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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Famous Birthdays for 18th March 2024
1075 – Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari, Muslim scholar of Persian origin, born in Zamakhshar, Khwarezmia (d. 1144)
1578 – Adam Elsheimer, German painter, cartoonist and etcher, born in Frankfurt (d. 1610) date baptized
1887 – Frank Moran, American heavyweight boxer and film actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1967)
1919 – Laila Schou Nilsen, Norwegian alpine skier (Olympic bronze combined; won the non-medal downhill 1936) and speed skater (unofficial World C’ship gold 1935, 37, 38; 5 x WR), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1998)
1933 – Unita Blackwell, 1st African American mayor in Mississippi
1947 – Patrick Chesnais, French actor (Melodrama Habibi), born in Paris, France
1956 – Juan Meza, Mexican boxer (WBC Super Bantamweight champion 1984-85), born in Mexicali, Mexico (d. 2023)
1972 – Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
1985 – Vince Lia, Australian Footballer
1991 – J.T. Realmuto, American MLB baseball catcher, 2014-present, 3X All-Star (Florida Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Del City, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 17th March 2024
1777 – Roger B. Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-64) who delivered the majority Dred Scott decision, born in Calvert, Maryland (d. 1864)
1900 – Alfred Newman, American film music arranger, conductor and composer, winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe; How The West Was Won; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1970)
1927 – Patrick Allen, British actor (Roman Holiday;Dial “M” for Murder), born in Nyasaland, Africa (d. 2006)
1939 – Shahid Mahmoud, Pakistani cricketer (opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test)
1940 – Mark White, American politician, lawyer, and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7), born in Henderson, Texas (d. 2017)
1948 – Pat Lloyd, English rocker (The Equals), born in London, England
1956 – Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist (Mutts), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
1962 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (1st woman of Indian origin into space, later died in Columbia disaster), born in Karnal, India (d. 2003)
1964 – Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
1997 – Katie Ledecky, American swimmer (6 x Olympic gold 2012, 2016, 2021; World C’ships gold x 15; WR 400m, 800m, 1500m), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays for 16th March 2024
1846 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927)
1905 – Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1977)
1910 – Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (7 Olympic gold 1932, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1991)
1920 – Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, born in Munich (d. 2002)
1943 – Ursula Goodenough, American biologicst, Evolutionary Scholar, author and educator, born in New York City
1954 – Dav Whatmore, Australian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Victoria) and coach (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1971 – Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
1973 – Zef Eisenberg, British ultra-speed racer (world’s fastest motorbike on sand 201.5mph; fastest wheel powered vehicle 210.33mph) and founder Maximuscle, born in London, England (d. 2020)
1974 – Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1979 – Édison Méndez, Ecuadorian soccer midfielder (111 caps; Deportivo Quito, LDU Quito, PSV), born in Ibarra, Ecuador
Famous Birthdays for 15th March 2024
1844 – Bransby Cooper, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC, Kent CCC, Victoria), born in Dhaka, Bangladesh (d. 1914)
1873 – Lee Shubert, American theatre producer (theatres in NY and LA named after him), born in Lithuania (d. 1953) birth date disputed
1878 – Reza Shah Pahlavi [Rezā Khan], Shah of Iran (1925-41), born in Alasht, Savad Kooh, Mazandaran, Persia (d. 1944)
1935 – Jimmy Lee Swaggart, evangelist
1942 – The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C’hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C’ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], born in Damghan, Iran (d. 2023)
1944 – David Costell, American rock bassist (Gary Lewis and The Playboys – “This Diamond Ring”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1958 – Laura Carrington, American actress (Louisa-Alphabet City, General Hospital), born in New York City
1961 – Moungi Bawendi, French-Tunisian-American chemist (2023 Nobel Prize for discovery of quantum dots), born in Paris, France
1985 – F.V.A. Morriello, Canadian author
1989 – Caitlin Wachs, actress (Chloe Waters-Profiler)
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2024
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st American woman dentist (1866), and women’s rights activist, born in Constable, New York (d. 1910)
1864 – Casey [John] Jones, American railroad engineer who dies trying to save a train (Ballad of Casey Jones), born in Missouri (d. 1900)
1900 – Ernest Hill, American jazz double-bassist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
1913 – Witold Rudzinski, Polish composer, born in Sebezh, Russia Empire (d. 2004)
1954 – Gary Palmer, American politician (Rep-R-Alabama 2015-), born in Hackleburg, Alabama
1961 – Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
1964 – Richard Migliore, American jockey and commentator, born in Babylon, New York
1974 – Justine Joyce, Australian rower (World C’ship gold LW2- 1997), born in Melbourne, Australia
1979 – Chris Klein, American actor (American Pie films), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
1984 – Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Birthdays for 13th March 2024
1712 – Isfrid Kayser, German composer, born in Türkheim an der Wertach (d. 1771)
1798 – Abigail Fillmore, American 1st lady (1850-53), born in Stillwater, New York (d. 1853)
1875 – Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1959)
1899 – John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1980)
1916 – Lindy Boggs (née Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne), American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1973-97), and diplomat, born in New Roads, Louisiana (d. 2013)
1946 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier who died leading rescue operation Entebbe in Uganda, born in New York City (d. 1976)
1947 – Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1951 – Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What’s Happening), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
1971 – Robert Samuels, West Indian cricketer (West Indies Test opening batsman v NZ 1996), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1980 – Molly Stanton, American actress (Miss March), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2024
1878 – Joseph Gustav Mraczek, German violinist, conductor, composer (Max und Moritz) and pedagogue, born in Brno, Bohemia (d. 1944)
1935 – Arnold Margolin, American television writer and producer (Love American Style), born in Illinois
1936 – Keith Slater, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; WACA) and Australian Rules ruckman (WA 20 games; Swan Districts, Subiaco), born in Perth, Australia
1938 – Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer (Die Farben des Ozeans), born in Athens
1940 – M.A. Numminen, Finnish avant-garde singer-songwriter and author, born in Somero, Finland
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo, Curious George), born in Denver, Colorado
1950 – Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
1954 – Joseph Ngute, Cameroonian politician (Prime Minister of Cameroon 2019-), born in Bongong Barombi, Cameroon
1979 – Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler
1985 – Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2024
1731 – Robert Treat Paine, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1814)
1899 – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-72), born at Sorgenfri Palace, Denmark (d. 1972)
1906 – Zino Davidoff, Ukrainian businessman, born in Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine (d. 1994)
1932 – Leroy Jenkins, American jazz violinist, avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
1944 – Ric Rothwell, British rock drummer (Mindbenders – “The Game of Love”), born in Reddish, Cheshire, England
1945 – Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star, World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates; pitched no-hitter 1971), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
1963 – Alexandra “Alex” Kingston, British actress (Doctor Who, ER, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
1972 – Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, Wash Redskins)
1984 – Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
1985 – Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2024
1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (The Asphalt Jungle; Gunga Din; Dr Zorba), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1909 – Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, born in Laren, Netherlands (d. 1980)
1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song, The Violet Seller), born in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (d. 2013)
1934 – Fujiko F. Fujio [Motoo Abiko], Japanese manga cartoon artist (Doraemon), born in Himi, Japan (d. 2022)
1937 – Oscar Abrams, Guyanese-born architect and community organizer (Keskidee Centre) (d. 1996)
1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator
1956 – Janet Alex-Anderson, American golfer (US Open 1982), born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania
1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania
1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer