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Near the end of the decade, he had his first cinematic leading role in Machine-Gun Kelly (1958).
Famous Birthdays on November 3
1921 — Charles Bronson
American soldier and actor (died 2003)
November 3 has 284 recorded notable births across history, from 39 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on November 3
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- 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson. Source
- 1838 The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. Source
- 1992 Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election. Source
- 1973 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. Source
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, serving as the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1988, Tigger since 1989, the Tasmanian Devil since 1991, and Pete since 1992.
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John Barry came to the notice of the filmmakers of the first James Bond film Dr.
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In 2017, The Daily Telegraph described him as "a resolutely independent artist" and "probably the most successful British artist you've never heard of".
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Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States in 1825.
More major people born on November 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1952
Jim Cummings
American voice actor
James Jonah Cummings is an American voice actor. Beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in over 600 titles.
1933
John Barry
English-American composer and conductor (died 2011)
John Barry Prendergast OBE was an English composer and conductor of film music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father.
1967
Steven Wilson
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
1793
Stephen F. Austin
American businessman and politician (died 1836)
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario, i.e. a person granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of the Tejas region of Mexico…
1936
Roy Emerson
Australian-American tennis player and coach
Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player. He won 12 Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament titles.
1953
Claire van Kampen
English director and composer (died 2025)
Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance was an English director, composer, and playwright.
1955
Phil Simms
American football player and sportscaster
Phillip Martin Simms is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the New York Giants.
1993
Martina Trevisan
Italian tennis player
Martina Trevisan is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 by the WTA, achieved in May 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 138.
1973
Christian Picciolini
American businessman and manager
Christian Marco Picciolini is an American former extremist and political activist who founded the Free Radicals Project, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent extremism and support individuals in leaving hate…
1970
Jeanette J. Epps
American aerospace engineer and astronaut
Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D.
1995
Matt Bushman
American football player
Matt Bushman is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) from 2021 to 2023.
1936
Takao Saito
Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13 (died 2021)
Takao Saito was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga.
1924
Samuel Ruiz
Mexican bishop (died 2011)
Samuel Ruiz García was a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as bishop of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, from 1959 until 1999.
1953
Vilma Santos
Filipino actress and politician
Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto is a Filipino actress and politician serving as the Governor of Batangas since 2025, having previously held the position from 2007 to 2016.
1884
Joseph William Martin Jr.
American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1968)
Joseph William Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955.
1960
Karch Kiraly
American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. He was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
1971
Dwight Yorke
Tobagonian footballer and coach
Dwight Eversley Yorke CM is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player and former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago.
1878
Bangalore Nagarathnamma
Indian Carnatic singer and activist (died 1952)
Bangalore Nagarathnamma was an Indian Carnatic singer, cultural activist, scholar, and devadasi. A descendant of devadasis, she was also a patron of the arts and a historian.
1961
David Armstrong-Jones
2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is a member of the British royal family, an English furniture maker, and honorary…