Famous Personalities Born In January - 03
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1196 On January - 03 birth of emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1624 On this day in history birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America
1680 On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
1710 On January - 03 birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 On this day in history birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1722 On this day in history birth of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.
1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer was born on this day in history.
1760 On January - 03 birth of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator was born on January - 03.
1777 On January - 03 birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker
1777 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.
1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
1786 Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer was born on January - 03.
1789 Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher was born on this day in history.
1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist was born on January - 03.
1802 On this day in history birth of feliks Ostrowski, composer
1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898) was born on January - 03.
1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag) was born on January - 03.
1806 Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854) was born on January - 03.
1810 Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24] was born on January - 03.
1810 On January - 03 birth of eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
1819 On this day in history birth of thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892
1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900) was born on January - 03.
1823 On January - 03 birth of jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer
1829 John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history birth of konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1830 Alexander Ewing, composer was born on January - 03.
1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor was born on January - 03.
1836 On January - 03 birth of sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.
1853 Iwan Knorr, composer was born on January - 03.
1855 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.