Famous people born on 3 August

• Habib BourguibaTunisian politician · 1903–2000
  96 yrs
• Stanley BaldwinBritish statesman · 1867–1947
  80 yrs
• Haakon VII of NorwayKing of Norway from 1905 to 1957 · 1872–1957
  85 yrs
• Tony Bennett ↗American singer · 1926–2023
  96 yrs
• Fahri Korutürk ↗6th President of the Republic of Turkey · 1903–1987
  84 yrs
• Frederick William III of Prussia ↗King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840 · 1770–1840
  69 yrs
• Aleksey Brusilov ↗Russian and Soviet military commander · 1853–1926
  72 yrs
• Alfred Deakin ↗Australian politician · 1856–1919
  63 yrs
• Jonas Malheiro Savimbi ↗Angolan political and military leader · 1934–2002
  67 yrs
• Jules Bianchi ↗French motor racing driver · 1989–2015
  25 yrs
• Clifford D. Simak ↗American writer, journalist · 1904–1988
  83 yrs
• Hage Geingob ↗President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024 · 1941–2024
  82 yrs
• Dolores del Río ↗Mexican actress · 1904–1983
  78 yrs
• Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ↗117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church · 1923–2012
  88 yrs
• Stefan Dušan ↗Emperor of Serbia 1331–1355 · 1308–1355
  47 yrs
• Ernesto Geisel ↗Military and president of Brazil · 1907–1996
  89 yrs
• P. D. James ↗English crime writer · 1920–2014
  94 yrs
• Tadahiko Ueda ↗Japanese association football player · 1947–2015
  67 yrs
• George FitzGerald ↗Irish physicist · 1851–1901
  49 yrs
• Rupert Brooke ↗English poet · 1887–1915
  27 yrs
• Stefan Wyszyński ↗Polish Roman Catholic cardinal · 1901–1981
  79 yrs
• Alain Touraine ↗French sociologist · 1925–2023
  97 yrs
• Géza Gárdonyi ↗Hungarian writer · 1863–1922
  59 yrs
• Michal Kováč ↗Slovak economist, politician, president of the Slovakia · 1930–2016
  86 yrs
• Lucky Dube ↗South African reggae musician · 1964–2007
  43 yrs
• Leon Uris ↗American author · 1924–2003
  78 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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