Famous Birthdays for 28th March 2024

1737 – Francesco Zannetti, Italian composer, born in Volterra (d. 1788)
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist and ethnologist who found the source of the Mississippi River, born in Guilderland, New York (d. 1864)
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1968)
1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL strikeout leader 1951; NY Yankees), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer, born in Fondi, Italy (d. 1990)
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut, born in Almelo Netherlands, (d. 2014)
1960 – Chris Barrie [Brown], British impressionist, comic, and actor (Red Dwarf – “Arnold Rimmer”; The Brittas Empire), born in Hanover, West Germany
1962 – Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler (The Warlord), born in Pompano Beach, Florida
1970 – James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
1984 – Christopher Samba, French-born footballer

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Famous Birthdays for 27th March 2024

1760 – Ishmail Spicer, American publisher, music teacher, and composer, born in Bozrah, Connecticut (d. 1832)
1809 – Georges Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, born in Paris (d. 1891)
1810 – William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, born in York, England (d. 1886)
1847 – Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1931)
1868 – Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (“Happy Birthday To You”), born in Anchorage, Kentucky (d. 1946)
1939 – Bo Winberg, Swedish instrumental rock guitarist (The Spotnicks – “Hava Nagila”; “Amapola”; “Karelia”), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2020)
1945 – Briton Selby, Canadian NHL player, born in Kingston, Ontario
1961 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese Grammy Award-winning guitarist (B’z), born in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
1970 – Ed Philion, NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills), born in Windsor, Ontario
1977 – Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Bergeijk, Netherlands

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Famous Birthdays for 26th March 2024

1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss physician and naturalist, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1565)
1859 – Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1922)
1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
1932 – Al Bianchi, American basketball guard, coach and general manager (Philadelphia 76ers, Virginia Squires; GM NY Knicks), born in Queens, NY (d. 2019)
1939 – Phillip R. Allen, American stage and screen actor (Hardy Boys Mysteries – “Harry”; Star Trek III – “Captain Esteban”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1940 – James Caan, American actor (Brian’s Song; The Godfather; Rollerball; Misery; Elf), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2022)
1946 – John Harries, British atmospheric physicist (provided 1st direct observational evidence of carbon dioxide increase – greenhouse effect), born in Sedgefield, England (d. 2022)
1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza), born in Hartsville, South Carolina
1961 – William Hague, English politician, Secretary of State, Leader of the Opposition, born in Rotherham, England
1976 – Amy Smart, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Birthdays for 25th March 2024

1879 – Rockley Wilson, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 3 wickets; Cambridge University, Yorkshire CCC), born in Bolsterstone, England (d. 1957)
1899 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Race of Men), born in Antibes, France (d. 1965)
1923 – Lee Hale, American choral director (The Entertainers), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2019)
1928 – Hilton Kramer, American art critic, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1944 – Kelly Garrett, American actress and singer (The Night That Made America Famous), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1949 – Bob Ezrin, Canadian keyboardist and music producer (Alice Cooper; Peter Gabriel; Kiss; Pink Floyd), born in Toronto, Canada
1965 – Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, DJ (Hangin’ With Hollywood, Z-100)
1969 – Cathy Dennis, English pop and dance music singer (“Touch Me (All Night Long)”), and songwriter (Kyle Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”; Britney Spears – “Toxic”; Katy Perry -“I Kissed a Girl”), born in Norwich, England
1972 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician (Prime Minister of Israel 2021-), born in Haifa, Israel
1981 – Casey Neistat, American filmmaker and YouTube star, born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut

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Famous Birthdays for 24th March 2024

1657 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
1874 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician (1st president of Italy 1948-55), born in Carrù, Italy (d. 1961)
1890 – Agnes Macphail, Canadian politician (first women elected to Canada’s House of Commons), born in Proton Township, Ontario (d. 1954)
1903 – Patrick Ludlow, British actor (Naughty Husbands, Evergreen and Modesty Blaise), born in Kensington, London, England (d. 1996)
1911 – Joseph Barbera, American animator and cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera – Tom and Jerry, Flintstones), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2006)
1920 – Gene Nelson [Leander Berg], American screenwriter, director and actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1996)
1954 – Robert Carradine, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie (Vitesse, Manchester)
1967 – Richard Gillam, pairs skater (with partner Erin Moorad), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1970 – Mike Vanderjagt, CFL kicker (Toronto Argonauts)

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Famous Birthdays for 23rd March 2024

603 – K’inich Janaab’ Pakal [Sun Shield], Ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque (d. 683)
1736 – Iman Willem Falck, Dutch colonial governor of Ceylon (1765-85), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka (d. 1785)
1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist (Les Thibault, 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1958)
1932 – Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter (“Sweet Blood Call”), born in Bessemer, Alabama (d. 2012)
1940 – Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70’s)
1946 – Alan Bleasdale, English author, playwright and scriptwriter (Are You Lonesome Tonight), born in Liverpool
1951 – Lis Howell, British broadcaster (director of programs GMTV), born in Liverpool. England
1960 – Terry Sweeney, American comedian and comedian (SNL), born in Queens, New York
1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider (7 x world outdoor champion; 4 x indoor world champion), born in Silsden, England
1992 – Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress (Riverdale), born in Ottawa, Ontario

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Famous Birthdays for 22nd March 2024

1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1712 – Edward Moore, English dramatist (The Gamester) (d. 1757)
1813 – Gabriel René Paul, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1886)
1915 – Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests, 13 wickets; Wellington, Central Districts), born in Wanganui, New Zealand (d. 1966)
1933 – Michel Hidalgo, French soccer midfielder (1 cap; Monaco) and manager (France 1976-84; UEFA Euro 1984), born in Leffrinckoucke, France (d. 2020)
1935 – M[ichael] Emmet Walsh, American actor (Wildcats, War Party), born in Ogdensburg New York
1947 – Patrick Olive, Grenadian percussionist (Hot Chocolate – “You Sexy Thing”), born in Grenada
1956 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress (Enemies A Love Story), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1958 – Pete Wylie, English rocker (Sinful), born in Liverpool, England
1989 – J. J. Watt [Justin James], American NFL player (Houston Texans), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin

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Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2024

1779 – Alexis Garaudé, French composer and pedagogue, born in Nancy, France (d. 1852)
1839 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov; Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition), born in Karevo, Russia (d. 1881)
1863 – George Owen Squier, American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp (d. 1934)
1865 – Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, English historian and politician, born in London (d. 1940)
1901 – Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958)
1936 – Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician
1944 – Jamary Oliveira, Brazilian composer (Sanctus; Piano Pièce), and music professor, born in Saúde, Bahia, Brazil (d. 2020)
1978 – Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier, 15 Olympic medals, 18 World Championship medals, born in Trondheim, Norway
1991 – Antoine Griezmann, French football player (Atlético Madrid, French national team), born in Mâcon, France

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Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2024

1735 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
1876 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
1883 – Colin Campbell, Scottish actor (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys), born in Falkirk, Scotland (d. 1966)
1902 – David Lasser, American science fiction magazine editor (Wonder Stores, 1930-33), writer (The Conquest of Space), and workers’ rights activist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
1931 – John Rae, British educator (Conscience and Politics)
1941 – Pat Corrales, American baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, SD Padres) and manager (Texas Rangers 1978–80, Philadelphia Phillies 1982–83, Cleveland Indians 1983–87), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2023)
1958 – Holly Hunter, American actress (Broadcast News, The Piano), born in Conyers, Georgia
1958 – Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
1973 – Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
1987 – Rollo Weeks, English actor

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Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2024

1777 – Anton Reinhard Falck, Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1843)
1823 – Adelgunde of Bavaria, German princess and wife of Duke of Modena, born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1914)
1848 – Wyatt Earp, American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, born in Monmouth, Illinois (d. 1929)
1865 – William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937)
1888 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
1928 – (Allan Thomas) “Tom” Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in New York City (d. 2017)
1935 – Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
1942 – Robin Luke, American rockabilly singer (“Susie Darlin'”), and later college professor, born in Los Angeles, California
1942 – David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota
1953 – Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic gold 1976, 80)

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