Famous birthdays

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Born on March 7

1707 Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1872 Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter, leader of the movement known as "de Stijl."

1875 Maurice Ravel, composer ("Bolero").

1887 Helen Parkhurst, educator, developed a technique later known as the Dalton Plan.

1904 Reinhard Heydrich, German SS leader and architect of the "Final Solution."

1907 Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian poet.

1908 Anna Magnani, Italian actress.

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Born on March 8

1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren

1799 Simon Cameron, political boss.

1804 Alvan Clark, telescope manufacturer

1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1859 Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows).

1879 Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission

1902 Louise Beavers, film actress.

1923 Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress.

1923 John McPhee, writer (Oranges, A Sense of Where You Are).

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Born on March 9

1451 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator.

1824 Leland Stanford, railroad builder, founder of Stanford University.

1890 Vyacheslav Molotov, former Soviet Prime Minister.

1892 Vita Sackville-West, writer.

1905 Peter Quennell, biographer.

1910 Samuel Barber, American composer ("Adagio for Strings," Vanessa).

1918 Frank Morrison Spillane [Mickey Spillane], crime writer (Kiss Me, Deadly, The Erection Set).

1930 Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist.

1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, the first man to orbit the Earth.

1943 Bobby Fischer, first American world chess champion.

1947 Keri Hulme, New Zealand novelist (The Bone People).

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Born on March 10

1503 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.

1772 Friedrich Von Schlegel, German romantic poet and critic (Philosophy of History, History of Literature).

1845 Alexander III, Russian czar.

1845 Hallie Quinn Brown, American educator, women's rights leader.

1903 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer.

1909 Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama's Bank Account).

1916 James Herriot, Scottish writer and country veterinarian (All Creatures Great and Small).

1918 Günther Rall, German Luftwaffe ace in World War II.

1940 David Rabe, playwright (Sticks and Bones, Hurlyburly).

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Born on March 11

1731 Robert Treat Paine, Declaration of Independence signer

1860 Thomas Hastings, architect of the New York Public Library.

1885 Sir Michael Campbell, the first motorist to exceed 300 mph.

1899 Frederick IX, King of Denmark

1908 Lawrence Welk, orchestra leader.

1926 Ralph David Abernathy, civil rights leader, associate of Dr. King.

1952 Douglas Adams, British writer, (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

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Born on March 12

1554 Richard Hooker, English theologian (Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity).

1858 Adolph Simon Ochs, publisher of The New York Times.

1862 Jane Delano, nurse, teacher, founder of the Red Cross.

1890 Vasav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer.

1922 Jack Kerouac, American novelist (On the Road).

1928 Edward Albee, American dramatist (Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf).

1946 Patricia Hampl, poet and memoirist (A Romantic Education, Virgin Time).

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Born on March 13

1615 Innocent XII, Roman Catholic Pope

1733 Joseph Priestly, scientist credited with the discovery of oxygen.

1764 Charles Earl Grey, British Prime Minister

1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore, First Lady and wife of Millard Fillmore

1855 Percival Lowell, astronomer who predicted the discovery of the planet Pluto.

1886 Albert William Stevens, balloonist and photographer.

1892 Janet Flanner, writer ("Letter from Paris").

1900 George Seferis, Greek poet.

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Born on March 14

1804 Johann Strauss, violinist and composer.

1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first woman dentist.

1854 Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize for medicine.

1864 Casey Jones, railroad engineer.

1879 Albert Einstein, German-born mathematician best known for his theories on relativity.

1934 Eugene Cernan, American astronaut, the last man on the moon.

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Born on March 15

1767 Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).

1854 Emil von Behring, first recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1901.

1916 Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player.

1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

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Born on March 16

1751 James Madison, fourth President of the United States (1809-17).

1789 George S. Ohm, German physicist.

1822 Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor.

1822 John Pope, Union general in the American Civil War.

1861 Maxim Gorky, Russian dramatist

1912 Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan Nixon, first lady to President Richard Nixon.

1926 Jerry Lewis, American comedian and film actor.

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Born on March 17

c.389 St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

1828 Patrick R. Cleburne, Confederate general.

1832 Daniel Conway Moncure, U.S. clergyman, author, abolitionist

1846 Kate Greenway, painter and illustrator (Mother Goose).

1902 Bobby Jones, American golfer.

1919 Nat "King" Cole, American jazz pianist and singer.

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Born on March 18

1782 John C. Calhoun, U.S. statesman.

1837 Stephen Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885-1889 and 1893-1897), the only U.S. president elected for two nonconsecutive terms.

1842 Stephane Mallarme, French symbolist poet.

1858 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer who designed the compression-ignition engine.

1869 Neville Chamberlin, British Prime Minister (1937-40).

1893 Wilfred Owen, World War I poet.

1932 John Updike, American poet and novelist.

1936 Frederik W. deKlerk, President of the Republic of South Africa.

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Born on March 19

1589 William Bradford, governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years.

1721 Tobias George Smollett, satirical author and physician (Roderick Random, Humphrey Clinker).

1813 David Livingston, explorer found by Arthur Stanley in Africa.

1821 Sir Richard Burton, English explorer.

1848 Wyatt Earp, U.S. marshal.

1849 Alfred von Tirpitz, Prussian admiral who commanded the German fleet in early World War I.

1860 William Jennings Bryan, orator, statesman, known as "The Great Communicator."

1889 Sarah Gertrude Millina, South African writer (The Dark River, God's Stepchildren).

1891 Earl Warren, governor of California, later 14th Supreme Court Chief Justice.

1904 John J. Sirica, U.S. Federal Judge who ruled on Watergate issues.

1906 Adolf Eichman, Nazi Gestapo officer.

1912 Adolf Galland, German Luftwaffe pilot.

1925 Brent Scrowcroft, Lt. Gen. (USAF), National Security Advisor to President George H.W. Bush.

1933 Phillip Roth, American novelist and short-story writer (Portnoy's Complaint).

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Born on March 20

43BC Ovid, Roman poet.

1811 Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt.

1828 Henrik Isben, Norwegian dramatist (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler).

1904 B.F. Skinner, American psychologist.

1917 Dame Vera Lynn , British singer.

1922 Raymond Walter Goulding, Radio comedian of Bob and Ray fame.

1925 John Ehrlichman, White House advisor to President Nixon.

1928 Fred Rogers, television performer (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood).

1957 Shelton 'Spike' Lee, film director (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X).

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Born on March 21

1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer.

1806 Benito Juarez, President of Mexico.

1869 Albert Kahn, architect who originated modern factory design.

1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, producer, creator of Ziegfeld Follies.

1885 Raoul Lufbery, French-born American fighter pilot of World War I.

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Born on March 22

1599 Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist, the namesake of the beard style.

1797 Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)

1846 Randolph Caldecott, illustrator.

1907 James Gavin, U.S. Army general of the 82nd Airborne Division in WWII.

1908 Louis L'Amour, American Western novelist.

1923 Marcel Marceau, French mime.

1930 Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (A Little Night Music, Passion).

1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats)

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Born on March 23

1900 Erich Fromm, German psychologist (The Sane Society).

1907 Daniele Bovet, Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist.

1908 Joan Crawford, American actress.

1910 Akira Kurosawa, film director (Rashomon, The Seven Samurai).

1912 Werner von Braun, German-born rocket pioneer.

1929 Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes.

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Born on March 24

1755 Rufus King, framer of the U.S. Constitution.

1834 William Morris, English craftsman, poet and socialist.

1855 Andrew Mellon, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

1874 Harry Houdini, magician, escape artist.

1886 Edward Weston, photographer.

1893 George Sisler, baseball player.

1895 Arthur Murray, American dancer who founded dance schools.

1902 Thomas E. Dewey, New York governor.

1903 Adolf Butenandt, biochemist.

1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 'beat' poet.

1926 Dario Fo, Italian actor and playwright.

1941 Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., radio astronomer and physicist.

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Born on March 25

1133 Henry II, King of England (1154-1189).

1767 Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother in law who became king of Naples in 1808.

1797 John Winebrenner, U.S. clergyman who founded the Church of God.

1839 William Bell Wait, educator of the blind.

1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

1868 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor.

1906 Alan John Percivale Taylor, English historian.

1908 David Lean, British film director (Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia).

1925 (Mary) Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short story writer.

1934 Gloria Steinem, political activist, editor.

1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer, the "Queen of Soul."

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Born on March 26

1819 Louise Otto, German author.

1850 Edward Bellamy, writer (Looking Backward).

1859 A.E. Houseman, poet (A Shropshire Lad).

1874 Robert Frost, poet, multiple Pulitzer Prize-winner.

1880 Duncan Hines, U.S. restaurant guide author

1904 Joseph Campbell, folklorist and writer.

1911 Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Name Desire).

1914 William Westmoreland, U.S. army general during the Vietnam War.

1923 Bob Elliot, radio comedian, one half of Bob and Ray.

1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet, discovered literature in prison.

1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

1933 Vine Deloria, Jr., writer, activist.

1942 Erica Jong, poet, novelist (Fear of Flying, How to Save Your Own Life).