Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 3

Births

 * 1567 – Samuel de Champlain, (pictured) French explorer (d. 1635)
 * 1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
 * 1940 – Lamar Alexander, United States Senator from Tennessee
 * 1946 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
 * 1952 – Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
 * 1959 – Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
 * 1960 – Vince Clarke, British songwriter (of the bands Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure)
 * 1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor
 * 1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player

Deaths

 * 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (b. 1836)
 * 1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
 * 1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
 * 1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
 * 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)

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