October 3rd, 1297

Born on October 3rd, 1297

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 265,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 607 days, exactly on January 15th, 2026, people who were born on October 3rd, 1297 will be 266,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

October 3rd, 1991

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

October 3rd, 1981

A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.

October 3rd, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).

October 3rd, 1953

Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.

October 3rd, 1952

The United Kingdom successfully completed a nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.

October 3rd, 1951

The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.

October 3rd, 1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore, Maryland, under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

October 3rd, 1792

Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

October 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (depicted).

October 3rd, 2022

Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

October 3rd, 2021

Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.

October 3rd, 2015

Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.

October 3rd, 2009

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.

October 3rd, 1995

O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 3rd?

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

*October 3rd, 1958, San Cristóbal †August 10th, 2019, San Gregorio de Nigua

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

734

Torben Betts

English playwright

*October 3rd, 1289, Stamford

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

*October 3rd, 1923, Lviv †February 21st, 2017, St. Louis Park

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

*October 3rd, 1814, Moscow †July 15th, 1841, Pyatigorsk

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

*October 3rd, 1947, Cora †February 7th, 2018, San Francisco

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

44

Eleanor de Clare

Anglo-Welsh noblewoman

*October 3rd, 1292, Caerphilly †June 30th, 1337, Monmouth

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

80

Claus-Ekkehard Bärsch

German professor

*October 3rd, 1939, Weimar †May 16th, 2020

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

*October 3rd, 1908, Berlin †February 22nd, 2001, Los Angeles

99

Raffaele La Capria

Italian novelist and screenwriter

*October 3rd, 1922, Naples †June 26th, 2022, Rome

26

Ann Makosinski

Canadian inventor and entrepreneur

*October 3rd, 1997, Victoria

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

35

Alicia Vikander

Swedish actress

*October 3rd, 1988, Johannebergs församling

45

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

*October 3rd, 1978, Callao

45

Gerald Asamoah

German association football player

*October 3rd, 1978, Mampong

93

James M. Buchanan

American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics (1919–2013)

*October 3rd, 1919, Murfreesboro †January 9th, 2013, Blacksburg

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

*October 3rd, 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses †January 23rd, 1947, Le Cannet

85

Louis Aragon

French poet (1897–1982)

*October 3rd, 1897, 16th arrondissement of Paris †December 24th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

50

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

*October 3rd, 1973, Guelph

35

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American blues guitarist (1954–1990)

*October 3rd, 1954, Dallas †August 27th, 1990, East Troy

54

Garry Herbert

British rower

*October 3rd, 1969, London

47

Seann William Scott

American actor

*October 3rd, 1976, Cottage Grove

48

Carl von Ossietzky

German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize

*October 3rd, 1889, Hamburg †May 4th, 1938, Berlin

40

Tessa Thompson

American actress

*October 3rd, 1983, Los Angeles

39

Ashlee Simpson

American singer and actress

*October 3rd, 1984, Waco

35

Alex Dowsett

British racing cyclist

*October 3rd, 1988, Maldon

69

Monika Griefahn

German politician and activist

*October 3rd, 1954, Mülheim an der Ruhr

58

Warner Oland

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

*October 3rd, 1879, Västerbotten County †August 6th, 1938, Stockholm

56

Denis Villeneuve

Canadian film director and screenwriter

*October 3rd, 1967, Bécancour

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1297 is a normal year and no leap year.

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