1903 – Peter Huchel, German poet, born near Berlin (d. 1981)
1922 – Doris Day [Kappelhoff], American singer, animal welfare activist and actress known as the “girl next door” actress (Pillow Talk, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2019)
1926 – Alex Grammas, American baseball player, born in Birmingham, Alabama
1928 – Earl Lloyd, 1st African American basketball player in the NBA, born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 2015)
1942 – Rick Sylvester, Hollywood stuntman, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300′)
1946 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico (1988-94), born in Mexico City
1953 – Pattie D’Arcy, American musical theater, session and touring vocalist (Cher), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2007)
1960 – Marie Denise Pelletier, Canadian pop singer (Entre la tête et le cœur), born in Montréal, Québec
1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player, born in Polokwane, South Africa
1982 – Jared Allen, American football player, born in Dallas, Texas
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Famous Birthdays for 2nd April 2023
1856 – Tommy Bond, Irish baseball pitcher and right fielder (Triple Crown 1877; Boston Red Caps; first man born in Ireland to play MLB), born in Granard, Ireland (d. 1941)
1868 – Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1914)
1871 – Marshall Newell, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Harvard; All-American 1890-93) and coach (Cornell, Tufts), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1897)
1907 – Luke Appling, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (7 x MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1936, 43; Chicago White Sox), born in High Point, North Carolina (d. 1991)
1912 – Herbert Mills, American singer, (The Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1989)
1915 – Arthur Ballard, English artist, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian auto racer and team owner (World F1 champion 1959, 60, 66 [only man to win F1 C’ship driving one of his own cars]), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2014)
1959 – Ezzaki Badou, Moroccan soccer goalkeeper (76 caps; Mallorca) and manager (Morocco), born in Sidi Kacem, Morocco
1970 – Deva Premal [Jolantha Fries], German singer known for setting ancient Tibetan and Sanskrit mantras into contemporary new age music, born in Nürnberg, Germany
1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater (World C’ship gold men’s singles 2005, 06; Olympic silver 2006; Grand Prix Final champion 2005, 07), born in Martigny, Switzerland
Famous Birthdays for 1st April 2023
1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
1802 – Hubert Reis, German composer and violinist, born in Bonn (d. 1886)
1900 – Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
1922 – Jimmie Lloyd [Logdon], American country and rockabilly singer (“I Got a Rocket in My Pocket”), born in Panther, Kentucky (d. 2001)
1925 – Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, born in South Shields, England (d. 2014)
1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech-French poet and novelist (The Joke: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Immortality), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1932 – François Moncla, French rugby union flanker (31 Tests; Racing 92, Section Paloise), born in Louvie-Juzon, France (d. 2021)
1933 – Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian athlete (Olympic gold USSR high jump 1960), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 2020)
1965 – Peter O’Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers – “People”; “Thing Of Beauty”), born in Dublin, Ireland
1978 – Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey right wing (World C’ship gold 2004; Buffalo Sabres, Nashville Predators), born in Montreal, Quebec
Famous Birthdays for 31st March 2023
1723 – Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), born in Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen (d. 1766)
1916 – John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979)
1931 – Miller Barber, American golfer (11 PGA Tour; 3 US Senior Open titles), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2013)
1942 – Hugh McCracken, American session guitarist (Aretha Franklin; Paul McCartney; Steely Dan; Billy Joel; John Lennon), born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey (d. 2013)
1957 – Mary Cadorette, East actress (Vicky-3’s a Crowd), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1960 – Mark Tuinei, American NFL offensive tackle (3-time Super Bowl winner, Dallas Cowboys), born in Oceanside, CA
1963 – Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer
1965 – William McNamara, American actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home), born in Dallas, Texas
1982 – Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter
1982 – Brian Tyree Henry, American actor (If Beale Street Could Talk), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 24th March 2023
1188 – Ferrand, Count of Flanders, son of Sancho I, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1223)
1607 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (famous victories during Anglo-Dutch Wars), born in Vlissingen, in the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1676)
1829 – Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
1878 – Top Naeff, Dutch writer (School Idylls), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1960 – Grayson Perry, English cross-dressing artist (Turner Prize 2003), born in Chelmsford
1961 – Jim Gallagher Jr, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1992 runner-up), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1965 – Peter Jacobson, American actor
1966 – Penny Toler, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
1974 – Chad Butler, American Christian rock drummer (Switchfoot – “Mess Of Me”), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976 – Danielle Garrett, American soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 23rd March 2023
1902 – Philip Ober, American actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), born in Fort Payne, Alabama (d. 1982)
1905 – Lale Andersen [Elisabeth Bunnenberg], German singer and actress (Der Pott), born in Bremerhaven, Germany (d. 1972)
1911 – Dick Chapman, American golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur), born in Greenwich, Connecticut (d. 1978)
1933 – Norman Yemm, Australian actor (Oklahoma!), born in Elsternwick, Australia (d. 2015)
1947 – Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don’t Just Stand There)
1949 – Roland Lee, American Watercolor Artist
1950 – Anthony De Longis, American actor
1951 – Phil Keaggy, American rock and contemporary Christian music acoustic and electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (Glass Harp), born in Youngstown, Ohio
1973 – Kathy Carboy, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 – Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
Famous Birthdays for 22nd March 2023
1914 – Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], English industrialist (British Leyland), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2008)
1918 – Tauno Pylkkanen, Finnish opera composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1980)
1932 – Leo “Bud” Welch, American gospel and Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (“You Can’t Hurry God”; “Cadillac Baby”), born in Sabougla, Mississippi (d. 2017)
1933 – Michel Hidalgo, French soccer midfielder (1 cap; Monaco) and manager (France 1976-84; UEFA Euro 1984), born in Leffrinckoucke, France (d. 2020)
1937 – Jon Hassell, American composer and trumpet player (Dream Theory In Malaya), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2021)
1942 – Jorge Ben, Brazilian musician and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1947 – Harry Vanda [Vandenberg], Dutch-Australian rock guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Easybeats – “Friday On My Mind”), born in Voorburg, Netherlands
1959 – Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1963 – Rich Monteleone, pitcher (California Angels), born in Tampa, Florida
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress (Pleasantville, Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2023
1811 – Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (d. 1891)
1854 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (28 Tests, 8 x 50s; NSW 1876–94), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1924)
1884 – George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (Aesthetic measure), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
1921 – Logan Ramsey, American actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2000)
1926 – Virginia Weidler, American child actress (Babes on Broadway, All This and Heaven Too), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1968)
1935 – Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2016)
1944 – (Roger) Hilary Minster, British character actor (‘Allo ‘Allo!), born in Surrey, England (d. 1999)
1964 – Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist
1967 – Jonas “Joker” Berggren, Swedish musician, songwriter, and producer (Ace of Base – “All That She Wants”), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1971 – Hason Graham, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2023
1871 – Joe McGinnity, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905; 5 × NL wins leader; NL ERA leader 1904; Baltimore Orioles, NY Giants), born in Rock Island, Illinois (d. 1929)
1918 – Jack Barry, American game show emcee (Joker’s Wild), born in Lindenhurst, New York (d. 1984)
1933 – Jacquez Guyonnet, Swiss composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland
1935 – Sam Lay, American drummer and vocalist (Original Thunderbirds; Howlin’ Wolf; Bob Dyan; Paul Butterfield), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2022)
1937 – Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie and Joe)
1945 – Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
1959 – Dale Reid, Scottish golfer (21 Ladies European Tour wins), born in Ladybank Scotland
1970 – Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1976 – Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2017)
1987 – Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2023
1829 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
1859 – Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)
1873 – Max Reger, German concert pianist, organist, composer (Hebbel Requiem), and professor (Royal Conservatory – Leipzig, 1907-16), born in Brand, Bavarian Empire (d. 1916)
1914 – Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
1927 – Richie Ashburn, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (6 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1955, 58; Philadelphia Phillies) and sportscaster (Phillies TV 1963-71), born in Tilden, Nebraska (d. 1997)
1928 – (Allan Thomas) “Tom” Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1939 – Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
1969 – Scott Alexander Brownlee, New Zealand coxless rower (Olympics 1996), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
1971 – Nadja Auermann, German supermodel, born in Berlin, Germany
1982 – Matt Littler, British actor