The 337th day of the year, the 338th in a leap year
Born on 3 December
Every 3 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 3 December in any year.
Which weekday 3 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 3 December falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 3 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,786 babies were born on 3 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 254th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 3 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Conrad | 1857–1924 | Polish-British writer |
| Julianne Moore | 1960– | British-American actress and author |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1948–2025 | English musician and television personality |
| Jean-Luc Godard | 1930–2022 | French and Swiss film director |
| David Villa | 1981– | Spanish footballer |
| Brendan Fraser | 1968– | Canadian-American actor |
| Amanda Seyfried | 1985– | American actress |
| France Prešeren | 1800–1849 | Slovene poet |
| Rajendra Prasad | 1884–1963 | Indian statesman, lawyer and writer; first President of India |
| Manne Siegbahn | 1886–1978 | Swedish physicist |
| Charles VI of France | 1368–1422 | King of France from 1380 to 1422 |
| Bayezid II | 1447–1512 | the eighth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1481–1512) |
| Paul J. Crutzen | 1933–2021 | Dutch climatologist |
| Michael Essien | 1982– | Ghanaian footballer |
| Richard Kuhn | 1900–1967 | Austrian-German biochemist |
| Daryl Hannah | 1960– | American actress and director |
| Anton Webern | 1883–1945 | Austrian composer and conductor |
| Anna Freud | 1895–1982 | Austrian-British psychoanalyst |
Died on 3 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 1850–1894 | Scottish novelist and poet |
| Pierre-Auguste Renoir | 1841–1919 | French painter and sculptor |
| Francis Xavier | 1506–1552 | Spanish Catholic saint and missionary |
| Pope Anastasius IV | died 1154 | Pope from 1153 to 1154 |
| Carl Zeiss | 1816–1888 | German optician and scientific instrument maker |
| Vasili III of Russia | 1479–1533 | Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 to 1533 |
| Mary Baker Eddy | 1821–1910 | American founder of Christian Science |
| Dhyan Chand | 1905–1979 | Indian field hockey player |
| Oswald Mosley | 1896–1980 | British aristocrat and fascist politician |
| Scatman John | 1942–1999 | American musician |
| Alexander Rodchenko | 1891–1956 | Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer |
| Dev Anand | 1923–2011 | Indian actor, producer, director |
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