Famous Personalities Born In August - 03
Saturday, 24 May 2025
1509 Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.
1645 August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.
1692 On this day in history birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1748 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on this day in history.
1770 Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.
1801 On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
1808 On this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
1811 On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
1816 On August - 03 birth of john Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) was born on August - 03.
1818 On this day in history birth of hM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)
1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer was born on August - 03.
1820 On this day in history birth of william Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of william Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 On this day in history birth of ivan Zajc, composer
1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist was born on this day in history.
1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was born on this day in history.
1850 On August - 03 birth of paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
1850 On this day in history birth of reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)
1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader was born on August - 03.
1854 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer was born on this day in history.
1855 On August - 03 birth of joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1856 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.
1860 W. K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.
1867 Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) was born on this day in history.
1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) was born on August - 03.
1872 Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) was born on this day in history.
1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) was born on this day in history.
1874 Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) was born on this day in history.
1878 On August - 03 birth of constantino Gaito, composer
1882 On this day in history birth of charles O'Neill, composer
1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer was born on August - 03.
1884 On this day in history birth of louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)