James Brown

James Joseph Brown was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986. His music has been heavily sampled by hip-hop musicians and other artists.

3 May 1933

Born on the same birth date (3 May 1933): Steven Weinberg

Born on the same birth day (3 May): Angela Bofill • Bernhard von Bülow • Chuck Baldwin • George Paget Thomson • Harvey Guillén • Jacob Viner • Jeff Halpern • Jesse Bromwich • Karl Abraham • Katinka Hosszú • Kenny Hotz • Maryam Mirzakhani • Noah Munck • Stephan Praetorius • Ted Bates (footballer) • Věra Čáslavská

Born in the same month (May 1933): Basdeo Panday • Bernadette Chirac • Chen Jingrun • Collie Smith • Fred Anderson (rugby league) • H. D. Deve Gowda • Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf • Henry B. Eyring • Jane Byrne • John Karlen • Johnny Unitas • Jógvan Sundstein • Louis Farrakhan • Manfred Sommer • Maurice André • Ove Fundin • Ray Spencer • Réal Giguère • Siân Phillips • Steven Weinberg • Yelena Gorchakova • Zelda Rubinstein