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March 21st
1902 Carl Jaffe (director) (d 4/12/74, age 72)
1902 Eddie James 'Son' House (blues guitarist) (d 10/19/88, age 86)
1918 Patrick Lucey (Wisconsin Governor 1971-1977, ambassador to Mexico, John Anderson running mate in 1980 presidential race) (d 5/10/14, age 96)
1918 Marian McPartland (jazz pianist) (d 8/20/13, age 95)
1922 Russell Meyer (director: Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Vixen) (d 9/18/04, age 82)
1923 Philip Abbott (actor: Arthur Ward on "FBI") (d 2/23/98, age 74)
1923 Mort Lindsey (bandleader: Merv Griffin Show) (d 5/4/12, age 89)
1925 Peter Brook (director: Lord of the Flies) (d 7/2/22, age 97)
1928 Nick McDonald (former Dallas police officer who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald after the JFK assassination) (d 1/27/05, age 76)
1930 Otis Spann (blues pianist: Muddy Waters Band) (d 4/24/70, age 40)
1934 Al Freeman, Jr. (actor) (d 8/9/12, age 78)
1935 Erich Kunzel (conductor: Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Pops since 1965, Washington DC Memorial Day concerts since 1991) (d 9/1/09, age 74)
1937 Robert 'Huckleberry Hound' Wright (blues drummer, master of the shuffle, played with many greats, including Howlin' Wolf, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Reed) (d 3/18/01, age 63)
1940 Solomon Burke (soul singer/songwriter/Grammy winner) (d 10/10/10, age 70)
1941 Keith Potger (singer: The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You")
1945 Vernon Guy (gospel singer, also once with Ike Turner's Revue) (d 9/10/98, age 53)
1945 Rosie Stone (singer: Sly & the Family Stone)
1946 Nancy Addison (actress) (d 6/18/02, age 56)
1946 Timothy Dalton
1950 Roger Hodgson (bassist/keyboardist/singer/songwriter: Supertramp)
1951 Conrad Lozano (bassist: Los Lobos)
1953 Robert 'Shotgun' Johnson (drummer: KC & the Sunshine Band)
1953 Carl Wolfson (comedian)
1957 Sabrina LeBeauf (actress: Sondra on "The Cosby Show")
1958 Brad Hall (actor: Saturday Night Live)
1958 Gary Oldman
1960 Bill Brown (singer/guitarist: Ozark Mountain Daredevils) (d 7/23/04, age 44)
1961 Kassie DePaiva (actress)
1961 Jim MacDonell (aka Slim Jim Phantom, drummer: The Stray Cats)
1962 Matthew Broderick (actor: WarGames, Biloxi Blues)
1962 Rosie O'Donnell
1966 Kenny Brack (Indy 500 Winner: 1999)
1967 Jonas 'Joker' Berggren (keyboardist: Ace of Base)
1967 Keith 'Maxim' Palmer (singer)
1975 Justin Pierce (actor) (d 7/10/00, age 25)
1978 Kevin Federline
1991 Haley Reinhart (singer, third place finisher on 2011 American Idol)
March 22nd
1887 Leonard 'Chico' Marx (d 10/11/61, age 74)
1912 Karl Malden (actor: The Streets of San Francisco) (d 7/1/09, age 97)
1916 George Wyle (wrote the theme song to "Gilligan's Island" and directed music for singers including Andy Williams, also wrote the Christmas classic "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," and more the 400 other songs) (d 5/2/03, age 87)
1917 Virginia Grey (actress) (d 7/31/04, age 87)
1918 Fred Crane (actor: Gone With the Wind) (d 8/21/08, age 90)
1922 Stewart Stern (screenwriter: Rebel Without a Cause) (d 2/2/15, age 92)
1923 Marcel Marceau (d 9/22/07, age 84)
1924 Bill Wendell (announcer: The Late Show with David Letterman) (d 4/14/99, age 75)
1924 Al Neuharth (founder of USA Today) (d 4/19/13, age 89)
1928 Carrie Donovan (flamboyant fashion editor who embarked on a second career as a high-profile spokeswoman for Old Navy, with her trademark pearls and oversized black-rimmed glasses) (d 11/12/01, age 73)
1930 Pat Robertson (evangelist, presidential candidate) (d 6/8/23, age 93)
1930 Stephen Sondheim (composer/lyricist) (d 11/26/21, age 91)
1931 William Shatner (actor: Captain Kirk on "Star Trek")
1933 May Britt (actress) (d 12/11/25, age 92)
1934 Orrin Hatch (U.S. Senator from Utah 1977-2019) (d 4/23/22, age 88)
1936 Roger Whittaker (country singer/songwriter) (d 9/13/23, age 87)
1943 Keith Relf (singer: The Yardbirds) (d 5/14/76, age 33)
1943 George Benson
1944 Jeremy Clyde (singer: Chad & Jeremy)
1947 Patrick Olive (percussionist: Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing")
1948 Wolf Blitzer (CNN correspondent)
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer: Cats)
1951 Andy Ellis (editor: Guitar Player magazine)
1951 Peter Sands
1952 Bob Costas
1956 Lena Olin
1957 Stephanie Mills
1959 Matthew Modine
1960 Laurie Sargent (singer: Face to Face)
1963 Susan Sulley (singer: The Human League)
1972 Marco Fiume (blues guitarist, once played with Candye Kane) (d 3/23/02, age 30)
1972 Cory Lidle (Yankee pitcher) (d 10/11/06, age 34)
1975 Dax Griffin (actor)
1976 Kellie Shanygne Williams (actress: Laura on "Family Matters")
1976 Reese Witherspoon (actress: June Carter in "Walk the Line")
March 23rd
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)
March 24th
1874 Harry Houdini (escape artist) (d 10/31/26, age 52)
1887 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (d 6/30/33, age 46)
1909 Clyde Barrow (outlaw: Bonnie & Clyde) (d 5/23/34, age 25)
1910 Richard Conte (actor) (d 4/15/75, age 65)
1911 Joseph Barbera (cartoonist: Hanna-Barbera) (d 12/18/06, age 95)
1920 Gene Nelson (actor/dancer) (d 9/16/96, age 76)
1922 Dave Appell (singer/songwriter: In the Midnight Hour, arranger, producer) (d 11/18/14, age 92)
1924 Norman Fell (actor: Mr. Roper on "Three's Company" and "The Ropers") (d 12/14/98, age 74)
1928 Vanessa Brown (actress) (d 5/21/99, age 71)
1930 Steve McQueen (d 11/7/80, age 50)
1933 William Smith (actor) (d 7/5/21, age 88)
1937 Billy Stewart (singer: Chess Records) (d 1/17/70, age 32)
1939 George Michael (sportscaster) (d 12/24/09, age 70)
1939 Bob Mackie (fashion designer)
1945 Curtis Lee Hanson (director: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys, 8 Mile, In Her Shoes) (d 9/20/16, age 71)
1946 Colin Petersen (drummer: The Bee Gees) (d 11/18/24, age 78)
1947 Mike Kellie (drummer: Spooky Tooth) (d 1/18/17, age 69)
1947 Lee Oskar (harmonica: War - "Why Can't We Be Friends")
1947 Peggy Sue (Webb) (country singer, sister of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle)
1949 Steve Lang (bassist: April Wine) (d 2/4/17, age 67)
1951 Dougie Thomson (bassist: Supertramp)
1953 Louie Anderson (comedian) (d 1/21/22, age 68)
1954 Robert Carradine (actor: Lewis in "Revenge of the Nerds") (d 2/23/26, age 71)
1954 Donna Pescow (actress: Annette in "Saturday Night Fever")
1960 Kelly LeBrock
1962 Star Jones Reynolds (attorney, TV hostess)
1964 Annabella Sciorra (actress: Internal Affairs, Cadillac Man, Reversal of Fortune, Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Romeo is Bleeding, National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins)
1967 Craig DeFalco (guitarist: Laidlaw)
1970 Erica Kennedy (writer: Bling) (d 6/13/12, age 42)
1970 Lara Flynn Boyle
1973 Jim Parsons (actor: Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory")
1974 Alyson Hannigan (actress: Lily Aldrin on "How I Met Your Mother," Solo Mio)
1976 Peyton Manning (quarterback: Indianapolis Colts 1998-2011, Denver Broncos 2012-2015)
1977 Olivia Burnette (actress: Almost Home)
1977 Jessica Chastain (actress: Celia Foote in "The Help")
1980 Luke Edwards (actor)
March 25th
1901 Ed Begley, Sr. (d 4/28/70, age 69)
1908 David Lean (director: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Lawrence of Arabia) (d 4/16/91, age 83)
1911 Jack Ruby (shot Lee Harvey Oswald) (d 1/3/67, age 55)
1915 Dorothy Squires (singer) (d 4/14/98, age 83)
1918 Howard Cosell (d 4/23/95, age 77)
1921 Nancy Kelly (actress) (d 1/2/95, age 73)
1922 Eileen Ford (model manager: Brooke Shields, Lauren Hutton, Christie Brinkley) (d 7/9/14, age 92)
1924 Roberts Blossom (character actor, many roles, best known as neighbor "Old Man Marley" in "Home Alone") (d 7/8/11, age 87)
1925 Len Dressler (voice of the Jolly Green Giant in vegetable commercials) (d 10/16/05, age 80)
1927 Monique Van Vooren (actress/dancer) (d 1/25/20, age 92)
1928 Jim Lovell (astronaut: Gemini 7,12; Apollo 8,13) (d 8/7/25, age 97)
1934 Johnny Burnette (guitarist/singer: Johnny Burnette Trio) (d 8/1/64, age 30)
1934 Gloria Steinem
1935 Susan Engel
1938 Hoyt Axton (d 10/26/99, age 61)
1939 D.C. Fontana (screenwriter: Star Trek franchise, and many western TV shows) (d 12/2/19, age 80)
1940 Anita Bryant (d 12/16/24, age 84)
1942 Aretha Franklin (singer: Respect, Chain of Fools; Queen of Soul) (d 8/16/18, age 76)
1943 Paul Michael Glaser (actor: Starsky on "Starsky and Hutch")
1944 Kelly Garrett (actress) (d 8/7/13, age 69)
1946 Bonnie Bedelia (actress: Die Hard)
1947 Reginald Kenneth Dwight (aka Elton John)
1949 Neil Jones (singer: Bend Me Shape Me) (d 6/8/18, age 70)
1949 Nick Lowe (singer: Cruel to be Kind, I Knew the Bride; and was the bassist and singer with Rockpile)
1953 Mary Gross (actress: Saturday Night Live)
1958 James McDaniel
1960 Heywood Nelson (actor: Dwayne on "What's Happening")
1960 Steve Norman (saxophonist: Spandau Ballet)
1961 John Stockwell (actor)
1962 Marcia Cross (actress: Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives)
1965 Sarah Jessica Parker
1966 Jeff Healey (guitarist/singer) (d 3/2/08, age 41)
1971 Sheryl Swoopes (WNBA forward: Houston Comets)
1984 Katharine McPhee (singer, second place finisher on 2006 American Idol)
1987 Jason Castro (singer, fourth place finisher on 2008 American Idol)
March 26th
1911 Thomas 'Tennessee' Williams (playwright: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire) (d 2/25/83, age 71)
1914 William Westmoreland (head of U.S. Forces in Vietnam) (d 7/18/05, age 91)
1917 Rufus Thomas (singer: best known for novelty dance recordings like Walking the Dog; in 1953, recorded Bear Cat, an answer to Big Mama Thornton's Hound Dog, and it became Sun Records' first hit) (d 12/15/01, age 84)
1923 Bob Elliott (comedian, father of Chris Elliott) (d 2/2/16, age 92)
1925 James Moody (jazz saxophonist, orchestra leader) (d 12/9/10, age 85)
1928 Carole Carr (actress/singer) (d 1/8/97, age 68)
1930 Sandra Day O'Connor (first woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2005) (d 12/1/23, age 93)
1931 Leonard Nimoy (actor: Spock on "Star Trek") (d 2/27/15, age 83)
1934 Alan Arkin (d 6/29/23, age 89)
1936 Harry Kalas (sports announcer, voice of the Philadelphia Phillies for 40 years, and NFL films, signature phrase "Outta Here!") (d 4/13/09, age 73)
1940 James Caan (d 7/6/22, age 82)
1940 Nancy Pelosi (House Speaker 2006-2010)
1942 Larry Butler (songwriter: Hey Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song) (d 1/20/12, age 69)
1942 Erica Jong (author/poet)
1943 Bob Woodward (reporter: Woodward & Bernstein)
1944 Diana Ross (singer: The Supremes)
1946 Johnny Crawford (actor: Mark on "The Rifleman," also a Mousketeer) (d 4/29/21, age 75)
1948 Richard Tandy (keyboardist: ELO) (d 5/1/24, age 76)
1948 Steven Tyler (singer: Aerosmith)
1949 Vicki Lawrence (actress: Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, Yes Dear)
1949 Fran Sheehan (bassist: Boston)
1949 Ernest Thomas (actor: Roger on "What's Happening")
1950 Teddy Pendergrass (singer) (d 1/13/10, age 59)
1950 Ronnie McDowell (country singer: The King is Gone)
1950 Tony Papenfuss (actor: Darryl #1 on "Newhart")
1950 Martin Short
1954 Curtis Sliwa (activist, founder of the Guardian Angels in New York)
1957 Leeza Gibbons
1960 Marcus Allen (running back: L.A. Raiders 1982-1992, Kansas City Chiefs 1993-1997, 1981 Heisman Trophy winner)
1960 Jennifer Grey (actress: It's Like You Know, Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Cotton Club)
1960 Billy Warlock (actor: Flip on "Happy Days")
1965 Michael Imperioli (actor)
1968 James Iha (guitarist: Smashing Pumpkins)
1970 Evan Richards (actor)
1973 Heather Goldenhersh (actress: Lina Warbler on "The Class")
1976 Amy Smart
1979 Heidi Ziegler (actress: Sherry on "Just the Ten of Us")
1985 Keira Knightley
1986 Jessica McClure (baby Jessica stuck in a Texas well in 1988)
March 27th
1897 Gloria Swanson (d 4/4/83, age 86)
1901 Carl Barks (illustrator of Donald Duck comic books 1942-1966) (d 8/25/00, age 99)
1914 Roy Landman (aka Snooky Lanson, singer: By the Light of the Silvery Moon) (d 7/2/90, age 76)
1914 Seymour 'Budd' Schulberg (screenwriter, sports writer, TV producer, novelist: On the Waterfront) (d 8/5/09, age 95)
1914 Robert Denning (actor) (d 10/11/98, age 84)
1915 Robert Lockwood, Jr. (blues guitarist/singer, stepson of Robert Johnson) (d 11/21/06, age 91)
1917 Cyrus Vance (U.S. Secretary of State under President Carter 1977-1980) (d 1/12/02, age 84)
1921 Phil Chess (producer/owner/co-founder: Chess Records) (d 10/18/16, age 95)
1921 Fred Foy (radio announcer best known for his "Hi Ho Silver" as the lead in for "The Lone Ranger") (d 12/22/10, age 89)
1924 Sarah Vaughan (jazz singer) (d 4/3/90, age 66)
1930 David Janssen (actor: The Fugitive) (d 2/13/80, age 49)
1932 Herman 'Junior' Parker (blues harpist, guitarist, singer - "Mystery Train") (d 11/18/71, age 39)
1935 Julian Glover (actor)
1936 Jerry Lacy (actor)
1937 Johnny Clyde Copeland (blues guitarist, father of Shemekia Copeland) (d 7/3/97, age 60)
1939 William 'Cale' Yarborough (Daytona 500 winner: 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984) (d 12/31/23, age 84)
1940 June Wilkinson (actress) (d 7/21/25, age 85)
1941 Walter 'Bunny' Sigler (singer, producer) (d 10/6/17, age 76)
1942 Michael York (actor)
1947 Andy Bown (keyboardist/guitarist/bassist/harpist: Status Quo)
1950 Tony Banks (keyboardist: Genesis)
1952 Maria Schneider (actress: Marlon Brando's lover in "Last Tango in Paris") (d 2/3/11, age 58)
1953 Pamela Roylance (actress: Sarah on "Little House on the Prairie")
1959 Andrew Farriss (guitarist/keyboardist: INXS)
1963 Dave Koz (jazz saxophonist)
1963 Quentin Tarantino (director: Pulp Fiction)
1967 Talisa Soto (actress)
1969 Pauley Perrette (actress: Abby Sciuto on "NCIS")
1970 Maraiah Carey
1970 Brendan Hill (drummer: Blues Traveler)
1970 Elizabeth Mitchell
1970 Corey Page (actor)
1971 Nathan Fillion
1974 Alison Waxman (actress)
1975 Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson (singer)
1984 J.P. Steuer (actor: Grace Under Fire) (d 1/1/18, age 33)
1984 Emily Ann Lloyd (actress)
1988 Kerri Ann Darling (actress)
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