The 276th day of the year, the 277th in a leap year
Born on 3 October
Every 3 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 3 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 3 October falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 3 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,922 babies were born on 3 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 15th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | 1981– | Swedish association football player |
| Sergei Yesenin | 1895–1925 | Russian poet |
| Louis Aragon | 1897–1982 | French poet |
| Gore Vidal | 1925–2012 | American writer |
| Gwen Stefani | 1969– | American singer |
| Alicia Vikander | 1988– | Swedish actress |
| Carl von Ossietzky | 1889–1938 | German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Lena Headey | 1973– | British actress |
| James M. Buchanan | 1919–2013 | American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics |
| Fred | 1983– | Brazilian association football player |
| Neve Campbell | 1973– | Canadian actress |
| Clive Owen | 1964– | English actor |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | 1954–1990 | American blues guitarist |
| Thomas Wolfe | 1900–1938 | American writer |
| Tessa Thompson | 1983– | American actress |
| Noah Schnapp | 2004– | American and Canadian actor |
| Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | 1935–2020 | Armenian, Soviet, Russian actor |
| Ashlee Simpson | 1984– | American singer and actress |
Died on 3 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Francis of Assisi | 1182–1226 | Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order |
| Gustav Stresemann | 1878–1929 | German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| William Morris | 1834–1896 | English textile designer, poet, artist and writer |
| Jean Anouilh | 1910–1987 | French playwright |
| Woody Guthrie | 1912–1967 | American singer-songwriter |
| Janet Leigh | 1927–2004 | American actress |
| Carl Nielsen | 1865–1931 | Danish composer |
| Franz Josef Strauss | 1915–1988 | German politician |
| Akio Morita | 1921–1999 | Japanese businessman |
| Gaius Cassius Longinus | died 42 BC | ancient Roman politician, known for his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar |
| Elisabeth of Valois | 1545–1568 | Queen consort of Spain |
| Roddy McDowall | 1928–1998 | British actor |
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