Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 3

Births

 * 1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
 * 1808 - Hamilton Fish, (pictured) American politician (d. 1893)
 * 1867 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
 * 1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
 * 1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television presenter (d. 2016)
 * 1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor
 * 1963 - James Hetfield, American singer and guitarist (Metallica)
 * 1977 - Tom Brady, American football player
 * 1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and fashion model

Deaths

 * 1460 - King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
 * 1916 - Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
 * 1964 - Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
 * 1966 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
 * 1983 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)

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