What happened on February 3 ?

1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)

1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)

1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (d. 1755)

1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)

1754 - George Crabbe, English poet and naturalist (d. 1832)

1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South Américan independence hero and Great Marshall of Ayacucho (d. 1830)

1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)

1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)

1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)

1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)

1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)

1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)

1859 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935)

1862 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)

1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946)

1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Popular Front politician and Prime Minister (d. 1956)

1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)

1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)

1894 - Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978)

1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)

1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)

1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)

1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)

1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)

1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)

1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor

1918 - Joey Bishop, American comedian and actor

1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner

1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician

1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor

1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist

1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council

1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian

1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician

1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer

1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter

1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)

1933 - Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator

1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)

1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director

1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player

1941 - Neil Bogart, music company executive (d. 1982)

1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress

1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)

1945 - Bob Griese, American football player

1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist

1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)

1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter

1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish Author

1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist, World Champion in 1975

1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress

1952 - Fred Lynn, baseball player

1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey players

1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist

1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist

1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor

1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)

1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist

1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor

1959 - Laurence Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)

1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)

1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor and director

1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress

1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer

1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor

1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)

1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player

1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer

1974 - Elisa Donovan, American actress

1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian National Hockey League player

1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress

1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player

1977 - Daddy Yankee, Puerto-Rican reggaeton artist

1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer and DJ