1725 – Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
1904 – Martin Kosleck, German actor (Pursuit to Algiers, Agent for H.A.R.M.), born in Barkotzen, Pomerania, Germany (d. 1994)
1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind), born in Bronxville, New York
1928 – Vanessa Brown [Smylla Brind], Austrian-born American actress (My Favorite Husband), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1999)
1938 – Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals)
1957 – Scott J Horowitz, PhD/Capt USAF/astronaut (STS 75, 82), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1960 – Kelly LeBrock, American actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red), born in NYC, New York
1970 – Shannon Lemora, Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner
1976 – Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer
1982 – Corey Hart, American baseball player
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 22nd March 2020
1663 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1767 – Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
1814 – Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
1924 – Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman), born in NYC, New York
1933 – J. P. McCarthy, American radio personality (WJR Detroit), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1937 – Armin Hary, German athlete (2 Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1960), born in Quierschied, Germany
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American film composer (Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), born in Brooklyn, New York
1940 – Haing S Ngor, Cambodian-American obstetrician, author, refugee and actor (The Killing Fields), born in Samrong Yong, Cambodia (d. 1996)
1947 – Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2020
1779 – Alexis Garaude, composer
1869 – Albert Kahn, American architect known as the “architect of Detroit”, born in Rhaunen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1942
1880 – Hans Hofmann, German/American painter (Search for the Real)
1881 – Hermann Sandby, composer
1921 – Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
1923 – Mort Lindsey, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show), born in Newark, New Jersey
1936 – Marek Stachowski, composer
1942 – Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni politician and 1st President of Yemen (1990-2012), born in Bait el-Ahmar, Kingdom of Yemen (d. 2017)
1955 – Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80)
1955 – Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (2019-), born in Glicério, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2020
1799 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
1870 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general and politician (East Africa)
1895 – Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
1904 – B F Skinner, American psychologist (Skinner Box), born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1911 – Mieke Verstraete [Maria Augustina De Graef], Belgian-Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1990)
1918 – Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
1925 – John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
1933 – Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league hooker, captain and coach (25 Tests; St. George), born in Bogan Gate, New South Wales (d. 2013)
1961 – Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
1962 – Stephen Sommers, American film director
Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2020
1823 – Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
1873 – Arthur Hoyt, American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), born in Georgetown, Colorado (d. 1953)
1906 – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire (d. 1962)
1917 – Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
1920 – Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
1929 – Herman van San, composer
1942 – Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin’)
1971 – Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1971 – Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996)
1987 – Michal Švec, Czech footballer
Famous Birthdays for 18th March 2020
1874 – Jimmy ‘Nixey’ Callahan, American baseball pitcher, outfielder and manager (Chicago WS; first AL no-hitter 1902), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 1934)
1886 – Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth)
1909 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
1929 – John Macurdy, American bass
1930 – Pat Halcox, British musician, (d. 2013)
1943 – Toula Grivas, Greek actress
1954 – James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
1961 – Kevan James, English cricket all-rounder (4 wickets/4 balls + 103 Hampshire v India 1996), born in Lambeth, England
1965 – Geronimo Berroa, outfielder (Oakland A’s), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1985 – Vince Lia, Australian Footballer
Famous Birthdays for 17th March 2020
1578 – Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Mary’s Ascension)
1834 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor, designed 1st motorcycle, born in Schorndorf, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1900)
1892 – Sayed Darwish, composer
1902 – Bobby Jones Jr., American golfer, course designer (13 major titles, Grand Slam 1930), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1971)
1918 – D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist and composer (Eleonora)
1927 – Patrick Allen, British actor (Roman Holiday, Dial “M” for Murder), born in Nyasaland, Africa (d. 2006)
1948 – Fran Byrne, musician (Ace), born in Dublin, Ireland
1966 – Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
1972 – Marc Gunn, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (Brobdingnagian Bards)
1973 – Amelia Weatherly, actress (Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City)
Famous Birthdays for 16th March 2020
1729 – Georg W “Franz” Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1794 – Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1910 – Norman Wooland, British character actor (Ivanhoe, Quo Vadis, Hamlet), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1989)
1921 – Anne Truitt [Anne Dean], American sculptor, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2004)
1937 – David Del Tredici, American composer and pioneer of the Neo-Romantic movement (1980 Pulitzer), born in Cloverdale, California
1943 – Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
1955 – Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1971 – Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
1974 – Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1989 – Theo Walcott, English football player (Arsenal, English national team), born in Stanmore, England
Famous Birthdays for 15th March 2020
1878 – Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
1900 – Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
1913 – Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
1924 – Yuri Bondarev, Russian writer (Silence), born in Orsk
1932 – David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
1937 – Dick Bass, American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1962, 63, 66; LA Rams), born in Georgetown, Mississippi (d. 2006)
1944 – Jacques Doillon director/writer (La Fille de Quinze Ans)
1966 – Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World)
1968 – John Tardy, US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot)
1972 – Steve Danielson, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2020
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist, born in Constable, New York (1866)
1835 – Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1906)
1837 – Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (Expansive classification), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1903)
1844 – King Umberto I of Italy (1878-1900), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1900)
1884 – Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, born in Noordhorn, Netherlands (d. 1973)
1908 – Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
1914 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), born in Acton, Middlesex, England (d. 1999)
1926 – Lita Roza, English singer (“How Much is That Doggie in the Window”), born in Liverpool (d. 2008)
1952 – J Fred Muggs, chimpanzee (Today show), born in French Cameroon
1986 – Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer