Fran Cotton (77)
January 3rd, 1947

English rugby union footballer – Fran Cotton was born in Wigan (Town in Greater Manchester, England) on January 3rd, 1947 and is 77 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 3

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

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

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

76

Manfred Kokot

East German sprinter

*January 3rd, 1948, Templin

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

87

Meinhard von Gerkan

German architect (1935–2022)

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

78

John Paul Jones

British bassist

*January 3rd, 1946, Sidcup

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

74

Rob Robbers

Dutch rower

*January 3rd, 1950, Balikpapan

72

Gianfranco Fini

Italian politician (born 1952)

*January 3rd, 1952, Bologna

80

Raewyn Connell

Australian sociologist (1944-)

*January 3rd, 1944, Sydney

60

Sergio Leone

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

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

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

78

Cissy King

American singer and dancer

*January 3rd, 1946, Trinidad

67

Dave Dobbyn

New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer

*January 3rd, 1957, Auckland

79

David Starkey

British constitutional historian

*January 3rd, 1945, Kendal

82

John Bennett Perry

American actor

*January 3rd, 1942, Williamstown

68

Hans Heinrich Driftmann

German entrepreneur

*January 3rd, 1948, Bückeburg †April 26th, 2016, Elmshorn

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

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

84

Wilhelm Pieck

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

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

58

Christophe Castaner

French lawyer and politician

*January 3rd, 1966, Ollioules

78

Bernardo de la Maza

Chilean journalist

*January 3rd, 1946, Chile

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

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

72

Jim Ross

American professional wrestling commentator, professional wrestling referee, and restaurateur

*January 3rd, 1952, Fort Bragg

72

Doreen Massey

British social scientist and geographer (b.1944)

*January 3rd, 1944, Manchester †March 11th, 2016, Kilburn

Also born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

69

Bern Nix

American musician (1947-2017)

*September 21st, 1947, Toledo †May 31st, 2017, New York City

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

76

Sam Neill

New Zealand actor

*September 14th, 1947, Omagh

77

Elton John

English singer and pianist

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

76

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

Fran Cotton