Famous Births on 3 May1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)1764 - Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI, guillotined 17941768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)1857 - George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)1886 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and comr (d. 1971)1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)1896 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)1896 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)1901 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)1905 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1975)1906 - Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)1917 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)1918 - Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)1919 - Pete Seeger, American singer1920 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist and comr (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)1921 - Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)1922 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician1923 - George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor1924 - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)1924 - Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian1933 - Alex Cord, American actor1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate1933 - James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer1934 - Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor1937 - Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player1940 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president1942 - C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast1942 - Dave Marash, American journalist1945 - Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach1946 - Norm Chow, American football coach1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)1948 - Chris Mulkey, American actor1949 - Ron Wyden, American politician1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer1952 - Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete1954 - Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)1956 - Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician1957 - Rod Langway, American ice hockey player1958 - Kevin Kilner, American actor1958 - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author1959 - David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)1960 - Amy Steel, American actress1961 - Steve McClaren, English football manager1961 - Joe Murray, American cartoonist1961 - David Vitter American politician1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman1963 - Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player1963 - Sally Whittaker, English actress1964 - Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian1965 - John Jensen, Danish footballer1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor1966 - Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player1968 - Shane Minor, American singer1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor1970 - Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer1971 - Damon Dash, American label executive1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)1972 - Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter1972 - Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese actress1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist1975 - Dulé Hill, American actor1975 - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail1977 - Ryan Dempster, American baseball player1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)1978 - Christina Hendricks, American actress1978 - Lawrence Tynes, American football player1979 - Steve Mack, American professional wrestler1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)1980 - Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)1982 - Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player1983 - Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer1983 - Joseph Addai, American football player1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer1983 - Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer1984 - Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model1985 - Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)