1712 – Isfrid Kayser, German composer, born in Türkheim an der Wertach (d. 1771)
1798 – Abigail Fillmore, American 1st lady (1850-53), born in Stillwater, New York (d. 1853)
1875 – Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1959)
1899 – John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1980)
1916 – Lindy Boggs (née Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne), American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1973-97), and diplomat, born in New Roads, Louisiana (d. 2013)
1946 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier who died leading rescue operation Entebbe in Uganda, born in New York City (d. 1976)
1947 – Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1951 – Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What’s Happening), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
1971 – Robert Samuels, West Indian cricketer (West Indies Test opening batsman v NZ 1996), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1980 – Molly Stanton, American actress (Miss March), born in Los Angeles, California
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 12th March 2024
1878 – Joseph Gustav Mraczek, German violinist, conductor, composer (Max und Moritz) and pedagogue, born in Brno, Bohemia (d. 1944)
1935 – Arnold Margolin, American television writer and producer (Love American Style), born in Illinois
1936 – Keith Slater, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; WACA) and Australian Rules ruckman (WA 20 games; Swan Districts, Subiaco), born in Perth, Australia
1938 – Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer (Die Farben des Ozeans), born in Athens
1940 – M.A. Numminen, Finnish avant-garde singer-songwriter and author, born in Somero, Finland
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo, Curious George), born in Denver, Colorado
1950 – Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
1954 – Joseph Ngute, Cameroonian politician (Prime Minister of Cameroon 2019-), born in Bongong Barombi, Cameroon
1979 – Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler
1985 – Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
Famous Birthdays for 11th March 2024
1731 – Robert Treat Paine, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1814)
1899 – Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-72), born at Sorgenfri Palace, Denmark (d. 1972)
1906 – Zino Davidoff, Ukrainian businessman, born in Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine (d. 1994)
1932 – Leroy Jenkins, American jazz violinist, avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
1944 – Ric Rothwell, British rock drummer (Mindbenders – “The Game of Love”), born in Reddish, Cheshire, England
1945 – Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star, World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates; pitched no-hitter 1971), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
1963 – Alexandra “Alex” Kingston, British actress (Doctor Who, ER, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
1972 – Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, Wash Redskins)
1984 – Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
1985 – Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
Famous Birthdays for 10th March 2024
1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (The Asphalt Jungle; Gunga Din; Dr Zorba), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1909 – Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, born in Laren, Netherlands (d. 1980)
1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song, The Violet Seller), born in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (d. 2013)
1934 – Fujiko F. Fujio [Motoo Abiko], Japanese manga cartoon artist (Doraemon), born in Himi, Japan (d. 2022)
1937 – Oscar Abrams, Guyanese-born architect and community organizer (Keskidee Centre) (d. 1996)
1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator
1956 – Janet Alex-Anderson, American golfer (US Open 1982), born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania
1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania
1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
Famous Birthdays for 9th March 2024
1812 – Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1886)
1826 – Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1895)
1875 – Martin Shaw, English composer, born in London (d. 1958)
1924 – George Haines, American swimming coach (7 x US Olympic teams), born in Huntington, Indiana (d. 2006)
1932 – Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2019)
1945 – Robin Trower, British rock guitarist (Procol Harum, 1967-71 – “Conquistador”; solo – Bridge Of Sighs), born in London, England
1961 – Mike Leach, American college football coach (Texas Tech 2000-09, Washington State University 2012-19, Mississippi State 2020-22), born in Susanville, California (d. 2022)
1978 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer, born in Sydney
1984 – Julia Mancuso, American Alpine skier (4 Olympic gold medals), born in Reno, Nevada
1985 – Parthiv Patel, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (25 Tests, 6 x 50s, 72 dismissals), born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2024
1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish engineer, businessman and inventor who built the 1st modern oil refinery and invented the kerosene lamp, born in Zaduszniki, Mielec, Austrian Empire (d. 1882)
1872 – Paul Juon, Russian-Swiss violinist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1940)
1934 – Ron Taylor, Australian cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2012)
1938 – Pete Dawkins, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1958, Army), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
1940 – Susan Clark, actress (Night Moves, Webster), born in Sarnia, Ontario
1948 – Jethro [Geoffrey Rowe], British stand-up comedian (This Train Don’t Stop Camborne Wednesdays), born in St Buryan, Cornwall, England (d. 2021)
1951 – Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer (in Zambia England slow left-arm)
1952 – Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14)
1968 – Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
1979 – Andy Ross, American rock guitarist (OK Go), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Famous Birthdays for 7th March 2024
1663 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer and violinist, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1745)
1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, founder of The Kansas City Star and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
1869 – Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1888-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1909)
1915 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, French Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly, born in Paris, France (d. 2000)
1917 – Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2003)
1918 – June Wayne, American artist, lithographer and teacher (Tamarind Lithography Workshop), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
1938 – Janet Guthrie, American auto racer (1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500; first woman to lead a lap in NASCAR Winston Cup Series), born in Iowa City, Iowa
1952 – Ernie Isley, American vocalist and guitarist (The Isley Brothers,1969-84 and 1991-present – “It’s Your Thing”; “Heat is On”), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1968 – Ricky Proehl, American NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears), born in New York City
1992 – Alisson Kruusmaa, contemporary classical composer (Rain; Hummingbirds), born in Pärnu, Estonia
Famous Birthdays for 6th March 2024
1920 – Peter Brinson, British ballet and dance writer, lecturer, and promoter (Ballet For All), born in Llandudno, Wales (d. 1995)
1923 – (Raymond) “Bill” Hoffenberg, South African-British endocrinologist and college president (Wolfson at Oxford, 1985-93), born in Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa (d. 2007)
1923 – (John) “Wes” Montgomery, American influential and Grammy Award-winner jazz guitarist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1968)
1931 – Carlo Galli, Italian soccer striker (13 caps; Palermo FC, AS Roma, AC Milan), born in Montecatini Terme, Italy (d. 2022)
1938 – Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2022)
1947 – Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
1962 – Sergei Yashin, Russian Hockey HOF left winger (Olympic gold USSR 1988; HC Dynamo Moscow, EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen), born in Penza, Russia (d. 2022)
1974 – Sônia Guajajara, Brazilian indigenous activist and politician (1st indigenous person on a presidential ticket in Brazil), born in Araribóia Indigenous Land, Brazil
1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
2003 – Millicent Simmonds, American deaf actress (A Quiet Place), born in Bountiful, Utah
Famous Birthdays for 5th March 2024
1850 – Daniel Brink Towner, American hymn composer (“He’s A Friend of Mine”; “Though the Fig Tree Shall Not Blossom”), and music director, born in Rome. Pennsylvania (d. 1919)
1867 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1920 – Leontine T. Kelly, 1st African American female bishop (United Methodist Church), born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. (d. 2012)
1929 – J. B. Lenoir, African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s, born in Monticello, Mississippi (d. 1967)
1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
1938 – Paul Evans, American rock and pop singer-songwriter (Happy-Go-Lucky Me”; “Hello, This Is Joanie” ; “Roses Are Red (My Love)”), born in Queens, New York City
1950 – Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
1955 – Marcia McCabe, American actress (Alice Grande – One Life to Live), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1972 – Hernan Gumy, tennis star, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1985 – Whitney Port, Cast member of The Hills TV series
Famous Birthdays for 4th March 2024
1789 – Pavel Gagarin, Russian politician (d. 1872)
1920 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician (d. 1993)
1932 – Gil Brandt, American Pro Football HOF executive (vice president player personnel Dallas Cowboys 1960-88; Super Bowl VI, XII), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
1937 – Barney Wilen, French tenor, composer and saxophonist, born in Nice, France (d. 1996)
1953 – Chris Smith, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1981-), born in Rahway, New Jersey
1953 – Paweł Janas, Polish football manager and former footballer
1960 – Russell Todd, American actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World), born in Troy, New York
1966 – Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (Sundays – “Can’t Be Sure”), born in the UK
1986 – Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer, born in Sudova Vyshnia, Ukraine
1986 – Park Min-young, South Korean actress (Sungkyunkwan Scandal), born in Seoul, South Korea