Famous Birthdays for May 3Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 - Italian philosopher/writer Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch, Golda Meyerson) 1898 - Fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3 Norman Corwin 1910 - Writer, screenwriter, producer Virgil Fox 1912 - Organist Pete Seeger 1919 - Folk singer Betty Comden 1919 - Comden of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.) 1921 - Boxer Joe Ames 1924 - Musician (The Ames Brothers) Jimmy Cleveland 1926 - Trombone player Dave Dudley 1928 - Country music singer James Brown (James Joseph Brown, Jr.) 1928 - Singer Joe Layton 1931 - Director, choreographer Alex Cord 1933 - Actor ("Airwolf") Frankie Valli 1934 - Musician (The Four Seasons) Rudolf "Rudy" Jacobs 1938 - Chemist, received Nobel Prize in 1992 Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress Pete Staples 1944 - Musician (The Troggs) Greg Gumble 1946 - Sportscaster Doug Henning 1947 - Magician, illusionist, escape artist Mary Hopkin 1950 - Folk singer Christopher Cross (Christopher Charles Geppert) 1951 - Singer, songwriter Bruce Hall 1953 - Musician (REO Speedwagon) Cactus Moser 1957 - Musician (Highway 101) David Ball 1959 - Musician (Soft Cell) Bobby Cannavale 1970 - Actor John Driskell Hopkins 1971 - Country musician (Zac Brown Band) John Neff 1971 - Musician Dule' Hill 1975 - Actor ("The West Wing") Marsha Stephanie-Blake 1975 - Actor Willi Geist 1975 - Television personality ("Today") Christina Hendricks 1975 - Actor Eric Church 1977 - Country singer Tanya Wright 1978 - Actor Farrah Destiny Franklin 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child) Joseph Addai 1983 - Football player Cheryl Burke 1984 - Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars") Michal Kiwanuka 1987 - Singer Mary Danielle Lambert 1989 - Singer, songwriter Zoe De Grand Maison 1995 - Actor |
