dortch Longstreet
1863 – 1962
Henri de Gaulle
1848 – 1932
Henry Ossian Flipper
1856 – 1940
Henry Thacker
1870 – 1939
Hermína Týrlová
1900 – 1993
Holger Hansen
1929 – 2015
Howard Reid
1897 – 1962
Hughie Green
1920 – 1997
I. Bhooshana Rao
1914 – 1976
Ibrahim Yusuf Sulayman
1908 – 1982
Ingebrigt Haldorsen Sæter
1800 – 1875
Iosif Goshkevich
1814 – 1875
Jackie Cooper
1922 – 2011
Jagjit Singh Aurora
1916 – 2005
James B. Beck
1822 – 1890
James Braxton Craven, Jr.
1918 – 1977
James C. Tison, Jr.
1908 – 1991
James Johnston
1655 – 1737
James McHenry
1753 – 1816
James Noel Thomson
1888 – 1979
James Sharp
1613 – 1679
Jean Baptiste Smits
1792 – 1857
Jessie Willcox Smith
1863 – 1935
Johann Anderson
1674 – 1743
… and 1,747 more