What happened on April 3 ?

1151 - Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)

1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)

1367 - King Henry IV of England (d. 1413)

1529 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)

1593 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)

1639 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)

1643 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1690)

1683 - Mark Catesby, English naturalist (d. 1749)

1693 - George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)

1715 - John Hanson, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1783)

1715 - William Watson, English physician and scientist (d. 1787)

1764 - John Abernathy, English surgeon (d. 1831)

1769 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835)

1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan

1783 - Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)

1814 - Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)

1821 - T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892)

1822 - Edward Everett Hale, American writer (d. 1909)

1823 - William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (d. 1878)

1880 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (d. 1903)

1881 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954)

1885 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (d. 1981)

1889 - Grigora? Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1949)

1893 - Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)

1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968)

1898 - George Jessel, American comedian (d. 1981)

1898 - Henry Luce, American publisher (d. 1967)

1904 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (d. 1999)

1905 - Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (d. 1965)

1913 - Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005)

1916 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (d. 1997)

1921 - Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)

1924 - Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)

1924 - Doris Day, American actress

1925 - Tony Benn, British politician

1926 - Gus Grissom, astronaut (d. 1967)

1928 - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003)

1928 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)

1929 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress

1930 - Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (d. 1998)

1930 - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany

1934 - Jane Goodall, English zoologist

1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)

1938 - Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer

1941 - Eric Braeden, German-born actor

1941 - Philippe Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)

1941 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (d. 2004)

1942 - Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)

1942 - Marsha Mason, American actress

1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer

1942 - Billy Joe Royal, American singer

1943 - Jonathan Lynn, British actor and comedy writer

1943 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986)

1944 - Tony Orlando, American musician

1948 - Carlos Salinas, President of Mexico

1949 - Richard Thompson, British musician and songwriter

1949 - Lyle Alzado, American football player

1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer

1956 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)

1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor

1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor

1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician (Ayreon)

1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

1962 - Mike Ness, American musician (Social Distortion)

1964 - Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist

1966 - Miina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)

1968 - Sebastian Bach, Canadian musician (Skid Row)

1968 - Charlotte Coleman, British television actress (d. 2001)

1968 - Jamie Hewlett, British illustrator (Tank Girl and Gorillaz)

1972 - Jennie Garth, American actress

1973 - Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor

1975 - Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player

1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician (Switchfoot)

1976 - Will Mellor, British actor

1979 - Daniel Lane, British music journalist

1982 - Fler, German rapper

1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and show host