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February 28th
1903 Vincent Minnelli (director: Gigi; father of Liza Minnelli, husband of Judy Garland) (d 7/25/86, age 83)
1904 Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel (gangster) (d 6/20/47, age 43)
1906 Frankie Lee Sims (blues guitarist) (d 5/10/70, age 64)
1908 Billie Bird (actress) (d 11/27/02, age 94)
1921 Saul Zaentz (producer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The English Patient) (d 1/3/14, age 92)
1923 Charles Durning (actor) (d 12/24/12, age 89)
1927 Don Helms (steel guitarist, once played with Hank Williams) (d 8/11/08, age 81)
1928 Tom Aldredge (actor) (d 7/22/11, age 83)
1928 Smokey the Bear
1929 Hayden Fry (football coach: Iowa 1979-1998, SMU 1962-1972) (d 12/17/19, age 90)
1930 Gavin MacLeod (actor: Murray on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat") (d 5/29/21, age 90)
1931 Dean Smith (basketball coach: North Carolina 1961-1997) (d 2/7/15, age 83)
1934 Willie Bobo (jazz drummer) (d 9/15/83, age 49)
1939 John Fahey (blues guitarist) (d 2/22/01, age 61)
1939 Tommy Tune
1940 Joe South (singer: Walk a Mile in My Shoes; songwriter: Down in the Boondocks, Rose Garden; guitarist: Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools") (d 9/5/12, age 72)
1940 Mario Andretti (Indy 500 winner: 1969)
1942 Frank Bonner (actor: Herb Tarlek on "WKRP in Cincinnati") (d 6/16/21, age 79)
1942 Brian Jones (original guitarist/founding member: The Rolling Stones) (d 7/3/69, age 27)
1943 Donnie Iris (singer: Love is Like a Rock)
1944 Storm Elvin Thorgerson (album cover designer/graphic artist: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Scorpions, Genesis, Europe, The Cranberries) (d 4/18/13, age 69)
1944 Kelly Bishop
1945 Charles 'Bubba' Smith (defensive end: Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers, played 1967-1976) (d 8/3/11, age 66)
1947 Stephanie Beacham
1948 Bernadette Peters
1948 Mercedes Ruehl
1952 Jennie Lynn (actress)
1952 Cristina Raines (actress)
1955 Gilbert Gottfried (d 4/12/22, age 67)
1955 Randy Jackson (guitarist: Zebra)
1957 Phil Gould (percussionist: Level 42)
1957 Ian Stanley (keyboardist/singer: Tears for Fears)
1957 John Turturro (actor: Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
1957 Cindy Wilson (singer: The B52s)
1958 Mark Pavelich (hockey player, many teams, also 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic team) (d 3/4/21, age 63)
1962 Rae Dawn Chong
1967 Marcus Lillington (guitarist: Breathe - "All I Need")
1969 Elisa Fiorillo (singer)
1969 Robert Sean Leonard (actor)
1970 Tangi Miller
1971 John Buchanan (actor)
1974 Michael Manasseri (actor)
1976 Ali Larter
1977 Jason Aldean (singer)
March 1st
1904 Glenn Miller (bandleader) (d 12/16/44, age 40)
1910 David Niven (actor: The Pink Panther) (d 7/29/83, age 73)
1913 Ralph Ellison (writer: Invisible Man, Shadow and Act) (d 4/16/94, age 81)
1914 Aaron Ruben (producer: Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC, Sanford and Son) (d 1/30/10, age 95)
1917 Dinah Shore (d 2/24/94, age 76)
1920 Harry Carey (d 2/18/98, age 77)
1921 Jack Clayton (director: Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes) (d 2/26/95, age 73)
1922 Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli Prime Minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner) (d 11/4/95, age 73)
1924 Donald 'Deke' Slayton (astronaut: Apollo 18) (d 6/13/93, age 69)
1926 Rovert Clary (actor: Corporal Louis LeBeau on "Hogan's Heroes") (d 11/16/22, age 96)
1926 Jackie Gayle (comedian and character actor, opened for Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Tom Jones and Tony Bennett, appeared in "Tin Men" and Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose") (d 11/23/02, age 76)
1926 Pete Rozelle (NFL Commissioner 1960-1989) (d 12/6/96, age 70)
1927 Harry Belafonte (singer: Banana Boat Song; actor) (d 4/25/23, age 96)
1933 Joan Hackett (actress) (d 10/8/83, age 50)
1935 Robert Conrad (actor: Pappy Boyington on "Baa Baa Black Sheep") (d 2/8/20, age 84)
1935 Judith Rossner (author: Looking for Mr. Goodbar) (d 8/9/05, age 70)
1942 Jerry Fisher (singer: Blood Sweat and Tears, 1972-1975)
1944 Dirk Benedict
1944 Mike D'Abo (singer: Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
1944 Roger Daltry (singer: The Who)
1946 Lana Wood (actress: Diamonds Are Forever)
1947 Alan Thicke (actor: Jason (dad)on "Growing Pains") (d 12/13/16, age 69)
1950 Dave Marsh (music critic: Rolling Stone Magazine)
1954 Catherine Bach (actress: Daisy Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard")
1954 Janis Gill (singer)
1954 Ron Howard (actor: The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days, American Graffiti; director: Cocoon, Backdraft, Splash, Apollo 13)
1955 Jimmy Fortune (singer: The Statler Brothers)
1956 Timothy Daly (actor: Joe Hackett on "Wings")
1957 Jon Carroll (singer: Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight")
1962 Bill Leen (bassist: Gin Blossoms)
1963 Robert James Affuso (drummer: Skid Row)
1966 John David Cullum
1967 George Eads (actor)
1969 Javier Bardem
1973 Ryan Peake (guitarist/organist/singer: Nickelback)
1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar (actor: Zack on "Saved by the Bell")
1981 Will Power (Indy 500 winner: 2018)
1989 Daniella Monet (actress: Lauren Kleinman (daughter)on "Listen Up")
1994 Justin Bieber (singer)
March 2nd
1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) (d 9/24/91, age 87)
1917 Desi Arnaz (actor: Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy") (d 12/2/86, age 69)
1919 Eddie Lawrence (comedian/singer/actor) (d 3/25/14, age 95)
1919 Jennifer Jones (actress) (d 12/17/09, age 90)
1930 John Cullum (actor: Northern Exposure)
1931 Tom Wolfe (journalist/author: The Right Stuff) (d 5/14/18, age 87)
1931 Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet President 1985-1991) (d 8/30/22, age 91)
1933 Leo Dillon (illustrator of the "Dangerous Visions" collections and several children's books) (d 5/26/12, age 79)
1935 Al Waxman (actor: Lt. Bert Samuels on "Cagney and Lacey") (d 1/17/01, age 65)
1939 Barbara Luna (actress)
1942 Lou Reed (singer/guitarist: The Velvet Underground, solo: Walk on the Wild Side) (d 10/27/13, age 71)
1942 Peter Guber (executive producer: Flashdance, Bonfire of the Vanities, Gorillas in the Mist, Tango and Cash, The Color Purple)
1942 John Irving (writer: The World According to Garp)
1943 Peter Straub (author) (d 9/4/22, age 79)
1945 Derek Watkins (trumpeter, mainly on James Bond soundtracks such as "Dr. No" and "Skyfall") (d 3/26/13, age 68)
1948 Rory Gallagher (blues/rock guitarist) (d 6/14/95, age 47)
1948 Larry Carlton (jazz guitarist)
1949 Eddie Money (singer: Baby Hold On, Two Tickets to Paradise) (d 9/13/19, age 70)
1949 Gates McFadden (actress: Star Trek The Next Generation)
1950 Karen Carpenter (drummer/singer: The Carpenters) (d 2/4/83, age 32)
1950 Matthew Laurence (twin actor: Mel Silver on "Beverly Hills 90210," Sal in "Eddie & the Cruisers")
1950 Mitchell Laurence (twin actor: L.A. Law, Not Necessarily the News)
1951 Cassie Yates (actress)
1952 Laraine Newman (actress: Saturday Night Live)
1953 Russ Feingold (Senator from Wisconsin 1993-2010)
1953 William Simmons (saxophonist/keyboardist/percussionist: Midnight Star)
1955 Dale Consalvi (aka Dale Bozzio, singer: Missing Persons)
1955 Jay Osmond (singer: Osmond Brothers)
1956 John Cowsill (drummer: The Cowsills)
1959 Larry Stewart (singer: Restless Heart)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi (singer: Bon Jovi)
1962 Al Del Greco (kicker: Houston Oilers)
1968 Daniel Craig (actor: James Bond in "Skyfall")
1971 Amber Smith (actress)
1973 Paul Popowich (actor)
1977 Chris Martin (singer/pianist/guitarist/songwriter: Coldplay)
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard
1985 Robert Iler
March 3rd
1911 Jean Harlow (actress) (d 6/7/37, age 26)
1920 James Doohan (actor: Scotty on "Star Trek") (d 7/20/05, age 85)
1921 Diana Barrymore (actress) (d 1/25/60, age 38)
1922 Jay Presson Allen (adapter of novels for stage and screen, best known for Cabaret) (d 5/1/06, age 84)
1923 Barney Martin (former NYC detective, actor: Morty Seinfeld, Jerry's father, on "Seinfeld") (d 3/21/05, age 82)
1923 Arthel 'Doc' Watson (guitarist) (d 5/29/12, age 89)
1928 Joe Conley (actor: Ike Godsey on "The Waltons") (d 7/7/13, age 85)
1928 Don Gibson (country singer: Oh, Lonesome Me, I Can't Stop Loving You) (d 11/17/03, age 75)
1934 Gia Scala (actress) (d 4/30/72, age 38)
1938 Willie Chambers (guitarist/singer: The Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today")
1942 Mike Pender (singer/guitarist: The Searchers)
1943 Jay Traynor (singer: Jay & the Americans, the first Jay) (d 1/2/14, age 70)
1946 John Primer (guitarist)
1950 Laura Ziskin (producer/executive producer: Spiderman movies, As Good as It Gets, What About Bob, Pretty Woman, To Die For, No Way Out) (d 6/12/11, age 61)
1950 Tim Kazurinsky (actor/comedian: Saturday Night Live, Police Academy)
1950 Re Styles (singer: The Tubes)
1952 Robyn Hitchcock (singer)
1953 Dave Amato (guitarist: REO Speedwagon)
1958 Miranda Richardson
1961 Mary Page Keller
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track and field star, Olympics in 1988 and 1992)
1962 Herschel Walker (running back: Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, 1982 Heisman winner)
1964 Lisa Ann Poggi (actress)
1966 Anthony Terrell 'Tone Loc' Smith
1967 Elizabeth Cheshire (actress)
1967 Calvin Williams (wide receiver: Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 Julie Bowen
1972 Christian Oliver (actor)
1972 Richard Ruccolo
1974 David Faustino (actor: Bud on "Married...with Children")
1974 Jared Rushton (actor)
1982 Jessica Biel (actress: 7th Heaven)
March 4th
1888 Kenneth 'Knute' Rockne (Notre Dame football coach 1918-1930, record of 195-12-5) (d 3/31/31, age 43)
1914 Ward Kimball (Disney animator) (d 7/8/02, age 88)
1915 Si Waronker (founder of Liberty Records, indy label of the 50s and 60s that produced such hit makers as Jan & Dean, Bobby Vee, and Eddie Cochran) (d 6/7/05, age 90)
1923 Willie Johnson (guitarist: Howlin' Wolf) (d 2/26/95, age 71)
1928 Alan Sillitoe (author, one of the Angry Young Men of the 1950s, wrote "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning") (d 4/25/10, age 82)
1932 Miriam Makeba (singer) (d 11/9/08, age 76)
1934 Barbara McNair (actress/singer) (d 2/4/07, age 72)
1936 Jim Clark (Indy 500 winner: 1965) (d 4/7/68, age 32)
1939 Paula Prentiss
1941 John Hancock (actor) (d 10/14/92, age 51)
1942 Bob Wootton (guitarist: Johnny Cash, replacing Luther Perkins) (d 4/9/17, age 75)
1944 Bobby Womack (singer/guitarist) (d 6/27/14, age 70)
1948 Chris Squire (bassist: Yes) (d 6/27/15, age 67)
1950 Emilio Estefan (producer: Miami Sound Machine)
1951 Gwen Welles (actress) (d 10/13/93, age 42)
1951 Peter Haycock (guitarist: Climax Blues Band) (d 10/30/13, age 62)
1951 Chris Rea (singer/guitarist: Fool If You Think It's Over) (d 12/22/25, age 74)
1952 Ronn Moss (actor)
1953 Kay Lenz (actress)
1954 Catherine O'Hara (comedienne/actress) (d 1/30/26, age 71)
1955 Boon Gould (guitarist/singer: Level 42) (d 4/30/19, age 64)
1958 Patricia Heaton (actress: Debra on "Everybody Loves Raymond," Carol on "Carol's Second Act")
1960 Mykelti Williamson
1961 Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini (boxer)
1961 Steven Weber (actor: Brian Hackett on "Wings")
1963 Jason Newsted (bassist: Metallica 1986-2001)
1965 Stacy Edwards (actress)
1968 Evan Dando (singer: The Lemonheads)
1968 Patsy Kensit (actress/singer)
1969 Chastity Bono
1971 Fergal Patrick Lawler (drummer: The Cranberries)
1993 Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston) (d 7/26/15, age 22)
March 5th
1908 Rex Harrison (d 6/2/90, age 82)
1918 Roy 'Red' Storey (NHL Chief Referee 1950-1959) (d 3/15/06, age 88)
1920 Virginia Christine Kraft (actress: Folgers' Mrs Olsen) (d 7/24/96, age 76)
1922 James Noble (actor: Governor James Gatling on "Benson") (d 3/28/16, age 94)
1927 Jack Cassidy (actor, father of David & Shaun Cassidy) (d 12/11/76, age 49)
1928 Lou Levy (jazz pianist for Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Stan Getz) (d 1/23/01, age 72)
1929 Raymond Allen (actor: Ned the Wino on "Good Times," Aunt Esther's husband Woody on "Sanford and Son," mechanic Merle the Earl on "Starsky and Hutch") (d 8/10/20, age 91)
1934 James Sikking (actor: Hill Street Blues) (d 7/13/24, age 90)
1934 Nicholas Smith (actor: Mr. Rumbold on "Are You Being Served") (d 12/6/15, age 81)
1936 Deab Stockwell (actor: Quantum Leap) (d 11/7/21, age 85)
1938 Hayden Thompson (rockabilly singer/songwriter) (d 12/31/25, age 87)
1938 Fred Williamson (cornerback: Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl 1; sportscaster: Monday Night Football)
1939 Johnny Jenkins (guitarist: Otis Redding in the early 1960s, influenced Jimi Hendrix with his acrobatic playing style) (d 6/26/06, age 67)
1939 Samantha Eggar (actress)
1942 Michael Resnick (sci-fi author) (d 1/9/20, age 77)
1944 Paul Sands (actor: St. Elsewhere, SCTV)
1946 Richard Bell (keyboardist/arranger: Janis Joplin, also Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Judy Collins, Cowboy Junkies, Bonnie Raitt) (d 6/15/07, age 61)
1946 Robert 'Rocky' Bleier (Appleton, Wisconsin native Pittsburgh Steeler running back Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, XIV)
1946 Murray Head (singer: Jesus Christ Superstar, One Night in Bangkok)
1946 Michael Warren (actor: Bobby Hill on "Hill Street Blues")
1947 Eddie Hodges (singer/actor: High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
1948 Annette Charles (actress: Charlene 'Cha Cha' DiGregorio in "Grease") (d 8/3/11, age 63)
1948 Eddy Grant (singer: Electric Avenue)
1952 Alan Clark (keyboardist: Dire Straits)
1954 Marsha Warfield (actress: Roz Russell on "Night Court")
1955 Penn Jillette (comedian/magician: the talking half of "Penn and Teller")
1956 Teena Marie (singer - "Lovergirl" "Portuguese Love") (d 12/26/10, age 54)
1957 Mark Edward Smith (singer: The Fall) (d 1/24/18, age 60)
1958 Andy Gibb (singer: Shadow Dancing, Love is Thicker than Water, I Just Want to be Your Everything) (d 3/10/88, age 30)
1966 Michael Irvin (wide receiver: Dallas Cowboys)
1970 Lisa Robin Kelly (actress: Laurie on "That 70s Show") (d 8/14/13, age 43)
1974 Kevin Connolly (actor)
1974 Eva Mendes
1975 Niki Taylor (model)
1978 Kimberly McCullough (actress: Robin on "General Hospital")
1989 Jake Lloyd (actor: Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Episode I)
March 6th
1905 Bob Wills (violinist: Texas Playboys) (d 3/13/75, age 70)
1908 Lou Costello (comedian: Abbott and Costello) (d 3/3/59, age 50)
1916 Louise Latimer (actress) (d 5/14/12, age 96)
1917 Will Eisner (artist/cartoonist: his character "Joe Dope" taught soldiers how to maintain their equipment) (d 1/3/05, age 87)
1920 Lewis Gilbert (director: You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Alfie, Sink the Bismarck, Educating Rita) (d 2/23/18, age 97)
1923 Wes Montgomery (jazz guitarist) (d 6/15/68, age 45)
1923 Ed McMahon (sidekick, "second banana" on Carson's Tonight Show) (d 6/23/09, age 86)
1924 Sarah Caldwell (director of Opera Company of Boston, "first lady of opera") (d 3/23/06, age 82)
1926 Alan Greenspan (Federal Reserve Chairman 1987-2006)
1927 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (author: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera) (d 4/17/14, age 87)
1927 Gordon Cooper (astronaut: Gemini and Mercury programs; businessman) (d 10/4/04, age 77)
1930 Allison Hayes (actor: Attack of the 50-Ft Woman) (d 2/27/77, age 46)
1933 Bob Anderson (actor: George Bailey as a kid in "It's a Wonderful Life") (d 6/6/08, age 75)
1936 Marion Barry (Washington DC mayor 1979-1991 and 1995-1999) (d 11/23/14, age 78)
1937 Doug Dillard (actor: Clem on "Popeye," banjoist: The Dillards) (d 5/16/12, age 75)
1939 David Spielberg (actor) (d 6/1/16, age 77)
1939 Harvey Levine (actor) (d 9/9/17, age 78)
1940 Willie Stargell (home run hitter, Pittsburgh Pirates, two World Series) (d 4/9/01, age 61)
1940 Joanna Miles (actress)
1944 Mary Wilson (singer: The Supremes) (d 2/8/21, age 76)
1945 Bob Trumpy (tight end: Cincinnati Bengals 1968-1977) (d 11/2/25, age 80)
1945 Hugh Grundy (drummer: The Zombies - "She's Not There")
1946 David Gilmour (guitarist/singer: Pink Floyd 1968-present)
1947 Rob Reiner (actor: Mike 'Meathead' Stivic on "All in the Family," director: This is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, Princess Bride, Stand By Me) (d 12/14/25, age 78)
1947 Pauline Matthews (aka Kiki Dee, singer: Don't Go Breakin' my Heart, with Elton John)
1949 Donald York (singer: Sha Na Na)
1953 Jacklyn Zeman (actress: Bobbie Spencer on "General Hospital" for 45 years) (d 5/10/23, age 70)
1959 Tom Arnold
1963 Suzanne Crough (actress: Tracy Partridge on "The Partridge Family") (d 4/27/15, age 52)
1964 D.L. Hughley
1967 Connie Britton (actress: Nikki on "Spin City")
1968 Moira Kelly (actress)
1969 Andrea Elson (actress: Lynn Tanner on "ALF")
1969 Amy Pietz (actress: Annie on "Caroline in the City," Charlie on "Rodney")
1972 Shaquille O'Neal
1978 Lara Cox
1985 Gina Sicilia (blues singer: Before the Night is Through)
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