Historical Birthday
17 Mar 1578
Francesco Albana Italian painter (Marys Ascension)
17 Mar 1628
Daniel van Papenbroeck [Papebrochius] Flemish historian
17 Mar 1637
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Japanese daimy & warrior (Japans second great unifier) born in Nakamura-ku Japan (d. 1598)
17 Mar 1676
Thomas Boston Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
17 Mar 1695
Antoine Court French minister and itinerant preacher in the Reformed church who restored Protestantism to France born in Villeneuve-de-Berg France (d. 1760)
17 Mar 1725
Lachlan McIntosh Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
17 Mar 1754
Madame Roland [Marie-Jeanne Phlippon] French revolutionary (member of the Girondist faction) born in Paris France (d. 1793)
17 Mar 1777
Roger Brooke Taney Calvert Md 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
17 Mar 1780
Thomas Chalmers Scottish minister and 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) born in Anstruther Scotland (d. 1847)
17 Mar 1781
Dominique J de Eerens governor-general of Neth Indies
17 Mar 1781
Ebenezer Elliott British Poet. Know as the Corn Law Rhymer (d. 1849)
17 Mar 1789
Edmund Kean British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock) born in London England (d. 1833)
17 Mar 1804
James Bridger scoutfur tradermountain man par excellance
17 Mar 1820
Patrick Edward Connor Irish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in County Kerry Republic of Ireland (d. 1891)
17 Mar 1825
Rodolphe Bresdin French cartoonistlithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
17 Mar 1826
Oskar Peschel German journalistgeography (Volkerkunder)
17 Mar 1828
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne Major General (Confederate Army)
17 Mar 1832
Moncure Daniel Conway US abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
17 Mar 1832
Walter Quintin Gresham American statesman jurist and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Lanesville Indiana (d. 1895)
17 Mar 1834
Gottlieb Daimler German engineerinventordesigned 1st motorcycle
17 Mar 1839
Josef Rheinberger Vaduz Liechtenstein opera composer (Munich Conser)
17 Mar 1846
Kate Greenaway England artistbook illustrator (Under the Window)
17 Mar 1866
Pierce Butler Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
17 Mar 1870
Horace Donisthorpe British entomologist (d. 1951)
17 Mar 1872
Billy Quaife cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
17 Mar 1873
Chard Somerset 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)
17 Mar 1873
Margaret Bondfield British politician and 1st British female cabinet minister (Labour) born in Chard (d. 1953)
17 Mar 1874
Stephen Samuel Wise American Rabbi and President of Zionist Org of America born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1949)
17 Mar 1877
Albert P Hahn Dutch political cartoonist (PeopleNutcracker)
17 Mar 1880
Sir Patrick Hastings British barrister (d. 1952)
17 Mar 1880
Lawrence Oates English army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. 1912)
17 Mar 1881
Kristian Elster Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
17 Mar 1881
Walter Rudolf Hess Swiss physiologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
17 Mar 1884
Alcide Nunez American jazz clarinetist (d. 1934)
17 Mar 1886
Princess Patricia of Connaught British princess (d. 1974)
17 Mar 1888
Frank Buck American actor (Africa Screams Tiger Queen Tiger Fangs) born in Gainesville Texas (d. 1950)
17 Mar 1892
Benjamin Drake Van Wissen Australian Engineer (d. 1984)
17 Mar 1894
Paul Green American novelistplaywright (In Abrahams Bosom)
17 Mar 1897
Jozef C. Mazur American stained glass artist and painter (d. 1970)
17 Mar 1900
Alfred Newman composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) born in New Haven Connecticut
17 Mar 1906
Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim] German actress (Gloria Gold Metropolis) born in Berlin Germany (d. 1996)
17 Mar 1906
Michael OShea American actor (Its a Great Life Lady of Burlesque) born in Hartford Connecticut (d. 1973)
17 Mar 1906
Tamara Geva Russian-born dancer and actress born in St. Petersburg (d. 1997)
17 Mar 1907
Sonny Werblin former owner of the New York Jets (d. 1991)
17 Mar 1908
Boris N Poveloi [Kampov] Russian journalistwriter [OSMar 4]
17 Mar 1908
Radie Britain American composer born near Silverton Texas (d. 1994)
17 Mar 1909
Patrick Reilly Ootacamund India British diplomat
17 Mar 1911
Patrick Maitland 17th Earl of Lauderdale Scottish Unionist politician
17 Mar 1915
Hans Namuth GermanUS photographer (Todos Santos Guatemala)
17 Mar 1915
William Roycroft Austrian equestrian 3 day (Olympic bronze 1976)
17 Mar 1915
Henry Bumstead American art director (d. 2006)
17 Mar 1916
David Stafford-Clark English psychiatrist born in Bromley Kent England (d. 1999)
17 Mar 1916
Donald Gibson British vice-admiral Fleet Air Arm pilot of the WWII
17 Mar 1918
D Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianistcomposer (Eleonora)
17 Mar 1918
Wilhelmus M J Russell Dutch attorneyMember of 1st chamber (KVPCDA)
17 Mar 1920
John La Montaine composer (Pulitzer 1959) born in Oak Park Illinois (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1921
Mick Harvey cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire)
17 Mar 1921
Donald Barron Scottish accountant and CEO (Midland Bank) born in Gorebridge Midlothian Scotland (d. 2015)
17 Mar 1922
Megan Bull British head mistress (Holloway Jail)
17 Mar 1925
Gabriele Ferzetti Italian film and stage actor
17 Mar 1926
Siegfried Lenz German writer (Ein Kriegsende)
17 Mar 1927
Kenneth S Goldstein folkloristenthomusicologist
17 Mar 1927
Patrick Allen British actor (Roman Holiday Dial M for Murder) born in Nyasaland Africa (d. 2006)
17 Mar 1927
Roberto Suazo Crdova President of Honduras (1982-86) born in La Paz Honduras (d. 2018)
17 Mar 1928
William John McKeag Canadian politician (d. 2007)
17 Mar 1930
James Benson Irwin Col USAFastronaut (Apollo 15) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1931
Eunice Gayson British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- Dr. No and From Russia With Love) born in London England (d. 2018)
17 Mar 1933
Penelope Lively British writer (Moon Tiger The Ghost of Thomas Kempe) born in Cairo Egypt
17 Mar 1933
Myrlie Evers-Williams American civil rights activist (NAACP chair) born in Vicksburg Mississippi
17 Mar 1935
Adam Wade singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1936
Thomas K Mattingly II Chic Capt USNastro (Apollo 16 STS-4 51C)
17 Mar 1936
Robert Daniel republican Congressman for Virginia (1972-1983) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 2012)
17 Mar 1937
Galina Samsova Russian ballerina born in Stalingrad Soviet Union
17 Mar 1937
Frank Calabrese [Frankie Breeze] mafia hitman born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2012)
17 Mar 1938
Rudolf Nureyev Russian ballet dancerchoreographer (Kirov) born on a train near Irkutsk Soviet Union (d. 1993)
17 Mar 1939
Shahid Mahmoud cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test)
17 Mar 1940
Mark White American politician lawyer and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7) born in Henderson Texas (d. 2017)
17 Mar 1941
Paul Kantner American rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) born in San Francisco California (d. 2016)
17 Mar 1941
Clarence Collins US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow)
17 Mar 1942
Dimitris Poulikakos Greek composer singer and actor
17 Mar 1943
Don Mitchell actor (Mark-Ironside) born in Houston Texas (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1944
John Sebastian American singer (Loving Spoonful Welcome Back Kotter) born in NYC New York
17 Mar 1944
Pattie Boyd English photographer and author (Mrs George HarrisonMrs Eric Clapton)
17 Mar 1945
Michael Hayden General USAF Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
17 Mar 1946
Harold Brown rock drummer (War-Summer Galaxy) born in Long Beach California
17 Mar 1947
Yury Chernavsky Russian-born Composer and Producer
17 Mar 1948
Fran Byrne musician (Ace) born in Dublin Ireland
17 Mar 1948
Pat Lloyd rocker (The Equals) born in London
17 Mar 1948
Robert Braunwart who added thousands of dates to this database
17 Mar 1948
William [Ford] Gibson Canadian sci-fi author (Neuromancer Count Zero)
17 Mar 1948
Alexander Nelson Hood 4th Viscount Bridport British-born investment banker
17 Mar 1948
Alex MacDonald Scottish Footballer and football manager
17 Mar 1949
Patrick Duffy actor (Bobby-Dallas Man from Atlantis) born in Townsend Montana
17 Mar 1949
Pat Rice Northern Irish footballer and football manager
17 Mar 1950
Betty Dukes American Walmart employee who fought against gender discrimination (2001 Betty Dukes v. Walmart lawsuit) born in Tallulah Louisiana
17 Mar 1951
Scott Gorham American rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns) born in Glendale California
17 Mar 1953
Filemon Lagman Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001)
17 Mar 1953
Chuck Muncie American football running back (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1954
Lesley-Anne Down actress (A Little Night Music Moonraker) born in London England
17 Mar 1955
Gary Sinise American actor (Apollo 13 CSI NY Forrest Gump) born in Blue Island Illinois
17 Mar 1955
Paul Overstreet Van Cleave Miss country singer (Daddys Come Around)
17 Mar 1956
Will Rigby rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife)
17 Mar 1956
Rory McGrath British comedian television personality and writer (Who Dares Wins They Think Its All Over) born in Redruth Cornwall
17 Mar 1959
Brian Douglas Jones tornado class sailor (Olympics 1996) born in Auckland New Zealand
17 Mar 1959
Mike Lindup British rock keyboardistsinger (Level 42-Hot Water)
17 Mar 1960
Vicki Lewis actress (Beth-Newsradio) born in Cincinnati Ohio
17 Mar 1961
Casey Siemaszko actor (Biloxi Blues 3 OClock High) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Mar 1961
Dana Reeve American actress wife of Christopher Reeve and activist (Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation) born in Teaneck New Jersey (d. 2006)
17 Mar 1962
Clare Grogan rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday)
17 Mar 1962
Janet Patricia Gardner Juneau Alaska rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
17 Mar 1962
Patrick Thomas Burke Hollywood FL PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th)
17 Mar 1962
Roxy Dora Petrucci Rochester Minn rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up)
17 Mar 1963
Rebeca Arthur actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers Opposites Attract)
17 Mar 1963
Roger Harper cricketer (Guyana & WI off-spinner Extraordinary field)
17 Mar 1964
Alex Shoumidoub NHL goaltender (Belarus Olympics 1998)
17 Mar 1964
Don Griffin NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns)
17 Mar 1964
Rob Lowe actor (St Elmos Fire Hotel NH Class) born in Charlottesville Virginia
17 Mar 1965
Caitlin Bilodeaux US fencer (Olympic-92) born in Boston Massachusetts
17 Mar 1965
John Smiley Phoenixville PA pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
17 Mar 1966
Andrew Hudson cricketer (South Africa 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
17 Mar 1901
Piotr Perkowski Polish composer born in Oweczacze (now Druzhne) Ukraine (d. 1990)
17 Mar 1915
William Bill Roycroft Australian equestrian 3 day (Olympic bronze 1976) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2011)
17 Mar 1918
D Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianist and composer (Eleonora)
17 Mar 1918
Wilhelmus M J Russell Dutch attorney and Member of 1st chamber (KVPCDA)
17 Mar 1918
Jzef Franczak Polish soldier and anti-communist resistance fighter who was the last cursed soldiers born in Kozice Grne Kingdom of Poland (d. 1963)
17 Mar 1938
Keith OBrien Scottish Catholic archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh) born in Ballycastle County Antrim Northern Ireland
17 Mar 1941
Clarence Collins American singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow)
17 Mar 1943
Tony Newman English drummer (Sounds Incorporated T.Rex) born in Southampton England
17 Mar 1949
Pat Rice Irish soccer defender and coach (49 caps Arsenal Watford) born in Belfast Northern Ireland
17 Mar 1955
Paul Overstreet American country singer (Daddys Come Around) born in Van Cleave Mississippi
17 Mar 1961
Casey Siemaszko American actor (Biloxi Blues 3 OClock High) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Mar 1628
Daniel van Papenbroeck [Papebrochius] Flemish historian
17 Mar 1655
lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre French harpsichordist organist singer and composer (Les pices de clavessin Cphale et Procris) born in Paris (d. 1729)
17 Mar 1777
Roger Brooke Taney 5th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (Dred Scott decision) born in Calvert Maryland (d. 1864)
17 Mar 1804
James Bridger American scout fur trader and mountain man par excellence born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1881)
17 Mar 1846
Kate Greenaway English artist known for her childrens book illustrations (Under the Window) born in London (d. 1901)
17 Mar 1873
Margaret Bondfield British politician and 1st British female cabinet minister (1929-31) born in Chard Somerset (d. 1953)
17 Mar 1892
Sayed Darwish Egyptian singer & songwriter father of Egyptian popular music (Ana Haweet) born in Km el-Dikka Alexandria (d. 1923)
17 Mar 1900
Alfred Newman American film music arranger conductor and composer winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe How The West Was Won Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1970)
17 Mar 1908
Boris N Poveloi [Kampov] Russian journalistwriter [OSMar 4]
17 Mar 1918
D Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianist and composer (Eleonora)
17 Mar 1928
Eunice Gayson British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- Dr. No and From Russia With Love) born in London (d. 2018) [1]
17 Mar 1935
Adam Wade American singer & actor (The Writing On The Wall) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1935
Vladimir Popovi Serbian soccer midfielder (20 caps Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Intercontinental Cup Red Star Belgrade 1991) born in Belgrade Serbia (d. 2020)
17 Mar 1936
Ken Mattingly American naval officer NASA astronaut (Apollo 16 STS-4 51C) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Mar 1938
Fred Akers American football coach (University of Wyoming University of Texas Austin Purdue career college record 108753) born in Blytheville Arkansas (d. 2020)
17 Mar 1943
Jim Weatherly American pop and country songwriter (Midnight Train To Georgia) born in Pontotoc Mississippi (d. 2021)
17 Mar 1944
Pat McCauley Northern Irish rock drummer (Them)
17 Mar 1944
Pattie Boyd English photographer and author (Mrs George HarrisonMrs Eric Clapton) born in Taunton England
17 Mar 1950
Michael Been American musician (The Call) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma (d. 2010)
17 Mar 1959
Danny Ainge American NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics 1981-69 3 other teams 1989-95) coach (Phoenix Suns 1996-99) and executive (Boston Celtics 2000-present)and MLB baseball (Toronto Blue Jays 1979-81) player born in Eugene Oregon
17 Mar 1959
Mike Lindup British rock keyboardist singer and songwriter (Level 42 - Lessons In Love Something About You) born in London England
17 Mar 1959
Paul Black [Marmorstein] American rock singer (L.A. Guns 1985-87) and drummer born in San Francisco California
17 Mar 1959
Christian Clemenson American actor (Boston Leagal CSIMiami) born in Humboldt Iowa
17 Mar 1473
James IV King of Scotland (1488-1513) born at Stirling Castle Scotland (d. 1513)
17 Mar 1664
Georg sterreich German Baroque composer (founded the Bokemeyer collection) born in Magdeburg (d. 1735) baptism date
17 Mar 1675
Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss Polish composer born in Bruskowo Wielkie (d. 1721)
17 Mar 1775
Ninian Edwards American politician (Governor of Illinois Territory 18091813 U.S. Senator from Illinois 18181824 Governor of Illinois 18261830) born in Montgomery County Maryland (d. 1833)
17 Mar 1828
Patrick Cleburne Irish -born American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Ovens Ireland (d. 1864)
17 Mar 1839
Josef Rheinberger German organist composer and educator (Munich Conservatory 1877-1901) born in Vaduz Liechtenstein (d. 1901)
17 Mar 1848
Horace Nicholl British composer born in Tipton England (d. 1922)
17 Mar 1863
Homer Plessy American Creole shoemaker and civil rights pioneer (plaintiff in landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson 1896) born in New Orleans Louisiana (d. 1925)
17 Mar 1872
Willie Quaife British cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902 7 Tests for England 228 runs) born in Newhaven East Sussex England (d. 1951)
17 Mar 1874
Kincsem Hungarian horse that never lost a race born in Kisbr Hungary (d. 1877)
17 Mar 1876
Frederic Ayers American composer born in Binghamton New York (d. 1926)
17 Mar 1880
Guillermo Uribe Holguin Colombian composer born in Bogot Colombia (d. 1971)
17 Mar 1884
Alcide Nunez American jazz clarinetist born in St. Bernard Parish Louisiana (d. 1934)
17 Mar 1890
Harold Morris American composer born in San Antonio Texas (d. 1964)
17 Mar 1904
Patrick Hamilton English author and playwright (Gaslight Rope) born in Hassocks England (d. 1962)
17 Mar 1907
Jean van Houtte Belgian politician (premier of Belgium 1952-54) born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1991)
17 Mar 1908
Boris Polevoy Russian journalist and writer born in Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1981) [OSMar 4]
17 Mar 1909
Patrick Reilly British diplomat born in Ootacamund India
17 Mar 1909
Lovie Lee [Edward Lee Watson] American electric blues pianist singer and songwriter born in Chattanooga Tennessee (d. 1997)
17 Mar 1911
Raffaele dAlessandro Swiss pianist organist and composer born in St. Gallen Switzerland (d. 1959)
17 Mar 1915
Hans Namuth German-American photographer (Todos Santos Guatemala)
17 Mar 1917
Brian Boydell Irish composer born in Howth Ireland (d. 2000)
17 Mar 1918
D. Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianist and composer (Eleonora)
17 Mar 1918
Wilhelmus Russell Dutch attorney and Member of 1st chamber (KVPCDA)
17 Mar 1919
Hank Sauer American baseball left fielder (NL MVP HR leader RBI leader 1952 MLB All Star 1950 52 Chicago Cubs) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
17 Mar 1920
John La Montaine American composer (Pulitzer 1959) born in Oak Park Illinois (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1920
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Bangladeshi politician (founding father of Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of Bangladesh) born in Tungipara British India (d. 1975)
17 Mar 1921
Mick Harvey Australian cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire) born in Newcastle Australia (d. 2016)
17 Mar 1924
Stephen Dodgson British composer born in Chelsea London England (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1927
Patrick Allen British actor (Roman HolidayDial M for Murder) born in Nyasaland Africa (d. 2006)
17 Mar 1927
Sulkhan Nasidze Georgian composer born in Tiflis Transcaucasia Soviet Union (now Tblisi Georgia) (d. 1996)
17 Mar 1928
Edino Krieger Brazilian composer born in Santa Catarina state
17 Mar 1930
James Irwin American air force officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 15 8th person to walk on the moon) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
17 Mar 1932
Dick Curless American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile) born in Fort Fairfield Maine (d. 1995)
17 Mar 1932
Donald N. Langenberg American physicist born in Devils Lake North Dakota (d. 2019)
17 Mar 1934
Erhard Grosskopf German avant-garde composer born in Berlin Germany
17 Mar 1936
Ladislaw Kupkovic Slovak composer born in Bratislava (d. 2016)
17 Mar 1936
Ken Mattingly American USN naval officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 16 STS-4 -51-C) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Mar 1936
Robert Daniel American Republican Congressman for Virginia (1972-1983) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 2012)
17 Mar 1937
Adam Wade American singer and actor (Kiss Me Goodbye 1st US Black game show host - Musical Chairs) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1937
Frank Calabrese [Frankie Breeze] American mafia hitman born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2012)
17 Mar 1938
Rudolf Nureyev Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov) born on a train near Irkutsk Soviet Union (d. 1993)
17 Mar 1938
Zoletta Zola Taylor American pop singer (The Platters 1954-62 - The Great Pretender Only You Twilight Time) born in Los Angeles California (d. 2007)
17 Mar 1939
Shahid Mahmoud Pakistani cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test)
17 Mar 1939
Robin Knox-Johnston British yachtsman (1st single non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in 1969) born in London Engand
17 Mar 1941
Paul Kantner American rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship) born in San Francisco California (d. 2016)
17 Mar 1941
Clarence Collins American doo-wop singer (Imperials - Tears On My Pillow) born in Brooklyn New York
17 Mar 1941
Edward Harper English composer born in Taunton England (d. 2009)
17 Mar 1942
Sidney Barthelemy American politician (Mayor of New Orleans) born in New Orleans Louisiana
17 Mar 1943
Don Mitchell American actor (Mark-Ironside) born in Houston Texas (d. 2013)
17 Mar 1944
Cito Gaston American MLB player and manager (Toronto Blue Jays) born in San Antonio Texas
17 Mar 1944
John Sebastian American singer (Loving Spoonful - Summer In The City solo - Welcome Back) born in NYC New York
17 Mar 1944
Pat McCauley Northern Irish rock keyboardist and drummer (Them - Here Comes The Night) (d. 1984)
17 Mar 1944
Pattie Boyd English model photographer and author who married both George Harrison and Eric Clapton born in Taunton England
17 Mar 1945
Elis Regina (Costa) Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer (Arrasto - Pull the Trawling Net) born in Porto Alegre Brazil (d. 1982)
17 Mar 1945
Michael Hayden American general and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1946
Harold Brown American rock drummer (War 1969-94 - Summer Low Rider) born in Long Beach California
17 Mar 1946
Michael Peter Finnissey English composer born in London England
17 Mar 1947
James K. Morrow American author (The Last Witchfinder) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1948
Fran Byrne Irish musician (Ace) born in Dublin Ireland
17 Mar 1948
Pat Lloyd English rocker (The Equals) born in London England
17 Mar 1949
Patrick Duffy American actor (Bobby-Dallas Man from Atlantis) born in Townsend Montana
17 Mar 1951
Scott Gorham American rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 21 Guns) born in Glendale California
17 Mar 1951
Donald Findlay Scottish lawyer born in Cowdenbeath Scotland
17 Mar 1954
Lesley-Anne Down British actress and singer (A Little Night Music Moonraker) born in London England
17 Mar 1955
Bill Beyers American actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol) born in Lake Success New York
17 Mar 1955
Cynthia McKinney American politician (Rep-D-Georgia Green Party presidential candidate 2008) born in Atlanta Georgia
17 Mar 1956
Will Rigby American rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife)
17 Mar 1956
Patrick McDonnell American cartoonist (Mutts) born in Elizabeth New Jersey
17 Mar 1956
Luca Francesconi Italian classical and electronic music composer (Wanderer Unexpected End of Formula) born in Milan Italy
17 Mar 1961
Andrew Paul English actor (The Bill) born in London England
17 Mar 1960
Arye Gross American actor (Ellen) born in Los Angeles California
17 Mar 1962
Clare Grogan Scottish new wave singer (Altered Images - Happy Birthday) and actress (Gregorys Girl Eastenders) born in Glasgow
17 Mar 1962
Janet Gardner American rock singer and rhythm guitarist (Vixen - Rev It Up) born in Juneau Alaska
17 Mar 1962
Roxy Petrucci American rock drummer (Vixen - Rev It Up) born in Rochester Michigan
17 Mar 1962
Kalpana Chawla Indian-American astronaut (1st woman of Indian origin into space later died in Columbia disaster) born in Karnal India (d. 2003)
17 Mar 1963
Rebeca Arthur American actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers Opposites Attract) born in Cumberland Maryland
17 Mar 1963
Roger Harper Guyanese cricketer (West Indies off-spinner) born in Georgetown Guyana
17 Mar 1963
Nick Peros Canadian classical composer (Prayer of Consolation)
17 Mar 1963
Alex Fong Chung-Sun Chinese actor born in Macau
17 Mar 1963
Michael Ivins American rock bassist and keyboard player (The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots) born in Omaha Nebraska
17 Mar 1964
Don Griffin American NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns) born in Pelham Georgia
17 Mar 1578
Francesco Albana Italian painter (Marys Ascension) born in Bologna (d. 1660)
17 Mar 1628
Daniel van Papenbroeck Flemish historian born in Antwerp Spanish Netherlands (d. 1714)
17 Mar 1685
Jean-Marc Nattier French portrait painter (painted Louis XVs court) born in Paris France (d. 1766)
17 Mar 1745
Nicolas Sjan French organist and composer born in Paris France (d. 1819)
17 Mar 1781
Dominique Jacques de Eerens Dutch general and politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1836-40) born in Alkmaar Dutch Republic (d. 1840)
17 Mar 1826
Oskar Peschel German geographer (classified men into seven races in his book The Races of Man and their geographical distribution) born in Dresden (d. 1875)
17 Mar 1832
Moncure Daniel Conway American minister abolitionist and writer (Life of Thomas Paine) born in Stafford County Virginia (d. 1907) [1]
17 Mar 1872
Douglas Carr England cricket spin bowler (1 Test 7 wickets Kent CCC) born in Cranbrook England (d. 1950)
17 Mar 1877
Albert Hahn Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1918)
17 Mar 1881
Kristian Elster Norwegian author (Less bror Harris) born in Trondheim Norway (d. 1947)
17 Mar 1894
Paul Green American novelist and playwright (In Abrahams Bosom) born in Lillingotn North Carolina (d. 1981)
17 Mar 1907
Jean Van Houtte Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1952-56 Finance Minister 1950-52 and 1958-61) born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1991)
17 Mar 1909
Patrick Reilly British diplomat (ambassador to Paris and Moscow stopped Kim Philby becoming head of UK Secret Service) born in Ooty British India (d. 1999) [1]
17 Mar 1915
Hans Namuth German-born photographer (Todos Santos Guatemala) born in Essen Germany (d. 1990)
17 Mar 1935
(Patrick Henry Adam Wade American pop singer (The Writing On The Wall) actor (Kiss Me Goodbye) and 1st US Black game show host (Musical Chairs) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
17 Mar 1939
Jim Gary American sculptor known for whimsical monumental art and sculptors of large colorful dinosaurs made from discarded automobile parts born in Sebastian Florida (d. 2006)
17 Mar 1947
Ian Gomm British rock rhythm guitarist (Brinsely Schwarz 1970-74 - Hooked On Love) and songwriter (Cruel To Be Kind) born in Chiswick England
17 Mar 1948
Jessica Williams American jazz pianist and composer (In the Key of Monk) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2022)
17 Mar 1956
Frank McGarvey Scottish soccer forward (7 caps Celtic St Mirren) and manager (Queen of the South FC) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 2023)
17 Mar 1956
Will Rigby American rock drummer and percussionist (The dBs)
17 Mar 1957
Hamish Kilgour. New Zealand drummer (The Clean - Tally Ho) born in Christchurch New Zealand (d. 2022)
17 Mar 1963
Michael Ivins American rock bassist and keyboard player (The Flaming Lips 1983-2021 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots) born in Omaha Nebraska
17 Mar 1964
Jacques Songoo Cameroonian football goalkeeper born in Sackbayeme Cameroon
17 Mar 1964
Lee Dixon English footballer (Arsenal) born in Manchester England
17 Mar 1964
Rob Lowe American actor (St Elmos Fire The West Wing) born in Charlottesville Virginia
17 Mar 1664
Georg sterreich German Baroque composer (founded the Bokemeyer collection) baptized in Magdeburg Brandenburg-Prussia (d. 1735)
17 Mar 1665
lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre French harpsichordist organist singer and composer (Les pices de clavessin Cphale et Procris) born in Paris France (d. 1729)
17 Mar 1675
Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss Polish composer born in Bruskowo Wielkie PolishLithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1721)
17 Mar 1746
Jan Dawid Holland Polish composer born in Sankt Andreasberg Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1827)
17 Mar 1777
Roger B. Taney 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-64) who delivered the majority Dred Scott decision born in Calvert Maryland (d. 1864)
17 Mar 1826
Oskar Peschel German geographer (classified men into seven races in his book The Races of Man and their geographical distribution) born in Dresden Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1875)
17 Mar 1872
Willie Quaife English cricket batsman (7 Tests 1 x 50 Sussex CCC Warwickshire CCC) born in Newhaven England (d. 1951)
17 Mar 1892
Sayed Darwish Egyptian singer-songwriter and father of Egyptian popular music (Ana Haweet) born in Km el-Dikka Alexandria Egypt (d. 1923)
17 Mar 1906
Tamara Geva Russian-born dancer and actress born in St. Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1997)
17 Mar 1916
Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown] British drummer bandleader and singer (The Goon Show) born in Kensington England (d. 1985)
17 Mar 1925
Gabriele Ferzetti Italian film and stage actor (LAvventura) born in Rome Italy (d. 2015)
17 Mar 1928
Edino Krieger Brazilian conductor avant-garde composer (Canticum Naturale) and record producer born in Brusque Santa Catarina Brazil (d. 2022)
17 Mar 1931
Lorraine Ellison American soul singer (Stay with Me Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)) and songwriter born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
17 Mar 1933
Myrlie Evers-Williams (ne Beasley) American civil rights activist (NAACP chair) born in Vicksburg Mississippi
17 Mar 1934
Q. T. Macon American blues singer and guitarist (Blow Wind) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1994)
17 Mar 1936
Ken Mattingly American USN naval officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 16 STS-4 -51-C) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
17 Mar 1936
Ladislaw Kupkovic Slovak violinist and composer (Musik fr das Ruhrfestspielhaus Klanginvasion auf Bonn) born in Bratislava. Czechoslovak Republic (d. 2016)
17 Mar 1937
Galina Samsova [Samtsova] Russian ballerina (London Festival Ballet 1964-73) and artistic director born in Stalingrad Soviet Union (d 2021)
17 Mar 1938
Rudolf Nureyev Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet 1958-61 Royal Ballet 1964-70 Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89) born on a train near Irkutsk Soviet Union (d. 1993)
17 Mar 1941
Clarence Collins American doo-wop singer The (Imperials - Tears On My Pillow) born in Brooklyn New York
17 Mar 1942
Dimitris Poulikakos Greek rock singer-songwriter (Exadaktylos MGC) and actor born in Athens Greece
17 Mar 1944
John Sebastian American singer (Loving Spoonful - Summer In The City solo - Welcome Back) born in New York City
17 Mar 1944
Pat McCauley Northern Irish rock keyboardist and drummer (Them. 1964-65 - Here Comes The Night The Other Them 1965-67) born in Coleraine County Londonderry Northern Ireland (d. 1984)
17 Mar 1947
Yury Chernavsky Russian composer and producer born in Tambov Russia
17 Mar 1949
Patrick Duffy American actor (Dallas - Bobby Ewing Man from Atlantis) born in Townsend Montana
17 Mar 1952
Nikos Xydakis Greek composer pianist and singer born in Cairo Egypt
17 Mar 1955
Bill Beyers American actor (Capitol - Wally McCandless) born in Lake Success New York (d. 1992)
17 Mar 1956
Will Rigby American rock drummer and percussionist (The dBs Matthew Sweet) born in Winston-Salem North Carolina
17 Mar 1963
Nick Peros Canadian classical composer (Prayer of Consolation Northern Lights) record producer and author born in Toronto Ontario
17 Mar 1965
Andrew Hudson South African cricket player 1984-2000 (South Africa 163 on debut vs WI 1992) 55) born in Eshowe KwaZulu-Nata
17 Mar 1231
Emperor Shij of Japan 87th Emperor (1232-42) (d. 1242)
17 Mar 1628
Franois Girardon French sculptor known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV born in Troyes Champagne France (d. 1715)
17 Mar 1676
Thomas Boston Scottish church leader theologian and scholar (Human Nature in Its Fourfold State) born at Duns Scotland (d. 1732)
17 Mar 1725
Lachlan McIntosh Scottish-American military and political leader during the American Revolution who shot founding father Button Gwinnett in a duel born in Raits Badenoch Scotland (d. 1806)
17 Mar 1781
Ebenezer Elliott British poet known as the Corn Law Rhymer for his opposition to the corn laws born in Masborough England (d. 1849)
17 Mar 1820
Jean Ingelow English poet and childrens novelist (Mopsa the Fairy) born in Boston Lincolnshire (d. 1897)
17 Mar 1828
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne Irish-American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Ovens Ireland (d. 1864)
17 Mar 1856
Mikhail Vrubel Russian Symbolist painter one of the first modern Russian artists (The Demon Cast Down) born in Omsk Russia (d. 1910)
17 Mar 1862
Silvio Gesell German-Argentine radical economist who invented a form of money (free money) with an expiration date born in Sankt Vith Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1930) [1]
17 Mar 1866
Pierce Butler American jurist Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1923-39) born in Northfield Minnesota (d. 1939)
17 Mar 1870
Horace Donisthorpe British entomologist (British Ants) born in Leicester England (d. 1951)
17 Mar 1876
Frederic Ayres American composer (From the Plains) born in Binghamton New York (d. 1926)
17 Mar 1880
Lawrence Oates English army officer and Antarctic explorer who sacrificed his life on the Terra Nova Expedition born in Putney England (d. 1912)
17 Mar 1880
Patrick Hastings British politician and barrister regarded as the leading barrister of his time (Case of the Hooded Man and the Elvira Barney murder case) born in London (d. 1952)
17 Mar 1881
Walter Rudolf Hess Swiss physiologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 for mapping parts of the brain that control internal organs born in Frauenfeld Switzerland (d. 1973) [1]
17 Mar 1883
Urmuz [Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzu] Romanian writer (Bizarre Pages) born in Curtea de Arge Romania (d. 1923)
17 Mar 1886
Princess Patricia of Connaught British princess granddaughter of Queen Victoria born at Buckingham Palace London (d. 1974)
17 Mar 1913
Charles Lampkin American character actor (Franks Place - Tiger Shepin Roots The Next Generation) spoken word artist musician and educator born in Montgomery Alabama (d. 1989) [1]
17 Mar 1915
Bill Roycroft Australian equestrian (Olympic gold team event 1960 bronze 1968 76) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2011)
17 Mar 1926
Arthur Hockaday British civil servant (Defence Ministry Director-General of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1982-89) born in Plymouth England (d. 2004)
17 Mar 1926
Siegfried Lenz German writer (Das Feuerschiff - The Lightship Ein Kriegsende) dramatist and interpreter for British military (WWII) born in Lyck East Prussia (d. 2014)
17 Mar 1927
Nancy Sheehan Amercian writer (The Hearts Journey Dead Center) born in the USA
17 Mar 1932
Hazel Dukes American civil rights activist (NAACP president 1989-92 Spingarn Medal 2023) born in Montgomery Alabama (d. 2025) [1]
17 Mar 1935
(Patrick Henry) Adam Wade American pop singer (The Writing On The Wall) actor (Kiss Me Goodbye) and 1st US Black game show host (Musical Chairs) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
17 Mar 1937
Galina Samsova [Samtsova] Russian ballerina (London Festival Ballet 1964-73) and artistic director born in Stalingrad Soviet Union (d. 2021)
17 Mar 1948
Robert Braunwart American editor who added thousands of dates to this database born in Richland Washington (d. 2007) [1]
17 Mar 1948
William Gibson American sci-fi author who pioneered the subgenre cyberpunk (Neuromancer Count Zero) born in Conway South Carolina
17 Mar 1955
Mark Boone Junior [Heidrich] American character actor (Sons of Anarchy - Bobby Munson) born in Cincinnati Ohio
17 Mar 1966
Jeremy Sheffield English actor (Holby City) born in Chelmsford England
17 Mar 1965
John Smiley American MLB pitcher 1986-97 (Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds and two other teams) born in Phoenixville Pennsylvania
17 Mar 1967
Barry Minkow American businessman religious leader and convicted felon (fraud) born in Inglewwood California
17 Mar 1967
Chris Luongo American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders) born in Detroit Michigan
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