1561 – Santorio Sanctorius, Venetian physiologist and physician (invented thermometer), born in Venice (d. 1636)
1725 – Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, Swiss composer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1765)
1769 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal, 10th Prime Minister of France, born in Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, France (d. 1851)
1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1899)
1931 – Norman Tebbit, British Conservative party politician, cabinet minister and life peer, born in Ponders End, England
1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English pianist, classical and film score composer (Four Weddings And A Funeral), born in Kent, England (d. 2012)
1944 – James Diggle, British classicist, born in Rochadale
1946 – Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs), born in Manchester (d. 2007)
1949 – Keith Simpson, British politician and military historian, born in Norwich, Norfolk
1972 – Alex Ochoa, American football outfielder (NY Mets), born in Miami, Florida
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Famous Birthdays for 28th March 2021
1851 – Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (1915–17, 1925–26), born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1944)
1862 – George William Louis Marshall-Hall, English composer, born in London (d. 1915)
1868 – Wojciech Gawroński, Polish pianist and composer, born in Sejmany, Russian Empire [now Lithuania] (d. 1910)
1908 – Grégoire Aslan, American actor (The Return of the Pink Panther, King of Kings), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1982)
1915 – Jay Livingston, American composer (“Buttons and Bows”; “Mona Lisa”; “Tammy”), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1948 – Matthew Corbett, English retired actor (The Sooty Show), born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire
1951 – Chip Reese, American poker player (3 x World Series of Poker bracelets), born in Centerville, Ohio (d. 2007)
1969 – James Atkin, rocker (EMF-Unbelievable), born in Birmingham
1971 – Wesley Person, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1975 – Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
Famous Birthdays for 27th March 2021
1816 – George Elvey, English composer, born in Canterbury, England (d. 1893)
1851 – Ruperto Chapi, Spanish composer, born in Villena, Spain (d. 1909)
1914 – Budd Schulberg, American novelist and screenwriter (On the Waterfront), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
1917 – Harry West, Irish politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (1974-79), born in Enniskillen, Ireland (d. 2004)
1926 – Louis Blom-Cooper, barrister specialising in public and administrative law and co-editor of The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009, born in London
1930 – Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Bird Watching), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1956 – Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier (4 Olympic gold 1980, 84, 88), born in Lennartsfors, Värmland, Sweden
1969 – Tom Beer, American NFL running back (Detroit Lions), born in Detroit, Michigan
1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1981 – JJ Lin, Chinese singer (Music Voyager), born in Singapore
Famous Birthdays for 26th March 2021
1833 – Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth], Dutch journalist, writer and pioneer of the Dutch women’s movement, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1906)
1873 – Gerald du Maurier, British actor (Power, Escape!, Masks and Faces), born in London, England (d. 1934)
1880 – Duncan Hines, American restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1959)
1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse who helped POWs in Siberia, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (d. 1948)
1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob and Ray, Get a Life), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
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 – Rod Lauren, American rocker (If I Had a Girl), born in Fresno, California (d. 2007)
1971 – Jesús Taváres, Dominican MLB outfielder, 1993-98 (Florida Marlins, and 2 other teams), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer (Rangers), born in Ferrol, Spain
1981 – Anaïs Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and playwright (Hadestown – 2019 Tony for Best Musical), born in Vermont
Famous Birthdays for 25th March 2021
1653 – Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician, physicist and sound engineer who coined the name acoustics for the study of sound from the ancient Greek word ακουστός, meaning “able to be heard”, born in La Flèche, France (d. 1716)
1848 – William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1875 – Spencer Charters, American actor (3 Faces West, Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
1881 – Béla Bartok, Hungarian composer and pianist (Concerto for Orchestra), born in Nagyszentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer-songwriter, born in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris (d. 1994)
1919 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
1928 – Hilton Kramer, American art critic, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1959 – Vince Guerra, American jockey, born in Tucson
1969 – Scott Sanders, Hannibal MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player
Famous Birthdays for 24th March 2021
1888 – Jameson Thomas, British actor (Piccadilly, Farmer’s Wife), born in London, England (d. 1939)
1904 – Martin Kosleck, German actor (Pursuit to Algiers, Agent for H.A.R.M.), born in Barkotzen, Pomerania, Germany (d. 1994)
1912 – Dorothy Height, American civil rights and women’s rights activist (National Council of Negro Women), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2010)
1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor called “The King of Cool” during the 1960s (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape), born in Beech Grove, Indiana (d. 1980)
1937 – Bill Tillman, basebal player
1938 – David Irving, British historian
1949 – Nick Lowe, British rock bassist, singer, songwriter (Brinsley Schwarz – “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding”; Rockpile – “Teacher, Teacher”; solo-“Cruel To Be Kind”), and producer (Elvis Costello; Graham Parker), born in , Walton-on-Thames, England
1970 – Shannon Lemora, Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner
1976 – Peyton Manning, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 2006, 15; 5 x NFL MVP; 14 x Pro Bowl; Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1992 – Thomas Law, English actor
Famous Birthdays for 23rd March 2021
1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1882 – C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
1887 – Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation)
1899 – Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)
1912 – Wernher von Braun, German rocket scientist (I Aim at the Stars), born in Wirsitz, Germany (now Wyrzysk, Poland) (d. 1977)
1917 – H C Allen, American historian
1937 – Craig Breedlove, American auto racer (5-time world land speed record holder), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 – Serena Grandi [Fagioli], actress (Miranda), born in Bologna Italy
1965 – Dante Jones, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider, born in Silsden, West Yorkshire, England
Famous Birthdays for 22nd March 2021
1759 – Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
1885 – Jakabs Medins, composer
1894 – Surya Sen “Master Da”, Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid), born in Chittagong, British India (d. 1934)
1920 – Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt], Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky, The Wild Wild West), born in Gródek, Lwowskie, Poland (d. 1981)
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator (President of Harvard University), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1945 – Chuck Jackson, American singer (Playboy, Independents), born in Greenville, South Carolina
1948 – Randy Hobbs, American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys), born in Winchester, Indiana (d. 1993)
1951 – Howard Reitzes, American rocker (Iron Butterfly). born in Southgate, California
1956 – Generosa Ammon, American widow of murdered multimillionaire Ted Ammon, suspect in his death, born in Laguna Beach, California (d. 2003)
1963 – Tony Elumelu, Nigerian economist and philanthropist (United Bank for Africa, The Tony Elumelu Foundation), born in Jos, Nigeria
Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2021
1716 – Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
1912 – Peter Bull, British actor and author (The African Queen, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), born in London, England (d. 1984)
1927 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP), worked to re-unify Germany, born in Reideburg (d. 2016)
1938 – Grahame Thomas, cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60’s)
1946 – Ray Dorset, rocker (Cold Blue Excursion)
1955 – Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80)
1961 – Slim Jim Phantom [Jim McDonnell], American rock drummer (Stray Cats), born in Brooklyn, New York
1967 – Jonas “Joker” Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
1969 – Ali Daei, Iranian footballer
1972 – Large Professor [William Mitchell], American hip hop artist (Main Source), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2021
1836 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
1902 – Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama’s bank account)
1915 – Stan Spence, American baseball center fielder (MLB All-Star 1942, 44, 46, 47; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns), born in South Portsmouth, Kentucky (d. 1983)
1928 – Fred Rogers, American children’s TV host (Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood), born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1931 – John Rae, British educator (Conscience and Politics)
1933 – David James Moore, educationalist
1935 – Ted Bessell, American director and actor (Don-That Girl, Gomer Pyle- Frankie), born in Flushing, New York (d. 1996)
1940 – Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer (Momo), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2012)
1963 – Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love and Affection)
1986 – Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor