1735 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
1876 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
1883 – Colin Campbell, Scottish actor (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys), born in Falkirk, Scotland (d. 1966)
1902 – David Lasser, American science fiction magazine editor (Wonder Stores, 1930-33), writer (The Conquest of Space), and workers’ rights activist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
1931 – John Rae, British educator (Conscience and Politics)
1941 – Pat Corrales, American baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, SD Padres) and manager (Texas Rangers 1978–80, Philadelphia Phillies 1982–83, Cleveland Indians 1983–87), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2023)
1958 – Holly Hunter, American actress (Broadcast News, The Piano), born in Conyers, Georgia
1958 – Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
1973 – Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
1987 – Rollo Weeks, English actor
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Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2024
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)
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