Did you know
Franz Kafka's best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926).
Famous Birthdays on July 3
1883 — Franz Kafka
Czech-Austrian author (died 1924)
July 3 has 212 recorded notable births across history, from 321 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 3
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- 987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. Source
- 1767 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. Source
- 1886 Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. Source
- 1938 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. Source
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George Sanders also starred as Simon Templar, in five of the eight films in The Saint series (1939–1941), and as a suave Saint-like crimefighter in the first four of the sixteen The Falcon films (1941–1942).
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Louis XI, called the Prudent, was King of France from 1461 to 1483.
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Jean-Claude Duvalier maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle while poverty among his people remained the most widespread of any country in the Western Hemisphere.
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Nicknamed "the Finnish Flash", Selänne is the highest-scoring Finn in NHL history, and one of the highest overall; he retired in 2014 11th all-time with 684 goals and 15th with 1,457 points.
More major people born on July 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1906
George Sanders
Russian-born British actor (died 1972)
George Henry Sanders was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters.
1423
Louis XI
King of France (died 1483)
Louis XI, called the Prudent, was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440.
1951
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (died 2014)
Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986.
1970
Teemu Selänne
Finnish ice hockey player
Teemu Ilmari Selänne is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player.
1738
John Singleton Copley
American painter (died 1815)
John Singleton Copley was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England.
1986
Kisenosato Yutaka
Japanese sumo wrestler
Kisenosato Yutaka is a Japanese sumo elder from Ibaraki. As a wrestler, he made his professional debut in 2002 and reached the top makuuchi division in 2004 at the age of just 18.
1908
M. F. K. Fisher
American author (died 1992)
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher Parrish Friede, writing as M.F.K. Fisher, was an American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library.
1879
Alfred Korzybski
Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950)
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher and independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more encompassing than, the field of…
1950
James Hahn
American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles
James Kenneth Hahn is a Los Angeles Superior Court judge and an American former lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001.
1916
John Kundla
American basketball player and coach (died 2017)
John Albert Kundla was an American college and professional basketball coach.
1903
Ace Bailey
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992)
Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs for eight seasons, from 1926 to 1933.
1925
Terry Moriarty
Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
Terrence Brian "Terry" Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL).
1952
Amit Kumar
Indian film playback singer, actor, director, music director and musician
Amit Kumar is an Indian playback singer, music composer and actor. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music.
1936
Anthony Lester
Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats.
1685
Sir Robert Rich
4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (died 1768)
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet was a British Army officer and politician. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1943
Kurtwood Smith
American actor
Kurtwood Larson Smith is an American actor. He is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987), Robert Griggs in Rambo III (1988), Thomas Perry in Dead Poets Society (1989), Stump Sisson in A Time to Kill…
1962
Scott Borchetta
American record executive and entrepreneur
Scott Borchetta is an American record executive and founder of the Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with Taylor Swift as its first signed artist and 13 employees.
1778
Carl Ludvig Engel
German architect (died 1840)
Carl Ludvig Engel or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel was a German architect and the first internationally renowned architect to work in Finland.
1984
Churandy Martina
Dutch sprinter
Churandy Thomas Martina is a retired Dutch sprinter. He originally placed second in the 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was later disqualified due to a lane violation.