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Also in 2014, she portrayed Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul.
Famous Birthdays on June 3
1989 — Imogen Poots
English actress and model
June 3 has 162 recorded notable births across history, from 1139 to 2011. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 2006 The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. Source
- 1965 The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. Source
- 1950 Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. Source
- 1839 In Humen, China, Lin Zexu destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. Source
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Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.
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Beabadoobee's third studio album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, was released on August 9, 2024; it became her first album to peak atop the UK Albums Chart.
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Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.
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In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
More major people born on June 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1967
Anderson Cooper
American journalist and author
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.
2000
Beabadoobee
Filipino singer-songwriter
Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known professionally as Beabadoobee, is a Filipino and British singer and songwriter.
1951
Jill Biden
American educator, First Lady of the United States
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.
1966
Wasim Akram
Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Wasim Akram is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time.
1924
Colleen Dewhurst
Canadian-American actress (died 1991)
Colleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles.
1930
George Fernandes
Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (died 2019)
George Mathew Fernandes was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004.
1928
Donald Judd
American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism.
2011
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
Turkish chess prodigy and grandmaster
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş IPA: [jaˈɯz ka.an erˈdoːmuʃ] is a Turkish chess grandmaster.
1960
Jeff Colyer
American politician, 47th Governor of Kansas
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who was the 47th governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018.
1926
Flora MacDonald
Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2015)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian.
1914
Ignacio Ponseti
Spanish physician and orthopedist (died 2009)
Ignacio Ponseti, also known as Ignasi Ponsetí i Vives, was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics.
1832
Charles Lecocq
French pianist and composer (died 1918)
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques.
1986
Rafael Nadal
Spanish tennis player
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
1853
Flinders Petrie
English archaeologist and academic (died 1942)
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts.
1977
Travis Hafner
American baseball player
Travis Lee Hafner is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter and first baseman.
1904
Charles R. Drew
American physician and surgeon (died 1950)
Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher.
1982
Yelena Isinbayeva
Russian pole vaulter
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter.
1940
Ian Hunter
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
1945
Hale Irwin
American golfer and architect
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S.