1888 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
1923 – Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), born in Dunipace, Scotland (d. 2020)
1928 – Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
1933 – Philip Roth, American novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy’s Complaint), born in Newark, New Jersey
1937 – Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American pianist and singer (Ain’t Got No Home), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1939 – Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
1949 – Denny Albee, American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1964 – Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
1971 – Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1982 – Jonathan Fanene, American football player
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Famous Birthdays for 18th March 2021
1679 – Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)
1882 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
1886 – Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth)
1893 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1978)
1929 – John Macurdy, American bass
1939 – Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis and Bob)
1975 – Claude N’Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
1975 – Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
1976 – Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
1977 – Devin Lima [Harold Lima], American singer (LFO), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
Famous Birthdays for 17th March 2021
1919 – Nat “King “Cole, American jazz pianist and pop vocalist (“Unforgettable”, “Mona Lisa”), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1965)
1921 – Donald Barron, Scottish accountant and CEO (Midland Bank), born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland (d. 2015)
1927 – Nancy Sheehan, writer
1938 – Fred Akers, American football coach (University of Wyoming; University of Texas, Austin; Purdue; career college record 108–75–3), born in Blytheville, Arkansas (d. 2020)
1941 – Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese politician
1944 – Pattie Boyd, English photographer and author (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton), born in Taunton, England
1955 – Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
1965 – Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
1967 – Barry Minkow, American religious leader and ex-convict (fraud)
1976 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
Famous Birthdays for 16th March 2021
1338 – Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
1729 – Georg W “Franz” Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1773 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1849 – James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
1920 – Sid Fleischman, American author
1920 – John Addison, English composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award), born in Surrey England (d. 1998)
1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and author (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1967 – Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
1974 – Lamont Burns, American NFL guard (NY Jets), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
1978 – Brooke Burns, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 15th March 2021
1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905)
1918 – Richard Ellmann, American literary scholar and biographer (Oscar Wilde), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 1987)
1925 – Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist
1932 – David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1993-2020), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
1941 – Dick Top, Dutch actor and director (Witch of Haarlem)
1947 – Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor
1957 – David Silverman, American animator (The Simpsons), born in Long Island, New York
1971 – Penny Lancaster, English model
1982 – Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2021
1866 – Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1942)
1909 – Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
1914 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), born in Acton, Middlesex, England (d. 1999)
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1944 – Clyde Lee, American NBA player, born in Nashville, Tennessee
1972 – Aris Brimanis, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1982 – Kate Maberly, English actress (Secret Garden), born in Reigate, England
1983 – Johnny Flynn, English actor (Emma) and singer-songwriter, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1984 – Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, Quebec
1987 – Robert Clark, American-Canadian actor (The Zack Files), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 13th March 2021
1886 – John ‘Home Run’ Baker, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (World Series 1910, 11, 13; AL HR leader 1911–14; AL RBI leader 1912, 13; Philadelphia Athletics), born in Trappe, Maryland (d. 1963)
1904 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, born in London (d. 1995)
1921 – Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine), born in Savannah, Georgia
1931 – Rosalind Elias, American mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
1934 – Barry Hughart, American author of fantasy novels (Bridge of Birds), born in Peoria, Illinois
1943 – André Téchiné, French director and screenwriter (Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous), born in Valence-d’Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
1956 – Jamie Dimon, American business executive and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, born in NYC, New York
1959 – Kathy Hilton, American socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton, born in NYC, New York
1972 – Avrom Smith, American football player (London Monarchs)
1985 – Emile Hirsch, American actor (Into the Wild, Speed Racer), born in Topanga, California
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2021
1827 – William Richard Terry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1897)
1922 – Jack Kerouac, American Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1969)
1931 – William “Billie” Thomas, American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
1947 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
1949 – David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury/MP
1951 – Jack Green, Scottish musician (T. Rex, The Pretty Things), born in Glasgow
1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
1965 – Molly Van Nostrand, American former professional tennis player, born in West Islip, New York
1965 – Steve Levy, American sports journalist (ESPN), born in New York, New York
1986 – Danny Jones, English singer (McFly), born in Bolton
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2021
1915 – Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54)
1937 – Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
1937 – Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and a grandmaster of chess problem composition, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2003)
1945 – Harvey Mandel, rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP’s)
1956 – D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
1958 – Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
1969 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
1973 – Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
1973 – Sammie Brennan, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1981 – Paul Wall, American rapper
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2021
1865 – Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1976)
1921 – Cecil “Cec” Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), born in Galicia, Poland (d. 1992)
1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
1938 – Ijaz Butt, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60)
1941 – George Smith, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
1960 – Linda Jezek, California, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979)
1963 – John Cangelosi, outfielder (Houston Astros), born in Brooklyn, New York
1977 – Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player (Hopman Cup 2018-19 [with Roger Federer]), born in Flawil, Switzerland