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Metallica has won 10 Grammy Awards and released 11 studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays, and 24 singles.
Famous Birthdays on August 3
1963 — James Hetfield
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
August 3 has 242 recorded notable births across history, from 1442 to 1999. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1442 – 1999
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- 1795 Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country. Source
- 1975 A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. Source
- 1972 The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Source
- 2005 President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Source
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Esch became a professional boxer in 1994 after a successful stint on the Toughman Contest scene and went on to capture the World Athletic Association (WAA) heavyweight and IBA super heavyweight championships.
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Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his newspaper accounts of "dogface" infantry soldiers from a first-person perspective.
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Fish was the most trusted advisor to President Ulysses S.
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Nate McMillan coached the Seattle SuperSonics from 2000 to 2005, the Portland Trail Blazers from 2005 to 2012, and the Indiana Pacers from 2016 to 2020.
More major people born on August 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1966
Eric Esch
American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
Eric David Scott Esch, better known by his nickname "Butterbean", is an American television personality and retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler.
1900
Ernie Pyle
American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
Ernest Taylor Pyle was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II.
1808
Hamilton Fish
American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (died 1893)
Hamilton Fish was an American statesman who served as the sixteenth governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S.
1964
Nate McMillan
American basketball player and coach
Nathaniel McMillan is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1940
Lance Alworth
American football player
Lance Dwight Alworth, nicknamed "Bambi", is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL), and the…
1994
Esther Earl
American author, vlogger, and online personality (died 2010)
Esther Grace Earl was an American author, internet vlogger, online personality, and Nerdfighter, as well as an activist in the Harry Potter Alliance.
1990
Kang Min-kyung
South Korean singer
Kang Min-kyung is a South Korean singer and actress. She is one half of the duo Davichi, who rose to fame upon the release of their debut album Amaranth in 2008.
1987
Kim Hyung-jun
South Korean singer and dancer
Kim Hyung-jun is a South Korean entertainer, lead rapper and youngest member of boyband SS501 and SS301. In 2010, Kim left DSP Media, who managed him as part of SS501, and joined S-Plus Entertainment as a solo artist.
1871
Vernon Louis Parrington
American historian and scholar (died 1929)
Vernon Louis Parrington was an American literary historian, scholar, and college football coach.
1442
Galeotto I Pico
Duke of Mirandola (died 1499)
Galeotto I Pico della Mirandola was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, Signore of Mirandola and Concordia. He was noted by contemporaries for his tyranny.
1941
Juanita Helms
American politician (died 2009)
Juanita Lou Helms was an American politician who served as a member of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly for five years, and then as the first female borough mayor of Fairbanks from 1985 to 1991.
1964
Abhisit Vejjajiva
English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
Abhisit Vejjajiva is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011.
1972
Sandis Ozoliņš
Latvian ice hockey player and politician
Sandis Ozoliņš, commonly spelled Sandis Ozolinsh in North America, is a Latvian former professional ice hockey player and coach.
1909
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
American author and educator (died 1971)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and educator.
1959
Martin Atkins
English drummer and producer
Martin Clive Atkins is an English drummer, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Pigface, and Killing Joke.
1934
Jonas Savimbi
Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, also known as UNITA.
1926
Tony Bennett
American singer and actor (died 2023)
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer.
1922
John Eisenhower
American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2013)
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. He was the second son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
1950
John Landis
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
John Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places…