1886 – John ‘Home Run’ Baker, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (World Series 1910, 11, 13; AL HR leader 1911–14; AL RBI leader 1912, 13; Philadelphia Athletics), born in Trappe, Maryland (d. 1963)
1904 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, born in London (d. 1995)
1921 – Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine), born in Savannah, Georgia
1931 – Rosalind Elias, American mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
1934 – Barry Hughart, American author of fantasy novels (Bridge of Birds), born in Peoria, Illinois
1943 – André Téchiné, French director and screenwriter (Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous), born in Valence-d’Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
1956 – Jamie Dimon, American business executive and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, born in NYC, New York
1959 – Kathy Hilton, American socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton, born in NYC, New York
1972 – Avrom Smith, American football player (London Monarchs)
1985 – Emile Hirsch, American actor (Into the Wild, Speed Racer), born in Topanga, California
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2021
1827 – William Richard Terry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1897)
1922 – Jack Kerouac, American Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1969)
1931 – William “Billie” Thomas, American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
1947 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
1949 – David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury/MP
1951 – Jack Green, Scottish musician (T. Rex, The Pretty Things), born in Glasgow
1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
1965 – Molly Van Nostrand, American former professional tennis player, born in West Islip, New York
1965 – Steve Levy, American sports journalist (ESPN), born in New York, New York
1986 – Danny Jones, English singer (McFly), born in Bolton
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2021
1915 – Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54)
1937 – Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
1937 – Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and a grandmaster of chess problem composition, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2003)
1945 – Harvey Mandel, rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP’s)
1956 – D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
1958 – Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
1969 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
1973 – Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
1973 – Sammie Brennan, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1981 – Paul Wall, American rapper
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2021
1865 – Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1976)
1921 – Cecil “Cec” Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), born in Galicia, Poland (d. 1992)
1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
1938 – Ijaz Butt, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60)
1941 – George Smith, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
1960 – Linda Jezek, California, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979)
1963 – John Cangelosi, outfielder (Houston Astros), born in Brooklyn, New York
1977 – Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player (Hopman Cup 2018-19 [with Roger Federer]), born in Flawil, Switzerland
Famous Birthdays for 9th March 2021
1629 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), born in Moscow (d. 1676)
1758 – Franz Joseph Gall, German-French physician (phrenology), born in Tiefenbronn, Germany (d. 1828)
1894 – Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
1943 – Trish Van Devere [Patricia Louise Dressel], American actress (The Changeling), born in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1955 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife), born in Rome, Italy
1955 – Fernando Bujones, American ballet dancer, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2005)
1970 – Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
1971 – Diego Torres, Argentine singer (Un Mundo Diferente), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1971 – Bev Oden, American volleyball middle blocker (Olympics 1996), born in Millington, Tennessee
1978 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer, born in Sydney
Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2021
1659 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, born in Niort, France (d. 1738)
1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of J. S. Bach, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1788)
1921 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (Skipper-Gilligan’s Island), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1990)
1934 – Christian Wolff, composer
1936 – Sonny Allen, American basketball coach (ODU, Southern Methodist University, University of Nevada, Reno; WNBA Sacramento Monarchs), born in Moundsville, West Virginia (d. 2020)
1940 – Theo Laseroms [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1942 – Ann Packer, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, British 400m/800m runner (Olympic gold 1964)
1973 – Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
1973 – Kendell Watkins, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1976 – (Gareth) “Gaz” Coombes, British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Supergrass – “Alright”), born in Oxford, England
Famous Birthdays for 7th March 2021
1797 – Carl Schwencke, German pianist and composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1870)
1872 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie), born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1917 – Davis Roberts, American actor (Westworld, Star Trek, The Killers), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1993)
1918 – June Wayne, American artist, lithographer and teacher (Tamarind Lithography Workshop), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
1931 – C W Stubblefield, American restaurateur and music promoter, born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1995)
1950 – Mark Pinter, American actor (Behind the Screen, Another World), born in Decorah, Iowa
1952 – Ernie Isley, American vocalist and guitarist (The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing, Heat is On), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1952 – Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
1963 – Bill Brochtrup, American actor (NYPD Blue), born in Inglewood, California
1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer (Arsenal), born in Romford, England
Famous Birthdays for 6th March 2021
1901 – Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
1926 – Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
1926 – Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1993)
1929 – Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2013)
1937 – Ivan Boesky, stockbroker inside trading, born in Detroit, Michigan
1937 – Paul Mefano, French composer, born in Basra, Iraq
1941 – Ann Winterton, British MP
1966 – Cliff Meidl, American sprint kayak (Olympics 1996 and 2000), born in Manhattan Beach, California
1969 – Greg Scott, British TV personality
1970 – Scott Stahoviak, infielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Waukegan, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 5th March 2021
1840 – Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
1843 – William F Sudds, composer
1852 – Isabella Gregory, Irish writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
1908 – Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
1926 – Joan Shawlee [Fulton], American actress (Some Like It Hot, Prehistoric Women, Abbott and Costello Show), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1987)
1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1947 – Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn)
1969 – MC Solaar, French rapper
1982 – Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 4th March 2021
1884 – Red Murray, American professional baseball player (d. 1958)
1931 – Han Jansen, Dutch painter (d. 1994)
1948 – Tom Grieve, American baseball player
1950 – Rick Perry, American politician, Governor of Texas (R) (2000-2015), born in Paint Creek, Texas
1955 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
1965 – Stacy Edwards, actress (Santa Barbara), born in Glasgow, Montana
1978 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Arash Markazi, American sportswriter
1983 – Max Vergara Poeti, Colombian writer
1992 – Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco