The following folks, for better or worse, were born on June 3.
1808 – Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
1844 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
1852 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)
1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)
1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
1961 – Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, bass player and director
1970 – Greg Hancock, American motorcycle racer
1986 – Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
1995 – Dani Cameranesi, American ice hockey player
