May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining.
- 1469 - Nicolò Machiavelli, historian and political author (+ 1527)
- 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann[?], master builder (+ 1736)
- 1761 - August von Kotzebue, dramatist (+ 1819)
- 1861 - Emmett Dalton[?], outlaw (+ 1937)
- 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
- 1906 - Mary Astor[?], actress (+ 1987)
- 1913 - William Inge, playwright (+ 1973)
- 1919 - Pete Seeger, singer
- 1919 - Betty Comden, lyricist
- 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer (+ 1989)
- 1921 - Joe Ames[?], singer
- 1928 - James Brown, singer
- 1937 - Frankie Valli, singer
- 1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
- External list (http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-03.html) of US polititians who were born on May 3.
See Also:
May 2 - May 4 - April 3 - June 3 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December