Famous people born on 3 May

• Golda MeirPrime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 · 1898–1978
  80 yrs
• Bing CrosbyAmerican singer and actor · 1903–1977
  74 yrs
• James BrownAmerican musician · 1933–2006
  73 yrs
• Steven WeinbergAmerican theoretical physicist · 1933–2021
  88 yrs
• Pete SeegerAmerican folk singer · 1919–2014
  94 yrs
• George Paget ThomsonEnglish physicist · 1892–1975
  83 yrs
• Alfred KastlerFrench physicist · 1902–1984
  81 yrs
• Carl XV of SwedenKing of Sweden and Norway · 1826–1872
  46 yrs
• Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès ↗French priest and statesman · 1748–1836
  88 yrs
• Mary Astor ↗American actress and author · 1906–1987
  81 yrs
• Bernhard von Bülow ↗German and Prussian politician · 1849–1929
  80 yrs
• Carlo Acutis ↗Italian Catholic saint · 1991–2006
  15 yrs
• Kiro Gligorov ↗President of the Republic of Macedonia · 1917–2012
  94 yrs
• Sugar Ray Robinson ↗American boxer · 1921–1989
  67 yrs
• Věra Čáslavská ↗Czechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach · 1942–2016
  74 yrs
• August von Kotzebue ↗German dramatist and writer · 1761–1819
  57 yrs
• Vito Volterra ↗Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist · 1860–1940
  80 yrs
• Park Jung-yang ↗Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists · 1872–1959
  86 yrs
• Bertha Benz ↗German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz · 1849–1944
  95 yrs
• John Hanning Speke ↗British military officer and explorer · 1827–1864
  37 yrs
• Leopoldo Luque ↗Argentine footballer · 1949–2021
  71 yrs
• Amaro Rodríguez Felipe ↗Spanish corsair · 1678–1747
  69 yrs
• Aldo Rossi ↗Italian architect · 1931–1997
  66 yrs
• Alexandre Benois ↗Russian artist · 1870–1960
  89 yrs
• Georges Moustaki ↗Greek-French singer · 1934–2013
  79 yrs
• David Koch ↗American billionaire heir and businessman · 1940–2019
  79 yrs
• Dodie Smith ↗English children's novelist and playwright · 1896–1990
  94 yrs
• Beulah Bondi ↗American actress · 1888–1981
  92 yrs
• Yehuda Amichai ↗Israeli poet · 1924–2000
  76 yrs
• Jacob Riis ↗American photographer, journalist and activist · 1849–1914
  65 yrs
• Nikola VII Zrinski ↗Croatian military commander · 1620–1664
  44 yrs
• Hashem Safieddine ↗Lebanese politician · 1964–2024
  60 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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