March 3: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is March 3rd your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 3rd? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 3rd was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 3rd Birthdays: Famous Artists

Leopold Jessner, German Expressionist film director (Children of the Fog, Erdgeist, Hintertreppe and Mary Queen of Scots) and theatrical producer, was born on March 3, 1878.

James Gamble Rogers, American designer and architect (Sterling Memorial Library and Timothy Dwight College), was born on March 3,1867.

March 3rd Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Julius Boros, American professional golfer, was born on March 3, 1920. Julius Boros was the father of professional golfer Guy Boros.

Bob Bradley, American soccer coach and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on March 3, 1958.

American professional football player Randy Gradishar (Denver Broncos) was born on March 3, 1952.

Santonio Holmes, American professional football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), was born on March 3, 1985.

Canadian professional hockey player Joey Johnston (California Golden Seals, California Seals, Chicago Black Hawks and Minnesota North Stars) was born on March 3, 1949.

American track star and Olympic gold medalist (1988 and 1992) Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born on March 3, 1962.

William Henry (Wee Willie) Keeler, American professional baseball player (Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants), was born on March 3, 1872.

American professional hockey player Brian Leetch (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs) was born on March 3, 1968.

Czechoslovakian professional hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Olympic gold medalist

(1998) Martin Prochazka was born on March 3, 1972.

Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, American alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist (1992), was born on March 3, 1968.