March 1 – Famous Birthdays
Justin Bieber (POP SINGER) 1994
Lupita Nyong’o (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1983
Javier Bardem (MOVIE ACTOR) 1969
March 1 – Famous Birthdays
0772 Po Tjiu-i Chinese poet/Governor of Hang-tsjow
1456 Wladyslaw Jagiello king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)
1494 Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini] Italian painter
1528 Albrecht V von Wittelsbach [the Generous], duke of Bavaria
1607 Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer
1610 Johann B Schup [Schuppius] German poet/historian
1630 Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, baptized
1690 Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel composer
1703 Dieudonne Raick composer
1709 Josef Antonin Gurecky composer
1711 Peregrinus Pogl composer
1734 Pieter Valck[x] South Netherlands sculptor
1771 Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer
1779 Jacob Gottfried Weber composer
1780 Léonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1826-30)
1788 Gheorghe Asachi Romania, writer/humanist/politician
1799 Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky composer
1810 Frédéric Chopin Poland, composer/pianist (Concerto in F Minor)
1811 Robert Christie Buchanan Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1878
1820 George Davis Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1896
1820 Richard Redhead composer
1822 Albin Francisco Schoepf Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1822 Charles Champion Gilbert Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1826 John Thomas composer
1828 James Fleming Fagan Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1828 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli] Italian playwright
1831 Hiram Bronson Granbury Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1832 Friedrich Grutzmacher composer
1835 Matthias J Scheeben German theologist (Natur und Gnade)
1837 Ion Creanga Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
1837 William Dean Howells US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
1838 Gabriele dell’ Addolorata [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce Farmville VA, (Senator-MS, 1875-1881)
1841 Romualdo Marenco composer
1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece)
1852 Theophile Delcassé French statesman
1856 Florimond Fonteyne Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)
1858 Georg Simmel German philosopher/sociologist
1860 Suzanna Salter 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
1864 Rebecca Lee 1st black woman to get a medical degree
1865 Gerard Vissering Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)
1874 Jean de Merode [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Netherlands
1878 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont composer
1880 Julian Myrick promoter of junior tennis
1880 Lytton Strachey biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
1882 Ida Moore Altoona KS, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
1883 Thomas Shelvin college footballer great (Yale)
1885 Lionel Atwill Croyden England, actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)
1886 Oskar Kokoschka Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
1890 Jan Duiker Dutch architect (Zonnestral)
1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
1893 Theo Frenkel actor (Footlights, Hague’s Comedy)
1895 G B “Duke” Keats hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos Athens Greece, conductor/composer
19– Richard Shoberg actor (Tom-All My Children, Edge of Night, Somerset)
19– Tom Mason Brooklyn NY, actor (Jack & Mike, Our Family Honor)
1900 Donald Keith Falkner singer
1903 Leon Bismarck “Bix” Beiderbecke Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist)
1904 Glenn Miller bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1904 Paul Hartman San Francisco CA, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
1905 Pol le Roy Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
1907 Lois Moran Pittsburgh PA, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
1909 David Niven Kirriemuir Angus Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Eye of the Devil)
1909 Richard de Guide composer
1909 Robert Selby Taylor bishop
1909 Terrence De Marney London England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
1911 Harry Golombek chess grandmaster
1913 Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim photographer/collector
1914 Archibald J Gumede South African ANC member/chairman (UDF)
1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Cast)
1915 Johannes J “Joop” Klant Netherlands/South Africa economist (Madame Sans Gêne)
1917 Dinah Shore Winchester TN, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
1917 Robert Lowell poet/pacifist (Lord Weary’s Castle, Near the Ocean)
1918 Roger Delgado London, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June)
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)
1920 Alfred Grant Goodman composer
1920 Harry Caray baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs)
1920 Howard Nemerov US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist/critic (Blue Swallows)
1921 Jack Clayton Brighton East Sussex England, film director (Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes)
1921 Richard Wilbur 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep)
1921 Terrence “Cardinal” Cooke New York NY
1922 William M Gaines publisher (MAD Magazine)
1922 Yitzak Rabin premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)
1923 Bonita Granville actress/producer (Perry Mason)
1923 Duncan White Ceylon, 400 meter hurdler (Olympics-silver-1948)
1924 Donald “Deke” Kent Slayton Sparta WI, Major USAF/astronaut (Apollo 18)
1925 Al Rosen Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (American League MVP 1953)/New York Yankee president
1926 Cesare Danova Rome Italy, actor (Garrison’s Gorillas)
1926 Pete Rozelle NFL commissioner (1960-89)
1926 Robert Clary Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan’s Heroes)
1927 Harry Belafonte Harlem New York NY, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher)
1927 Lusine Amara opera/concert singer
1927 Robert Heron Bork judge, nominated for supreme court
1929 Sonny James singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
1930 C D Gopinath cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950’s)
1930 Pierre Max Dubois composer
1930 Raymond St Jacques actor/director (Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr Moses)
1932 Jacques Leduc composer
1933 Istvan Lang composer
1933 Myrlie Evers politician/commissioner (Los Angeles Board of Public works)
1934 Jim “Ed” Brown Sparkman AR, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1934 Joan Hackett New York NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony)
1934 Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1935 George Généreux Canada, trap shooter (Olympics-gold-1952)
1935 Judith Rossner author (Looking for Mr Goodbar)
1935 Robert Conrad [Conrad R Falk] Chicago IL, actor (Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1936 Camille E Baly St Maartens poet (Sonny)
1936 Jean-Edern Hallier writer
1936 Marion Farouk-Sluglett political scientist
1937 Jed Allan Bronx NY, actor (Days of our Lives, C C-Santa Barbara)
1938 Michael J[oseph] Kurland US, sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
1939 Leo Brouwer composer
1939 Warren Davis rocker (Monotones)
1940 David Broome Show Jumper (world champion-1970)
1940 Ralph Towner Chehalis WA, rocker (Oregon, Weather Report)
1941 Michael L Lampton Williamsport PA, astronaut (STS-45)
1942 Jerry Fischer rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1942 Peter Guber producer (Flashdance)
1943 Benjamin W Jipcho Mount Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-silver-1972)
1943 Franz Hohler writer
1943 Mauro Checcoli Italy, 3 day equestrian (Olympics-gold-1964)
1943 Piet Veerman Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin’ Home)
1943 Wolfgang Scheidel German Democratic Republic, luge (Olympics-gold-1972)
1944 Dirk Benedict Helena MT, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
1944 John B Breaux (Representative-Democrat-LA, 1972-88)
1944 John Napier London, set designer (Royal Shakespeare Company)
1944 Mike D’Abo rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 Roger Daltrey Hammersmith London England, rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)
1944 Roger Daltrey rocker (The Who-Tommy)
1945 Burning Spear [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
1946 Lana Wood [Svetlana Gurdin] Santa Rosa CA, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
1946 Tony Ashton Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
1947 Alan Thicke Kirkland Lake Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains)
1948 Norman Connors singer (You Are My Starship)
1949 Sido Martens Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)
1950 Shahid Israr Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test vs New Zealand 1976)
1951 Barbara DeAngelis talk show hostess (Barbara DeAngelis Show)
1952 Alice Ritzman Kalispell MT, LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester International-5th)
1952 David Allen Barr Kelowna British Columbia, PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic)
1953 Bandula Warnapura cricketer (1st Sri Lanka Test captain)
1953 Ron Howard Duncan OK, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days/Willow, Backdraft)
1954 Catherine Bach Warren OH, actress (Daisy Duke-Dukes of Hazzard)
1954 Janis Gill Torrance CA, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl)
1955 Jimmy Fortune Newport News VA, singer (Statler Brothers-Class of ’57)
1956 Balwinder Singh Sandhu cricketer (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup)
1956 Mark Todd UK, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1956 Timothy Daly New York NY, actor (Joe-Wings, Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven)
1957 Jon Carroll Washington DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)
1958 Nik Kershaw Bristol England, singer/songwriter (Wouldn’t it be Good)
1958 Wayne B Phillips cricket wicket-keeper (Australia)
1960 Alicia Dibos Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women’s Open-4th)
1961 Davis Daniel Arlington Heights IL, country singer
1961 Mike Rozier NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston, Atlanta)
1962 Bill Leen rocker (Gin Blossoms)
1962 Mark Gardner Los Angeles CA, pitcher (San Francisco Giants)
1963 Arnold Oosterveer soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1963 Barb[ara] Marois Auburn MA, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
1963 Magnus Svensson Leksand Sweden, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1963 Maurice Bénard [Mauricio Morales] San Francisco CA, actor (Sonny Corinthos-General Hospital, Nico Kelly-All My Children)
1963 Robert James Affuso Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1963 Ron Francis Sault Ste Marie Ontario, NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins, Team Canada)
1963 Tony Castillo Lara Venezuela, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1964 Jennifer McCarter Sevierville TN, singer (McCarter-The Gift)
1965 Les Miller defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
1966 Clinton Gregory singer
1966 John David Cullum actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After)
1966 Luis Sojo Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1966 Steve Reed Los Angeles CA, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1967 Aron Winter Surinamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio)
1967 Tawnni Cable Salem OR, playmate (June 1989)
1968 Dave Zuniga Worland WY, 136½ lbs/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
1968 Salil Ankola cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989)
1968 Sanjeeva Weerasinghe cricketer (Test for Sri Lanka vs India at 17)
1969 Azam Khan cricketer (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996)
1969 Doug Creek Winchester VA, pitcher (San Francisco Giants)
1969 Vincenzo Esposito NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1970 Lisa Eagen Harlan IA, team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996)
1970 Ray Crittenden wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
1970 Stuart Thompson Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1971 Allen Johnson Washington DC, long jumper/110 meter hurdler (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 André Karnebeek soccer player (FC Twente)
1971 Austin Robbins NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints)
1971 Shepherd Clark Atlanta GA, figure skater (1994, 97 Eastern Sr champion)
1971 Tim Prinsen CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 Tyler Hamilton Marblehead MA, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1971 Zahoor Elahi cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman vs New Zealand 1996)
1972 Omar Daal Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher (Montréal Expos)
1972 Profail Grier CFL running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 Chris Webber NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 Igor Murin Trencin Czechoslovakia, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)
1974 Stephen Davis running back (Washington Redskins)
1975 Maria Jose Suarez Miss Spain-Universe (1996)
1976 Maringo Vlijter soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1977 Rod White Sharon PA, archer (Olympics-gold-1996)
1980 Rose VBL Windsor daughter of English prince Richard
1980 Shahid Afridi cricketer (ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings)
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