Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 3

Births

 * 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527) (pictured)
 * 1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
 * 1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
 * 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
 * 1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
 * 1933 - James Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
 * 1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)

Deaths

 * 1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
 * 1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
 * 1969 - Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
 * 1992 - George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)