Famous Personalities Born In August - 03
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1509 Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.
1645 August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.
1692 John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.
1748 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on August - 03.
1770 On August - 03 birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)
1801 On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
1808 Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1811 On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) was born on this day in history.
1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer was born on August - 03.
1820 On this day in history birth of william Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1823 On August - 03 birth of thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1824 On this day in history birth of william Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 On this day in history birth of ivan Zajc, composer
1833 On August - 03 birth of auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
1847 On this day in history birth of jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
1850 On August - 03 birth of paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
1850 Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926) was born on August - 03.
1851 On this day in history birth of isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
1854 On this day in history birth of fernand de La Tombelle, composer
1855 Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1856 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.
1860 On August - 03 birth of w. K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
1867 On August - 03 birth of stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) was born on August - 03.
1872 On August - 03 birth of haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)
1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) was born on August - 03.
1874 Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) was born on this day in history.
1878 Constantino Gaito, composer was born on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history birth of charles O'Neill, composer
1882 On August - 03 birth of segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
1884 Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) was born on this day in history.