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Katherine Waterston made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007).
Famous Birthdays on March 3
1980 — Katherine Waterston
English-American actress
March 3 has 182 recorded notable births across history, from 1455 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on March 3
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- 1924 The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. Source
- 1913 Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. Source
- 2005 Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur. Source
- 1859 The two-day Great Slave Auction, one of the largest such auctions in United States history, concludes. Source
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Laura Elena Harring is a Mexican and American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1985 and later began acting in television and film.
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Thomas holds the record for the most receptions by a player in a single season with 149 in 2019.
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William Godwin is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism.
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Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the eleventh overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, Johnson was traded to the Phoenix Suns on draft night.
More major people born on March 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1964
Laura Harring
Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
Laura Elena Harring is a Mexican and American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1985 and later began acting in television and film.
1993
Michael Thomas
American football player
Michael William Thomas Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
1756
William Godwin
English journalist and author (died 1836)
William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism.
1996
Cameron Johnson
American basketball player
Cameron Jordan Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
2001
Jvke
American singer-songwriter
Jacob Dodge Lawson, known professionally as Jvke, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and social media personality.
1922
Nándor Hidegkuti
Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)
Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC.
1964
Raúl Alcalá
Mexican cyclist
Raúl Alcalá Gallegos is a Mexican former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010.
1966
Timo Tolkki
Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Timo Tapio Tolkki is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius.
1982
Brent Tate
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Brent Tate is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre or winger in the 2000s and 2010s.
1913
Margaret Bonds
American pianist and composer (died 1972)
Margaret Allison Bonds was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher.
1972
Martin Procházka
Czech ice hockey player
Martin Procházka is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.
1895
Ragnar Frisch
Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was an influential Norwegian economist and econometrician known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the…
1951
Lindsay Cooper
English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013)
Lindsay Cooper was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians.
1961
Fatima Whitbread
English javelin thrower
Fatima Whitbread, is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British…
1977
Buddy Valastro
American chef and television host
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restaurant empire.
1984
Santonio Holmes
American football player
Santonio Holmes Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and current wide receivers coach for Central State University.
1911
Jean Harlow
American actress (died 1937)
Jean Harlow was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema.
1918
Arthur Kornberg
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid"…
1845
Georg Cantor
Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918)
Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics.