David Atherton (80)
January 3rd, 1944

English conductor – David Atherton was born in Blackpool (Town in Lancashire, England) on January 3rd, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 3

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

*January 3rd, 1892, Bloemfontein †September 2nd, 1973, Bournemouth

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

60

John Thaw

British actor (1942–2002)

*January 3rd, 1942, Longsight †February 21st, 2002, Luckington

87

Meinhard von Gerkan

German architect (1935–2022)

*January 3rd, 1935, Riga †November 30th, 2022, Hamburg

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

82

John Bennett Perry

American actor

*January 3rd, 1942, Williamstown

60

Sergio Leone

Italian film director, screenwriter and producer (1929-1989)

*January 3rd, 1929, Rome †April 30th, 1989, Rome

76

Manfred Kokot

East German sprinter

*January 3rd, 1948, Templin

79

David Starkey

British constitutional historian

*January 3rd, 1945, Kendal

78

John Paul Jones

British bassist

*January 3rd, 1946, Sidcup

77

Horacio Serpa

Colombian politician

*January 3rd, 1943, Bucaramanga †October 31st, 2020, Bucaramanga

66

Patricia Anthony

American science fiction writer

*January 3rd, 1947, San Antonio †August 2nd, 2013

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

72

Gianfranco Fini

Italian politician (born 1952)

*January 3rd, 1952, Bologna

81

Selda Alkor

Turkish actress

*January 3rd, 1943, Konya

74

Rob Robbers

Dutch rower

*January 3rd, 1950, Balikpapan

81

László Sólyom

Politician and former President of Hungary (1942–2023)

*January 3rd, 1942, Pécs †October 8th, 2023, Budapest

83

Van Dyke Parks

American musician

*January 3rd, 1941, Hattiesburg

67

Dave Dobbyn

New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer

*January 3rd, 1957, Auckland

84

Wilhelm Pieck

German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)

*January 3rd, 1876, Guben †September 7th, 1960, Berlin

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

*January 3rd, 1997, 4th arrondissement of Marseille

94

Gordon Moore

American businessman (1929–2023)

*January 3rd, 1929, San Francisco †March 24th, 2023, Waimea

90

George Martin

English record producer (1926–2016)

*January 3rd, 1926, Highbury †March 8th, 2016, Coleshill

58

Christophe Castaner

French lawyer and politician

*January 3rd, 1966, Ollioules

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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