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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 963 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
- 1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1196)
- 1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1240)
- 1350 – Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
- 1617 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
- 1680 – Shivaji, Indian founder of the Maratha Empire (b. 1608)
- 1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (b. 1618)
- 1691 – Jean Petitot, French–Swiss painter (b. 1608)
- 1717 – Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1849 – Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (b. 1809)
- 1857 – Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1809)
- 1868 – Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and inventor (b. 1796)
- 1882 – Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
- 1897 – Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, British talent agent, impresario, composer and hotelier (b. 1844)
- 1936 – Bruno Hauptmann, German, convicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899)
- 1941 – Pal Teleki, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
- 1941 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1877)
- 1943 – Conrad Veidt, German–American actor (b. 1893)
- 1950 – Kurt Weill, German composer (b. 1900)
- 1950 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian, writer and journalist (b. 1875)
- 1952 – Miina Sillanpaa, Finnish politician (b. 1866)
- 1954 – Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese diplomat (b. 1885)
- 1975 – Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b. 1933)
- 1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, actor and composer (b. 1903)
- 1982 – Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1986 – Peter Pears, English tenor (b. 1910)
- 1990 – Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1924)
- 1991 – Graham Greene, English writer (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Frank Wells, American businessman, President of the Walt Disney Company (b. 1932)
- 1996 – Ron Brown, American politician (b. 1941)
- 1999 – Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)
From 2001
- 2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
- 2004 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
- 2007 – Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Hrvoje Custic, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2010 – Eugene Terre'Blanche, South African far–right politician (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Xenia Stade-de Jong, Dutch athlete (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German–born novelist, short story writer and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Régine Deforges, French writer, playwright and director (b. 1935)
- 2014 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler and composer (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Paul Salamunovich, American choral director and movie scorer (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Virginie Korte-van Hemel, Dutch politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Edvard Grimstad, Norwegian politician (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (b. 1964)
- 2015 – Nigel Boocock, British speedway rider (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian–Israeli rabbi (b. 1913)
- 2015 – Sarah Brady, American gun control campaigner (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Kayahan, Turkish pop singer (b. 1949)
- 2015 – Robert Rietti, British–Italian actor (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Vivian Nathan, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2015 – Bob Burns, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1950)
- 2016 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- 2016 – Joe Medicine Crow, American historian (b. 1913)
- 2016 – Lars Gustafsson, Swedish writer (b. 1936)
- 2016 – Martin Lampkin, British motorcycle rider (b. 1950)
- 2016 – Lola Novakovic, Serbian singer (b. 1935)
- 2016 – Erik Bauersfeld, American radio dramatist and voice actor (b. 1922)
- 2016 – Don Francks, Canadian jazz singer and actor (b. 1932)
- 2016 – Rowley Habib, New Zealand writer (b. 1933)
- 2016 – Clarence Clifton Young, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2016 – Jules Schelvis, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor (b. 1921)
- 2017 – John Chrispinsson, Swedish journalist (b. 1956)
- 2017 – Akbarzhan Jalilov, Kyrgyz–born Russian terrorist (b. 1995)
- 2017 – Roy Sievers, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2017 – Michel Arrivé, French linguist and novelist (b. 1936)
- 2017 – Stella Turk, British zoologist, naturalist and conservationist (b. 1925)
- 2018 – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1938)
- 2018 – Nasim Najafi Aghdam, Iranian–American animal rights and internet personality (b. 1979)
- 2018 – Arrigo Petacco, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
- 2018 – Jacques Tixier, French archaeologist and prehistorian
- 2019 – Maurice Pon, French lyricist (b. 1921)
- 2019 – Aleksey Buldakov, Russian actor (b. 1951)
- 2019 – Gabriel Piroird, French bishop (b. 1932)
- 2019 – Carmelita Pope, American actress (b. 1924)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1903 – Lili Kraus, Hungarian–American pianist (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Sally Rand, American Burlesque dancer (d. 1979)
- 1905 – Robert Sink, American military officer (d. 1965)
- 1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish athlete (d. 1980)
- 1912 – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek politician, physician and athlete (d. 1963)
- 1913 – Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2016)
- 1918 – Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (d. 2015)
- 1920 – Stan Freeman, American composer and lyricist (d. 2001)
- 1920 – John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian convicted Nazi war criminal (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1977)
- 1922 – Doris Day, American actress (d. 2019)
- 1922 – José Hierro, Spanish poet (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Carlo Lizzani, Italian movie director, screenwriter and actor (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1925 – Tony Benn, British politician (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Gus Grissom, American astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1926 – Timothy Bateson, English actor (d. 2009)
- 1928 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1928 – Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer
- 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1930 – Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany (d. 2017)
- 1930 – Lawton Chiles, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Mario Menéndez, Argentine general and politician (d. 2015)
- 1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician
- 1933 – Fu Da-ren, Taiwanese sports broadcaster and assisted suicide activist (d. 2018)
- 1934 – Jane Goodall, English zoologist
- 1935 – Salvatore Senese, Italian magistrate and politician (d. 2019)
- 1936 – Reginald Hill, English crime fiction writer (d. 2012)
- 1936 – Harold Vick, American jazz saxophonist and flautist (d. 1987)
- 1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer and actor
- 1942 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer (d. 2015)
- 1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress
- 1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
- 1943 – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director and screenwriter
- 1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress
- 1946 – Dee Murphy, English musician (d. 1992)
- 1946 – Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
- 1946 – Hanna Suchocka, 5th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, former President of Mexico
- 1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch politician and former NATO Secretary–General
- 1948 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
- 1949 – Daniel Catan, Mexican composer (d. 2011)
- 1949 – A. C. Grayling, British philosopher
- 1950 – Sally Thomsett, English actress
1951 – 1975
- 1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1956 – Miguel Bosé, Spanish singer and actor
- 1957 – Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (d. 1990)
- 1958 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (d. 1981)
- 1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor
- 1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor
- 1960 – Elizabeth Gracen, American actress and model
- 1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
- 1962 – Jennifer Rubin, American actress
- 1964 – Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist
- 1964 – Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach
- 1964 – Nigel Farage, English politician, former leader of UKIP
- 1965 – Katsumi Oenoki, Japanese footballer
- 1966 – Mina Tominaga, Japanese voice actress
- 1966 – Michael Mittermeier, German comedian
- 1968 – Sebastian Bach, Canadian singer
- 1968 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
- 1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English comic creator
- 1970 – Donald-Olivier Sié, Ivorian footballer
- 1971 – Robert da Silva Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- 1971 – Vitalijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer
- 1971 – Picabo Street, American skier
- 1972 – Kenny Logan, Scottish rugby player
- 1972 – Lola Pagnani, Italian movie actress
- 1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress
- 1972 – Leigh-Allyn Baker, American actress
- 1972 – Catherine McCormack, English actress
- 1973 – Prabhu Deva, Indian dancer, choreographer, movie director and actor
- 1973 – Jamie Bamber, English actor
- 1975 – Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
From 1976
- 1976 – Drew Shirley, American musician
- 1976 – Will Mellor, English actor
- 1978 – Matthew Goode, English actor
- 1978 – Tommy Haas, German tennis player
- 1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player
- 1980 – Suella Braverman, English politician
- 1981 – Aaron Bertram, American trumpeter (Suburban Legends)
- 1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
- 1983 – Ben Foster, English footballer
- 1985 – Leona Lewis, English singer
- 1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress
- 1986 – Coleen Rooney, English celebrity
- 1987 – Park Jung-min, South Korean singer, dancer and actor
- 1987 – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
- 1988 – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
- 1989 – Israel Folau, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
- 1990 – Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
- 1991 – Hayley Kiyoko, American singer, dancer and actress
- 1992 – Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
- 1992 – Juan Cazares, Ecuadorean footballer
- 1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
- 1994 – Dylann Roof, American murderer, perpetrator of the Charleston church shooting
- 1995 – William de Asevedo Furtado, Brazilian footballer
- 1997 – Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer