1372 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Brother of Charles VI of France, born in Paris (d. 1407)
1499 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese-Spanish conquistador who conquered Central America and later discovered California [birthdate is approximate], born in either Montalegre, Kingdom of Portugal or Palma del Río, Kingdom of Castile (d. 1543)
1890 – Fritz Busch, German conductor, born in Siegen, Province of Westphalia (d. 1951)
1907 – Charles Brink, German-born British classical scholar (Horace), born in Berlin (d. 1994)
1908 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher (Triangle-TV Guide) and philanthropist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2002)
1914 – Tessie O’Shea, Welsh stage and screen entertainer, born in Cardiff (d. 1995)
1918 – George McAfee, American football player, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 2009)
1933 – Gloria McMillan, American radio and television actress (Our Miss Brooks – “Harriet”), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2022)
1950 – Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British-Australian boxer (European Champ 1971), born in Szőreg, Hungary
1952 – Wolfgang Rihm, German composer, born in Karlsruhe, Germany
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2023
1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)
1934 – Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
1938 – Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo, Curious George), born in Denver, Colorado
1950 – Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie)
1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball slugger (NL MVP 1982–83; Silver Slugger Award 1982–85; Gold Glove Award 1982–86; 7 x MLB All-Star; NL HR leader 1984, 85; NL; Atlanta Braves), born in Portland, Oregon
1960 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
1968 – Merton Hanks, American NFL safety, 1991-99, 4X-Pro Bowl (San Francisco 49ers; Seattle Seahawks), born in Dallas, Texas
1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian playback singer, songwriter, composer and music producer, born in Berhampore, West Bengal, India
1990 – Marvin Jones, American NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2023
1819 – Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Don Quiotte), born in Marseille, France (d. 1910)
1876 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (Evocations), born in Marion, Massachusetts (d. 1971)
1926 – Ilhan Mimaroglu, Turkish electronic music composer and musician, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2012)
1928 – Peter Roger Hunt, English director (Dr No), born in London, England
1955 – Catharina “Nina” Hagen, German punk rock singer, and actress (The Go-Blue Girl), born in East Berlin, East Germany
1961 – Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
1967 – Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (Olympic gold Unified Team 1992; Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks), born in Rahachow, Belarus (d. 2022)
1967 – Brad Carson, American politician
1974 – Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan MLB baseball outfielder, 1996-2014, 2X All-Star (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and four other teams), born in Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela
1982 – Thora Birch, American actress (American Beauty, Ghost World), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2023
1810 – John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1885)
1920 – (Kenneth) “Jethro” Burns, American country singer, and mandolin player (Homer and Jethro -“The Battle of Kookamonga”), born in Conasauga, Tennessee (d. 1989)(
1938 – Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1943 – Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1943 – Alfred Whitford ‘Fred’ Lerdahl, American composer (Arches), pedagogue, and music theorist, born in Madison, Wisconsin
1953 – Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York
1954 – Tina Charles [Hoskins], British disco singer (“I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)”), born in Whitechapel, London, England
1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster, born in Dallas, Texas
1967 – Omer Tarin [Omer Salim Khan], Pakistani poet, scholar and activist, born in Peshawar, Pakistan
1977 – Colin Murray, British radio DJ
Famous Birthdays for 9th March 2023
1749 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), born in Le Bignon, France (d. 1791)
1892 – Frank Puglia, Italian actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), born in Sicily, Italy (d. 1975)
1905 – Peter C. Quennell, English biographer and critic (Byron in Italy), born in Bickley, Kent (d. 1993)
1909 – Derk Bodde, American sinologist and historian of China, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
1913 – Gerarda Brautigam, Dutch journalist and politician (Partij van de Arbeid), born in Rotterdam (d. 1982)
1927 – Hans Ludwig Schilling, German composer, born in Mayen, Germany (d. 2012)
1942 – Gary Walker [Leeds], American musician (The Standells;;The Walker Brothers), born in Glendale, California
1981 – Clay Rapada, American baseball player, born in Chesapeake, Virginia
1981 – Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer, born in Ikast, Denmark
1982 – Paul Ballard, English television presenter, born in Essex
Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2023
1862 – Joseph Lee, Father of Playgrounds movement, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1937)
1879 – Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1968)
1900 – Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (Harvard Mark I computer), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1973)
1939 – Mike Lowry, American politician (Rep-D-WA, 1979-89, Governor of Washington 1993-97), born in St. John, Washington (d. 2017)
1953 – Kathy Shower, American model and Playboy playmate (May 1985, Playmate of the Year 1986), born in Brookville, Ohio
1955 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
1971 – Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
1975 – Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1988 – Armanti Edwards, American college football player
1990 – Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player (Wimbledon 2011, 14), born in Bilovec, Czech Republic
Famous Birthdays for 7th March 2023
1693 – Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), born in Venice (d. 1769)
1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist who pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena, born in Châtillon-Coligny, France (d. 1878)
1886 – René Thomas, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1914), born in Périgueux, France (d. 1975)
1910 – Josef Veselka, Czech choral conductor (Prague Philharmonic Choir, 1959-81), and pedagogue, born in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovaia (d. 1992)
1930 – Antony Armstrong-Jones [Lord Snowdon], British photographer and husband of Princess Margaret, born in London, England (d. 2017)
1942 – Paul Preuss, American sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
1950 – Iris Chacón, Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and TV personality born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1962 – Peter Manley, English Darts Player (PDC World C’ship runner-up 1999, 2002, 2006), born in London, England
1964 – Wanda Sykes, American actress and comedienne (Black-ish), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1971 – Matthew Vaughn, British producer and director (Kingsman films), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 6th March 2023
1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione), born in Florence (d. 1556)
1616 – Malachias Siebenhaar, German composer, born in Creibitz, Bohemia (now Chřibská, Czech Republic (d. 1685)
1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1924 – William H. Webster, American judge, Director of the FBI (1978-87) and Director of the CIA (1987-91), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1926 – Jón Nordal, Icelandic composer (Choralis), born in Reykjavik
1929 – Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2013)
1940 – Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
1946 – Richard Noble, Scottish businessman (land speed record 1983-97), born in Edinburgh
1953 – Jackie Zeman, actress (Bobbie-General Hospital), born in Englewood, New Jersey
1973 – Terry Adams, pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Birthdays for 5th March 2023
1133 – Henry II, King of England (1154-89), born in Le Mans, Maine, Kingdom of France (d. 1189)
1658 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French colonial soldier and trader in North America (founded Detroit, Governor of Louisiana 1710-16), born in Les Laumets, France (d. 1730)
1748 – William Shield, English violist, violinist, and composer (Master of the King’s Music, 1817-29), born in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England (d. 1829)
1805 – Theodore Labarre, French composer and harpist, born in Paris, France (d. 1870)
1853 – Howard Pyle, American illustrator, painter and author (King Stork), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1911)
1907 – Carroll Rosenbloom, American businessman and NFL team owner (Baltimore Colts, LA Rams), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1979)
1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1966 – Michael Irvin, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 – Brian Grant, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings)
1972 – Tom Hipsz, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
Famous Birthdays for 4th March 2023
1610 – William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
1798 – John Joseph Abercrombie, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1877)
1877 – Fritz Graebner, German ethnologist (d. 1934)
1901 – Jean Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French poet (d. 1937)
1903 – William C. Boyd, American immunochemist (d. 1983)
1922 – Richard E. Cunha, American cinematographer and film director (d. 2005)
1931 – Bob Johnson, American collegiate and NHL ice hockey coach (University of Wisconsin Badgers, 1966-82; US Olympic team, 1976; Calgary Flames, 1982-87; Pittsburgh Penguins, 1990-91), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1991)
1945 – Tara Browne, British socialite (d. 1966)
1950 – Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
1979 – Jon Fratelli [John Lawler], Scottish rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (The Fratellis – Costello Music; Here We Stand), born in Glasgow, Scotland