November 3
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[edit] Births
- 39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
- 1487 - Melin de Saint-Gelais, French poet (d. 1558)
- 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
- 1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
- 1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
- 1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)
- 1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)
- 1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
- 1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)
- 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
- 1794 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
- 1801 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859)
- 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- 1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
- 1816 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)
- 1852 - Meiji Emperor, Japanese emperor (d. 1912)
- 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (d. 1942)
- 1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)
- 1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (d. 1964)
- 1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (d. 1918)
- 1901 - King Léopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
- 1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990)
- 1909 - James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995)
- 1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)
- 1918 - Bob Feller, baseball player
- 1918 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)
- 1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
- 1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist
- 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor
- 1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician
- 1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934 - John Barry, English composer
- 1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis champion
- 1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
- 1946 - Tom Savini, American actor, filmmaker, and makeup artist
- 1948 - Lulu (singer), British actress and singer
- 1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxer
- 1952 - Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedienne
- 1953 - Dickie Fiske, American Business Owner, Slow Pitch Softball Legend
- 1953 - Kate Capshaw, American actress
- 1953 - Dennis Miller, American comedian
- 1954 - Adam Ant, English singer
- 1954 - Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress
- 1955 - Phil Simms, American football player
- 1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor, author, and puppeteer
- 1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
- 1960 - Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
- 1962 - Marilyn, British musician
- 1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer
- 1967 - Steven Wilson, English singer Porcupine Tree
- 1970 - Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Nemone, Athlete and broadcaster
- 1973 - Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
- 1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player
- 1976 - Ruben Espinosa, Famous Philosopher, co-author of the spample theory
- 1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model
- 1981 - Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
- 1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
- 1986 - Jasmine Trias, American singer
- 1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
[edit] Deaths
- 1998 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist.
[edit] Events
- 1978 - Dominica receives independence from Great Britain.