Birthday: 3 September
Famous people born on 3 September
28 of the best-known people in our data were born on 3 September, including Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Carl David Anderson and Jean Jaurès. The longest life among them was Irene Papas's, at 93 years.
- Zine El Abidine Ben AliTunisian politician · 1936–201983 yrs
- Carl David AndersonAmerican physicist · 1905–199185 yrs
- Jean JaurèsFrench / Occitan socialist leader · 1859–191454 yrs
- Urho KekkonenEighth President of Finland · 1900–198685 yrs
- Eduardo GaleanoUruguayan writer and journalist · 1940–201574 yrs
- Ferdinand Porsche ↗Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor · 1875–195175 yrs
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet ↗Australian virologist · 1899–198585 yrs
- Fritz Pregl ↗Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist · 1869–193061 yrs
- Louis Sullivan ↗American architect · 1856–192467 yrs
- Irene Papas ↗Greek actress and singer · 1929–202293 yrs
- Sergei Dovlatov ↗Soviet writer · 1941–199048 yrs
- James Joseph Sylvester ↗English mathematician · 1814–189782 yrs
- Levy Mwanawasa ↗Former President of Zambia · 1948–200859 yrs
- Eugène de Beauharnais ↗French statesman and military officer · 1781–182442 yrs
- Olga Constantinovna of Russia ↗Queen of the Hellenes · 1851–192674 yrs
- Alan Ladd ↗American actor · 1913–196450 yrs
- Joseph Wright of Derby ↗18th-century British painter · 1734–179762 yrs
- Lavinia Fontana ↗Italian painter · 1552–161461 yrs
- Matthew Boulton ↗English manufacturer, industrialist, business partner of James Watt · 1728–180980 yrs
- Gaston Thorn ↗Luxembourgish politician · 1928–200778 yrs
- Gérard Houllier ↗French football manager · 1947–202073 yrs
- Sophia Tolstaya ↗Russian writer · 1844–191975 yrs
- Lev Pontryagin ↗Soviet mathematician · 1908–198879 yrs
- Eileen Brennan ↗American actress and singer · 1932–201380 yrs
- Samir Amin ↗Egyptian-French economist and political theorist · 1931–201886 yrs
- Pietro Locatelli ↗Italian Baroque composer and violinist · 1695–176468 yrs
- József Eötvös ↗Hungarian politician · 1813–187157 yrs
- Kelzang Gyatso ↗7th Dalai Lama · 1708–175748 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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