What happened on August 3 ?

1509 - ÿtienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (d. 1546)

1604 - John Eliot, English missionary (d. 1690)

1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)

1770 - King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)

1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect (d. 1865)

1808 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)

1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)

1817 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)

1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)

1856 - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)

1860 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)

1867 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)

1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)

1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)

1894 - Harry Heilmann, baseball player (d. 1951)

1899 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (d. 1979)

1900 - Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)

1900 - John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)

1901 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)

1903 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian Politician (d. 2000)

1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988)

1905 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (d. 1983)

1905 - Cardinal Franz König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)

1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)

1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (d. 1999)

1920 - P.D. James, English novelist

1923 - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)

1925 - Marv Levy, American football coach

1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer

1926 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (d. 2004)

1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor (Tarzan)

1935 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (d. 1997)

1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor

1937 - Steven Berkoff, British actor

1937 - Diane Wakoski, American poet

1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television presenter

1939 - Jimmy Nicol, British musican

1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player

1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor

1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)

1941 - Martha Stewart, American publisher and media personality

1946 - Jack Straw, British politician

1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France

1950 - John Landis, American film director

1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player

1951 - Jay North, American actor

1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer and coach

1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker.

1959 - Martin Atkins, English drummer

1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1963 - James Hetfield, American singer and guitarist (Metallica)

1963 - Ed Roland, American musician, singer and songwriter (Collective Soul)

1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician

1970 - Gina G, British singer

1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian hockey player

1973 - Jay Cutler, Champion Bodybuilder

1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player

1977 - Tom Brady, American football player

1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish football (soccer) player

1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and fashion model

1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, heir to the Monaco throne