1869 – Peter Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom), born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1959)
1895 – Alberta Hunter, American blues singer, and composer (“Downhearted Blues”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1984)
1906 – Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), born in Haugesund, Norway (d. 1958)
1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter), born in Eschwege, Germany (d. 2020)
1942 – Samuel R. Delany Jr, American sci-fi author (Towers of Toron; Neveryona), born in Harlem, New York
1947 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 2009)
1952 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer, born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
1953 – Pavol Biroš, Slovak soccer defender (9 caps, Czechoslovakia; Slavia Prague), born in Prešov, Slovakia (d. 2020)
1987 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress (Blade Runner 2049), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1987 – Li Ting, Chinese diver (Olympic gold platform synchro 2004; World C’ships gold 2003, 05), born in Lingui, Guilin, Guangxi, China
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Famous Birthdays for 31st March 2025
1777 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French engineer and physicist (inventor of the disk siren), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
1901 – Mule Suttles, American Baseball HOF infielder (5 x NgL All Star; NL batting champion 1926, 28; NgL Triple Crown 1926; St. Louis Stars), born in Edgewater, Alabama (d. 1966)
1907 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Julia, Hell Town), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1934 – Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut (Vostok 1 backup), born in Porfiryevka, Crimea, USSR (d. 1966)
1934 – Richard Chamberlain, American stage and screen actor (Dr. Kildare (TV series); Shōgun; The Thorn Birds), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2025)
1940 – Patrick Leahy, American politician (Senator-D-Vermont, 1975-), born in Montpelier, Vermont
1965 – Patty Fendick, American tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1991), born in Sacramento, California
1969 – Steve Smith, American NBA guard (14 NBA seasons, Olympic gold 2000), born in Highfield Park, MI
1972 – Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish film director (The Others), born in Santiago, Chile
1990 – Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist, killed by the New IRA in a terrorist attack, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2019)
Famous Birthdays for 30th March 2025
1835 – Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916)
1883 – Jo Davidson, American sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman), born in New York City (d. 1952)
1901 – Haj Ali Razmara, 33rd Prime Minister of Iran (1950-51), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1951)
1917 – Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1994)
1926 – Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1963-77; Bangor Symphony, 1981-92), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1992)
1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968)
1932 – Ted Morgan [Sanche de Gramont], French-American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and biographer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2023)
1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You), born in New York City
1976 – Toby Gowin, American NFL punter (Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Texas
1980 – [Hüseyin] Yalin, Turkish pop singer-songwriter, born in Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Famous Birthdays for 29th March 2025
1816 – James Gallant Spears, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee (d. 1869)
1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse by the Rhine, German Confederation (d. 1899)
1853 – Elihu Thomson, English-born American engineer who co-founded General Electric Company and inventor with 696 patents, born in Manchester, England (d. 1937)
1909 – Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke), born in Flanders (d. 1991)
1915 – George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1997)
1927 – Donald Ross, Lord Ross, Scottish judge, born in Dundee, Scotland
1944 – Bill Vukovich II, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1968; Indianapolis 500 1973 runner-up), born in Riverside, California (d. 2023)
1957 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me), born in Great Neck, New York
1974 – Marc Gené, Spanish auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 2009), born in Sabadell, Spain
1996 – Juanpa Zurita, Mexican social media personality (Vine, YouTube), actor and model, born in Mexico City
Famous Birthdays for 28th March 2025
1472 – Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine Renaissance painter (The Last Judgement), born in Florence (d. 1517)
1770 – Sophie Mereau, German writer, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1806)
1887 – Rudolf Frederik Willem Boskaljon, musician and composer, born in Curacao, Portugal (d. 1969)
1907 – Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born in Reserve, Louisiana (d. 1996)
1911 – Myfanwy Piper, British librettist and art critic, born in London (d. 1997)
1928 – José Luis de Delás, Spanish composer, born in Barcelona (d. 2018)
1939 – Roy Cicala, American sound engineer (Record Plant Studios (NYC) – Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2014)
1941 – Charlie McCoy, American Grammy-winning session musician and harmonica player (Hee Haw), born in Oak Hill, West Virginia
1972 – Ledisi [Young], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and RandB singer-songwriter, and record producer (Pieces of Me; The Wild Card), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 – Umaga [Edward Fatu], Samoan-American professional wrestler, born in American Samoa (d.2009)
Famous Birthdays for 27th March 2025
1857 – Karl Pearson, British statistician (leading founder of the modern field of statistics), born in London (d. 1936)
1902 – Mary Armour, Scottish painter, born in Blantyre (d. 2000)
1935 – Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (House of Lords, 1956-99), born in the UK (d. 2022)
1937 – Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter, born in Albany, New York
1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete (Olympic silver 1968), born in Tulln District, Austria (d. 2006)
1942 – Michael Jackson, British writer and journalist, born in Wetherby, Yorkshire (d. 2007)
1951 – Bobby Lalonde, NHLer (Boston Bruins), born in Montreal
1960 – Clare Evans, historian and feminist scholar, born in Bath, England (d. 1997)
1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet and writer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1974 – Russ Haas, American professional wrestler, born in Edmond, Oklahoma (d. 2001)
Famous Birthdays for 26th March 2025
1783 – Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, born in Hahnbach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1852)
1871 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole, Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii, born in Kukui‘ula, Kōloa, Kauaʻi, Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man’s Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1997)
1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1996)
1914 – William Westmoreland, American general and commander of American forces in the Vietnam War between 1964-68, born in Saxon, South Carolina (d. 2005)
1940 – Rod Lauren, American rocker (If I Had a Girl), born in Fresno, California (d. 2007)
1964 – Barry “Baz” Warne, British rock guitarist and singer (The Stranglers, 2000 – present), born in Sunderland, England
1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor (The Sopranos), born in Mount Vernon, New York
1979 – Heidi Zeigler, American child actress (Just the 10 of Us – “Sherry”), born in Lansing, Michigan
1980 – Son Ho Young, Korean American singer (g.o.d.), born in New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2025
1503 – Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist and historian (Storia Fiorentina), born in Florence (d. 1565)
1668 – Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Republic of Lucca (d. 1727)
1821 – Richard Burton, English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), born in Torquay, Devon (d. 1890)
1829 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist, born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1901)
1847 – Constantin Dimitrescu, Romanian composer (Dans ţănănesc), born in Blejoi, Romania (d. 1928)
1917 – Constantin “Dinu” Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
1936 – Birthe Wilke, Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1957 and 1959), born in Vesterbro, Denmark
1944 – Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ’s daughter
1969 – Michael Bergin, model (Coca-Cola) and actor
1980 – Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Shinhidaka, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2025
1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, born in Regensburg, Germany (d. 1710)
1755 – Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1789)
1826 – William Fiske Sherwin, American composer, born in Buckland, Massachusetts (d. 1888)
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st American woman dentist (1866), and women’s rights activist, born in Constable, New York (d. 1910)
1835 – Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1906)
1864 – Casey [John] Jones, American railroad engineer who dies trying to save a train (Ballad of Casey Jones), born in Missouri (d. 1900)
1875 – Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American librarian and author (Thackeray Dictionary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)
1912 – Les Brown, American big band bandleader (His Band of Renown – “Sentimental Journey”), born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1947 – Jona Lewie [John Lewis], British pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (“You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties”; “Stop the Cavalry”), born in Southampton, England
1973 – Chris Sullivan, American NFL defensive end (New England Patriots), born in North Attleborough, Massachusetts
Famous Birthdays for 13th March 2025
1700 – Michel Blavet, French composer, born in Besançon, France (d. 1768)
1781 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect, city planner and painter (Altes Museum, Neue Wache), born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1841)
1858 – Maximilien Luce, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1941)
1935 – Leslie Parrish, American actress and activist, born in Melrose, Massachusetts
1938 – Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, born in Emden, Germany (d. 2022)
1963 – Fito Paez, Argentine singer-songwriter and pianist (La Conquista Del Espacio), born in Rosario, Argentina
1968 – Christopher Collett, American actor (Manhattan Project), born in New York City
1969 – Susanna Mälkki, Finnish cellist and conductor (Ensemble InterContemporain, 2006-13; La Scala, 2011; Helsinki Philharmonic, 2016-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
1971 – Curtis Conway, American NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers) and broadcaster (Compass Media Networks, Pac-12 Network), born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium