Notable Birthdays for March 3
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- English poet Edmund Waller in 1606
- Industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car, in 1831
- Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell in 1847
- Charles Ponzi, convicted of fraud for a pyramid scheme that bears his name, in 1882
- U.S. Army Gen. Matthew Ridgway in 1895
- Movie star Jean Harlow in 1911
- Star Trek actor James Scotty Doohan in 1920
- Musician Arthel Lane Doc Watson in 1923
- Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in 1933 (age 80)
- Fashion designer Perry Ellis in 1940
- Actors Miranda Richardson in 1958 (age 55)
- Radio show host Ira Glass in 1959 (age 54)
- Former football star Herschel Walker, 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, and Olympic gold medal heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, both in 1962 (age 51)
- And actors Julie Bowen in 1970 (age 43), David Faustino in 1974 (age 39) and Jessica Biel in 1982 (age 31).
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