August 3 is the birthday of 52 notable people we've found so far, including athletes, entrepreneurs, actors and creators, and 2 of them are billionaires.
Brad Jacobs is an American businessman and entrepreneur who is chairman and CEO of QXO, Inc. He has founded eight separate billion-dollar companies, including XPO Logistics, United Rentals, and United Waste.
Share of the 52 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Athletes29% (15 people)
Entrepreneurs25% (13 people)
Actors21% (11 people)
Creators19% (10 people)
Politicians17% (9 people)
Authors13% (7 people)
Musicians13% (7 people)
Countries
27 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States13 (13 people)
Australia3 (3 people)
France3 (3 people)
Japan3 (3 people)
United Kingdom3 (3 people)
Czech Republic2 (2 people)
Hungary2 (2 people)
Life timeline
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Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans more than six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Actor Awards.
Brian McGuirk from Providence, RI, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons.
Congressman Charlie Crist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Stephen Graham Kelly is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards and one British Academy Film Award.
Brahim Abdelkader Díaz, also known mononymously as Brahim, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Real Madrid. Born in Spain, he plays for the Morocco national team.
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder, and a primary songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica.
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is an American supermodel and entrepreneur. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 until 2015, when she enrolled as a student at New York University. By 2019, Kloss had appeared on 40 international Vogue covers.
Elisha Graves Otis was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
Frederick William III was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved.
Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete, known professionally as Dolores del Río, was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood.
RKO Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lambert Nicolas Wilson is a French actor. He is a seven-time César Award nominee, four for Best Actor and three for Best Supporting Actor. Internationally, he is known for playing The Merovingian in The Matrix film series, beginning with The Matrix Reloaded.
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mathieu Kassovitz is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for See How They Fall (1994), and Best Film and Best Editing for La Haine (1995).
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh.
Benutzer:Smalltown Boy (Diskussion), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Emerson Palmieri dos Santos, known as Emerson Palmieri or simply Emerson, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in Brazil, he played for the Italy national team.
1887–1915 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, such as "The Dead" and "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B.
British Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nemo Mettler, known mononymously as Nemo, is a Swiss musician and singer-rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. They were the first openly non-binary act to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest, and later won the 2024 contest with the song "The Code".
Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gary Alexis Medel Soto is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder.
Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian professional soccer coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach of the Australia men's national team.
Abhisit Vejjajiva is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011. He was the leader of the Democrat Party from 2005 until he resigned following the party's weak performance in the 2019 election.
Government of Thailand Photo by พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alfred Deakin was the second prime minister of Australia. He served three terms from 1903 to 1904, from 1905 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, and in his final term as that of the Liberal Party.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Fahri Sabit Korutürk was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 1957 to 1960.
AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Chile from 2022 to 2025. She has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation since January 20, 2026.
Anu Aga is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and social worker who led Thermax, an energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson from 1996 to 2004.
1851–1901 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Francis FitzGerald was an Irish theoretical physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Robert P. Stiller is an American billionaire who co-founded E-Z Wider in 1972 and Keurig Green Mountain coffee company in 1981. He graduated from New York Military Academy and Parsons College.
This page lists 52 people born on August 3, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on August 3. Read the full methodology.
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