1746 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (Elegy written in Spring), born in Portmoak, Kinross-shire, Scotland (d. 1767)
1908 – Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer (Dangerous Book), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
1909 – Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), born in Munich (d. 1994)
1923 – Shūsaku Endō, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison, Silence), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1996)
1941 – Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia (2004-14), born in Poltár, Slovak Republic
1964 – Clark Datchler, British vocalist, songwriter, and producer (Johnny Hates Jazz – “Shattered Dreams”), born in Sutton, Surrey, England
1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet and writer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1987 – Buster Posey, American baseball catcher (World Series 2010, 12, 14 SF Giants; 7 x MLB All Star; NL MVP 2012; NL Rookie of the Year 2010), born in Leesburg, Georgia
1995 – Taylor Atelian, American actress (According to Jim), born in Santa Barbara, California
2004 – Amira Willighagen, Dutch classical cross-over soprano singer (Holland’s Got Talent, 2013), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 26th March 2026
1925 – Ted Graham, Lord Graham of Edmonton, English politician, House of Lords (chief opposition whip), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 2020)
1932 – Dick Nolan, American football head coach (San Francisco 49ers 1968-75, New Orleans Saints 1978-80), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1936 – Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins – “In The Still Of The Night”), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2022)
1936 – Éder Jofre, Brazilian boxer (WBA, WBC and The Ring Bantamweight, WBC Featherweight titles; International Boxing HOF), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2022)
1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; The Rifleman – “Mark”), singer (“Sandy”), and bandleader (JCO), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
1946 – William Onyeabor, Nigerian funk songwriter and synthesizer player (Atomic Bomb), born in Enugu, Nigeria (d. 2017)
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1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American character actor (Robin Hood: Men in Tights; The Hughleys – “Dave”), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1976 – Natalia Livingston, American actress (General Hospital, Days of Our Lives), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress (Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean), born in London, England
1989 – Von Miller, American football linebacker who won Super Bowl 50 (MVP) Denver Broncos, LVI LA Rams; First-team All-Pro 2012, 15, 16; 8 x Pro Bowl, born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 25th March 2026
1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary and martyr who was canonized by Pope Pius XI (1930), born in Condé-sur-Vire, Kingdom of France (d. 1649)
1786 – Giovanni Battista Amici, Italian astronomer, physicist and botanist, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1863)
1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American Republican politician and Congress member from New York (1871-75), born in Leyden, New York (d. 1900)
1897 – “Sweet” Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
1903 – Frankie Carle [Francesco Carlone], American pianist, known as “the Wizard of the Keyboard”, big band and dance orchestra leader, and songwriter (“Sunrise Serenade”; “The Golden Touch”), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2001)
1919 – Jeanne Cagney, American stage, screen, and radio actress (Lion is in the Streets; Quicksand; Yankee Doodle Dandy), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1922 – Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), born in Osaka, Japan (d. 2019)
1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American jazz and new age saxophonist, composer, and producer (Shadowfax), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
1955 – John McDermott, Scottish-Canadian pop and Celtic music tenor (“Danny Boy”, “Loch Lomond”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 24th March 2026
1494 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist (De Re Metallica), born in Glauchau, Saxony (d. 1555)
1754 – Joel Barlow, American diplomat, author and poet (Advice to the Privileged Orders, The Hasty Pudding), born in Redding, Connecticut (d. 1812)
1878 – Top Naeff, Dutch writer (School Idylls), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1906 – Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer (“Let’s Smoke”), born in Kharkiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1984)
1918 – Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian abstract painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1961)
1924 – Lois Andrews [Lorraine Gourley], American actress (Dixie Dugan, Meet Me After the Show, The Desert Hawk), born in Huntington Park, California (d. 1968)
1942 – Stephen Yardley, British stage and screen actor (Howards’ Way), born in Ferrensby, Yorkshire, England
1954 – Hank Roberts, American electric and acoustic jazz cellist (Bill Frissell Quartet; Arcado String Trio), born in Terre Haute, Indiana
1957 – Scott J Horowitz, PhD/Capt USAF/astronaut (STS 75, 82), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 – Patterson Hood, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera; The Unraveling), born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Famous Birthdays for 23rd March 2026
1893 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director for the film industry, born in New York (d. 1960)
1899 – Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)
1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey left-wing (Stanley Cup 1956, 57, 58, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens; 7 x NHL All-Star), born in Verdun, Quebec (d. 2024)
1933 – Norman Bailey, British operatic bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2021)
1937 – Robert Cage, American blues guitarist (From Lake Mary), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2012)
1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political activist (The Groundings with My Brothers), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1980)
1947 – Barbara Rhoades, American actress (Don’t Just Stand There, Generations), born in Poughkeepsie, New York
1956 – Laura Thorne, Amercian chef who was named one of 10 best American female chefs, born in New York City
1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish track cyclist (6 x Olympic gold, most successful Olympic cyclist ever; 11 x World C’ship gold), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1978 – Romesh Ranganathan, English comedian, actor and presenter (The Ranganation), born in Crawley, England
Famous Birthdays for 22nd March 2026
1908 – Louis D L’Amour, American best-selling author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett), born in Jamestown, North Dakota (d. 1988)
1915 – Forest ‘Bud’ Sagendorf, American cartoonist (Popeye), born in Wenatchee, Washington (d. 1994)
1921 – Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer, educator, and administrator (President of Harvard University, 1971-91 and 2006-07), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress (The Woman Next Door), born in Saumur, France
1953 – Thomas H. Andrews, American politician (Rep-D-Maine 1991-95), born in Brockton, Massachusetts
1968 – Euronymous [Øystein Aarseth], Norwegian black-metal guitarist and producer (Mayhem), born in Surnadal, Norway (d. 1993)
1969 – Russell Maryland, American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian soccer defender (38 caps; Club Brugge 256 games) and manager (Genk, Club Brugge, Monaco, Rangers), born in Antwerp, Belgium
1980 – Pamela O’Connor, Scottish ice dancer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2026
1521 – Maurice, Duke and Elector of Saxony (1541-7, 1547-53), born in Freiberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1553)
1752 – Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor, possible first woman to receive a U.S. patent, born in South Killingly, Connecticut (d. 1837)
1904 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek contemporary classical composer (The Return of Ulysses; The Gnomes), born in Chalcis, Greece (d. 1949)
1940 – Chip Taylor [James Voight], American songwriter (“Angel of the Morning”; “Wild Thing”), singer, and producer, born in Yonkers, New York
1957 – Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress (The Cosby Show – “Sondra”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1958 – Lynn Mabry, American RandB and rock session and touring vocalist (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein; Talking Heads; Sheila E), born in Vallejo, California
1966 – Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan and England player)
1982 – Colin Turkington, British racing driver
1994 – Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress (Yellowjackets), born in Alameda, California
2000 – Tommy Richman, American singer-songwriter “Million Dollar Baby”, born in Woodbridge, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2026
1834 – Charles William Eliot, American academic (President of Harvard University, 1869-1909), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1926)
1896 – Sam Wren, American actor (Marked Woman, The Old Grey Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
1914 – William Baddeley, English church minister (restored St James’s Piccadilly, Bishop of Brisbane), born in London, England (d. 1998)
1915 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian, judge, diplomat, and President of Austria (1974-86), born in Niederkappel, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2000)
1948 – John de Lancie, American actor (Star Trek Next Generation – “Q”; Days of Our Lives), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist (Presumed Innocent), born in Orange, Texas
1973 – Jane March, British actress (The Lover, Color of Night), born in Edgeware, England
1984 – Valtteri Filppula, Finnish NHL hockey player, 2005-21 (Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, and 2 other teams), born in Vantaa, Finland
1987 – Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
1998 – Allisen Corpuz, American golfer (US Open 2023), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2026
1809 – Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as “the Father of Finnish music”, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1891)
1922 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese Army soldier who continued fighting WWII through guerrilla warfare in the Philippines until standing down in 1974, memoirist (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) and cattle rancher, born in Kamekawa, Empire of Japan (d. 2014)
1937 – Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American RandB pianist and singer (“Ain’t Got No Home”; “(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2024)
1939 – Peter Thorburn MNZM, New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour, NZ sevens, Bristol RFC, United States), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
1945 – Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor (Pagidevmenoi, Erotas), birthplace unknown
1947 – Leo Gerard, Canadian labour activist and international president of United Steelworker (2001-19), born in Creighton Mine, Ontario (d. 2025)
1953 – Ricky Wilson, American rock guitarist (B-52’s – “Rock Lobster”; “Love Shack”), born in Athens, Georgia
1969 – Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1974 – John Coppinger, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in El Paso, Texas
1982 – Matt Littler, British actor (Max Cunningham in “Hollyoaks”), born in Radcliffe, England
Famous Birthdays for 18th March 2026
1602 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (number theory), born in Compiègne, France (d. 1679)
1869 – [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1940)
1884 – Bernard Cronin, English-Australian author and journalist (Three Against the Stars), born in Ealing, England (d. 1968)
1898 – Otto Jochum, German composer, born in Babenhausen, Germany (d. 1969)
1929 – John Macurdy, American operatic bass (Met Opera), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2020)
1936 – Hans Peter Bleuel, German writer (Sex and Society In Nazi Germany), born in Stuttgart, Germany
1941 – Wolfgang Bauer, Austrian playwright known for “Magic Afternoons”, born in Graz, Austria (d. 2005)
1961 – Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), born in South St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2017)
1968 – Shin-ichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor (Pokémon, Perfect Blue), born in Tokyo, Japan
1976 – Jovan Kirovski, American soccer forward (62 caps; Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Los Angeles Galaxy, Colorado Rapids), born in Escondido, California