Historical Birthday
04 Mar 1188
Blanche of Castile wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)
04 Mar 1394
Henry the Navigator Princesponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery
04 Mar 1602
Kan Tany [Kan Morinobu] Japanese painter (palaces portraits) born in Kyto Japan (d. 1674)
04 Mar 1610
William Dobson English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
04 Mar 1651
John Baron Somers (Whig) William IIIs chief minister (1696-1700)
04 Mar 1665
Philip Christoph von Knigsmarck Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
04 Mar 1702
Jack Sheppard English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
04 Mar 1706
Lauritz de Thurah Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
04 Mar 1715
James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave British statesman (d. 1763)
04 Mar 1719
George Pigot Baron Pigot British governor of Madras (d. 1777)
04 Mar 1754
Benjamin Waterhouse physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School (smallpox vaccine pioneer) born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1846)
04 Mar 1765
Charles Dibdin British composer author (Sea Songs) and actor baptized in Hampshire England (d. 1814)
04 Mar 1781
Rebecca Gratz American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
04 Mar 1782
Johann Rudolf Wyss Swiss folklorist and writer (Swiss Family Robinson) born in Bern (d. 1830)
04 Mar 1798
John Joseph Abercrombie American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1877)
04 Mar 1813
Wijnand Nuijen Dutch romantic and water color painter (Wrecked) born in Den Haag Netherlands (d. 1839)
04 Mar 1817
Edwards Pierrepont American statesman jurist and lawyer 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
04 Mar 1820
Francesco Bentivegna Italian revolutionary (d. 1856)
04 Mar 1826
Theodore Judah American railroad engineer (d. 1863)
04 Mar 1828
Elisha Franklin Bull Paxton Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
04 Mar 1835
John Hughlings Jackson English neurologist (d. 1911)
04 Mar 1838
Paul Lacme French composer born in Le Houga Gascony (d. 1920)
04 Mar 1841
Kristian Mandrup Elster Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)
04 Mar 1854
Sir Napier Shaw British meteorologist (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1856
Toru Dutt English and French poet and author (d. 1877)
04 Mar 1856
Alfred William Rich English painter (d. 1921)
04 Mar 1862
Robert Emden Swiss geoastro physics (Emden-polytroop)
04 Mar 1863
Reginald Innes Pocock British zoologist (d. 1947)
04 Mar 1863
John Henry Wigmore American jurist and expert in the law of evidence (d. 1943)
04 Mar 1864
David W. Taylor U.S. Navy architect (d. 1940)
04 Mar 1822
Jules Antoine Lissajous French mathematician (d. 1880)
04 Mar 1826
John Buford American Major General (Union Army) born in Woodford County Kentucky (d. 1863)
04 Mar 1871
Boris Galerkin Russian mathematician (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1873
Guy Wetmore Carryl American humorist and poet (d. 1904)
04 Mar 1873
John H. Trumbull 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1875
Alberto Vaccari Italian jesuitold testament scholarinterpreter
04 Mar 1875
Enrique Larreta [E R Maza] Argentine diplomat and writer (Gloria de Don Ramiro) born in Buenos Aires (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1875
Suze Groeneweg 1st Dutch female parliament member (SDAP 1918-37)
04 Mar 1876
Theodore Hardeen Magician and stunt performer founder of the Magicians Guild (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1877
Garrett Morgan American inventor (gas mask and traffic signal) born in Claysville Kentucky (d. 1963)
04 Mar 1878
Egbert Van Alstyne American songwriter and pianist (d. 1951)
04 Mar 1878
Peter D. Ouspensky Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
04 Mar 1880
Channing Pollock American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
04 Mar 1881
Todor Aleksandrov 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1924)
04 Mar 1881
Thomas Sigismund Stribling American writer (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1881
Richard C. Tolman American mathematical physicist (d. 1948)
04 Mar 1882
Nicolae Titulescu Romanian diplomat government minister and former President of the League of Nations (d. 1941)
04 Mar 1883
Maude Fealy American actor and drama coach (The Ten Commandments) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 1971)
04 Mar 1884
Red Murray American professional baseball player (d. 1958)
04 Mar 1885
Willem H Winkel Dutch physicianfounder (Red Cross of Curacao)
04 Mar 1887
Violet MacMillan American Broadway theatre actress (The Magic Cloak) born in Grand Rapids Michigan (d. 1953)
04 Mar 1888
Knute Rockne NorwegianUS football playercoach (Notre Dame)
04 Mar 1888
Rafaela Ottiano Italian-born American actress (Grand Hotel The Devil-Doll) born in Venice Italy (d. 1942)
04 Mar 1888
Jeff Pfeffer American professional baseball pitcher (d. 1972)
04 Mar 1889
Pearl White [Victoria] American actress and stunt woman (Perils of Pauline) born in Green Ridge Missouri (d. 1938)
04 Mar 1889
Oscar Chisini Italian mathematician (d. 1967)
04 Mar 1889
Oren E. Long 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1891
Dazzy Vance hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)
04 Mar 1891
Lois Wilson American actress and co-founder of Al-Anon born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1988)
04 Mar 1895
Bjarne Brustad Norwegian composer born in Oslo Norway (d. 1978)
04 Mar 1895
Milt Gross American comic book illustrator (d. 1953)
04 Mar 1896
Rhys Gemmell Australian tennis player (Australasian Cships singles & doubles 1921) born in Melbourne Victoria (d. 1972)
04 Mar 1897
Francis Lefty ODoul baseball playerorganized Japanese baseball
04 Mar 1898
Georges Dumzil French philologist (d. 1940)
04 Mar 1899
Emilio Prados Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
04 Mar 1900
Roberto Soundy El Salvador trap shooter (Olympic-1968)
04 Mar 1900
Herbert Biberman American screenwriter (d. 1971)
04 Mar 1901
Jean Joseph Rabearivelo MalagasyFrench poet (d. 1937)
04 Mar 1903
William C. Boyd American immunochemist (d. 1983)
04 Mar 1904
George Gamow nuclear physicistcosmologistwriter (1 2 3...
04 Mar 1904
Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpre A Star Fell from Heaven) born in Storozhynets Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
04 Mar 1904
Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert] Cherokee stage and film actor born in James Mill Arkansas (d. 1978)
04 Mar 1906
Georges Ronsse Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road cyclist (d. 1969)
04 Mar 1906
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. American businessman (d. 2007)
04 Mar 1907
Edgar Barrier American actor (Phantom of the Opera Macbeth Rocky Cornered) born in NYC New York (d. 1964)
04 Mar 1907
Eleanor Sis Daley wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2003)
04 Mar 1908
Boris N Poveloi [Kampov] Russian journalistwriter [NSMar 17]
04 Mar 1909
Harry B Helmsley American billionaire builder (Empire State Building) born in NYC New York
04 Mar 1910
Tancredo Neves president of Civil rights activist
04 Mar 1912
Carl Marzani Italian-born American leftwing political activist publisher and documentarian born in Rome Italy (d. 1994)
04 Mar 1913
Taos Amrouche Algerian writer and singer (d. 1976)
04 Mar 1913
Willie Johnson (guitarist) American guitarist (d. 1995)
04 Mar 1913
John Garfield [Jacob Garfinkle] American actor (Four Daughters Body and Soul) born in NYC New York (d. 1952)
04 Mar 1914
Gino Colaussi (Luigi Colaussi) Italian footballer (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1914
Robert R. Wilson American physicist sculptor and architect (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1915
Carlos Surinach composer (Monte Carlo) [OS] born in Barcelona Spain
04 Mar 1916
Giorgio Bassani Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure)
04 Mar 1917
Clyde McCullough American baseball player (d. 1982)
04 Mar 1918
Margaret Osborne DuPont American tennis player (6-time Grand Slam singles winner) born in Joseph Oregon (d. 2012)
04 Mar 1920
Alan MacNaughtan Scottish actor (To Serve Them All My Days) born in Bearsden Dumbartonshire Scotland (d. 2002)
04 Mar 1921
Halim El-Dabh Egyptian-American composer (Martha Graham Ballets) born in Cairo Egypt (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1921
Joan Greenwood British actress and director (Kind Hearts and Coronets Amorous Mr Prawn) born in London England (d. 1987)
04 Mar 1921
Dinny Pails Australian tennis player (Australian Cship 1947) born in Nottingham England (d. 1986)
04 Mar 1922
Richard E. Cunha American cinematographer and film director (d. 2005)
04 Mar 1922
Martha ODriscoll American film actress dancer and socialite (Young and Willing Blonde Alibi) born in Tulsa Oklahoma (d. 1998)
04 Mar 1922
Dina Pathak [Ghandi] Indian Gujarati theatre actress director and activist (President-National Federation of Indian Women) born in Amreli Gujarat India (d. 2002)
04 Mar 1923
Patrick Moore England astronomerwriter (A-Z of Astronomy) (d. 2012)
04 Mar 1923
Piero J dInzeo French equestrian show jumper (Olymp-gold-1952 64)
04 Mar 1926
James J. Eagan Former Mayor of Florissant Missouri (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1926
Pascual Prez (boxing) Argentine flyweight boxer (d. 1977)
04 Mar 1926
Don Rendell English jazz musician and arranger born in Plymouth Devon (d. 2015)
04 Mar 1927
Thayer David American actor (Eiger Sanction Rocky Nero Wolfe Savages) born in Medford Massachusetts (d. 1978)
04 Mar 1927
Philip Batt 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
04 Mar 1928
Alan Sillitoe English writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) born in Nottingham (d. 2010)
04 Mar 1929
Bernard Haitink Amsterdam Neth conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78)
04 Mar 1931
Wally Bruner American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
04 Mar 1931
Bob Johnson American ice hockey coach (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1932
Hessel Rienks economistDutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
04 Mar 1932
Miriam Makeba singer (Grammy 1965) born in Johannesburg South Africa
04 Mar 1932
Ed Big Daddy Roth American car designer (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1932
Frank Wells American entertainment businessman (d. 1994)
04 Mar 1934
Barbara McNair singeractress (Barbara McNair Show) born in Racine Wisconsin
04 Mar 1934
Jane van Lawick-Goodall ethologistchimp expert (1974 Walker Prize)
04 Mar 1934
Mario Davidovsky composer (Synchronisms) born in Buenos Aires Argentina
04 Mar 1934
Anne Haney American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire Greta the secretary in Liar Liar) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1934
Gleb Yakunin Russian priest and dissident born in Moscow
04 Mar 1936
David Thompson British food magnatemulti-millionaire
04 Mar 1937
Graeme Dowling cricketer (New Zealand 239 v India 1968)
04 Mar 1937
Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich Russian cosmonaut
04 Mar 1938
Angus MacLise American percussionist (d. 1979)
04 Mar 1938
Adam Daniel Rotfeld Polish diplomat and researcher
04 Mar 1939
Paula Prentiss [Ragusa] San Ant Tx actress (Parallax View He & She)
04 Mar 1940
Kas Garas Kaunas Lithuania actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report)
04 Mar 1941
John Aprea actor (Lucas-Another World The Godfather Part II) born in Englewood New Jersey
04 Mar 1941
John Hancock American actor (Black Marble Traxx Houston Knights) born in Hazen Arkansas (d. 1992)
04 Mar 1942
Charles C. Krulak 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
04 Mar 1944
Bobby Womack American R&B singerguitarist (Womans Got to Have It) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2014)
04 Mar 1945
Dieter Meier Swiss singerchildren book writer (Yello)
04 Mar 1945
Jaime Tirelli American actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four) born in NYC New York
04 Mar 1946
Michael Ashcroft English entrepreneurmulti-millionaire (Hawley-ADT)
04 Mar 1946
Ralph Kirshbaum cellist (RNCM Manchester Intl Festival) born in Denton Texas
04 Mar 1874
Helen Hellwig American tennis player (US Nat Cship 1894) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1960)
04 Mar 1888
Knute Rockne American College Football Hall of Fame receiver coach (Notre Dame 13 National titles) born in Voss Norway (d. 1931)
04 Mar 1925
Paul Mauriat French musician (Love Is Blue) born in Marseille (d. 2006)
04 Mar 1932
Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording 1965) born in Johannesburg South Africa (d. 2008)
04 Mar 1936
James Jim Clark Scottish F1 Indianapolis 500 winner and World Champion (1963 & 1965) born in Kilmany Fife Scotland (d. 1968)
04 Mar 1875
Enrique Larreta [E R Maza] Argentine diplomat and writer (Gloria de Don Ramiro) born in Buenos Aires (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1878
Peter D. Ouspensky Russian esotericist born in Kharkov Russian Empire (d. 1947)
04 Mar 1881
Thomas Sigismund Stribling American writer (Pulitzer Prize 1933) born in Clifton Tennessee (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1904
Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpre A Star Fell from Heaven) born in Storozhynets Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
04 Mar 1908
Boris N Poveloi [Kampov] Russian journalistwriter [NSMar 17]
04 Mar 1923
Willie Johnson American electric blues guitarist (Howlin Wolfs How Many More Years) born in Senatobia Mississippi (d. 1995)
04 Mar 1927
Robert DiDomenica American flautist composer and educator born in NYC New York (d. 2013)
04 Mar 1934
Barbara McNair American singer (Till There Was You) and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs) born in Racine Wisconsin (d. 2007)
04 Mar 1934
John Duffey American bluegrass guitarist dobro and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1996)
04 Mar 1934
Mario Davidovsky Argentine-American electro-acoustic composer (Synchronisms) born in Mdanos Argentina (d. 2019)
04 Mar 1934
Anne Haney American actress (Mrs. Doubtfire - Mrs. Sellner Liar Liar - Greta) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1934
Janez Strnad Slovenian physicist and author (We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of) born in Ljubljana Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1934
Gleb Yakunin Russian priest and dissident born in Moscow (d. 2014)
04 Mar 1938
Paula Prentiss [Ragusa] American actress (Parallax View He & She) born in San Antonio Texas
04 Mar 1943
Zoltn Jeney Hungarian composer and educator (Franz Liszt Academy 1995-2019) born in Szolnok Hungary (d. 2019)
04 Mar 1945
Tommy Svensson Swedish soccer midfielder (40 caps sters IF Standard Lige) and manager (sters IF Sweden) born in Vxj Sweden
04 Mar 1188
Blanche of Castile wife of Louis VIII of France regent to son Louis IX born in Palencia Spain (d. 1252)
04 Mar 1394
Henry the Navigator Portuguese Prince sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery born in Porto Portugal (d. 1460)
04 Mar 1492
Francesco de Layolle Italian composer and organist born in Florence
04 Mar 1651
John Baron Somers English Whig William IIIs chief minister (1696-1700) born in Whiteladies Claines England (d. 1716)
04 Mar 1665
Philip Christoph von Knigsmarck Swedish soldier (lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle) born in Stade (d. 1694)
04 Mar 1719
Aert Schouman Dutch bird and portrait painter
04 Mar 1742
Johann Heinrich Egli Swiss composer and violinist born in Seegraben (d. 1810)
04 Mar 1754
Benjamin Waterhouse American physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School and smallpox vaccine pioneer born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1846)
04 Mar 1754
Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain Flemish composer born in Lige
04 Mar 1756
Henry Raeburn Scottish painter (portrait painter of George IV) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1823)
04 Mar 1769
Muhammad Al of Egypt Albanian-born Pasha and viceroy of Egypt (founder of modern Egypt) born in Kaval Macedonia Ottoman Empire (d. 1849)
04 Mar 1819
Charles Oberthur German composer and harpist born in Munich (d. 1895)
04 Mar 1834
Peter Nicolai von Wilm German-Baltic composer born in Riga (d. 1911)
04 Mar 1847
Carl Josef Bayer Austrian chemist (invented Beyer Process to produce aluminium) (d. 1904)
04 Mar 1862
Robert Emden Swiss astronomer and physicist (book on Gas Spheres) born in St. Gallen Switzerland (d. 1940)
04 Mar 1864
David W. Taylor U.S. Navy architect (1st towing tank) born in Louisa County Virginia (d. 1940)
04 Mar 1877
Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike Russian composer and pianist born in Moscow (d. 1957)
04 Mar 1879
Bernhard Kellermann German writer (Der Tunnel) born in Frth Germany (d. 1951)
04 Mar 1891
Dazzy Vance American MLB and hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs) born in Orient Iowa (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1895
Milt Gross American comic book illustrator (Count Screwloose) born in The Bronx. New York (d. 1953)
04 Mar 1897
Francis Lefty ODoul American baseball playerorganized Japanese baseball born in San Francisco California (d. 1969)
04 Mar 1900
Roberto Soundy Salvadorean trap shooter (Olympic-1968) born in San Salvador El Salvador
04 Mar 1901
Charles H. Goren Mr Bridge American bridge master (26 US Titles) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1901
Jean Joseph Rabearivelo Malagasy-French poet (d. 1937)
04 Mar 1903
Harold Berens British comedian and actor born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1995)
04 Mar 1904
George Gamow Ukrainian-born American nuclear physicist and writer (Big Bang Theory DNA) born in Odessa Russian Empire (d. 1968)
04 Mar 1906
Georges Ronsse Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World Cship 1928 29) born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1969)
04 Mar 1906
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. American businessman (President of Walgreens) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2007)
04 Mar 1909
Harry B. Helmsley American billionaire real estate developer (purchased Empire State Building 1961) born in NYC New York
04 Mar 1910
Tancredo Neves Brazilian politician (Prime Minister and elected President 1985) born in So Joo del-Rei Brazil (d. 1985)
04 Mar 1914
Ward Kimball American cartoonist (worked for Walt Disney) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 2002)
04 Mar 1914
Robert R. Wilson American physicist (The Manhattan Project) sculptor and architect born in Frontier Wyoming (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1915
Carlos Surinach Spanish composer (Monte Carlo) [OS] born in Barcelona Spai
04 Mar 1916
Hans Eysenck German born British psychologist born in Berlin Germany
04 Mar 1921
Halim El-Dabh Egyptian-American pianist darabukha drummer and composer (Martha Graham ballet scores) born in Cairo Egypt (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1923
Patrick Moore England astronomer and writer (A-Z of Astronomy) (d. 2012)
04 Mar 1925
Paul Mauriat French easy listening orchestra leader composer and arranger (Love Is Blue) born in Marseille (d. 2006)
04 Mar 1926
Pascual Prez Argentine flyweight boxer (d. 1977)
04 Mar 1927
Philip Batt American politician 29th Governor of Idaho born in Wilder Idaho
04 Mar 1928
Samuel Adler American composer born in Mannheim Germany
04 Mar 1929
Bernard Haitink Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw 1961-88 London Philharmonic 1967-79 Royal Opera Covent Garden 1987-2002) born in Amsterdam Nethetlands (d. 2021) [1]
04 Mar 1929
Josep Mestres-Quadreny Spanish composer born in Manresa Spain (d. 2021)
04 Mar 1931
Bob Johnson American collegiate and NHL ice hockey coach (University of Wisconsin Badgers 1966-82 US Olympic team 1976 Calgary Flames 1982-87 Pittsburgh Penguins 1990-91) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1932
Guido Baggiani Italian composer born in Naples Italy
04 Mar 1932
Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording 1965) born in Johannesburg South Africa (d. 2008) [1]
04 Mar 1932
Ed Big Daddy Roth American custom hot rod car designer born in Beverly Hills California (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1932
Frank Wells American entertainment executive (President of Walt Disney) born in Coronado California (d. 1994)
04 Mar 1933
John Mills British sculptor born in London England
04 Mar 1933
Nino Vaccarella Italian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1964 12 Hours of Sebring 1970) born in Palermo Sicily Italy (d. 2021)
04 Mar 1936
Jim Clark Scottish auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1965 F1 World Champion 1963 65) born in Kilmany Fife Scotland (d. 1968)
04 Mar 1936
Aribert Reimann German composer (Lear) born in Berlin Germany
04 Mar 1936
Eric Allandale [Dubuisson] West Indian-British rock and soul trombonist and songwriter (The Foundations - Baby Now That Ive Found You) born in Dominica West Indies (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1937
Graeme Dowling New Zealand cricket batsman (39 Tests 3 x 100s TS 239 v India 1968 Canterbury CA) born in Christchurch New Zealand
04 Mar 1937
Barney Wilen French tenor composer and saxophonist born in Nice France (d. 1996)
04 Mar 1938
Angus MacLise American percussionist mystic shaman and composer (Velvet Underground) born in Bridgeport Connecticut (d. 1979)
04 Mar 1939
Carlos Vereza Brazilian actor born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
04 Mar 1940
Kas Garas Lithuanian-American actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report) born in Kaunas Lithuania
04 Mar 1941
John Aprea American actor (Lucas-Another World The Godfather Part II) born in Englewood New Jersey
04 Mar 1942
Charles C. Krulak 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps born at Quantico Virginia
04 Mar 1942
Bob Wootton American guitarist born in Paris Arkansas
04 Mar 1942
Alexander Tekeliev Bulgarian composer and pedagogue born in Svilengrad Bulgaria
04 Mar 1944
Bobby Womack American R&B singer guitarist songwriter and producer (Its All Over Now Womans Got to Have It Across 110th Street) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2014)
04 Mar 1945
Frank Novak American actor born in Chicago Illinois
04 Mar 1946
Haile Gerima Ethiopian film director (Ashes & Embers) born in Gondor Ethiopia
04 Mar 1946
Harvey Goldsmith English impresario (Live Aid Princes Trust) born in Edgeware England
04 Mar 1946
Michael Ashcroft English entrepreneur (Hawley-ADT)
04 Mar 1946
Ralph Kirshbaum American cellist (RNCM Manchester Intl Festival) born in Denton Texas
04 Mar 1946
Red Stripe [David Gittins] British actor and songer (The Flying Pickets - Only You Poets of the Machine) born in England
04 Mar 1947
Gunnar Hansen Icelandic-born American actor (Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) born in Reykjavk (d. 2015)
04 Mar 1492
Francesco de Layolle Italian Renaissance composer and organist born in Florence (d. c. 1540)
04 Mar 1702
Jack Sheppard English burglar and prison escapee known as Honest Jack born in Whites Row London (d. 1724)
04 Mar 1719
Aert Schouman Dutch bird and portrait painter (d. 1792)
04 Mar 1740
Giovanni Meli Siclian poet (Buccolica) born in Palermo (d. 1815)
04 Mar 1754
Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain Flemish composer baptized in Lige Belgium (d. 1833)
04 Mar 1757
Ignaz Malzat Austrian composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1804)
04 Mar 1815
Mykhailo Verbytsky Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer (Prostachka The State Anthem of Ukraine) born in Nadsyannia Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1870)
04 Mar 1826
Theodore Judah American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad) born in Bridgeport Connecticut (d. 1863)
04 Mar 1828
Elisha Franklin Paxton [Bull Paxton] American Confederate general (Stoneville Brigade at Battle of Chancellorsville) born in Rockbridge County Virginia (d. 1863)
04 Mar 1841
Kristian Elster Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl) born at Overhalla Norway (d. 1881)
04 Mar 1844
Josip Juri Slovene writer (10th Brother) born in Muljava Austrian Empire (d. 1881)
04 Mar 1847
Carl Josef Bayer Austrian chemist (invented Beyer Process to produce aluminium) born in the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1904)
04 Mar 1875
Alberto Vaccari Italian Jesuit old testament scholar and interpreter (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1875
Suze Groeneweg 1st Dutch women elected to parliament (SDAP 1918-37) born in Strijensas Netherlands (d. 1940)
04 Mar 1877
Danil George van Beuningen Dutch coal merchant (Rotterdam) and art collector born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1955)
04 Mar 1878
Egbert Van Alstyne American popular music songwriter and ragtime pianist (In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree For Your Boy and My Boy) born in Marengo Illinois (d. 1951) [1]
04 Mar 1881
Todor Aleksandrov Bulgarian revolutionary army officer Macedonian freedom fighter and teacher born in Novo Selo Ottoman Empire (now tip North Macedonia) (d. 1924)
04 Mar 1886
Paul Bazelaire French cellist composer and poet born in Sedan France (d. 1958)
04 Mar 1891
Dazzy Vance American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader World Series 1934 St Louis Cardinals NL MVP & Triple Crown 1924 Brooklyn Robins) born in Orient Iowa (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1891
Lois Wilson (ne Burnham) American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as Lois W. born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1988)
04 Mar 1897
Lefty ODoul American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star World Series 1933 NL batting champion 1929 32 NY Yankees) born in San Francisco California (d. 1969)
04 Mar 1904
Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpre A Star Fell from Heaven) born in Storozhynets Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
04 Mar 1909
Harry B. Helmsley American billionaire real estate developer (purchased Empire State Building 1961) born in NYC New York (d. 199)
04 Mar 1912
Afro Basaldella Italian painter (The Garden of Hope) born in Udine Italy (d. 1976)
04 Mar 1913
Taos Amrouche Algerian writer (Jacinthe noir) and Kabyle singer born in Tunis Tunisia (d. 1976)
04 Mar 1914
Robert R. Wilson American physicist (The Manhattan Project) sculptor and architect born in Frontier Wyoming (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1915
Carlos Surinach Spanish-American composer most notably of ballet music (Feast of Ashes) born in Barcelona Spain (d. 1997)
04 Mar 1916
Giorgio Bassani Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure) born in Bologna Italy (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1916
Hans Eysenck German-born British psychologist (most frequently cited living psychologist) born in Berlin Germany (d. 1997)
04 Mar 1918
Alfred Judson Force Moody US Army Brigadier General WWII and Vietnam veteran born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1967)
04 Mar 1922
Martha ODriscoll American film actress dancer and socialite (Young and Willing Blonde Alibi) born in Tulsa Oklahoma (d. 1998)
04 Mar 1926
Fran Warren [Wolff] American big band and pop singer (A Sunday Kind of Love I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Prayrs)) born in The Bronx NYC (d. 2013)
04 Mar 1927
Dick Savitt American tennis player (Wimbledon Australian Cships 1951) born in Bayonne New Jersey (d. 2023)
04 Mar 1927
Syd Fischer Australian yachtsman (Fastnet Race 1971 World Chip One Ton Cup 1971 Round State Race Hawaii 1980 2 x Sydney-Hobart Line honours) born in Sydney Australia (d. 2023)
04 Mar 1928
Samuel Adler German-American composer and educator (Eastman School of Music Juilliard School) born in Mannheim Germany
04 Mar 1931
Wally Bruner American broadcast journalist (ABC News) and TV host (Whats My Line 1968-72) born in Ames Iowa (d. 1997)
04 Mar 1933
Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz] Dutch jazz singer born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1989)
04 Mar 1934
Janez Strnad Slovenian physicist and author (We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of) born in Ljubljana Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1935
Nancy Whiskey [Anne Wilson] Scottish folk singer and guitarist (Freight Train) born in Dalmarnock Glasgow Scotland (d. 2003)
04 Mar 1938
Alpha Cond Guinean politician (President of Guinea 2010-21) born in Boke Lower Guinea
04 Mar 1938
Don Perkins American football fullback (Pro Bowl 196163 6668 All-Pro 1962 67 68 Dallas Cowboys) born in Waterloo Iowa (d. 2022)
04 Mar 1945
Dieter Meier Swiss singer (Yello - Oh Yeah) conceptional artist and actor born in Zrich Switzerland
04 Mar 1946
Ralph Kirshbaum American cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival) born in Denton Texas
04 Mar 1742
Johann Heinrich Egli Swiss composer and violinist born in Seegrben Switzerland (d. 1810)
04 Mar 1754
Benjamin Waterhouse American physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School and smallpox vaccine pioneer born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1846)
04 Mar 1834
(Peter) Nicolai von Wilm German-Baltic pianist and composer born in Riga Governorate of Livonia Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1911)
04 Mar 1838
Paul Lacme French composer born in Le Houga France (d. 1920)
04 Mar 1876
Lon-Paul Fargue French poet (Tancrde) born in Paris France (d. 1947)
04 Mar 1877
Garrett Morgan American inventor (gas mask and traffic signal) born in Claysville Kentucky (d. 1963) [1]
04 Mar 1881
Todor Aleksandrov Bulgarian revolutionary army officer Macedonian freedom fighter and teacher born in Novo Selo Ottoman Empire (d. 1924)
04 Mar 1883
Robert Emmett Keane American stage and screen actor (The Rookie Cop The Red Dragon) born in New York City (d. 1981)
04 Mar 1891
(Charles) Dazzy Vance American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader World Series 1934 St Louis Cardinals NL MVP & Triple Crown of Pitching 1924 Brooklyn Robins) born in Orient Iowa (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1907
Edgar Barrier American actor (Phantom of the Opera Macbeth Rocky Cornered) born in New York City (d. 1964)
04 Mar 1909
Harry B. Helmsley American billionaire real estate developer (purchased Empire State Building 1961) born in New York City (d. 199)
04 Mar 1913
John Garfield [Jacob Garfinkle] American actor (Four Daughters Body and Soul) born in New York City (d. 1952)
04 Mar 1916
Giorgio Bassani Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure) born in BolognaKingdom of Italy (d. 2000)
04 Mar 1922
Dina Pathak [Gandhi] Indian Gujarati theatre actress director and activist (President of National Federation of Indian Women 1994-2002) born in Amreli Gujarat India (d. 2002)
04 Mar 1923
Piero dInzeo Italian equestrian rider (Olympic silver individual & team jumping 1956 60 bronze 1956 60 64 72) born in Rome Italy (d. 2014)
04 Mar 1924
Cal Lampley American session pianist record producer (Miles Davis Nina Simone Mahalia Jackson Groove Holmes) music critic and educator (Peabody Institute) born in Dunn North Carolina (d. 2006)
04 Mar 1925
Paul Mauriat French easy listening orchestra leader composer and arranger (Love Is Blue) born in Marseille France (d. 2006)
04 Mar 1927
Robert DiDomenica American flautist composer and educator born in New York City (d. 2013)
04 Mar 1928
Larry Bunker American session and West Coast jazz drummer vibraphonist and timpanist (Bill Evans Lalo Schifrin The 5th Dimension Peggy Lee) born in Long Beach California (d. 2005)
04 Mar 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)
04 Mar 1932
Guido Baggiani Italian composer born in Naples ItalyNaples Kingdom of Italy
04 Mar 1933
David Sutherland Scottish cartoonist (Beano - Bash Street Kids Dennis the Menace) born in Invergordon Scotland (d. 2023) [1]
04 Mar 1933
Leon Wildes American immigration attorney (successfully defended John Lennon against US government deportation efforts) born in Olyphant Pennsylvania (d. 2024) [1]
04 Mar 1934
Janez Strnad Slovenian physicist and author (We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of) born in Ljubljana Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1942
Bob Wootton American country and rockabilly guitarist (Johnny Cash 1968-97) born in Paris Arkansas (d. 2017)
04 Mar 1945
Andrew Stein [Finkelstein] American politician (President of NYC Council 1986-94 New York State Assembly 1969-77) born in New York City
04 Mar 1945
Jaime Tirelli American actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four) born in New York City
04 Mar 1394
Henry the Navigator Portuguese Prince who sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery born in Porto Portugal (d. 1460)
04 Mar 1610
William Dobson English portraitist and painter born in London (d. 1646)
04 Mar 1754
Benjamin Waterhouse American physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School and smallpox vaccine pioneer born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1846)
04 Mar 1789
Pavel Gagarin Russian politician born in Moscow (d. 1872)
04 Mar 1820
Francesco Bentivegna Italian revolutionary who led revolts in Sicily against the Bourbon rulers born in Corleone Sicily (d. 1856)
04 Mar 1854
Napier Shaw English meteorologist who introduced the tephigram and was the first to study smog born in Birmingham (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1856
Alfred William Rich English watercolour painter born in rural Sussex England (d. 1921)
04 Mar 1870
Thomas Sturge Moore English poet and playwright born in Hastings (d. 1944)
04 Mar 1871
Boris Galerkin Russian mathematician and engineer known for the Galerkin method born in Polotsk Russian Empire (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1873
John H. Trumbull American politician Governor of Connecticut (1925-31) born in Ashford Connecticut (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1876
Theodore Hardeen Hungarian-American magician founder of the Magicians Guild and brother of Harry Houdini born in Budapest Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
04 Mar 1882
Nicolae Titulescu Romanian diplomat government minister and former President of the League of Nations (1930-32) born in Craiova Romania (d. 1941)
04 Mar 1883
Sam Langford Canadian boxer (World Coloured Heavyweight Champion x 5 1910-18) born in Weymouth Falls Nova Scotia (d. 1956)
04 Mar 1884
Red Murray American baseball outfielder (NL home run leader 1909 NY Giants) born in Arnot Pennsylvania (d. 1958)
04 Mar 1888
Jeff Pfeffer American baseball pitcher (no-hitter Boston Doves v Cincinnati Reds 1907) born in Seymour Illinois (d. 1972)
04 Mar 1888
Knute Rockne American College Football HOF coach (National Cships 1924 29 30 Notre Dame record 105125) born in Voss Norway (d. 1931)
04 Mar 1899
Emilio Prados Spanish poet and editor part of the Generation of 27 born in Mlaga Spain (d. 1962)
04 Mar 1901
Jean Joseph Rabearivelo Malagasy-French poet born in Antananarivo Madagascar (d. 1937)
04 Mar 1903
John Scarne [Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia] American magician known for his card skills born in Steubenville Ohio (d. 1985)
04 Mar 1903
William C. Boyd American immunochemist discovered that blood types are inherited born in Dearborn Missouri (d. 1983)
04 Mar 1906
Meindert DeJong Dutch-born American childrens author (Shadrach) born in Wierum Netherlands (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1912
Carl Marzani Italian-born American left wing political activist publisher and documentarian born in Rome Italy (d. 1994)
04 Mar 1914
Gino Colaussi Italian soccer striker (26 caps Triestina Juventus Vicenza Padova) born in Gradisca dIsonzo Italy (d. 1991)
04 Mar 1917
Clyde McCullough American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1948 53 Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1982)
04 Mar 1919
Buck Baker American auto racer (Grand National Series Champion 1956. 57 NASCAR Speedway Div Champion 1952) born in Charlotte North Carolina (d. 2002)
04 Mar 1922
Richard E. Cunha American cinematographer and film director born in Honolulu US Territory of Hawaii (d. 2005)
04 Mar 1923
Patrick Moore English astronomer writer and TV presenter (The Sky at Night) born in Pinner England (d. 2012)
04 Mar 1927
Philip Batt American politician (Governor of Idaho 1995-99) born in Wilder Idaho (d. 2023)
04 Mar 1927
Robert Orben American comedy writer magician and speechwriter for US Vice President Gerald Ford born in New York City (d. 2023)
04 Mar 1931
Alice Rivlin American economist and government budget official (Federal Reserve Board member 1996-99 Director of Office of Management and Budget 1993-96 Director of Congressional Budget Office 1975-83) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
04 Mar 1938
Adam Daniel Rotfeld Polish diplomat and politician born in Przemylany Poland
04 Mar 1940
Volodymyr Morozov Soviet flatwater canoer born in Krasnovodsk Turkmen SSR (d. 2023)
04 Mar 1945
Tara Browne Irish socialite who inspired The Beatles song A Day in the Life born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1966)
04 Mar 1946
Michael Ashcroft English entrepreneur (Hawley Goodall) born in Chichester England
04 Mar 1947
Jan Garbarek Norwegian jazz saxophonist born in Mysen Norway
04 Mar 1948
Chris Squire British progressive rock bassist founding and longest serving member of Yes 1969-2014 (The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)) born in Kingsbury London England (d. 2015)
04 Mar 1948
James Ellroy American crime writer (L.A. Confidential) born in Los Angeles California
04 Mar 1948
Jean OLeary American gay and lesbian rights activist and politician co-founded National Coming Out Day born in Kingston New York (d. 2005)
04 Mar 1492
Francesco de Layolle Italian Renaissance composer and organist born in Florence Republic of Florence (d. c. 1540)
04 Mar 1706
Lauritz de Thurah Danish architect and architectural writer born in Mariager Denmark (d. 1759)
04 Mar 1710
Aert Schouman Dutch painter and glass engraver born in Dordrecht Dutch Republic (d. 1792) [1]
04 Mar 1715
James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave British statesman and shortest-serving Prime Minister of Great Britain at 4 days (1757) born in England (d. 1763)
04 Mar 1719
George Pigot 1st Baron Pigot British President of the British East India Company (1755-63 1775-6) born in London (d. 1777)
04 Mar 1754
Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain Flemish composer baptized in Lige Prince-Bishopric of Lige Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
04 Mar 1781
Rebecca Gratz Jewish American educator and philanthropist born in Lancaster Pennsylvania (d. 1869)
04 Mar 1793
Karl Lachmann German philologist and textual critic born in Brunswick Germany (d. 1851)
04 Mar 1815
Mykhailo Verbytsky Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer (Prostachka The State Anthem of Ukraine) born in Nadsyannia Russian Empire (d. 1870)
04 Mar 1817
Edwards Pierrepont American jurist and lawyer and 33rd United States Attorney General born in North Haven Connecticut (d. 1892)
04 Mar 1822
Jules Antoine Lissajous French mathematician best known for the Lissajous figures and the invention of the Lissajous apparatus born in Versailles France (d. 1880) [1]
04 Mar 1834
(Peter) Nicolai von Wilm German-Baltic pianist and composer born in Riga Governorate of Livonia Russia (d. 1911)
04 Mar 1847
Carl Josef Bayer Austrian chemist (invented Bayer Process to produce aluminium) born in the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1904)
04 Mar 1856
Toru Dutt Indian first published woman poet (A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan) born in Calcutta India (d. 1877) [1]
04 Mar 1863
John Henry Wigmore American lawyer legal scholar and expert in law of evidence born in San Francisco California (d. 1943)
04 Mar 1863
Reginald Innes Pocock British zoologist and authority on arachnida and myriapoda born in Clifton England (d. 1947) [1] [2]
04 Mar 1875
Alberto Vaccari Italian Jesuit and old testament scholar and interpreter born in Bastida de Dossi Italy (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1877
Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike Russian composer and pianist born in Moscow Russia (d. 1957)
04 Mar 1877
Fritz Graebner German geographer and ethnologist born in Berlin Germany (d. 1934)
04 Mar 1880
Channing Pollock American playwright screenwriter and critic (The Evil Thereof Fool) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1946)
04 Mar 1881
Richard C. Tolman American physical chemist and mathematical physicist (Principles of Statistical Mechanics) born in West Newton Massachusetts (d. 1948) [1]
04 Mar 1889
Oren E. Long American politician and 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (1951-3) born in Altoona Kansas (d. 1965)
04 Mar 1889
Oscar Chisini Italian mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry (Chisini mean) born in Bergamo Kingdom of Italy (d. 1967) [1]
04 Mar 1891
Charles Dazzy Vance American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader World Series 1934 St Louis Cardinals NL MVP & Triple Crown of Pitching 1924 Brooklyn Robins) born in Orient Iowa (d. 1961)
04 Mar 1898
Georges Dumzil French philologist linguist and religious studies scholar (trifunctional hypothesis on Proto-Indo-European mythology) born in Paris France (d. 1986) [1]
04 Mar 1907
Maria Branyas 2nd oldest American-Catalan supercentenarian (117 years 168 days) born in San Francisco California (d. 2024)
04 Mar 1912
Ferdinand Leitner German conductor (Zrich Opera 1969-84 Wrttemberg State Opera 1947-69) born in Berlin Germany (d. 1996)
04 Mar 1926
Don Rendell English jazz musician and arranger born in Plymouth Devon England (d. 2015)
04 Mar 1926
Fran Warren [Wolff] American big band and pop singer (A Sunday Kind of Love I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Prayrs)) born in The Bronx New York City (d. 2013)
04 Mar 1931
Diane Munday British abortion rights campaigner and co-founder of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service born in London (d. 2026)
04 Mar 1931
Sonya Hedenbratt Swedish jazz singer and actress born in Gothenburg Sweden (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1932
Frank G. Wells American entertainment executive and president of the Walt Disney Company (1984-94) born in Coronado California (d. 1994)
04 Mar 1934
Anne Haney American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire Greta in Liar Liar) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2001)
04 Mar 1936
Aribert Reimann German opera composer (Lear LInvisible) born in Berlin Germany (d. 2024) [1]
04 Mar 1937
Leslie H. Gelb American journalist and diplomat who helped compile the Pentagon Papers born in New Rochelle New York (d. 2019)
04 Mar 1939
Carlos Vereza Brazilian actor (Memrias do Crcere Direito de Amar) born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
04 Mar 1940
Kas Garas Lithuanian-American actor (Hamlyn in Strange Report) born in Kaunas Lithuania
04 Mar 1941
Adrian Lyne British director (Fatal Attraction Indecent Proposal) born in Peterborough England
04 Mar 1941
John Aprea American actor (Another World The Godfather Part II) born in Englewood New Jersey (d. 2024)
04 Mar 1942
Gloria Gaither (ne Sickal) American Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian music singer and hymn writer (Because He Lives Something Beautiful) born in Battle Creek Michigan
04 Mar 1942
Lynn Sherr American broadcast journalist and author (Sally Ride Americas First Woman in Space Outside the Box) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
04 Mar 1943
Philippe Gaulier French clown theatre teacher and founder of the cole Philippe Gaulier born in Paris France (d. 2026) [1]
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