1806 – Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
1910 – Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WWII)
1932 – Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7), born in Creston, Iowa
1937 – Amos Tversky, Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist, born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1996)
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker [Ronald Clyde Crosby], American country music singer and songwriter (Mr Bojangles), born in Oneonta, New York
1948 – Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive)
1958 – Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor, born in Mexico City
1966 – David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)
1967 – Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
1969 – Pat Harlow, NFL tackle (NE Patriots, Oakland Raiders)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 15th March 2019
938 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)
1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 Dance)
1838 – Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
1910 – An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
1932 – Arif Melikov, Turkish-American music producer (Queen, Bee Gees, Aretha Franklin, Phil Collins), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2006)
1943 – Sly Stone, Dallas, funk musician (Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People), born in Denton, Texas
1959 – Eliot Teltscher, California, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
1963 – Bret Michaels, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1972 – Steve Danielson, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1985 – Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder (Gold 2005 Winter X Games), born in Finland
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2019
1755 – Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
1884 – Wintter Haynes Watts, American composer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1962)
1887 – Lawrance Collingwood, English composer, born in London (d. 1982)
1914 – Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1927 – Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
1946 – Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
1981 – Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
Famous Birthdays for 13th March 2019
1938 – Patricia W Amicone, educator/midwife
1940 – Candi [Canzetta Maria] Staton, American gospel singer (Young Hearts Run Free), born in Hanceville, Alabama
1949 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver, born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan (d. 1974)
1957 – Steve Lake, American baseball player, born in Inglewood, California
1969 – Chris Zorich, American NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Tim Story, American film director and producer (The Story Company), born in Los Angeles, California
1971 – Annabeth Gish, American actress (Shag, Hiding Out), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1972 – Brian Saxton, NFL tight end (NY Giants), born in Whippany, New Jersey
1979 – Spanky G [Michael Guthier], American musician (Bloodhound Gang), born in Souderton, Pennsylvania
1982 – Jeremy Curl, British explorer, first non-African to cross the Tanezrouft area of the Sahara without motorized transport, born in Tokyo
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2019
1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
1910 – Wilhelmus L Reijers, sculptor
1912 – Paul Weston [Wetstein], American pianist and orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour, Crescent City Suite), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
1923 – Walter M Schirra Jr, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7), born in Hackensack, New York
1939 – David Mlinaric, British interior director
1957 – Jerry Levine, actor (Born on 4th of July), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1965 – Steve Finley, American MLB outfielder (San Diego Padres), born in Union City Tennessee
1967 – Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
1984 – Shareefa [Faradah Cooper], American RandB singer, born in Newark, New Jersey
1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2019
1725 – Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
1890 – Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer
1902 – Josef Martin Bauer, writer
1904 – Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer (Isaac De Fuentes)
1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2009)
1926 – Patricia Tindaole, England, architect
1927 – Raymond Jackson, [Jaki], British cartoonist
1971 – Bob Kronenberg, WLAF corner (Rhein Fire)
1973 – Tony Veland, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1982 – Thora Birch, American actress (American Beauty, Ghost World), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2019
1698 – Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
1809 – William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1864)
1892 – Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer (King David, Pacific 231), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1955)
1952 – Oupa J Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei)
1960 – Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper (Money Love), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love), born in NYC, New York
1976 – Kisaki, Japanese musician
1983 – Rafe Spall, English Actor
1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
Famous Birthdays for 9th March 2019
1697 – Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author (Allerkostbarste Schatz), born in Reichenbach im Vogtland (d. 1760)
1815 – David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Cecil County, Maryland (d. 1886)
1874 – Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer (d. 1940)
1894 – Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
1905 – Rex Warner, English poet and writer (Wild Goose Chase), born in Birmingham (d. 1986)
1923 – André Courrèges, French fashion designer, born in Pau, French Basque country (d. 2016)
1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut and 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1), born in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 1968)
1942 – Gary Walker [Leeds], American musician (the Standells, the Walker Brothers), born in Glendale, California
1945 – Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), born in Pretoria (d. 1988)
1954 – Carlos Ghosn, French Brazilian automobile executive (Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors), born in Porto Velho, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2019
1783 – Hannah Van Buren, Wife of U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1837-41), born in Kinderhook, New York (d. 1819)
1830 – João de Deus [Sao Bartolomeu de Messines], Portuguese poet (Flores do Campo), born in Algarve, Portugal (d. 1896)
1839 – James Mason Crafts, American chemist (Friedel-Crafts alkylation synthesis), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1917)
1854 – Tom Horan, Australian cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder), born in Midleton, Ireland (d. 1916)
1909 – Anthony Donato, composer
1915 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), born in Pirkkala, Finland (d. 1979)
1922 – Ralph Baer, Creator of the first video game console
1947 – Mike Allsup, Modesto Ca, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night)
1953 – Don Werner, American baseball player
1961 – Camryn Manheim, American actress (The Practice), born in Caldwell, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 7th March 2019
1678 – Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, born in Messina, Italy (d. 1736)
1693 – Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), born in Venice (d. 1769)
1773 – Tommaso Marchesi, composer
1799 – Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)
1807 – Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)
1820 – Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
1845 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), born in Port Perry, Canada West (d. 1913)
1940 – Daniel J Travanti, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
1947 – Lewis J Stadlen, American actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City), born in Brooklyn, New York
1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer