Notable Birthdays for December 3
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Those born on this date include:
- Presidential portrait painter Gilbert Stuart in 1755
- Civil War-era Gen. George B. McClellan in 1826
- U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist Cleveland Abbe, who initiated daily weather bulletins, in 1838
- English novelist Joseph Conrad in 1857
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in 1925
- pioneer country singer Ferlin Husky, also in 1925
- singer Andy Williams in 1927
- French film director Jean-Luc Godard in 1930 (age 86)
- former race car driver Bobby Allison in 1937 (age 79)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Ozzy Osbourne in 1948 (age 68)
- former race car driver Rick Mears in 1951 (age 65)
- Olympic gold medal skier Franz Klammer in 1953 (age 63)
- actors Mel Smith in 1952 and Daryl Hannah and Julianne Moore, both in 1960 (age 56)
- Olympic figure skater Katarina Witt in 1965 (age 51)
- and actors Brendan Fraser in 1968 (age 48), Brian Bonsall in 1981 (age 35) and Amanda Seyfried in 1985 (age 31).
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