Who Was Born Today – February 3 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 3 | ||
1809 | Felix Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream). | |
1811 | Horace Greely, founder of the New York Tribune and abolitionist. | |
1821 | Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to get an MD from a U.S. medical school. | |
1874 | Gertrude Stein, poet and novelist (Three Lives, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas). | |
1894 | Norman Rockwell, artist and illustrator who painted scenes of small-town America. Most of his work appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post. | |
1898 | Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect. | |
1907 | James A. Michener, novelist (Tales of the South Pacific). | |
1909 | Simone Weil, philosopher, member of the French resistance in WWII. |