January 3: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 3rd your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 3rd? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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January 3rd was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Boris Kochno, Russian ballet and operatic composer (La Chatte, Facheux, Fils Prodigue and Mavra), was born

Italian film director Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in America and Once Upon a Time in the West) was born on January 3, 1929.

American Social Realist painter Jack Levine (Brain Trust, Card Game, The Feast of Pure Reason, String Quartet and Welcome Home) was born on January 3, 1915.

August Macke, German Expressionist painter (Arabisches Cave, Forest Stream, Lady in a Park, Native Sea Fight and View into a Lane), was born on January 3, 1887.

American film director John Eliot Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock, The Eagle Has Landed, The Great Escape, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ice Station Zebra, The Magnificent Seven and Marooned) was born on January 3, 1911.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Jim Everett, III, American professional football player (Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers), was born on January 3, 1963.

Johannes Hin, Dutch yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1920), was born on January 3, 1898.

Canadian professional hockey player Robert Marvin (Bobby) Hull (Chicago Blackhawks) was born on January 3, 1939.

Clair Barth (Bart) Johnson, American professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox), was born on January 3, 1950.

American professional baseball player Gary Robert Lavelle (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays) was born on January 3, 1949.

Rick George MacLeish, Canadian professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, London Nationals, Oklahoma City Blazers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), was born on January 3, 1950.

American professional football player Elisha Nelson (Eli) Manning (New York Giants) was born on January 3, 1981. Eli Manning is the son of retired professional football player Archie Manning and brother to professional football player Peyton Manning.

Clifton (Coo Coo) Marlin, American racecar driver and Winston Cup champion, was born on January 3, 1932.

American professional basketball player Don May (Indiana Pacers) was born on January 3, 1946.

Angelo Parisi, Italian-French judoko and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on January 3, 1953.

German racecar driver Michael Schumacher was born on January 3, 1969. Michael Schumacher's brother, Ralf Schumacher, is also a racecar driver.

Hank Stram, American professional football coach (Kansas City Chiefs) and sports broadcaster (CBS Radio), was born on January 3, 1923.

Christina von Saltza, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on January 3, 1944.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Joan Walsh Anglund, American children's book author and illustrator (Bedtime Book, A Christmas Sampler, Crocus in the Snow, A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, Love Is a Special Way of Feeling, A Patchwork of Love and Prayer Is a Gentle Way of Being with God), was born on January 3, 1926.

Roman statesman, orator, philosopher and author Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on January 3, 106 B.C.

Betty Rollin, American television news reporter (NBC News) and author (Am I Getting Paid for This: A Romance About Work, First You Cry, Here's the Bright Side and Last Wish), was born on January 3, 1936.

John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien, British fantasy fiction author (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - The Fellowship of the Rings, The Return of the King and The Two Towers), was born on January 3, 1892.

Heinrich Wilheim von Gerstenberg, German philosopher and author, was born on January 3, 1737.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

British music producer Sir George Henry Martin (The Beatles) was born on January 3, 1926.

T. Claude Ryan, American aerospace manufacturer, was born on January 3, 1898. Claude Ryan is best remembered as the designer of The Spirit of St. Louis airplane, flown by Charles Lindbergh in his famous 1927 solo flight from New York City to Paris.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Performers

Angelyn Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters), was born on January 3, 1916. Maxene Andrews' sisters included singers LaVerne Andrews and Patti Andrews.

British rock bassist, singer and songwriter John Paul Jones Baldwin (Led Zeppelin) was born on January 3, 1946.

American jazz saxophonist Larry James Carter (Bird-Trand-So-Now) was born on January 3, 1969. James Carter has played with Regina Carter (his cousin), Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis, The Mingus Big Band and others.

Dabney Wharton Coleman, American actor (9 to 5, Amos and Andrew, The Beverly Hillbillies, Buffalo Bill, Cinderella Liberty, Clifford, Dragnet, Judicial Consent, The Man with One Red Shoe, Never Forget, North Dallas Forty, On Golden Pond, The Other Side of the Mountain, The President's Plane is Missing, Short Time and Tootsie), was born on January 3, 1932.

Mara Corday, American actress (Black Scorpion, Foxfire, Foxfire, The Lady Wants Mink, Naked Gun, Pink Cadillac and Tarantula), was born on January 3, 1932.

American actor Frank Dicopoulos (The Guiding Light) was born on January 3, 1957.

Marion Cecilia (Marion Davies) Douras, American actress (Going Hollywood, The Patsy, Runaway Romany, Show People and When Knighthood Was in Flower), was born on January 3, 1897.

Robert Flemyng, British actor (Windom's Way and Young Winston), was born on January 3, 1912.

American punk and heavy metal rock guitarist Ross Funicello (Ross the Boss) Friedman (The Dictators and Manowar) was born on January 3, 1954.

Elizabeth Mary (Betty) Furness, American model, actress (Flying Down to Rio, Magnificent Obsession and Renegades of the West) and television personality (Meet Betty Furness, News Gal/Byline and Penthouse Party), was born on January 3, 1916.

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Australian actor (Air America, Bird on a Wire, Conspiracy Theory, Forever Young, Gallipoli, Hamlet, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, The Man Without a Face, Maverick, Mrs. Soffel, The Patriot, The Road Warrior, Tequila Sunrise, Tim, What Women Want and The Year of Living Dangerously) film director (Apocalypto, Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ) and voice-over artist (Pocahontas), was born on January 3, 1956. Mel Gibson received an Academy Award in 1995.

American country music drummer, guitarist and singer Rusty Golden was born on January 3, 1959. Rusty Golden played with The Gatlin Brothers, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Rambos and others.

Nicholas Edward Gonzalez, American actor (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, My Little Assassin, The O.C., Rockaway, Scenes of the Crime, Sea of Dreams, Spun and Ugly Betty), was born on January 3, 1976.

Josephine Hull, American actress (Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey) and Academy Award winner (1950), was born on January 3, 1886.

American actor Alexander David (Alex) Linz (Home Alone 3 and Max Keeble's Big Move) was born on January 3, 1989.

Kimberley Dawn Locke, American R&B and pop singer, was born on January 3, 1978. Kimberley Locke was a finalist on the 2003 season of American Idol and participated in the Celebrity Fit Club.

American actor Robert Loggia (Armed and Dangerous, Big, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Independence Day, Mancuso FBI, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Pink Panther, Prizzi's Honor, Psycho 2, Scarface, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Speedtrap,Wild Palms and A Woman Called Golda) was born on January 3, 1930.

British stage actor and opera singer Sir Henry Alfred Lytton was born on January 3, 1865.

Jason Christopher Marsden, American actor (Almost Home, Eerie Indiana, General Hospital, The Munsters and White Squall) and voice-over artist (An Extremely Goofy Movie, Disney's House of Mouse, A Goofy Movie, The Gummi Bears, Jungle Cubs, Justice League, Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch, Peter Pan and the Pirates, Robot Jox, Superman: The Animated Series and Tarzan), was born on January 3, 1975.

American actress Danica McKellar (How I Met Your Mother, The West Wing and The Wonder Years) was born on January 3, 1975.

Larry McNeely, American country music banjo player (Larry McNeely Trio, Pinnacle Mountain Boys, Roy Acuff and His Smokey Mountain Boys and Southern Manor) and television personality (The Glen Campbell Show), was born on January 3, 1948. Larry McNeely has played with Mac Davis, Percy Faith, Burl Ives, Eddie Kendricks, Barbara Mandrell, The Smothers Brothers and other artists.

American country music singer Nikki Nelson (Highway 101) was born on January 3, 1969.

Nichole Nordeman, American contemporary Christian singer ("Legacy" and "This Mystery"), was born on January 3, 1972.

Van Dyke Parks, American pianist, singer ("Come to the Sunshine - Farther Along," "Donovan's Colours," "The Eagle and Me - On the Rolling Sea When Jesus Speak to Me," "Number Nine - Do What You Wanta" and "Occapella - Ode to Tobago") and actor (Goin' South), was born on January 3, 1941.

Angelo Petrucci (Angelo & Veronica), American Gospel singer, was born on January 3, 19--. Angelo Petrucci is married to Gospel singer Veronica Petrucci.

American actress Zasu Pitts (Better Times, Dames, Francis The Talking Mule, Greed, It's a Mad- Mad - Mad - Mad World and The Little Princess) was born on January 3, 1894.

Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr., American R&B singer ("Get It Shawty," "Girls Around the World," "Hey Young Girl," "How We Do It - Around My Way," "Player's Prayer," "Southside," "Year of the Lover" and "You"), was born on January 3, 1986.

American actress Victoria Principal (Blind Witness, Dallas, Earthquake, Fantasy Island, The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean, Mistress, Naked Lie, Pleasure Palace and Scott Turow's The Burden of Proof) was born on January 3, 1950.

Danish comedian, pianist (Comedy in Music), television personality (The Dean Martin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) and author (My Favorite Comedies in Music and My Favorite Intermissions) Victor Borge Rosenbaum was born on January 3, 1909.

William Lawrence (John) Russell, American actor (Forever Amber, Pale Rider and Rio Bravo), was born on January 3, 1921.

Japanese actress Shima Iwashita Shinoda (Double Suicide, Hara-Kiri and Red Lion) was born on January 3, 1941. Shima Iwashita married film director Shinoda Masahiro.

American folk-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills Nash & Young) was born on January 3, 1945.

American actor Shannon Sturges (Charmed, Days of Our Lives, Passions, Port Charles, Savannah and Tornado) was born on January 3, 1968. Shannon Sturges' grandfather was screenwriter and film director Preston Sturges.

Bill Travers, British actor (Born Free and Gorgo), was born on January 3, 1922.

Welsh actor (Lady in the Dark, Let's Do It Again, The Lost Weekend, Star-Spangled Rhythm, We're Not DressingX: The Man with X-Ray Eyes) and Academy Award winner (1945) Reginald (Ray Milland) Truscott-Jones was born on January 3, 1907.

Jesse White, American actor (Bedtime for Bonzo and The Million Dollar Mermaid), was born on January 3, 1919. Jesse White is best remembered as the Sears Maytag repairman from television commercials.

Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong (Daughter of Shanghai, Daughter of the Dragon, Piccadilly, Shanghai Express, The Thief of Bagdad and The Toll of the Sea) was born on January 3, 1905.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous Scientists

British engineer and torpedo technology pioneer Robert Whitehead was born on January 3, 1823.

January 3rd Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee was born on January 3, 1883.

Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (to 30^th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge) was born on January 3, 1879.

Belgian Catholic priest Jozef (Father Damien) de Veuster was born on January 3, 1840. Father Damien ministered to lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

American suffragist and women's rights activist Lucretia Mott was born on January 3, 1793.

Dinh Diem Ngo, South Vietnamese President, was born on January 3, 1901.

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