January 3
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Births
- 106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
- 1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
- 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
- 1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
- 1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
- 1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor
- 1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian film-maker
Deaths
- 1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
- 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
- 2002 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
Notes
- 1884 - Rudolf Koppitz (January 3 1884 in Schreiberseifen, Mährisch Schlesien - July 1936 in Perchtoldsdorf, Niederösterreich) was a Czech photographer
- 1965 - Milton Avery (March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965) was an American modern painter.
- 2003 - Monique Wittig Monique Wittig (1935 - January 3, 2003) was a French author and feminist theorist, particularly interested in overcoming gender.
- 1923 - Jaroslav Hašek (April 30, 1883 – January 3, 1923) was a Czech humorist and satirist who became well-known mainly for his world-famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk
- 1897 - Pola Negri (3 January, 1897 - August 1, 1987) was a Polish film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films between 1910s and 1930s, known for such films as Woman of the World.
- 1985 - Bodil Joensen (25 September 1944 - 3 January 1985) was a Danish pornographic actress born in the village Hundige, near Copenhagen. Her best known film is the documentary A Summer Day. She also starred in Hvorfor gør de det? by the Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen.
- 1989 - Robert Thomas (28 September 1927–3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. (8 femmes)
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