The 184th day of the year, the 185th in a leap year

Born on 3 July

Every 3 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.

Star sign
CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
Birthstone
RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
Birth flower
Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
Most common weekdays
Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 3 July. The marked arc is every position it has held on 3 July, midnight to midnight UTC, in any year since 1920.

Your year

Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 3 July in any year.

Which weekday 3 July falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 3 July falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.

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How common a birthday 3 July is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,874 babies were born on 3 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 41st 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 July

18 people born on 3 July, from English Wikipedia's list of births on this day, chosen and ordered by how many Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have a page about them.
NameYearsKnown for
Franz Kafka1883–1924Bohemian writer from Prague
Julian Assange1971–Australian editor, publisher, and activist
Tom Cruise1962–American actor and film producer
Sebastian Vettel1987–German racing driver
Louis XI1423–1483king of France from 1461 to 1483
Valentinian I321–375Roman emperor from 364 to 375
Tom Stoppard1937–2025Czech–English playwright
Leoš Janáček1854–1928Czech composer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman1860–1935American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer
Laura Branigan1952–2004American singer and actress
Jerzy Buzek1940–Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)
Jean-Claude Duvalier1951–2014President of the Republic of Haiti
Patrick Wilson1973–American actor
George Sanders1906–1972British actor
Olivia Munn1980–American actress, comedian, television personality and author
S. R. Nathan1924–20166th President of Singapore
Winston Reid1988–New Zealand association football player
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1991–Russian tennis player

Died on 3 July

12 people who died on 3 July, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
Jim Morrison1943–1971American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors
Theodor Herzl1860–1904Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who formed the Zionist Organization
Mehmed V1844–191835th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1909–1918)
Diogo Jota1996–2025Portuguese footballer
Marie de' Medici1575–1642Queen of France; second wife of King Henry IV of France
Michael Madsen1957–2025American actor
Brian Jones1942–1969British musician
Hipólito Yrigoyen1852–1933President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930
Andriyan Nikolayev1929–2004Soviet cosmonaut
André Citroën1878–1935French businessman
Andy Griffith1926–2012American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer
Pancho Gonzales1928–1995American tennis player

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