Famous Birthdays on February 3

February 3 has 167 recorded notable births across history, from 1338 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

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Elizabeth Holmes

1984 — Elizabeth Holmes

American fraudster, founder of Theranos

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Major events on February 3

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  1. 1994 Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle. Source
  2. 1830 The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Source

Did you know about Elizabeth Holmes

Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.

Did you know about Dory Funk

Funk and his brother Terry are the only siblings to have each held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Did you know about Bridget Regan

Regan has also appeared in films such as The Babysitters (2007), John Wick (2014), and Devil's Gate (2017).

Did you know about Norman Rockwell

Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades.

Did you know about Sean Kingston

Born in Miami, he signed with J. R. Rotem's record label Beluga Heights Records, in a joint venture with Koch and Epic Records in 2007.

More major people born on February 3

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1941 Dory Funk

Dory Funk

Jr., American wrestler and trainer (died 2026)
Dorrance Earnest Funk, known professionally as Dory Funk Jr., was an American professional wrestler, promoter, booker, and wrestling trainer. The son of Dory Funk and brother of Terry Funk, he was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion. He held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for 1,563 days, from February 11, 1969, to May 24, 1973, the second-longest uninterrupted reign in the title's history behind Lou Thesz. Funk and his brother Terry are the only siblings to have each held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer described Funk as "the consensus pick as the best pro wrestler in the world in the early 1970s" and called him "probably the closest thing to a perfect world champion for his time".
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1982 Bridget Regan

Bridget Regan

American actress
Bridget Catherine Regan is an American actress best known for her lead roles as Kahlan Amnell in the ABC adventure romance series Legend of the Seeker (2008–10) and Sasha Cooper in the last three seasons of the TNT action drama series The Last Ship (2016–18), as well as her recurring roles as Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner in the USA Network police procedural drama series White Collar (2013–14), Rose Solano in The CW romantic comedy drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–19), Dottie Underwood in the ABC action adventure superhero series Agent Carter (2015–16), and lawyer Monica Stevens in the ABC police series The Rookie (2018–2026). Regan has also appeared in films such as The Babysitters (2007), John Wick (2014), and Devil's Gate (2017).
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1894 Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (died 1978)
Norman Percevel Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, the Four Freedoms series, Saying Grace, and The Problem We All Live With. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster, A Scout Is Reverent, and A Guiding Hand.
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1990 Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston

American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
Kisean Paul Anderson, known professionally as Sean Kingston, is an American singer. Born in Miami, he signed with J. R. Rotem's record label Beluga Heights Records, in a joint venture with Koch and Epic Records in 2007. The label released his 2007 debut single "Beautiful Girls", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and served as lead single for his debut album Sean Kingston (2007). It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top 40-single "Take You There", while his second album, Tomorrow (2009), saw a commercial decline, but spawned the top five-single "Fire Burning". His third album, Back 2 Life (2013), failed to chart and served as his final release on a major label, but spawned the moderate hit "Beat It".
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1898 Alvar Aalto

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (died 1976)
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture." Aalto's early career ran in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland during the first half of the 20th century. Many of his clients were industrialists, among them the Ahlström-Gullichsen family, who became his patrons. The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism of the early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from the 1940s onwards.
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1988 Cho Kyu-hyun

Cho Kyu-hyun

South Korean singer
Cho Kyu-hyun, referred to as Kyuhyun, is a South Korean singer, musical theatre actor, and television host. He debuted as a new member of boy group Super Junior in May 2006. Apart from his group's activities, he has established himself as a musical actor, notably through his participation in the original and Korean versions of stage musicals including The Three Musketeers, Catch Me If You Can, Moon Embracing the Sun, Singin' in the Rain, The Days, Robin Hood, Werther, Mozart!, The Man Who Laughs, Phantom, and Frankenstein. He was also cast in television shows including Radio Star, We Got Married, Mamma Mia, Fluttering India and in the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth seasons of New Journey to the West. He debuted as a solo artist with his debut mini album, At Gwanghwamun, on November 13, 2014, making him the first Super Junior member to debut as a solo artist.
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1842 Sidney Lanier

Sidney Lanier

American composer and poet (died 1881)
Sidney Clopton Lanier was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned, taught, worked at a hotel where he gave musical performances, was a church organist, and worked as a lawyer. As a poet he sometimes used dialects. Many of his poems are written in heightened, but often archaic, American English. He became a flautist and sold poems to publications. He eventually became a professor of literature at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and is known for his adaptation of musical meter to poetry. Many schools, other structures and two lakes are named for him, and he became hailed in the South as the "poet of the Confederacy". A 1972 US postage stamp honored him as an "American poet".
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1843 William Cornelius Van Horne

William Cornelius Van Horne

American-Canadian businessman (died 1915)
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, was an American businessman, industrialist and railroad magnate who spent most of his career in Canada. He is famous for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, a project that was completed in 1885, in under half the projected time. Van Horne succeeded Lord Mount Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1888, and was responsible for launching the sea transport division of the CPR, which inaugurated regular service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in 1891. He also presided over the expansion of the CPR into the luxury hotel business in the 1890s. Van Horne was also a prominent member of the syndicate that created the Cuba Railroad Company in 1900. He lived at the Van Horne Mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile.
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1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel

German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin (died 2020)
Hans-Jochen Vogel was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ inhabitants. He was Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from 1972 to 1974, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1981. He served as leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1991, and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, he co-founded the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie. He was a member of the National Ethics Council of Germany from its beginning in 2001.
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1816 Ram Singh Kuka

Ram Singh Kuka

Indian credited with starting the Non-cooperation movement
Namdhari Guru Ram Singh is known to the Namdhari sect of Sikhism as the twelfth guru, whilst for mainstream Sikhs such as Damdami Taksal and Nihangs, he is regarded as a 'Saint' and not a Guru. He is credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British goods and services as a political tool. He was exiled to Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) by the British colonial government of India on 18 January 1872. In 2016, the Government of India officially decided to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Satguru Ram Singh. The Punjab Government organizes state-level functions on his birth anniversary and has declares a holiday on this occasion. His portrait is displayed at the Indian Parliament and at the Railway Station, Ludhiana.
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1867 Charles Henry Turner

Charles Henry Turner

American biologist, educator and zoologist (died 1923)
Charles Henry Turner was an American zoologist, entomologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants. Born in Cincinnati, Turner was the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and the first African American to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago (1907). He spent most of his career as a high school teacher at Sumner High School in St. Louis. Turner was one of the first scientists to systematically examine the question of whether animals display complex cognition, studying arthropods such as spiders and bees. He also examined differences in behavior between individuals within a species, a precursor to the study of animal personality.
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1780 Mihail G. Boiagi

Mihail G. Boiagi

Aromanian grammarian and professor (died uncertain)
Mihail George Boiagi was an Aromanian grammarian and professor in the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire. He was born on 3 February 1780 in Buda, today Budapest in Hungary. Boiagi was one of the first grammarians from the Balkans and a professor in a school in Vienna, where he taught Greek. He had origins from Moscopole, today in Albania. Boiagi was one of the main figures of the Aromanian diaspora in Austria and Hungary, the capitals of which, Vienna and Budapest respectively, became gathering centers for members of this community in the 19th century. Boiagi introduced the Aromanian historian Dimitrie Cozacovici to the Aromanian community of Austria and Hungary after Cozacovici's migration from Metsovo, today in Greece, to Buda.
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1992 James White

James White

American football player
James Calvin White is an American football coach and former running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL draft. A three-time Super Bowl champion, White set the Super Bowl records for receptions and points scored in Super Bowl LI and is also tied with Darren Sproles for the record for the most receptions (15) in a playoff game. Since retiring as a player, White has served as the head football coach at Benet Academy and the assistant running backs coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
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1943 Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

American actress
Blythe Katherine Danner is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on Huff (2004–2006), and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her performance in Butterflies Are Free on Broadway (1969–1972). Danner was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Marilyn Truman on Will & Grace, and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her roles in We Were the Mulvaneys (2002) and Back When We Were Grownups (2004). For the latter, she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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1987 Elvana Gjata

Elvana Gjata

Albanian singer
Elvana Gjata is an Albanian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Tirana, she has been referred to as a "Diva of Albanian music". She rose to recognition in Albania and other Albanian-speaking territories in the Balkans following the release of her two studio albums, Mamës (2007) and Afër dhe larg (2011). The singer saw further success through many acclaimed singles, as well as her extended plays 3 (2018) and Çelu (2021), and has achieved multiple number one singles in the Albanian singles chart. Gjata has also received numerous awards and accolades, including two Balkan Music Awards, two times second place Festivali i Këngës Award, four Kënga Magjike Awards and a Top Fest Award.
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1892 Juan Negrín

Juan Negrín

Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (died 1956)
Juan Negrín López was a Spanish physician and politician who served as prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic. He was a leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and of the left-leaning Popular Front government during the Spanish Civil War. He also served as minister of finance and minister of defence. He was the last Republican prime minister of Spain (1937–1939), leading the government forces defeated by the Nationalists under General Francisco Franco. He went into exile in Paris, France, where he served as prime minister of the Spanish Republican government in exile until 1945, when he was replaced by José Giral. He died in exile on 12 November 1956.
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1911 Jehan Alain

Jehan Alain

French organist and composer (died 1940)
Jehan-Ariste Paul Alain was a French organist, composer and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and composing until the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later. His compositional style was influenced by the musical language of the earlier Claude Debussy, as well as his interest in music, dance and philosophy of the far east. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Alain became a dispatch rider in the Eighth Motorised Armour Division of the French Army; he took part in the Battle of Saumur, in which he was killed.
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1721 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

Prussian general (died 1773)
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the most renowned of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great's army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to its efficient level of performance in the Seven Years' War. His cavalryman father retired and then died while Seydlitz was still young. Subsequently, he was mentored by Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Seydlitz's acclaimed horsemanship and recklessness combined to make him a stand-out subaltern, and he emerged as a remarkable Rittmeister in the War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748) during the First and Second Silesian Wars.
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1927 Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Kenneth Anger was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle". He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers", with several films released before homosexuality was legalized in the U.S. Anger also explored occult themes in many of his films; he was fascinated by the English occultist Aleister Crowley and an adherent of Thelema, the religion Crowley founded.
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