May 3 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is May 3, your zodiac sign is Taurus ♉, your birthstone is Emerald and your birth flower is Lily of the valley or Hawthorn. You share your birthday with Golda Meir and James Brown.
- Zodiac sign
- ♉ Taurus
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Birthstone
- Emerald
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, Hawthorn
- Day of year
- 123rd
- Popularity
- 264th of 366
- Half birthday
- November 3
- Next May 3
- May 3
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May 3 zodiac: Taurus ♉
People born on May 3 fall under Taurus, the 2nd sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from April 20 to May 20. Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, and its symbol is the bull.
Taurus is an earth sign associated with stability, comfort and patience. The Bull is traditionally described as grounded and dependable, with a strong appreciation for good food, nature, music and beautiful things.
Famous people born on May 3
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on May 3, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1898Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
- Born 1933American musician (1933–2006)
- Born 1933American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
- Born 1919American folk singer (1919–2014)
- Born 1892English physicist (1892–1975)
- Born 1902French physicist (1902–1984)
- Born 1826King of Sweden and Norway (1859-1872)
- Born 1748French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
- Born 1906American actress and author (1906–1987)
- Born 1941Soviet chess player
- Born 1849German and Prussian politician (1849–1929)
- Born 1982English actress and filmmaker (born 1982)
- Born 1975British-American actress (born 1975)
- Born 1991Italian Catholic saint
- Born 2003German association football player (born 2003)
- Born 1945American geneticist and chronobiologist
- Born 1985Argentine association football player (born 1985)
- Born 1983Japanese association football player
- Born 2001American actress (born 2001)
- Born 1917President of the Republic of Macedonia (1917–2012)
- Born 1996Nigerian association football player (born 1996)
- Born 1942Czechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach (1942–2016)
- Born 1921American boxer (1921–1989)
- Born 1860Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940)
- Born 1930Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist (born 1930)
- Born 1761German dramatist and writer (1761–1819)
- Born 1965Russian entrepreneur and politician (born 1965)
- Born 1872Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959)
- Born 1986French actress and model (born 1986)
- Born 1979Nigerian actress, producer, and director
- Born 1961Turkish statesperson (born 1961)
- Born 1949Argentine footballer (1949–2021)
- Born 1870Russian artist (1870–1960)
- Born 1976Slovak politician
- Born 1678Spanish corsair (1678–1747)
- Born 1849German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
- Born 1968American actress (born 1968)
- Born 1934Greek-French singer (1934–2013)
- Born 1931Italian architect (1931-1997)
- Born 1989Hungarian swimmer
May 3 birthstone
Emerald (green). Emerald is linked with rebirth, love and wisdom, and it was a favourite of Cleopatra.
May 3 birthday facts
- May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years), leaving 242 days until the end of the year.
- May 3 is the 264th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,944 babies born on an average May 3(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, May 3 birthdays fall in spring. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in autumn.
- Babies born on May 3 were most likely conceived around August 11 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is November 3, six months after May 3.
- May 3 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is May 3?
May 3 falls under Taurus ♉, which runs from April 20 to May 20.
What is the birthstone for May 3?
The birthstone for May 3 is Emerald, the May birthstone. The May birth flowers are Lily of the valley and Hawthorn.
Who are famous people born on May 3?
Famous people born on May 3 include Golda Meir (1898), James Brown (1933), Steven Weinberg (1933), Pete Seeger (1919), George Paget Thomson (1892), Alfred Kastler (1902).
How common is a May 3 birthday?
May 3 is the 264th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,944 babies born on an average May 3.
What day of the year is May 3?
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in common years and the 124th day in leap years.