| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Alvar Aalto | Architect | 3-Feb-1898 | 11-May-1976 | Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer | 
| Howard Ahmanson, Jr. | Philanthropist | 3-Feb-1950 |  | Reclusive fundamentalist-Christian philanthropist | 
| Kenneth Anger | Film Director | 3-Feb-1930 |  | Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker | 
| Gustavo Arellano | Journalist | 3-Feb-1979 |  | ĦAsk a Mexican! | 
| Paul Auster | Novelist | 3-Feb-1947 |  | New York Trilogy | 
| Walter Bagehot | Economist | 3-Feb-1826 | 24-Mar-1877 | Editor of The Economist, 1860-77 | 
| Spencer Fullerton Baird | Naturalist | 3-Feb-1823 | 19-Aug-1887 | History of North American Birds | 
| Jim Balsillie | Business | 3-Feb-1961 |  | Co-CEO, Research In Motion, 2010-12 | 
| Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo | Activist | 3-Feb-1948 |  | Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient | 
| Fortunato P. Benavides | Judge | 3-Feb-1947 |  | 5th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Robert J. Bentley | Politician | 3-Feb-1943 |  | Governor of Alabama | 
| Shelley Berman | Comic | 3-Feb-1926 |  | Inside Shelley Berman | 
| Beau Biden | Politician | 3-Feb-1969 |  | Attorney General of Delaware | 
| Joey Bishop | Comic | 3-Feb-1918 | 17-Oct-2007 | Rat Pack member | 
| Elizabeth Blackwell | Doctor | 3-Feb-1821 | 31-May-1910 | America's first woman doctor | 
| Lizzie Borden | Film Director | 3-Feb-1958 |  | Born in Flames | 
| James Bridges | Film Director | 3-Feb-1936 | 6-Jun-1993 | Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase | 
| Victor Buono | Actor | 3-Feb-1938 | 1-Jan-1982 | King Tut on Batman | 
| Anne M. Burke | Judge | 3-Feb-1944 |  | Justice, Illinois Supreme Court | 
| Richard R. Burt | Diplomat | 3-Feb-1947 |  | US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89 | 
| Thomas Calabro | Actor | 3-Feb-1959 |  | Dr. Michael Mancini on Melrose Place | 
| Mary Carlisle | Actor | 3-Feb-1912 |  | Dead Men Walk | 
| Hodding Carter | Journalist | 3-Feb-1907 | 4-Apr-1972 | Delta Democrat-Times | 
| André Cayatte | Film Director | 3-Feb-1909 | 6-Feb-1989 | Verdict | 
| Michael Cimino | Film Director | 3-Feb-1939 |  | The Deer Hunter | 
| Gordon Coates | Head of State | 3-Feb-1878 | 27-May-1943 | Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28 | 
| Andrew Conru | Business | 3-Feb-1968 |  | Creator of Friendfinder | 
| Frank Coraci | Film Director | 3-Feb-1966 |  | The Waterboy | 
| Mariclare Costello | Actor | 3-Feb-1936 |  | Let's Scare Jessica to Death | 
| Tom Creavy | Golf | 3-Feb-1911 | 3-Mar-1979 | Winner, 1931 PGA Championship | 
| Luigi Dallapiccola | Composer | 3-Feb-1904 | 19-Feb-1975 | Canti di Prigionia | 
| Blythe Danner | Actor | 3-Feb-1943 |  | Futureworld | 
| Dave Davies | Singer/Songwriter | 3-Feb-1947 |  | The Kinks | 
| Warwick Davis | Actor | 3-Feb-1970 |  | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 
| Elisa Donovan | Actor | 3-Feb-1971 |  | Clueless | 
| Carl Theodor Dreyer | Film Director | 3-Feb-1889 | 20-Mar-1968 | Greatest Danish film director | 
| Dennis Edwards | Singer | 3-Feb-1943 |  | The Temptations | 
| Morgan Fairchild | Actor | 3-Feb-1950 |  | Jordan Roberts on Falcon Crest | 
| John Fiedler | Actor | 3-Feb-1925 | 25-Jun-2005 | Voice of Piglet | 
| Jack M. Fields | Politician | 3-Feb-1952 |  | Congressman from Texas, 1981-97 | 
| Isla Fisher | Actor | 3-Feb-1976 |  | Shannon Reed on Home and Away | 
| Friedrich Karl Flick | Business | 3-Feb-1927 | 5-Oct-2006 | Richest man in Austria | 
| Pretty Boy Floyd | Criminal | 3-Feb-1904 | 22-Oct-1934 | Bank robber | 
| Pamela Franklin | Actor | 3-Feb-1950 |  | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | 
| Peggy Ann Garner | Actor | 3-Feb-1932 | 16-Oct-1984 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil | Head of State | 3-Feb-1830 | 22-Aug-1903 | UK Prime Minister three times | 
| Guy M. Gillette | Politician | 3-Feb-1879 | 3-Mar-1973 | US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55 | 
| Retief Goosen | Golf | 3-Feb-1969 |  | Winner US Open, 2001 and 2004 | 
| Keith Gordon | Actor | 3-Feb-1961 |  | Christine | 
| Tom Graves | Politician | 3-Feb-1970 |  | Congressman, Georgia 9th | 
| Horace Greeley | Author | 3-Feb-1811 | 29-Nov-1872 | The Tribune | 
| Michele Greene | Actor | 3-Feb-1962 |  | Abby Perkins on LA Law | 
| Bob Griese | Football | 3-Feb-1945 |  | Dolphins QB #12 | 
| John W. Hanes | Business | 3-Feb-1850 | 22-Sep-1903 | Hosiery magnate | 
| Bridget Hanley | Actor | 3-Feb-1941 |  | Candy Pruitt on Here Come the Brides | 
| Tim Heidecker | Comic | 3-Feb-1976 |  | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | 
| Henry Heimlich | Doctor | 3-Feb-1920 |  | Heimlich maneuver | 
| Louis Henyey | Astronomer | 3-Feb-1910 | 18-Feb-1970 | Henyey method | 
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin | Economist | 3-Feb-1958 |  | McCain chief economic advisor | 
| Hamilton James | Business | 3-Feb-1951 |  | President of Blackstone Group | 
| Albert Sidney Johnston | Military | 3-Feb-1803 | 6-Apr-1862 | Confederate General felled at Shiloh | 
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston | Military | 3-Feb-1807 | 21-Mar-1891 | Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman | 
| Gaston Julia | Mathematician | 3-Feb-1893 | 19-Mar-1978 | Creator of the Julia Sets | 
| Arthur Kane | Bassist | 3-Feb-1949 | 13-Jul-2004 | Former New York Dolls bassist | 
| Joette Katz | Judge | 3-Feb-1953 |  | Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court | 
| Sean Kingston | Rapper | 3-Feb-1990 |  | Beautiful Girls | 
| Kathleen Kinmont | Actor | 3-Feb-1965 |  | Gangland | 
| Nathan Lane | Actor | 3-Feb-1956 |  | The Producers | 
| Sidney Lanier | Poet | 3-Feb-1842 | 7-Sep-1881 | Important Southern lyrical poet | 
| Arthur Levitt | Business | 3-Feb-1931 |  | SEC Chairman, 1993-2001 | 
| Fred Lynn | Baseball | 3-Feb-1952 |  | American League MVP 1975 | 
| Greg Mankiw | Economist | 3-Feb-1958 |  | George W Bush economist | 
| Gideon Mantell | Geologist | 3-Feb-1790 | 10-Nov-1852 | English paleontologist and geologist | 
| Megan McCafferty | Novelist | 3-Feb-1973 |  | Juvenile novelist, Sloppy Firsts | 
| Stephen McHattie | Actor | 3-Feb-1947 |  | Cold Squad | 
| James C. McReynolds | Judge | 3-Feb-1862 | 24-Aug-1946 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41 | 
| Thomas Mellon | Business | 3-Feb-1813 | 3-Feb-1908 | Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty | 
| Felix Mendelssohn | Composer | 3-Feb-1809 | 4-Nov-1847 | Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream | 
| Paul R. Michel | Judge | 3-Feb-1941 |  | US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit | 
| James A. Michener | Novelist | 3-Feb-1907 | 16-Oct-1997 | South Pacific | 
| Clarence E. Mulford | Novelist | 3-Feb-1883 | 10-May-1956 | Hopalong Cassidy | 
| Don Ohlmeyer | Business | 3-Feb-1945 |  | President of NBC West Coast | 
| Lynn Patrick | Hockey | 3-Feb-1912 | 26-Jan-1980 | Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM | 
| Adrian R'Mante | Actor | 3-Feb-1978 |  | Esteban on The Suite Life | 
| Lee Ranaldo | Guitarist | 3-Feb-1956 |  | Sonic Youth | 
| Norman Rockwell | Painter | 3-Feb-1894 | 8-Nov-1978 | Saturday Evening Post artist | 
| J. Roy Rowland | Politician | 3-Feb-1926 |  | Congressman from Georgia, 1983-95 | 
| Melanie Safka | Singer/Songwriter | 3-Feb-1947 |  | Brand New Key | 
| Ryne Sanborn | Actor | 3-Feb-1989 |  | High School Musical | 
| Paul Sarbanes | Politician | 3-Feb-1933 |  | US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 | 
| Nahum Sokolow | Activist | 3-Feb-1859 | 17-May-1936 | World Zionist Organization | 
| Steven Stapleton | Musician | 3-Feb-1957 |  | Nurse With Wound | 
| Gertrude Stein | Author | 3-Feb-1874 | 27-Jul-1946 | Avant-garde writer, salon | 
| Antonio José de Sucre | Military | 3-Feb-1795 | 4-Jun-1830 | South American revolutionary | 
| Fran Tarkenton | Football | 3-Feb-1940 |  | That's Incredible! | 
| E. P. Thompson | Historian | 3-Feb-1924 | 28-Aug-1993 | The Making of the English Working Class | 
| Maura Tierney | Actor | 3-Feb-1965 |  | Abby from ER | 
| Robert W. Upton | Politician | 3-Feb-1884 | 28-Apr-1972 | US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54 | 
| Frankie Vaughan | Singer | 3-Feb-1928 | 18-Sep-1999 | Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl | 
| William C. Warren | Educator | 3-Feb-1909 | 11-Sep-2000 | Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 | 
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Guitarist | 3-Feb-1935 | 17-May-1996 | Gangster of Love | 
| Simone Weil | Philosopher | 3-Feb-1909 | 24-Aug-1943 | The Iliad, or the Poem of Force | 
| Daddy Yankee | Singer | 3-Feb-1976 |  | Reggaeton singer, Gasolina | 
| Richard Yates | Novelist | 3-Feb-1926 | 7-Nov-1992 | Revolutionary Road |