NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for
Born on December 3rd

LISTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cleveland Abbe
Physicist
3-Dec-1838 28-Oct-1916 America's first weatherman
Mary Alice
Actor
3-Dec-1941   The Matrix Revolutions
Dede Allen
Editor
3-Dec-1925 17-Apr-2010 Prominent Hollywood film editor
Bobby Allison
Auto Racing
3-Dec-1937   Three-time winner of the Daytona 500
David Alter
Inventor
3-Dec-1807 18-Sep-1881 Almost discovered spectroscopy
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
Religion
3-Dec-1483 14-May-1565 German Protestant reformer
Michael Angarano
Actor
3-Dec-1987   Lords of Dogtown
Jake T. Austin
Actor
3-Dec-1994   Wizards of Waverly Place
John Backus
Computer Programmer
3-Dec-1924 17-Mar-2007 Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team
Gamaliel Bailey
Journalist
3-Dec-1807 5-Jun-1859 Anti-slavery publisher
Newton D. Baker
Politician
3-Dec-1871 25-Dec-1937 US Secretary of War, 1916-21
Elizabeth Berridge
Novelist
3-Dec-1919 2-Dec-2009 Across the Common
Bayezid II
Royalty
3-Dec-1447 26-May-1512 Ottoman Sultan, 1481-1512
Brian Bonsall
Actor
3-Dec-1981   Andy Keaton on Family Ties
Bruno Campos
Actor
3-Dec-1973   Dr. Quentin Costa on Nip/Tuck
Charles VI
Royalty
3-Dec-1368 21-Oct-1422 King of France, 1380-1422
Anna Chlumsky
Actor
3-Dec-1980   My Girl
Holly Marie Combs
Actor
3-Dec-1973   Piper Halliwell on Charmed
Joseph Conrad
Author
3-Dec-1857 3-Aug-1924 Heart of Darkness
Samuel Crompton
Inventor
3-Dec-1753 26-Jun-1827 Invented the spinning mule
Paul J. Crutzen
Physicist
3-Dec-1933   Ozone depletion
Steven Culp
Actor
3-Dec-1955   Clayton Webb on JAG
Kim Dae-Jung
Head of State
3-Dec-1925 18-Aug-2009 South Korean President, 1998-2003
Tom Davis
Basketball
3-Dec-1938   Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach, 1986-99
Mark Deklin
Actor
3-Dec-1967   Blake Reilly on GCB
Jenna Dewan
Actor
3-Dec-1980   Tamara
Anthony Diekema
Educator
3-Dec-1933   President of Calvin College, 1976-95
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Tom Fears
Football
3-Dec-1922 4-Jan-2000 NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver
Thomas Foglietta
Politician
3-Dec-1928 13-Nov-2004 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1981-97
Samantha Fox
Pornstar
3-Dec-1951   Pornstar cum mediocre singer
Brendan Fraser
Actor
3-Dec-1968   The Mummy
Anna Freud
Relative
3-Dec-1895 9-Oct-1982 Daughter of Sigmund Freud
MC Frontalot
Musician
3-Dec-1973   Coined the term Nerdcore
Jean-Luc Godard
Film Director
3-Dec-1930   Vivre sa Vie
Andy Grammer
Singer/Songwriter
3-Dec-1983   Keep Your Head Up
Henry A. Grunwald
Journalist
3-Dec-1922 26-Feb-2005 Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79
Daryl Hannah
Actor
3-Dec-1960   Splash
François Hanriot
Military
3-Dec-1759 28-Jul-1794 Led French revolutionary forces
Arthur H. Harper
Business
3-Dec-1955   CEO, GE Equipment Services 2002-05
Steve Harris
Actor
3-Dec-1965   The Practice
Frank B. Heintzleman
Politician
3-Dec-1888 24-Jun-1965 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57
Oliver Herford
Poet
3-Dec-1863 5-Jul-1935 Cupid's Encyclopedia
Edgar W. Hiestand
Politician
3-Dec-1888 19-Aug-1970 Congressman from California, 1953-63
Rowland Hill
Inventor
3-Dec-1795 27-Aug-1879 Invented the postage stamp
Benny Hinn
Religion
3-Dec-1952   Faith healing televangelist
James D. Hodgson
Government
3-Dec-1915   US Secretary of Labor, 1970-73
Ludvig Holberg
Author
3-Dec-1684 28-Jan-1754 Founder of Danish literature
John R. Hubbard
Educator
3-Dec-1918 21-Aug-2011 President of USC, 1970-80
Ferlin Husky
Singer
3-Dec-1925 17-Mar-2011 On the Wings of a Dove
Asa Hutchinson
Politician
3-Dec-1950   DEA Administrator, 2001-03
Roderick L. Ireland
Judge
3-Dec-1944   Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Warren Jeffs
Religion
3-Dec-1955   Head of FLDS polygamist clan
Joe the Plumber
Activist
3-Dec-1973   Unlicensed plumber, political operative
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Politician
3-Dec-1935   Congresswoman, Texas 30th
Robert Kent
Actor
3-Dec-1908 4-May-1955 The Phantom Creeps
Franz Klammer
Skier
3-Dec-1953   Austrian Alpine skier
Patricia Krenwinkel
Criminal
3-Dec-1947   Charles Manson Family
Richard Kuhn
Chemist
3-Dec-1900 1-Aug-1967 Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
Len Lesser
Actor
3-Dec-1922 16-Feb-2011 Uncle Leo on Seinfeld
William T. Lynch, Jr.
Business
3-Dec-1942   Former CEO of Leo Burnett
George B. McClellan
Military
3-Dec-1826 29-Oct-1885 Union Army General
Rick Mears
Auto Racing
3-Dec-1951   Four-time Indy 500 winner
Heather Menzies
Actor
3-Dec-1949   Logan's Run TV series
Julianne Moore
Actor
3-Dec-1960   Boogie Nights, Short Cuts
Michael Musto
Columnist
3-Dec-1955   Village Voice gossip columnist
Kate O'Brien
Novelist
3-Dec-1897 13-Aug-1974 The Land of Spices
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Sean Parker
Business
3-Dec-1979   Napster, Facebook millionaire
James D. Plummer
Educator
3-Dec-1944   Dean of Stanford's Engineering School
Ralph Regula
Politician
3-Dec-1924   Congressman from Ohio, 1973-2009
Jim Renacci
Politician
3-Dec-1958   Congressman, Ohio 16th
Nino Rota
Composer
3-Dec-1911 10-Apr-1979 Film composer, The Godfather
Jonathan Rothermere
Publisher
3-Dec-1967   Proprietor of the Daily Mail
Edwin E. Salpeter
Astronomer
3-Dec-1924 26-Nov-2008 Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Politician
3-Dec-1970   Congresswoman from South Dakota, 2004-11
Terri Schiavo
Victim
3-Dec-1963 31-Mar-2005 Human vegetable, 1990-2005
Amanda Seyfried
Actor
3-Dec-1985   Mean Girls
John Seymour
Politician
3-Dec-1937   Mayor of Anaheim, 1978-82
Manne Siegbahn
Physicist
3-Dec-1886 26-Sep-1978 X-Ray spectroscopy
Mel Smith
Actor
3-Dec-1952   Alas Smith & Jones
Simon E. Sobeloff
Judge
3-Dec-1894 11-Jul-1973 4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70
Anna Sten
Actor
3-Dec-1908 12-Nov-1993 The Wedding Night
Gilbert Stuart
Painter
3-Dec-1755 9-Jul-1828 American portrait painter
Trina
Rapper
3-Dec-1978   Diamond Princess
Jolene Unsoeld
Politician
3-Dec-1931   Congresswoman from Washington, 1989-95
Helen Robson Walton
Relative
3-Dec-1919 19-Apr-2007 World's 13th richest person, 2005
Anton Webern
Composer
3-Dec-1883 15-Sep-1945 Atonal composer
Andy Williams
Singer
3-Dec-1927   Moon River
Malinda Williams
Actor
3-Dec-1975   Tracy Van Adams on Soul Food
Katarina Witt
Figure Skating
3-Dec-1965   Figure skater




Copyright ©2025

๐ŸŽ„
Merry Christmas

or happy holidays, whatever

from the NNDB staff

โ„๏ธ โญ โ„๏ธ
๐Ÿ“š
Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics โ€” listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other references.

Access via the "Bibliography" tab or the "Related Topics" sidebar.