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Pi Day
1864 John 'Casey' Jones (famed train engineer) (d 4/30/00, age 36)
1879 Albert Einstein (d 4/18/55, age 76)
1912 Les Brown (bandleader) (d 1/4/01, age 88)
1914 Lee Petty (winner of the first Daytona 500, father of Richard Petty) (d 4/5/00, age 86)
1916 Horton Foote (screenwriter: To Kill a Mockingbird) (d 3/4/09, age 92)
1918 Dennis Patrick (actor: Dallas, Dark Shadows) (d 10/13/02, age 84)
1920 Hank Ketcham (cartoonist: Dennis the Menace) (d 6/1/01, age 81)
1922 Les Baxter (bandleader) (d 1/15/96, age 73)
1926 Phil Phillips (singer: Sea of Love) (d 3/14/20, age 94)
1928 Frank Borman (former astronaut: Gemini 7/Apollo 8 (commander of 1st mission to circle the moon); former Eastern Airlines CEO) (d 11/7/23, age 95)
1933 Quincy Jones (d 11/3/24, age 91)
1933 Sir Michael Caine
1934 Eugene Cernan (astronaut, on Apollo 17 was the last man to walk on the moon) (d 1/16/17, age 82)
1940 Ronnie Baker (guitarist/bassist: The O'Jays) (d 7/26/90, age 50)
1941 Wolfgang Petersen (director: Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, Enemy Mine, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm) (d 8/12/22, age 81)
1942 Rita Tushingham (actress)
1943 Jim Pons (bassist: The Turtles)
1945 Michael Martin Murphey (singer: Wildfire)
1945 Walter Parazaider (woodwind player/saxophonist: Chicago)
1946 Steve Kanaly
1948 Billy Crystal
1950 Michael Ford (son of Gerald and Betty)
1951 Rick Dees (DJ, singer: Disco Duck)
1953 Brian Maxwell (developed the PowerBar with his nutritionist wife in the mid-80s) (d 3/19/04, age 51)
1954 Adrian Zmed (actor: Officer Romano on "T.J. Hooker")
1961 Kirby Puckett (Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Minnesota Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991) (d 3/6/06, age 44)
1961 Russell Todd (actor)
1966 Michael Showers (actor) (d 8/22/11, age 45)
1967 Melissa Brennan Reeves (actress)
1970 Meredith Salenger
1974 Grace Park (actress: Hawaii Five-0)
1976 Merlin Santana (actor: Steve Harvey Show, Moesha, Major Dad, Getting By, Under One Roof, also the faithful admirer of Rudy on The Cosby Show) (d 11/9/02, age 26)
1979 Chris Klein
1982 Kate Maberly
1983 Tara Campbell
1983 Taylor Hanson (keyboardist: Hanson)
1986 Jamie Bell
The Ides of March
1899 George Brent (actor) (d 5/26/79, age 80)
1902 Carla Porta Musa (poet) (d 10/10/12, age 110)
1912 Samuel 'Lightnin' (blues artist) (d 1/30/82, age 69)
1913 MacDonald Carey (actor: Like Sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives) (d 3/21/94, age 81)
1913 Lew R. Wasserman (Hollywood movie mogul, chairman emeritus of Universal Studios, once represented Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ronald Reagan, among others) (d 6/3/02, age 89)
1916 Harry James (trumpeter/bandleader) (d 7/5/83, age 67)
1919 Lawrence Tierney (actor) (d 2/26/02, age 82)
1921 Madelyn Pugh Davis (writer, partnered with Bob Carroll on many Lucille Ball shows) (d 4/20/11, age 90)
1923 Laurence Tisch (CEO: Lowes, former owner/CEO of CBS) (d 11/15/03, age 80)
1927 Carl Smith (country singer, husband of June Carter before Johnny Cash) (d 1/16/10, age 82)
1929 Cecil Taylor (jazz pianist) (d 4/5/18, age 89)
1931 Ted Marchibroda (quarterback and coach in the NFL, coached the Colts and Ravens in the 1990s) (d 1/16/16, age 84)
1931 D.J. Fontana (drummer: Elvis Presley 1954-1968, on over 460 recordings) (d 6/13/18, age 87)
1932 Alan Bean (astronaut, 4th to walk on the moon) (d 5/26/18, age 86)
1932 Arif Mardin (Grammy winning producer: Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Norah Jones) (d 6/25/06, age 74)
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court Justice 1993-2020) (d 9/18/20, age 87)
1935 Jimmy Swaggart (evangelist) (d 7/1/25, age 90)
1935 Judd Hirsch (actor: Alex Reiger on "Taxi," John on "Dear John," Dr. Berger in "Ordinary People")
1940 Phil Lesh (bassist: The Grateful Dead) (d 10/25/24, age 84)
1941 Mike Love (singer: The Beach Boys)
1942 Hughie Flint (drummer: Bonzo Dog Band)
1943 Sylvester 'Sly' Stone (singer: Sly & the Family Stone) (d 6/9//25, age 82)
1943 Brenda Scott (actress)
1944 Ralph MacDonald (songwriter: Where is the Love, Just the Two of Us) (d 12/18/11, age 67)
1944 David Costell (guitarist: Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
1946 Howard Scott (guitarist/singer: War)
1947 Ry Cooder (blues singer)
1953 Preston Hubbard (bassist: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues) (d 8/17/16, age 63)
1953 Marcia McCabe (actress)
1954 Craig Wasson (actor: Body Double, Men's Club)
1955 Dee Snider (singer: Twisted Sister)
1957 Park Overall (actress: Laverne on "Empty Nest," Mississippi Burning)
1958 Laura Carrington (actress)
1958 Al Douglas (guitarist: Garry & the Moodswingers)
1961 Fabio (Lenzoni)
1962 Jimmy Baio (actor: Billy Tate on "Soap")
1962 Terence Trent d'Arby
1963 Bret Michaels (singer: Poison)
1964 Kenneth 'Rockwell' Gordy (singer: Somebody's Watching Me; son of Motown founder Berry Gordy)
1966 Chris Bruno (actor)
1968 Mark McGrath (guitarist/singer: Sugar Ray)
1972 Mark Hoppus (singer/bassist: Blink 182)
1975 Eva Longoria Parker (actress)
1975 William 'Will.I.Am' Adams (singer/multi-instrumentalist: Black-Eyed Peas)
1985 Kellan Lutz (actor)
1986 Tyler Noyes (actor)
1989 Caitlin Wachs (actress)
March 16th
1903 Mike Mansfield (Montana Democrat who served as the Senate's majority leader from 1961 to 1977) (d 10/5/01, age 98)
1906 Henny Youngman (d 2/24/98, age 91)
1912 Pat Nixon (former first lady) (d 6/22/93, age 81)
1920 John Addison (movie and TV composer) (d 2/7/98, age 77)
1920 Leo McKern (actor: Horace Rumpole on "Rumpole of the Bailey," film roles included "The Mouse That Roared," "Lawrence of Arabia," and "The French Lieutenant's Woman") (d 7/23/02, age 82)
1923 Tom McEwen (sportswriter: Chicago Tribune 1951-2001) (d 6/5/11, age 88)
1926 Jerry Lewis (actor, comedian, singer, producer, screenwriter, humanitarian) (d 8/20/17, age 91)
1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Senator from New York, serving four terms from 1977-2001, replaced by Hillary Clinton) (d 3/26/03, age 76)
1927 Dick Beals (voice actor: original Speedy Alka-Seltzer, Gumby, and Davey on "Davey & Goliath") (d 5/29/12, age 85)
1932 Betty Johnson (singer) (d 11/6/22, age 90)
1934 Howard Schnellenberger (coach: took Miami to their first national title (1983)) (d 3/27/21, age 87)
1941 Chuck Woolery (host: Love Connection 1983-1994 / Greed 1999-2000 / Lingo / original Wheel of Fortune host) (d 11/23/24, age 83)
1941 Bernardo Bertolucci (director: The Last Emperor, Last Tango in Paris) (d 11/26/18, age 77)
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker (singer, guitarist: Mr. Bojangles) (d 10/23/20, age 78)
1943 Bryan Lee (blues guitarist) (d 8/21/20, age 77)
1946 Erik Estrada (actor: Frank 'Ponch' Poncherello on "CHiPs")
1949 Victor Garber (actor)
1951 Ray Benson (singer: Asleep at the Wheel)
1951 Kate Nelligan
1952 Irwin Keyes (actor: Hugo on "The Jeffersons") (d 7/8/15, age 63)
1954 Nancy Wilson (singer/guitarist: Heart)
1955 Isabelle Huppert (actress)
1959 Bill 'Flavor Flav' Drayton (rapper: Public Enemy)
1963 Kevin Smith (actor/stuntman: Ares on "Xena Warrior Princess") (d 2/15/02, age 38)
1966 Rodney Peete (quarterback)
1967 Lauren Graham
1969 Lee Alexander McQueen (fashion designer) (d 2/11/10, age 40)
1969 Judah Friedlander
1971 Alan Tudyk
1978 Brooke Burns
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie & Valerie's son)
St. Patrick's Day
1895 Shemp Howard (of The Three Stooges 1922-1925, 1929-1932, 1947-1955) (d 11/23/55, age 60)
1906 Michael O'Shea (actor) (d 12/4/73, age 67)
1916 Nat King Cole (singer: Unforgettable) (d 2/15/65, age 48)
1918 Mercedes McCambridge (actress: voice of the possessed child in "The Exorcist," "Touch of Evil," "The Concorde-Airport '79," guest spots on TV shows Rawhide, Bonanza, Lost in Space, Gunsmoke, Charlie's Angels, Magnum P.I.) (d 3/2/04, age 85)
1931 Patricia Breslin (actress) (d 10/12/11, age 80)
1933 Laurence Janifer (science fiction writer) (d 7/9/02, age 69)
1935 Adam Wade (actor/singer) (d 7/7/22, age 87)
1938 Rudolf Nureyev (ballet dancer) (d 1/6/93, age 54)
1938 Zola Taylor (singer: The Platters) (d 4/30/07, age 69)
1941 Paul Kantner (guitarist: Jefferson Airplane) (d 1/28/16, age 74)
1941 Clarence Collins (singer: Little Anthony & the Imperials - Tears on my Pillow)
1944 Patti Boyd (former Mrs. George Harrison and Mrs. Eric Clapton)
1944 Paul McCauley (drummer: Them)
1944 John Sebastian (singer/songwriter: Lovin' Spoonful)
1946 Harold Brown (drummer: War)
1948 William Gibson (sci fi author)
1949 Patrick Duffy
1950 Michael Been (guitarist/singer: The Call) (d 8/19/10, age 60)
1951 Kurt Russell
1953 Chuck Muncie (running back: New Orleans Saints 1976-1980, San Diego Chargers 1980-1984) (d 5/13/13, age 60)
1954 Michael Mann (aka Hollywood Fats, blues guitarist) (d 12/8/86, age 32)
1954 Lesley-Anne Down
1955 Gary Sinise (actor: Lieutenant Dan Taylor on "Forrest Gump")
1957 Michael Kelly (Atlantic Monthly editor at large) (d 4/3/03, age 46)
1959 Mike Lindup (keyboardist: Level 42)
1960 Ayre Gross (actor: Adam on "Ellen")
1960 Vicki Lewis (actress: Nora on "Three Sisters," Beth on "NewsRadio")
1961 Dana Reeve (widow of Christopher Reeve) (d 3/6/06, age 44)
1962 Roxy Dora Petrucci (drummer: Vixen)
1963 Rebeca Arthur (actress: Mary Anne on "Perfect Strangers")
1964 Rob Lowe (actor: St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night)
1967 Billy Corgan (singer: Smashing Pumpkins)
1972 Melissa Auf Der Maur (bassist: Hole)
1973 Amelia Weatherly (actress)
1974 Marisa Coughlan (actress)
1974 John Hall (kicker: New York Jets, former Wisconsin Badger)
1994 Amber Holcomb (singer, fourth place finisher on 2013 American Idol)
March 18th
1909 Ernest Gallo (winemaker: Ernest and Julio Gallo) (d 3/6/07, age 97)
1911 Lester 'Smiley' Burnette (actor: Charley Pratt on "Petticoat Junction") (d 2/16/67, age 55)
1926 Peter Graves (actor: Mission Impossible) (d 3/14/10, age 83)
1927 Lester 'Big Daddy' Kinsey (blues guitarist: The Kinsey Report) (d 4/3/01, age 74)
1927 George Plimpton (author/actor) (d 9/25/03, age 76)
1929 George Scott (singer: Blind Boys of Alabama, founding member) (d 3/9/05, age 75)
1932 John Updike (novelist) (d 1/27/09, age 76)
1934 Charley Pride (singer: Kiss an Angel Good Morning) (d 12/12/20, age 86)
1936 F.W. deKlerk (South African President 1989-1994) (d 11/11/21, age 85)
1937 Mark Donohue (Indy 500 winner: 1972) (d 8/19/75, age 38)
1938 Carl Gottlieb (actor/comedian)
1941 Wilson Pickett (singer: In the Midnight Hour, Land of 1000 Dances, Mustang Sally) (d 1/19/06, age 64)
1943 Kevin Dobson (actor) (d 9/6/20, age 77)
1945 Susan Tyrrell (actress, played a barfly in "Fat City") (d 6/16/12, age 67)
1945 Eric Woolfson (composer. co-founder of Alan Parsons Project) (d 12/2/09, age 64)
1946 Michael Reagan (talk show host, Ronald Reagan's son)
1947 Barry 'B.J.' Wilson (drummer: Procol Harum - "Whiter Shade of Pale") (d 10/8/90, age 43)
1948 Bobby Whitlock (guitarist/keyboardist/singer: Derek & the Dominoes) (d 8/10//25, age 77)
1950 Brad Dourif (actor: voice of "Chucky" in the "Child's Play" movies)
1950 John Hartman (drummer: The Doobie Brothers)
1952 Mike Webster (center: Pittsburgh Steelers 1974-1988, Kansas City Chiefs 1989-1990, Pro Football Hall of Famer enshrined 1997, 6'2 260 lbs, played every game for 10 consecutive years 1976-1985, missed only 4 games his first 16 seasons, started 150 consecutive games, played in four Super Bowls, 6 AFC championship games, 9 Pro Bowls) (d 9/24/02, age 50)
1957 Margaret Juntwait (singer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera for 10 years) (d 6/3/15, age 58)
1957 Melvin Gentry (singer/guitarist: Midnight Star)
1959 Irene Cara (singer: Fame, actress: Coco Hernandez in "Fame," The Electric Company - "Hey You Guys...") (d 11/25/22, age 63)
1960 Claudia Udy (actress)
1961 Richard Biggs (actor: Dr. Stephen Franklin on "Babylon 5," also had a long run on "Days of Our Lives") (d 5/22/04, age 43)
1961 Grant Hart (drummer: Husker Du) (d 9/13/17, age 56)
1962 Thomas Ian Griffith (actor)
1963 Jeff Labar (guitarist: Cinderella) (d 7/14/21, age 58)
1963 Vanessa Williams (Miss America 1984)
1964 Bonnie Blair (Gold Medal speed skater 1988)
1964 Courtney Pine (jazz saxophonist)
1966 Jerry Cantrell (guitarist: Alice in Chains)
1967 Andre Rison (receiver: Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns)
1969 Michael Bergin (model/actor)
1970 Dana 'Queen Latifah' Owens (rapper)
1972 Dane Cook
1979 Adam Levine (singer: Maroon 5)
1984 Vonzell Solomon (singer, third place finisher on 2005 American Idol)
1989 Lily Collins
March 19th
1891 Earl Warren (14th Chief Justice US Supreme Court 1953-1969) (d 7/8/74, age 83)
1904 John Sirica (Judge: presided over Watergate trials) (d 8/14/92, age 88)
1913 Phil Foster (actor: Frank DeFazio on "Laverne and Shirley") (d 7/8/85, age 72)
1914 Fred Clark (actor: Burns and Allen) (d 12/5/68, age 54)
1918 Herman Rohrig (defensive back, punt returner, halfback: Green Bay Packers in 1941, then to war, then again 1945-1947) (d 7/14/02, age 84)
1920 Tige Andrews (Captain on "The Mod Squad") (d 1/27/07, age 86)
1925 Brent Scowcroft (National Security Advisor: Gerald Ford, George HW Bush) (d 8/6/20, age 95)
1926 Phil Elwood (blues and jazz promoter) (d 1/10/06, age 79)
1926 Bill Henderson (jazz singer/actor) (d 4/3/16, age 90)
1928 Patrick McGoohan (actor: Number Six on "The Prisoner") (d 1/13/09, age 80)
1933 Phillip Roth (novelist) (d 5/22/18, age 85)
1933 Phyllis Newman (actress/singer) (d 9/15/19, age 86)
1933 Renee Taylor (comedienne/actress: Sylvia Fine on "The Nanny")
1935 Nancy Malone (director/producer/actress) (d 5/8/14, age 79)
1936 Ursula Andress
1937 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (singer: Ain't Got No Home) (d 4/7/24, age 87)
1946 Paul Atkinson (guitarist: The Zombies, later went on to become a successful music industry executive who signed such acts as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Judas Priest, and Mr. Mister) (d 4/1/04, age 58)
1946 Stephen Halliwell (actor) (d 12/15/23, age 77)
1946 Ruth Pointer (singer: The Pointer Sisters)
1947 Glenn Close
1949 Denny Albee (actor)
1952 Chris Brubeck (trombonist, Dave Brubeck's son)
1952 Derek Longmuir (drummer: Bay City Rollers)
1953 Ricky Wilson (guitarist: The B52s) (d 10/13/85, age 32)
1953 Billy Sheehan (bassist: Mr. Big)
1955 Bruce Willis
1959 Shelly Burch (actress)
1971 Dalton James (actor)
1973 John Michels (tackle: Green Bay Packers 1996-1998)
1976 Rachel Blanchard (actress: Cher on "Clueless")
First Day of SPRING !!
1906 Ozzie Nelson (actor: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) (d 6/3/75, age 69)
1908 Frank Stanton (CBS executive) (d 12/24/06, age 98)
1909 Frank Edwards (bluesman) (d 3/22/02, age 93)
1913 Leopold Page (Holocaust survivor, consultant for "Schindler's List" movie) (d 3/9/01, age 87)
1918 Jack Barry (host: The Joker's Wild 1972-1984) (d 5/2/84, age 66)
1920 Werner Klemperer (actor: Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes") (d 12/6/00, age 80)
1922 Carl Reiner (actor/comedian/writer/producer/director) (d 6/29/20, age 98)
1925 Jimmy Vaughn (blues pianist: Albert King band) (d 3/9/91, age 65)
1928 Fred 'Mr.' Rogers ("It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood…," the longest running show in PBS history, 1968-2001, over 900 episodes) (d 2/27/03, age 74)
1931 Hal Linden
1935 Sam Lay (drummer: Muddy Waters band) (d 1/29/22, age 86)
1935 Ted Bessell (actor: Don Hollinger on "That Girl") (d 10/6/96, age 61)
1937 Eddie Shaw (blues saxophonist, led Howlin' Wolf's band 1972-1976, and after Wolf died) (d 1/29/18, age 80)
1937 Jerry Reed (singer: When You're Hot You're Hot, I Got the Shaft) (d 9/1/08, age 71)
1941 Paul Junger-Witt (producer: Partridge Family, Golden Girls, Soap, Benson, Empty Nest, Blossom) (d 4/27/18, age 77)
1945 Pat Riley (NBA coach for the Lakers and the Knicks, also with Miami Heat, San Diego Rockets)
1947 Carl Palmer (drummer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, last surviving member of the band)
1948 Art Malone (running back: Atlanta Falcons 1970-1974, Philadelphia Eagles 1975-1976) (d 7/27/12, age 64)
1948 John de Lancie (actor)
1948 Bobby Orr (hockey: Boston Bruins)
1948 Pamela Sargent (science fiction author)
1949 Marcia Ball (blues pianist)
1949 Chip Zien (actor: Love Sidney)
1950 William Hurt (actor: Broadcast News, The Accidental Tourist, Altered States, The Big Chill, Trial by Jury, Children of a Lesser God) (d 3/13/22, age 71)
1951 Tanya Boyd (actress)
1951 Guy Perry (guitarist: The Motels)
1951 Jimmie Vaughan (guitarist: The Fabulous Thunderbirds 1974-1990, and solo, older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan)
1957 Spike Lee
1957 Theresa Russell
1958 Holly Hunter (actress: The Piano, Broadcast News, The Firm, Raising Arizona)
1963 Paul Mirkovich (keyboardist: Nelson)
1967 Bryan Genesse (actor)
1968 Liza Snyder (actress: Christine Hughes on "Yes Dear," Linda Vasquez on "Jesse")
1970 Michael Rapaport (actor)
1971 Alexander Chaplin (actor: James on "Spin City")
1973 Jane March (actress)
1976 Chester Bennington (singer: Linkin Park) (d 7/20/17, age 41)
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