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Notable Birthdays for February 3

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Those born on this date include:

- German composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1809
- U.S. journalist Horace Greeley in 1811
- Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor of medicine, in 1821
- Poet and novelist Gertrude Stein in 1874
- Artist Norman Rockwell in 1894
- Gangster Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd in 1904
- Author James Michener in 1907
- Comedians Joey Bishop in 1918 and Shelley Berman in 1925 (age 88)
- Actor John Fiedler, also in 1925
- Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks Fran Tarkenton in 1940 (age 73) and Bob Griese in 1945 (age 68)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo in 1948 (age 65)
- Professional golfer Retief Goosen in 1969 (age 44)
- And actors Blythe Danner in 1943 (age 70), Morgan Fairchild and Pamela Franklin, both in 1950 (age 63), Nathan Lane in 1956 (age 57), Thomas Calabro in 1959 (age 54), Maura Tierney in 1965 (age 48) and Warwick Davis in 1970 (age 43).

 


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