Famous people born on 3 January

15 of the people we track were born on 3 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. J. R. R. Tolkien 1892British writer and philologistdied aged 81
2. Cicero 106 BCRoman lawyer and oratordied aged 63
3. Michael Schumacher 1969German driverliving, 57
4. Greta Thunberg 2003Swedish environmentalistliving, 23
5. Ferdowsi AD 940Poet
6. Mel Gibson 1956American actor and directorliving, 70
7. Clement Attlee 1883British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 84
8. Sofya Kovalevskaya 1850Mathematiciandied aged 41
9. Sergio Leone 1929Italian filmmakerdied aged 60
10. NDNgo Dinh Diem 1901Politician who served as President of South Vietnamdied aged 62
11. Jisoo 1995South Korean singer and songwriterliving, 31
12. August Macke 1887Prussian painterdied aged 27
13. Florence Pugh 1996British actorliving, 30
14. Pietro Metastasio 1698Italian poet and librettistdied aged 84
15. László Sólyom 1942Hungarian politician who served as President of Hungarydied aged 81