1908 – Louis D L’Amour, American best-selling author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett), born in Jamestown, North Dakota (d. 1988)
1915 – Forest ‘Bud’ Sagendorf, American cartoonist (Popeye), born in Wenatchee, Washington (d. 1994)
1921 – Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer, educator, and administrator (President of Harvard University, 1971-91 and 2006-07), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress (The Woman Next Door), born in Saumur, France
1953 – Thomas H. Andrews, American politician (Rep-D-Maine 1991-95), born in Brockton, Massachusetts
1968 – Euronymous [Øystein Aarseth], Norwegian black-metal guitarist and producer (Mayhem), born in Surnadal, Norway (d. 1993)
1969 – Russell Maryland, American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian soccer defender (38 caps; Club Brugge 256 games) and manager (Genk, Club Brugge, Monaco, Rangers), born in Antwerp, Belgium
1980 – Pamela O’Connor, Scottish ice dancer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 21st March 2026
1521 – Maurice, Duke and Elector of Saxony (1541-7, 1547-53), born in Freiberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1553)
1752 – Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor, possible first woman to receive a U.S. patent, born in South Killingly, Connecticut (d. 1837)
1904 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek contemporary classical composer (The Return of Ulysses; The Gnomes), born in Chalcis, Greece (d. 1949)
1940 – Chip Taylor [James Voight], American songwriter (“Angel of the Morning”; “Wild Thing”), singer, and producer, born in Yonkers, New York
1957 – Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress (The Cosby Show – “Sondra”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1958 – Lynn Mabry, American RandB and rock session and touring vocalist (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein; Talking Heads; Sheila E), born in Vallejo, California
1966 – Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan and England player)
1982 – Colin Turkington, British racing driver
1994 – Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress (Yellowjackets), born in Alameda, California
2000 – Tommy Richman, American singer-songwriter “Million Dollar Baby”, born in Woodbridge, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 20th March 2026
1834 – Charles William Eliot, American academic (President of Harvard University, 1869-1909), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1926)
1896 – Sam Wren, American actor (Marked Woman, The Old Grey Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1962)
1914 – William Baddeley, English church minister (restored St James’s Piccadilly, Bishop of Brisbane), born in London, England (d. 1998)
1915 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian, judge, diplomat, and President of Austria (1974-86), born in Niederkappel, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2000)
1948 – John de Lancie, American actor (Star Trek Next Generation – “Q”; Days of Our Lives), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist (Presumed Innocent), born in Orange, Texas
1973 – Jane March, British actress (The Lover, Color of Night), born in Edgeware, England
1984 – Valtteri Filppula, Finnish NHL hockey player, 2005-21 (Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, and 2 other teams), born in Vantaa, Finland
1987 – Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
1998 – Allisen Corpuz, American golfer (US Open 2023), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 19th March 2026
1809 – Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as “the Father of Finnish music”, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1891)
1922 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese Army soldier who continued fighting WWII through guerrilla warfare in the Philippines until standing down in 1974, memoirist (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) and cattle rancher, born in Kamekawa, Empire of Japan (d. 2014)
1937 – Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American RandB pianist and singer (“Ain’t Got No Home”; “(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2024)
1939 – Peter Thorburn MNZM, New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour, NZ sevens, Bristol RFC, United States), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
1945 – Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor (Pagidevmenoi, Erotas), birthplace unknown
1947 – Leo Gerard, Canadian labour activist and international president of United Steelworker (2001-19), born in Creighton Mine, Ontario (d. 2025)
1953 – Ricky Wilson, American rock guitarist (B-52’s – “Rock Lobster”; “Love Shack”), born in Athens, Georgia
1969 – Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1974 – John Coppinger, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in El Paso, Texas
1982 – Matt Littler, British actor (Max Cunningham in “Hollyoaks”), born in Radcliffe, England
Famous Birthdays for 18th March 2026
1602 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (number theory), born in Compiègne, France (d. 1679)
1869 – [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1940)
1884 – Bernard Cronin, English-Australian author and journalist (Three Against the Stars), born in Ealing, England (d. 1968)
1898 – Otto Jochum, German composer, born in Babenhausen, Germany (d. 1969)
1929 – John Macurdy, American operatic bass (Met Opera), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2020)
1936 – Hans Peter Bleuel, German writer (Sex and Society In Nazi Germany), born in Stuttgart, Germany
1941 – Wolfgang Bauer, Austrian playwright known for “Magic Afternoons”, born in Graz, Austria (d. 2005)
1961 – Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), born in South St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2017)
1968 – Shin-ichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor (Pokémon, Perfect Blue), born in Tokyo, Japan
1976 – Jovan Kirovski, American soccer forward (62 caps; Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Los Angeles Galaxy, Colorado Rapids), born in Escondido, California
Famous Birthdays for 17th March 2026
1537 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō and warrior known as Japan’s second “great unifier”, born in Nakamura-ku, Japan (d. 1598)
1664 – Georg Österreich, German Baroque composer (founded the Bokemeyer collection), baptized in Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia (d. 1735)
1781 – Ebenezer Elliott, British poet known as the “Corn Law Rhymer'” for his opposition to the corn laws, born in Masborough, England (d. 1849)
1872 – Willie Quaife, English cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 50; Sussex CCC, Warwickshire CCC), born in Newhaven, England (d. 1951)
1907 – Sonny Werblin, American sports executive (owner New York Jets; chairman Madison Square Garden), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
1940 – Mark White, American politician, lawyer, and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7), born in Henderson, Texas (d. 2017)
1952 – Nikos Xydakis, Greek composer, pianist, and singer, born in Cairo, Egypt
1955 – Bill Beyers, American actor (Capitol – “Wally McCandless”), born in Lake Success, New York (d. 1992)
1961 – Andrew Paul, English actor (The Bill), born in London, England
1979 – Samoa Joe [Nuufolau Joel Seanoa], Samoan-American professional wrestler (TNA iMPACT! Wrestling, WWE Raw), born in Orange County, California
Famous Birthdays for 16th March 2026
1473 – Henry IV, Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1541)
1634 – Madame de La Fayette [Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne], French novelist (La Princesse de Clèves -1st historical novel in French), born in Paris, France (d. 1693)
1846 – Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and founder of Acta Mathematica, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1927)
1857 – Charles Harding Firth, British historian, born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, England (d. 1936)
1907 – Alexander S. Wiener, American physician known for his work in immunohematology (Rh factor in blood), born in New York City (d. 1976)
1921 – Donald Kendall, American businessman and chief executive officer of Pepsi-Cola (1963-86), born in Sequim, Washington (d. 2020)
1959 – Michael J Bloomfield, American USAF Major USAF and NASA astronaut (STS 86), born in Flint, Michigan
1963 – Doug Grisby, American soul music bassist, composer and producer (Patti LaBelle; Teena Marie), born in Queens, New York (d. 2021)
1966 – Catarina Pollini, Italian European and WNBA basketball forward (Houston Comets – 1997; 12 x Italian League Champion), born in Vicenza, Italy
1981 – Yoav Ziv, Israeli soccer defender (32 caps; Beitar Jerusalem, Lokeren, Maccabi Tel Aviv), born in Hadera, Israel
Famous Birthdays for 15th March 2026
1851 – Józef Surzyński, Polish organist, composer, conductor, musicologist, and Catholic priest, born in Śrem, Poland (d. 1919)
1900 – Colin McPhee, Canadian-American pianist, composer (Tabuh-Tabuhan; H2O; Mechanical Principles), and ethnomusicologist (Bali), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1964)
1926 – Tim Valentine, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1983-95), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2015)
1933 – Philippe de Broca, French film director (Le Bossu), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)
1940 – Al Bell [Alvertis Isbell], American record producer, songwriter (“I’ll Take You There”), and label executive (Stax; Motown), born in Brinkley, Arkansas
1947 – Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor (Traffik; It’s Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill), born in Prešov, Slovakia
1955 – Steve Lillywhite, British record producer (U2; Rolling Stones; Phish), born in Egham, England
1959 – Lisa Holton, American business writer and editor, born in Moline, Illinois
1962 – Terrence Trent D’Arby, American rock vocalist (Wishing Well), born in New York City
1974 – Imad Baba, American soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Humble, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 14th March 2026
1869 – Algernon Blackwood, English novelist (The Willows), born in Shooter’s Hill, Kent, England (d. 1951)
1873 – Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1935)
1874 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman (co-founder of Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), born in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 1951)
1874 – Mary Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher (work on existentialism and phenomenology), born in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France (d. 1961)
1930 – Don Haskins, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Texas El Paso 1961-99; NCAA Tournament 1966), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
1956 – Natalya Kuleshova, Russian cosmonaut, born in Moscow, Soviet Union
1965 – Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter, director and producer (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, Vampire Diaries), born in New Bern, North Carolina
1974 – Grace Park, American-Canadian actress (Hawaii Five-0, Battlestar Galactica), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Corey Stoll, American actor (House of Cards, The Strain), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 13th March 2026
1859 – Ivo Bligh, British noble (8th Earl of Darnley) and cricket batsman (4 Tests; first England captain v Australia 1882-83), born in London, England (d. 1927)
1894 – Clara Smith, American blues singer, billed as the “Queen of the Moaners”, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (d. 1935)
1911 – José Ardévol, Spanish-Cuban composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1981)
1912 – James Friell, Scottish political cartoonist (Daily Worker), born in Glasgow (d. 1997)
1914 – Tessie O’Shea, Welsh stage and screen entertainer, born in Cardiff (d. 1995)
1916 – Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
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)
1935 – Michael Walzer, American political theorist, born in New York
1984 – Yuuka Nanri, Japanese singer and voice actress (The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Mai-HiME), born in Nagasaki, Japan
1995 – Mikaela Shiffrin, American alpine skier (Olympic gold – 2014, 2018; 100 World Cup races, 5x Overall World Cup champion), born in Vail, Colorado