Famous people born on 3 May

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

1. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469Diplomat and political theoristdied aged 58
2. Golda Meir 1898Politician who served as Prime Minister of Israeldied aged 80
3. Bing Crosby 1903American singer and actordied aged 74
4. Mikhail Bulgakov 1891Russian novelistdied aged 48
5. James Brown 1933American musiciandied aged 73
6. Steven Weinberg 1933American theoretical physicistdied aged 88
7. Élie Metchnikoff 1845Russian immunologist and biologistdied aged 71
8. Pete Seeger 1919American singerdied aged 94
9. George Paget Thomson 1892English physicistdied aged 83
10. Alfred Kastler 1902French physicistdied aged 81
11. Charles XV 1826Monarch of Norwaydied aged 46
12. Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès 1748French politician who served as President of the National Conventiondied aged 88
13. Viktor Vasnetsov 1848Russian artistdied aged 78
14. Mary Astor 1906American actor and novelistdied aged 81
15. Nona Gaprindashvili 1941Soviet chess playerliving, 85
16. Heraclius Constantine AD 612Byzantine emperordied aged 29