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Famous people born on October 3
Short answer
Well-known people born on October 3 include Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Louis Aragon (1897), Gwen Stefani (1969) and Gore Vidal (1925). Our list below has 88 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives October 3 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1784 (Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel) and the most recent is 2003 (Abbosbek Fayzullaev). The most common fields on this date: football, actress, singer.
Who was born on October 3?
- Zlatan Ibrahimović 1981 Swedish association football player
- Louis Aragon 1897 French poet
- Gwen Stefani 1969 American singer
- Gore Vidal 1925 American writer
- Alicia Vikander 1988 Swedish actress
- Lena Headey 1973 British actress
- Carl von Ossietzky 1889 German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
- James M. Buchanan 1919 American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics
- Denis Villeneuve 1967 Canadian film director and screenwriter
- Fred 1983 Brazilian association football player
- Neve Campbell 1973 Canadian actress
- Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954 American blues guitarist
- Clive Owen 1964 English actor
- Kepa Arrizabalaga 1994 Spanish footballer
- Thomas Wolfe 1900 American writer
- Tessa Thompson 1983 American actress
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan 1935 Armenian, Soviet, Russian actor
- Ashlee Simpson 1984 American singer and actress
- Claudio Pizarro 1978 Peruvian footballer
- Allan Kardec 1804 Systematizer of Spiritism
- Charles J. Pedersen 1904 American organic chemist
- Alain-Fournier 1886 French writer
- Eleonora Duse 1858 Italian stage actress
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski 1938 Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister, President
- Seann William Scott 1976 American actor
- Kelechi Iheanacho 1996 Nigerian association football player
- Leo McCarey 1898 American film director, screenwriter and producer
- Naoya Kondo 1983 Japanese association football player
- Kathryn D. Sullivan 1951 American astronaut
- Charles Duke 1935 American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut
- Andreas Isaksson 1981 Swedish association football player
- Steve Reich 1936 American composer
- Gerald Asamoah 1978 German association football player
- Leïla Slimani 1981 French-Moroccan writer and journalist
- Chubby Checker 1941 American rock 'n roll singer
- Jackson Martínez 1986 Colombian footballer
- Kåre Willoch 1928 30th Prime Minister of Norway
- Eddie Cochran 1938 American rock and roll pioneer
- Pierre Deligne 1944 Belgian mathematician
- Erik Bruhn 1928 Danish ballet dancer
- Philippa Foot 1920 English philosopher
- Abbosbek Fayzullaev 2003 Uzbek footballer
- Tommy Lee 1962 American drummer
- Viktor Saneyev 1945 Georgian triple jumper
- Artur da Costa e Silva 1899 Military and President of Brazil during the dictator ship
- Jan-Ove Waldner 1965 Swedish table tennis player
- Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza 1987 Puerto Rican model actor
- Tommy Wiseau 1955 American actor and filmmaker
- Al Sharpton 1954 American Baptist minister, activist and talk show host
- John Morrison 1979 American professional wrestler
- Amr Moussa 1936 Politician from Egypt
- Ayo Edebiri 1995 American actress and comedian
- Karen Bass 1953 American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
- Francisco Morazán 1792 President of Federal Republic of Central America
- Shannyn Sossamon 1978 American actress and musician
- Lindsey Buckingham 1949 American musician
- Jean-Marc Bosman 1964 Belgian footballer
- Josh Klinghoffer 1979 American musician
- India.Arie 1975 American singer
- Louis de Beaufront 1855 Influence in the development of Ido
- John Perry Barlow 1947 American poet and essayist
- Kevin Richardson 1971 American singer, member of the Backstreet Boys
- Christian Coulson 1978 British actor
- Herman Li 1976 British guitarist
- Louis Hjelmslev 1899 Danish linguist
- Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel 1784 German academic
- Andrzej Szarmach 1950 Polish footballer
- Walter Warlimont 1894 German general
- Alfred Flatow 1869 German gymnast
- Michele Morrone Algoes 1990 Italian actor, singer, and fashion designer
- Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia 1860 Russian grand duke; eighth child and sixth son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria…
- Talib Kweli 1975 American rapper from New York
- Neale Fraser 1933 Australian tennis player
- Tatsuya Yazawa 1984 Japanese association football player
- Server Djeparov 1982 Uzbekistani association football player
- Roberto Azevêdo 1957 Brazilian diplomat and Director-General of the WTO
- Leonora 1998 Danish singer and figure skater
- Yohji Yamamoto 1943 Japanese fashion designer
- Velibor Vasović 1939 Serbian footballer
- James Herriot 1916 Veterinary surgeon and writer
- Seth Gabel 1981 American actor
- Keiko Agena 1973 American actress
- Alanna Ubach 1975 American actress
- Tereza Kesovija 1938 Croatian pop singer
- Takanobu Komiyama 1984 Japanese association football player
- Takumi Shima 1967 Japanese association football player
- Kjetil Mørland 1980 Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Yoon Eun-hye 1984 South Korean singer, actress and model
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on October 3 share the 3rd of October as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.