Anniversaries 3 July

Birth

Edward Young110

English poet 1683–1765

Gavrila Derzhavin3

Russian poet 1743–1816

María Amparo Ruiz de Burton1

Mexican-American writer 1832–1895

Leoš Janáček1

Czech composer 1854–1928

Charlotte Perkins Gilman40

American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and … 1860–1935

William Henry Davies15

British poet 1871–1940

Ralph Barton Perry15

American philosopher 1876–1957

Alfred Korzybski15

Polish scientist and philosopher 1879–1950

Franz Kafka266

author 1883–1924

John Howard Dellinger1

American engineer 1886–1962

Ernst Fischer2

Austrian literature historian, publicist and writer 1899–1972

Filipp Golikov4

Soviet general 1900–1980

Earl Butz1

American government official 1909–2008

Tom Stoppard116

British playwright 1937

Nayla Moawad1

Lebanese first lady, journalist and politician 1940

Gloria Allred13

American civil rights lawyer 1941

Michael Shea40

writer 1946–2014

Jean-Luc Marion6

French philosopher 1946

Kent Nerburn2

Author 1946

Dave Barry121

American writer 1947

Bo Xilai7

former Politburo member of the Communist Party of China 1949

Rohinton Mistry17

Canadian writer 1952

Alejandro Peña Esclusa1

Venezuelan politician 1954

Li Keqiang2

Premier of the People's Republic of China 1955–2023

Charlie Higson4

British actor, writer and singer 1958

Julie Burchill12

British writer 1959

Tom Cruise14

American actor and film producer 1962

Lee Daniel Crocker1

American software programmer 1963

Tracey Emin5

English artist, one of the group known as Britartists or Yo… 1963

Joanne Harris46

British author 1964

Rod Coronado7

Native American eco-anarchist and animal rights activist 1966

Julian Assange34

Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist 1971

Darren Shan46

Irish writer of English-language fiction under pen name, re… 1972

Matt Haig37

British writer 1975

Olivia Munn2

American actress, comedian, model, television personality a… 1980

Harbhajan Singh8

Indian cricketer 1980

Sebastian Vettel12

German racing driver in Formula 1 1987

Death

Alonzo Cushing2

Union Army soldier 1841–1863

Benjamin Tillman7

American politician 1847–1918

Joel Chandler Harris11

Journalist, children's writer 1848–1908

Theodor Herzl11

Austro-Hungarian journalist and writer 1860–1904

Arthur Henry Reginald Buller1

British–Canadian mycologist 1874–1944

James Bolivar Manson7

British artist 1879–1945

John Crowe Ransom5

American poet 1888–1974

Джон Кроу Ренс1

1888–1974

Rudy Vallée1

American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer 1901–1986

Gaylord Nelson1

American politician 1916–2005

Fynn2

British writer 1919–1999

Tadeusz Borowski2

Polish writer and journalist 1922–1951

Michel Henry45

French writer 1922–2002

Clara Claiborne Park1

Author about autism experiences 1923–2010

Boyd K. Packer14

American Mormon leader 1924–2015

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi2

American writer and activist, Jewish Renewal movement pione… 1924–2014

Andy Griffith1

American actor, television producer, Southern-gospel singer… 1926–2012

John A. Keel3

American writer 1930–2009

Mordecai Richler6

Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist 1931–2001

Jim Morrison129

lead singer of The Doors 1943–1971

Thomas the Apostle27

Apostle of Jesus Christ