February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years).
In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3.
Births
* 1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)
* 1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
* 1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (d. 1755)
* 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
* 1754 - George Crabbe, English poet and naturalist (d. 1832)
* 1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South Américan independence hero and Great Marshall of Ayacucho (d. 1830)
* 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
* 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
* 1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
* 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
* 1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
* 1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)
* 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935)
* 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
* 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946)
* 1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Popular Front politician and Prime Minister (d. 1956)
* 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
* 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978)
* 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
* 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
* 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
* 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
* 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
* 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
* 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor
* 1918 - Joey Bishop, American comedian and actor
* 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner
* 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
* 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor
* 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
* 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian
* 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
* 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
* 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
* 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
* 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator
* 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
* 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director
* 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
* 1941 - Neil Bogart, music company executive (d. 1982)
* 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
* 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
* 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
* 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist
* 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
* 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
* 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish Author
* 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist, World Champion in 1975
* 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
* 1950 - Pamela Franklin, American actress
* 1952 - Fred Lynn, baseball player
* 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey players
* 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
* 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
* 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
* 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
* 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor
* 1959 - Laurence Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)
* 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)
* 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor and director
* 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
* 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
* 1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor
* 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
* 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian soccer player
* 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
* 1974 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
* 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian National Hockey League player
* 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
* 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player
* 1977 - Daddy Yankee, Puerto-Rican reggaeton artist
* 1977 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
* 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer and DJ
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