Today In History - Monday, September 3rd

1993


Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol
1987


Chris Fountain, English actor
1986


Shaun White, American snowboarder
1985


Scott Carson, English footballer
Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1984


Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1983


Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
Nicky Hunt, English footballer
Marcus McCauley, American football player
Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1982


Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
1981


Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1980


The B.G., American rapper
Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist ''(Sum 41)''
Jennie Finch, American softball player
1979


Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician ''(30 Seconds to Mars)''
1978


John Curtis, English footballer
Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
Nick Wechsler, American actor
Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician ''(Windir)'' (d. 2004)
1977


Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1976


Ashley Jones, American actress
Jevon Kearse, American football player
Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1975


Cristobal Huet, French hockey player
1974


Clare Kramer, American actress
Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
1973


Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
Jennifer Paige, American singer/songwriter
Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player
1972


Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress
Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
1971


Chabeli Iglesias, Spanish journalist
Trevor St. John, American actor
1970


Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
Gareth Southgate, English footballer
1969


John Fugelsang, American actor
Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler, and valet (d. 2004)
1966


Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
1965


Charlie Sheen, American actor
1964


Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
Spike Feresten, American television writer
Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
Holt McCallany, American actor
Nigel Rhodes, English actor and musician
1963


Amber Lynn, American porn star
Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1962


Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
1959


Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1957


Garth Ancier, American television executive
1956


Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1955


Steve Jones, English musician ''(Sex Pistols)''
1953


Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
1951


Denys Hobson, former South African cricketer
1950


Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer ''(King's X)''
1949


Peter VII of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all of Africa (d. 2004)
José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
1948


Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1947


Eric Bell, Irish guitarist ''(Thin Lizzy)''
Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1943


Valerie Perrine, American actress
Frank Lister, English footballer
1942


Al Jardine, American musician ''(The Beach Boys)''
John Shrapnel, English actor
1941


Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
1940


Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
Pauline Collins, English actress
1938


Eileen Brennan, American actress
Caryl Churchill, English playwright
Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934


Freddie King, American musician (d. 1976)
1933


Tompall Glaser, American singer
Basil Butcher, West Indian cricketer
1932


Eileen Brennan, American actress
1931


Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
Dick Motta, American basketball coach
1930


Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
1929


Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
1928


Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission (d. 2007)
1926


Alison Lurie, American novelist
Irene Papas, Greek actress
1925


Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1923


Mort Walker, American cartoonist ''(Beetle Bailey)''
1921


Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1918


Helen Wagner, American actress
1916


Eddie Stanky, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1914


Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
1913


Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)
1911


Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
1910


Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (d. 2007)
1908


Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1907


Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977)
1905


Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
1901


Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
1900


Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician (d. 1986)
Percy Chapman, England cricketer (d. 1961)
1899


Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
1897


Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1887


Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1882


Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1875


Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)
1869


Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1856


Louis Sullivan, American architect (d. 1924)
Robert Stewart, South African cricketer (d. 1913)
1851


Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
1849


Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
1841


Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1820


George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1810


Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1781


Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
1724


Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1710


Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
1695


Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
1693


Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1675


Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1568


Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634)
1499


Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
1034


Emperor Go-Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1073)