Born on May 3rd, 1809
Weekday
Wednesday
May 3rd, 1809 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
♉
Taurus (The Bull)
April 21st, 1809 - May 21st, 1809
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 78,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 475 days, exactly on August 18th, 2025, people who were born on May 3rd, 1809 will be 79,000 days old!
78,525 Days
11,217 Weeks
2,579 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd
Born on May 3rd, 1809
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck
Palaeontologist, chemist
*May 3rd, 1809, Leuven †July 15th, 1887, LiègeSame Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?
84 Robert Osborne
American film historian and actor (1932–2017)
*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City
74 Bing Crosby
American singer and actor (1903–1977)
*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas.jpg "Bernhard von Bülow")
80 Bernhard von Bülow
German and Prussian politician
*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome
71 Élie Metchnikoff
Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat
*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris
79 David H. Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton
58 Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina
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83 George Paget Thomson
English physicist
*May 3rd, 1892, Cambridge †September 10th, 1975, Cambridge.jpg "Jeffrey C. Hall")
Same year
Born in 1809
56 Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)
*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.
73 Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House
40 Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
*January 19th, 1809, Boston †October 7th, 1849, Baltimore
38 Felix Mendelssohn
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent
*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig
42 Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
*March 19th, 1809, Velyki Sorochyntsi †February 21st, 1852, Moscow.jpg "William Ewart Gladstone")
88 William Ewart Gladstone
British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)
*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle
56 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)
*January 15th, 1809, Besançon †January 19th, 1865, Passy.jpg "Luigi Federico Menabrea")
86 Luigi Federico Menabrea
Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)
*September 4th, 1809, Chambéry †May 25th, 1896, Saint-Cassin_(cropped).jpg "Alfred Tennyson")
83 Alfred Tennyson
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
*August 6th, 1809, Somersby †October 6th, 1892, AldworthLouis Braille
Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired (1809-1852)
*January 4th, 1809, Coupvray †January 6th, 1852, Paris
73 Joseph Liouville
French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)
*March 24th, 1809, Saint-Omer †September 8th, 1882, rue de Savoie
81 Hannibal Hamlin
Vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865
*August 27th, 1809, Paris †July 4th, 1891, Bangor.jpg "Karl Bodmer")
27 Mariano José de Larra
Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)
*March 24th, 1809, Madrid †February 13th, 1837, Madrid
85 Oliver Wendell Holmes
American poet and physician (1809–1894)
*August 29th, 1809, Cambridge †October 7th, 1894, BostonLouis Charles Delescluze
French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune
*October 2nd, 1809, Dreux †May 25th, 1871, ParisBettino Ricasoli
Italian politician (1809–1880)
*March 9th, 1809, Florence †October 23rd, 1880, Castello di BrolioTimothy Shay Arthur
American novelist, short story writer and publisher
*June 6th, 1809, Newburgh †March 6th, 1885, PhiladelphiaJules Favre
French politician and lawyer (1809-1880)
*March 21st, 1809, Lyon †January 19th, 1880, VersaillesArmand Barbes
French Republican revolutionary (1809-1870)
*September 18th, 1809, Pointe-à-Pitre †June 26th, 1870, The HagueBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on May 3rd
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.
The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Holy_Virgin_Mary,_Queen_of_PolandTheodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_of_KievMay 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_3_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Memorial_DayConstitution Day (Poland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_May_Constitution_DayFiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)
Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_CrucesInternational Sun Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_DayWorld Press Freedom Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
3.5.1809
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1809 is a normal year and no leap year.