1629 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), born in Moscow (d. 1676)
1758 – Franz Joseph Gall, German-French physician (phrenology), born in Tiefenbronn, Germany (d. 1828)
1894 – Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
1943 – Trish Van Devere [Patricia Louise Dressel], American actress (The Changeling), born in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1955 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife), born in Rome, Italy
1955 – Fernando Bujones, American ballet dancer, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2005)
1970 – Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
1971 – Diego Torres, Argentine singer (Un Mundo Diferente), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1971 – Bev Oden, American volleyball middle blocker (Olympics 1996), born in Millington, Tennessee
1978 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer, born in Sydney
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Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2021
1659 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, born in Niort, France (d. 1738)
1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of J. S. Bach, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1788)
1921 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (Skipper-Gilligan’s Island), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1990)
1934 – Christian Wolff, composer
1936 – Sonny Allen, American basketball coach (ODU, Southern Methodist University, University of Nevada, Reno; WNBA Sacramento Monarchs), born in Moundsville, West Virginia (d. 2020)
1940 – Theo Laseroms [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1942 – Ann Packer, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, British 400m/800m runner (Olympic gold 1964)
1973 – Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
1973 – Kendell Watkins, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1976 – (Gareth) “Gaz” Coombes, British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Supergrass – “Alright”), born in Oxford, England
Famous Birthdays for 7th March 2021
1797 – Carl Schwencke, German pianist and composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1870)
1872 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie), born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1917 – Davis Roberts, American actor (Westworld, Star Trek, The Killers), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1993)
1918 – June Wayne, American artist, lithographer and teacher (Tamarind Lithography Workshop), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
1931 – C W Stubblefield, American restaurateur and music promoter, born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1995)
1950 – Mark Pinter, American actor (Behind the Screen, Another World), born in Decorah, Iowa
1952 – Ernie Isley, American vocalist and guitarist (The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing, Heat is On), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1952 – Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
1963 – Bill Brochtrup, American actor (NYPD Blue), born in Inglewood, California
1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer (Arsenal), born in Romford, England
Famous Birthdays for 6th March 2021
1901 – Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
1926 – Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
1926 – Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1993)
1929 – Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2013)
1937 – Ivan Boesky, stockbroker inside trading, born in Detroit, Michigan
1937 – Paul Mefano, French composer, born in Basra, Iraq
1941 – Ann Winterton, British MP
1966 – Cliff Meidl, American sprint kayak (Olympics 1996 and 2000), born in Manhattan Beach, California
1969 – Greg Scott, British TV personality
1970 – Scott Stahoviak, infielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Waukegan, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 5th March 2021
1840 – Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
1843 – William F Sudds, composer
1852 – Isabella Gregory, Irish writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
1908 – Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
1926 – Joan Shawlee [Fulton], American actress (Some Like It Hot, Prehistoric Women, Abbott and Costello Show), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1987)
1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1947 – Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn)
1969 – MC Solaar, French rapper
1982 – Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 4th March 2021
1884 – Red Murray, American professional baseball player (d. 1958)
1931 – Han Jansen, Dutch painter (d. 1994)
1948 – Tom Grieve, American baseball player
1950 – Rick Perry, American politician, Governor of Texas (R) (2000-2015), born in Paint Creek, Texas
1955 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
1965 – Stacy Edwards, actress (Santa Barbara), born in Glasgow, Montana
1978 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Arash Markazi, American sportswriter
1983 – Max Vergara Poeti, Colombian writer
1992 – Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Famous Birthdays for 3rd March 2021
1583 – Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher
1793 – William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, born in London, England (d. 1873)
1868 – Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer
1895 – Robert Gordon, American silent film actor (Loveless), born in Belleville, Kansas (d. 1971)
1915 – George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
1942 – Mike Pender, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles and Pins), born in Liverpool, England
1953 – Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can’t Fight this Feeling)
1961 – Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
1966 – Wendy Fletcher, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 – Elizabeth Cheshire, actress (Jill-Sunshine), born in Burbank, California
Famous Birthdays for 2nd March 2021
1481 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight
1824 – Konstantin Ushinsky, Russian educationalist, credited as the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia
1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
1878 – William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
1907 – Jheri [Robert] Redding, American hairdresser and businessman (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), born in Rantoul, Illinois (d. 1998)
1943 – Gordon Black, English industrialist
1948 – Larry Carlton, rock composer (Against All Odds, Who’s the Boss)
1950 – Mitchel Laurance, actor (LA Law, Not Necessarily the News)
1956 – Eusebio Pedroza, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight champion 1978-85), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2019)
1977 – Andrew Strauss OBE, English cricket batsman and captain (100 Tests, 21 x 100s, 7,037 runs; 127 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Famous Birthdays for 1st March 2021
1709 – Josef Antonin Gurecky, Czech composer, born in Přerov (d. 1769)
1835 – Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade)
1890 – Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral)
1896 – Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
1928 – Ivan Bohdan, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold Soviet Union heavyweight 1960; World C’ship gold 1958, 61), born in Dmytro-Bilivka, Ukraine (d. 2020)
1928 – Seymour Papert, South African mathematician, born in Pretoria (d. 2016)
1946 – Lana Wood [Svetlana Gurdin], (Diamonds are Forever), born in Santa Rosa, California
1966 – Paul Hollywood, English baker and TV judge (The Great British Bake Off), born in Wallasey, England
1967 – Aron Winter, Dutch soccer midfielder and coach (84 caps; Ajax, Lazio, Inter), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1978 – Jensen Ackles, American actor (Days of our Lives, Supernatural), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 28th February 2021
1155 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1875 – Viliam Figus-Bystry, Slovakian composer, born in Banská Bystrica (d. 1937)
1942 – Frank Bonner, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can’t Hurry Love), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1957 – Ian Smith, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (1980-92), born in Nelson, New Zealand
1965 – Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1969 – Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
1973 – Gary Walker, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
1988 – Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress, born in Valašské Meziříčí, Czechia