The 123rd day of the year, the 124th in a leap year
Born on 3 May
Every 3 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 3 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 3 May falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 3 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,786 babies were born on 3 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 255th 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Niccolò Machiavelli | 1469–1527 | Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist |
| Golda Meir | 1898–1978 | Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 |
| Bing Crosby | 1903–1977 | American singer and actor |
| James Brown | 1933–2006 | American musician |
| Steven Weinberg | 1933–2021 | American theoretical physicist |
| Pete Seeger | 1919–2014 | American folk singer |
| George Paget Thomson | 1892–1975 | English physicist |
| Alfred Kastler | 1902–1984 | French physicist |
| Charles XV | 1826–1872 | King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872 |
| Mary Astor | 1906–1987 | American actress and author |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1941– | Soviet chess player |
| Bernhard von Bülow | 1849–1929 | German and Prussian politician |
| Heraclius Constantine | 612–641 | Byzantine Emperor in 641 |
| Christina Hendricks | 1975– | British-American actress |
| Florian Wirtz | 2003– | German association football player |
| Ezequiel Lavezzi | 1985– | Argentine association football player |
| Rachel Zegler | 2001– | American actress |
| Alex Iwobi | 1996– | Nigerian association football player |
Died on 3 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Mehmed II | 1432–1481 | seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481) |
| Pope Benedict XIV | 1675–1758 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758 |
| Dalida | 1933–1987 | Italian-French singer and actress |
| Zakir Husain | 1897–1969 | 3rd President of India |
| Gary Becker | 1930–2014 | American economist |
| Nargis | 1929–1981 | Indian actress |
| Adolphe Adam | 1803–1856 | French composer |
| Béla IV of Hungary | 1206–1270 | King of Hungary |
| Patrick Pearse | 1879–1916 | Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916 |
| Antipope Alexander V | 1339–1410 | Catholic cardinal and antipope |
| Karel Appel | 1921–2006 | Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet |
| Wally Schirra | 1923–2007 | American astronaut |
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