1711 – Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, painter, illustrator and actor (Gideonschool), born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)
1735 – Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1814)
1877 – Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1941)
1918 – Charles White, American artist (The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979)
1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), born in Canastota, New York (d. 2012)
1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet, born in Millville, New Jersey
1949 – Pamela Reed, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court), born in Tacoma, Washington
1966 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey right wing (NHL All-Star Game 2001, 03, 09 [MVP]; Stanley Cup 1994, New York Rangers; Olympic gold 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
1967 – Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter (Soccer AM, 1995-2017), born in Street, Somerset, England
1980 – Bobby Bones [Bobby Estell], American radio host and TV personality (American Idol), born in Mountain Pine, Arkansas
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 1st April 2024
1858 – Truby King, New Zealand physician, pioneer in infant welfare (Karitāne hospitals, Plunket Society), born near New Plymouth, Zealand (d. 1938)
1899 – Lida Durdikova, Czech children’s author (Children with extinguished eyes) and publisher (Père Castor), born in Prague (d. 1955)
1922 – (Irving) “Duke” Jordan, American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1946 – Ronnie Lane, English rock bassist (Small Faces – “Hey Girl”), sometimes known as “Plonk”, born in London, England (d. 1997)
1952 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer, born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician, born in Nakagawa, Adachi, Tokyo
1964 – Scott Stevens, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (13 x NHL All Star; Stanley Cup 1995, 2000, 03; Con Smythe Trophy 2000; NJ Devils), born in Kitchener, Ontario
1969 – Kevin Dean, American ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup NJ Devils, NHL All Star 1995), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1982 – Sam Huntington, American actor (Jungle 2 Jungle, Being Human), born in Peterborough, New Hampshire
1986 – Hillary Scott, American singer and songwriter (Lady A), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Famous Birthdays for 31st March 2024
1576 – Louise Juliana of Nassau, countess consort of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, born in Delft, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1644)
1809 – Otto Jonas Lindblad, Swedish composer (Kungssången – Royal Anthem), born in Karlstorp, Sweden (d. 1864)
1855 – Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)
1938 – David Steel, Scottish politician
1947 – John Poulos, American drummer (The Buckinghams – “Kind Of A Drag”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
1960 – Anne Howard, American actress (Nicole Love-Another World), born in San Diego, California
1971 – Craig McCracken, American animator, writer, and director (The Powerpuff Girls), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania
1972 – Andrew Bowen, American actor
1977 – Garth Tander, Australian auto racer (Bathurst 1000: 2000, 09, 11), born in Perth, WA
1983 – Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast (World C’ships gold, horizontal bar 2001-02), born in Athens, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 30th March 2024
1510 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish blind organist and composer, born in Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain (d. 1566)
1861 – Gratton Hanley “Grat” Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), born in Lawrence, Kansas (d. 1892)
1888 – Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell and Son), born in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden (d. 1974)
1906 – Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
1929 – Richard Dysart, American actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law, The Last Days of Patton), born near Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
1945 – Richard Evans, British graphic designer, album cover designer (The Who; The Doors; Pink Floyd; Louis Armstrong), born in Wilmslow, Cheshire
1979 – Simon Webbe, English pop singer (Blue), born in Manchester, England
1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia
1986 – Beni [Arashiro], Japanese-American RandB singer (“Kiss, Kiss, Kiss”), born in Okinawa, Japan
1995 – Simone Ashley [Ashwini Pillai], English actress (Bridgerton), born in Camberley, England
Famous Birthdays for 29th March 2024
1821 – Joshua Thomas Owen, British-American educator, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Carmarthen, United Kingdom (d. 1887)
1892 – Jozsef Mindszenty [József Pehm], Hungarian cardinal who opposed fascism and communism in Hungary, born in Csehimindszent, Hungary (d. 1975)
1900 – John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1967-68), born in Chiltern, Australia (d. 1980)
1927 – Arthur Ravenel Jr, American businessman and politician (Rep-R-South Carolina), born in Charleston, South Carolina
1930 – Gundibail Sunderam, Indian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Rajasthan), born in Udupi, India (d. 2010)
1934 – Paul Crouch, American televangelist (Trinity Broadcasting Network), born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 2013)
1947 – Robert Gordon, American rockabilly revival singer-songwriter (“Red Hot”), and actor (The Loveless), born in Bethesda, Maryland (d. 2022)
1965 – Louise Casey [Baroness Casey of Blackstock], English government official (led review of the Metropolitan Police), born in Redruth, England
1971 – Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
2336 – Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation
Famous Birthdays for 28th March 2024
1737 – Francesco Zannetti, Italian composer, born in Volterra (d. 1788)
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist and ethnologist who found the source of the Mississippi River, born in Guilderland, New York (d. 1864)
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1968)
1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL strikeout leader 1951; NY Yankees), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer, born in Fondi, Italy (d. 1990)
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut, born in Almelo Netherlands, (d. 2014)
1960 – Chris Barrie [Brown], British impressionist, comic, and actor (Red Dwarf – “Arnold Rimmer”; The Brittas Empire), born in Hanover, West Germany
1962 – Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler (The Warlord), born in Pompano Beach, Florida
1970 – James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
1984 – Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
Famous Birthdays for 27th March 2024
1760 – Ishmail Spicer, American publisher, music teacher, and composer, born in Bozrah, Connecticut (d. 1832)
1809 – Georges Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, born in Paris (d. 1891)
1810 – William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, born in York, England (d. 1886)
1847 – Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1931)
1868 – Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (“Happy Birthday To You”), born in Anchorage, Kentucky (d. 1946)
1939 – Bo Winberg, Swedish instrumental rock guitarist (The Spotnicks – “Hava Nagila”; “Amapola”; “Karelia”), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2020)
1945 – Briton Selby, Canadian NHL player, born in Kingston, Ontario
1961 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese Grammy Award-winning guitarist (B’z), born in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
1970 – Ed Philion, NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills), born in Windsor, Ontario
1977 – Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Bergeijk, Netherlands
Famous Birthdays for 26th March 2024
1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss physician and naturalist, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1565)
1859 – Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1922)
1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
1932 – Al Bianchi, American basketball guard, coach and general manager (Philadelphia 76ers, Virginia Squires; GM NY Knicks), born in Queens, NY (d. 2019)
1939 – Phillip R. Allen, American stage and screen actor (Hardy Boys Mysteries – “Harry”; Star Trek III – “Captain Esteban”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1940 – James Caan, American actor (Brian’s Song; The Godfather; Rollerball; Misery; Elf), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2022)
1946 – John Harries, British atmospheric physicist (provided 1st direct observational evidence of carbon dioxide increase – greenhouse effect), born in Sedgefield, England (d. 2022)
1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza), born in Hartsville, South Carolina
1961 – William Hague, English politician, Secretary of State, Leader of the Opposition, born in Rotherham, England
1976 – Amy Smart, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 25th March 2024
1879 – Rockley Wilson, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 3 wickets; Cambridge University, Yorkshire CCC), born in Bolsterstone, England (d. 1957)
1899 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Race of Men), born in Antibes, France (d. 1965)
1923 – Lee Hale, American choral director (The Entertainers), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2019)
1928 – Hilton Kramer, American art critic, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1944 – Kelly Garrett, American actress and singer (The Night That Made America Famous), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1949 – Bob Ezrin, Canadian keyboardist and music producer (Alice Cooper; Peter Gabriel; Kiss; Pink Floyd), born in Toronto, Canada
1965 – Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, DJ (Hangin’ With Hollywood, Z-100)
1969 – Cathy Dennis, English pop and dance music singer (“Touch Me (All Night Long)”), and songwriter (Kyle Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”; Britney Spears – “Toxic”; Katy Perry -“I Kissed a Girl”), born in Norwich, England
1972 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician (Prime Minister of Israel 2021-), born in Haifa, Israel
1981 – Casey Neistat, American filmmaker and YouTube star, born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Famous Birthdays for 24th March 2024
1657 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
1874 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician (1st president of Italy 1948-55), born in Carrù, Italy (d. 1961)
1890 – Agnes Macphail, Canadian politician (first women elected to Canada’s House of Commons), born in Proton Township, Ontario (d. 1954)
1903 – Patrick Ludlow, British actor (Naughty Husbands, Evergreen and Modesty Blaise), born in Kensington, London, England (d. 1996)
1911 – Joseph Barbera, American animator and cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera – Tom and Jerry, Flintstones), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2006)
1920 – Gene Nelson [Leander Berg], American screenwriter, director and actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1996)
1954 – Robert Carradine, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie (Vitesse, Manchester)
1967 – Richard Gillam, pairs skater (with partner Erin Moorad), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1970 – Mike Vanderjagt, CFL kicker (Toronto Argonauts)