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March 28th
1899 August 'Gussie' Anheuser Busch, Jr, (beer guy, chairman of company 1946-1975) (d 9/29/89, age 90)
1902 Flora Robson (actress) (d 7/7/84, age 82)
1905 Marlin Perkins (host: Wild Kingdom) (d 6/14/86, age 81)
1909 Gene Ronzani (second head coach of the Green Bay Packers 1950-1953, also played for the Chicago Bears as quarterback, halfback, linebacker and fullback 1933-1938 and 1944-1945) (d 9/12/75, age 66)
1914 Edmond Muskie (Senator, Secretary of State, Presidential Candidate) (d 3/26/96, age 81)
1915 Jay Livingston (composer: Mr. Ed theme, among others) (d 10/17/01, age 86)
1921 Dirk Bogarde) (d 5/8/99, age 78)
1924 Freddie Bartholomew (actor) (d 1/23/92, age 67)
1930 Joe Fortunato (linebacker: Chicago Bears 1955-1966) (d 11/6/17, age 87)
1937 Dean Webb (bluegrass mandolin player: The Dillards) (d 6/30/18, age 81)
1941 Alf Clausen (composer, TV themes for Alf, The Naked Gun, Moonlighting, The Simpsons) (d 5/29/25, age 84)
1941 Charlie McCoy (harmonica player: Hee Haw)
1942 Jerry Sloan (coach: Utah Jazz 1988-2011) (d 5/22/20, age 78)
1943 Conchata Ferrell (actress: Berta on "Two and a Half Men") (d 10/12/20, age 77)
1944 Ken Howard (actor: Ken on "The White Shadow") (d 3/23/16, age 71)
1945 Chuck Portz (bassist: The Turtles)
1947 Bruce Gilbert (producer: The China Syndrome, On Golden Pond)
1948 Milan B. Williams (trumpeter/keyboardist/trombonist/drummer: The Commodores, founding member, wrote their first hit "Machine Gun") (d 7/9/06, age 58)
1948 John Evan (keyboardist: Jethro Tull 1970-1980)
1948 Dianne Wiest (actress)
1955 Reba McEntire
1958 Curt 'Mr. Perfect' Hennig (wrestler) (d 2/10/03, age 44)
1958 Bart Connor (Olympic Gold Medal on Parallel Bars in 1984, sportscaster)
1962 Eric Gilliland (producer: Roseanne, That '70s Show) (d 9/1/24, age 62)
1966 Jason Garrett (quarterback: Dallas Cowboys, head coach 2011-2019)
1966 Cheryl 'Salt' James (singer: Salt-N-Pepa)
1968 Max Perlich
1970 Vince Vaughn
1981 Julia Stiles (actress)
1986 Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga, singer)
Palm Sunday
1916 Eugene McCarthy (1968 Presidential Candidate, Senator from Minnesota) (d 12/10/05, age 89)
1918 Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart / Sam's Club) (d 4/5/92, age 74)
1918 Pearl Bailey (broadway actress, jazz singer) (d 8/17/90, age 72)
1919 Eileen Heckart (actress) (d 12/31/01, age 82)
1924 Jean Dinning (songwriter: Teen Angel, recorded by her brother Mark) (d 2/22/11, age 86)
1925 Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins (actor, died while attempting to land his aircraft, a B26 Marauder, at Merced Army Air Corps Field in California during the final 30 minutes of his basic training) (d 3/17/45, age 19)
1937 Billy Carter (Jimmy's brother, namesake of Billy beer) (d 9/25/88, age 51)
1940 Astrud Gilberto (singer: The Girl from Ipanema) (d 6/5/23, age 83)
1942 Scott Wilson (actor) (d 10/6/18, age 76)
1943 Evangelos Papathanassiou (aka Vangelis, composer: Chariots of Fire) (d 5/17/22, age 79)
1943 Eric Idle (comedian: Monty Python)
1943 John Major (British Prime Minister 1990-1997)
1945 Walt 'Clyde' Frazier (guard: New York Knicks)
1945 Julie Goodyear (actress)
1946 Dennis Wolfberg (comedian) (d 10/3/94, age 48)
1947 Robert Gordon (rockabilly singer) (d 10/18/22, age 75)
1947 Robert Toteaux (aka Bobby Kimball, singer: Toto)
1948 Bud Cort (actor/director) (d 2/11/26, age 77)
1949 Michael Brecker (tenor saxophonist, played with Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, Paul Simon, and Joni Mitchell) (d 1/13/07, age 57)
1951 William Clarke (blues harpist/singer) (d 11/4/96, age 45)
1954 Karen Ann Quinlan (famous coma patient and right to die case) (d 7/11/85, age 31)
1955 Christopher Lawford (actor: Charlie Brent on "All My Children") (d 9/4/18, age 63)
1955 Earl Campbell (Pro-Football Hall of Famer: Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, 1977 Heisman winner)
1955 Dianne Kay (actress: Nancy on "Eight is Enough")
1957 Christopher Lambert (actor: Highlander)
1959 Perry Farrell (singer: Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
1959 Marina Sirtis (actress: Star Trek The Next Generation)
1961 Amy Sedaris
1963 Elle MacPherson
1964 Jill Goodacre Connick (Victoria's Secret model)
1967 John Popper (singer/harpist: Blues Traveler)
1968 Sue Foley (blues guitarist/singer)
1968 Lucy Lawless (actress: Xena-Warrior Princess)
1969 James Atkin (singer/guitarist: EMF)
1971 Ryan Mark Lambert (actor/singer)
1976 Jennifer Capriati (tennis)
1977 Mike Wahle (offensive tackle: Green Bay Packers 1998-2004)
March 30th
1902 Brooke Astor (philanthropist) (d 8/13/07, age 105)
1913 Frank LoVecchio (aka Frankie Laine, singer: Mule Train, Rawhide theme) (d 2/6/07, age 93)
1914 John Lee 'Sonnty Boy' Williamson (blues harpist) (d 6/1/48, age 34)
1926 Peter Marshall (game show host: Hollywood Squares) (d 8/15/24, age 98)
1929 Richard Dysart (actor: Leland on "LA Law") (d 4/5/15, age 86)
1930 Rolf Harris (singer: Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport) (d 5/10/23, age 93)
1930 John Astin (actor: Gomez Addams on "The Addams Family")
1937 Warren Beatty
1941 Graeme Edge (drummer: The Moody Blues) (d 11/11/21, age 80)
1945 Eric Clapton (guitarist: Cream, Derek & the Dominoes, Blind Faith, as well as many other bands and solo)
1948 James 'Jim Dandy' Mangrum (singer: Black Oak Arkansas)
1948 Justin Deas (actor)
1948 Dave Hole (blues guitarist)
1950 Dave Ball (guitarist: Procol Harum) (d 4/1/15, age 65)
1950 Robbie Coltrane (actor: Rubeus Hagrid in "Harry Potter" movie) (d 10/14/22, age 72)
1955 Randy VanWarmer (singer: Just When I Needed You Most) (d 1/12/04, age 48)
1957 Paul Reiser
1960 Bill Johnson (ski racer, won gold in 1984 Olympics) (d 1/21/16, age 55)
1962 MC Hammer
1964 Tracy Chapman
1964 Ian Ziering (actor: Steve Saunders on "Beverly Hills 90210")
1965 Piers Morgan (journalist/TV personality)
1968 Donna D'Errico (actress: Baywatch)
1968 Celine Dion
1970 Mark Consuelos (actor: All My Children)
1979 Norah Jones (singer)
March 31st
1913 Etta Baker (blues guitarist) (d 9/23/06, age 93)
1915 Henry Morgan (d 5/19/94, age 79)
1916 Lucille Bliss (voice actress: Smurfette on "The Smurfs" in the '80s, Crusader Rabbit) (d 11/8/12, age 96)
1918 Ted Post (director: Magnum Force) (d 8/20/13, age 95)
1921 Peggy Rea (actress: Grace's mother-in-law on "Grace Under Fire," Rose Burton on "The Waltons," Lulu Hogg on "The Dukes of Hazzard") (d 2/5/11, age 89)
1921 Lowell Fulson (blues guitarist/singer) (d 3/6/99, age 77)
1922 Richard Kiley (actor: Don Quixote in "Man of LaMancha") (d 3/5/99, age 76)
1922 Patrick McGee (actor: A Clockwork Orange) (d 8/14/82, age 60)
1926 John Fowles (author: French Lieutenant's Woman) (d 11/5/05, age 79)
1927 Cesar Chavez (labor leader: United Farm Workers) (d 4/23/93, age 66)
1927 William Daniels (actor)
1928 Godie Howe (professional hockey player, played from 1946 to 1980) (d 6/10/16, age 88)
1928 William 'Lefty' Frizzell (singer: If You Got the Money I Got the Time) (d 7/19/75, age 47)
1929 Lee Patterson (actor) (d 2/14/07, age 77)
1929 Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) (d 6/26/07, age 78)
1932 John Jakes (author) (d 3/11/23, age 90)
1933 Anita Carter (singer: Carter Family) (d 7/29/99, age 66)
1934 Richard Chamberlain (d 3/29/25, age 90)
1934 John D. Loudermilk, Jr. (guitarist/singer: Tobacco Road) (d 9/21/16, age 82)
1934 Shirley Jones (actress: The Partridge Family)
1935 Herb Alpert (trumpeter/bandleader: Tijuana Brass - "Tijuana Taxi"; the A in "A&M Records")
1938 Frank Barsalona (music agent: The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, U2, Van Halen, Tom Petty, Black Sabbath) (d 11/22/12, age 74)
1940 Barney Frank (Democratic Rep)
1943 Jim Hudson (safety: New York Jets 1965-1970, Super Bowl III) (d 6/25/13, age 70)
1943 Christopher Walken
1944 Mick Ralphs (guitarist: Mott the Hoople, Bad Company) (d 6/23/25, age 81)
1945 Valerie Curtin (actress: Judy in "Nine to Five")
1945 Gabe Kaplan (actor: Welcome Back Kotter, Fast Break)
1947 Al Goodman (singer: Ray, Goodman, & Brown) (d 7/26/10, age 63)
1948 Al Gore (U.S. Vice President 1993-2001)
1948 Rhea Perlman (actress: Carla on "Cheers")
1950 Ed Marinaro (running back: Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowls VIII, IX; actor: Hill Street Blues)
1953 Sean Hopper (keyboardist: Huey Lewis & the News)
1953 Greg Martin (singer: Kentucky Headhunters)
1954 Tony Brock (drummer: The Babys)
1957 Mary Cadorette (actress: Vicki on "Three's a Crowd")
1957 Marc McClure
1958 Pat McGlynn (guitarist: Bay City Rollers)
1959 Angus Young (guitarist: AC/DC)
1960 Mark Tuinei (left tackle: Dallas Cowboys 1983-1997, starter for three Super Bowl wins, played for coaches Landry, Johnson, and Switzer) (d 5/6/99, age 39)
1960 Anne Howard (actress)
1960 Ted 'Popa Chubby' Horowitz (blues guitarist/singer)
1961 Gary Winick (director/producer) (d 2/27/11, age 49)
1964 Erik Turner (guitarist: Warrant)
1965 William McNamara (actor)
1969 Samantha Brown (Travel Channel and PBS hostess)
1971 Ewan McGregor (actor)
1974 Carol Ann Plante (actress: Sara on "Harry and the Hendersons" (the TV Series))
1976 Josh Saviano (actor: Paul Pfeiffer on "The Wonder Years")
1985 Jessica Szohr (actress: Gossip Girls)
1990 Michaela 'Mickey' Lee (contestant on Big Brother 27) (d 12/25/25, age 35)
April Fool's Day
1883 Alonzo 'Lon' Chaney (horror movie star) (d 8/26/30, age 47)
1895 Alberta Hunter (blues singer) (d 10/17/84, age 89)
1915 Robert Dwan (director: You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx) (d 1/21/05, age 89)
1919 Dr. Joseph Murray (performed the first kidney transplant, between two identical twins, in 1954) (d 11/26/12, age 93)
1922 Sonny King (singer) (d 2/3/06, age 83)
1922 William Manchester (biographer of Winston Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, wrote a contraversial chronicle of JFK assassination) (d 6/1/04, age 82)
1926 Anne McCaffrey (author) (d 11/22/11, age 85)
1927 Amos Milbourn (singer) (d 1/3/80, age 52)
1928 George Grizzard (actor) (d 10/2/07, age 79)
1929 Jane Powell (actress) (d 9/16/21, age 92)
1929 Bo Schembechler (Michigan football coach 1969-1989) (d 11/17/06, age 77)
1930 Grace Lee Whitney (actress: Yeoman Rand on "Star Trek") (d 5/1/15, age 85)
1931 George Baker (actor) (d 10/7/11, age 80)
1932 Gordon Jump (actor: Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson on "WKRP in Cincinnati" (the actor was born in Dayton)) (d 9/22/03, age 71)
1932 Debbie Reynolds (actress: Singin' in the Rain, died one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher) (d 12/28/16, age 84)
1934 Jim Ed Brown (singer: The Browns - "The Three Bells") (d 6/11/15, age 81)
1934 Don Hastings (actor)
1936 'The Real' Don Steele (DJ, actor) (d 8/5/97, age 61)
1937 Jordan Charney (Mr. Angelino on "Three's Company")
1939 Rudolph Isley (singer: The Isley Brothers) (d 10/11/23, age 84)
1939 Ali MacGraw
1942 Phil Margo (singer: The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") (d 11/13/21, age 79)
1944 Carol White (actress) (d 9/16/91, age 47)
1945 Heather Young (actress)
1946 John Barbata (drummer: The Turtles) (d 5/8/24, age 79)
1946 Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane (bassist: Faces) (d 6/4/97, age 51)
1947 Robin 'M' Scott (singer: Pop Muzik)
1948 Simon Crowe (drummer: The Boomtown Rats)
1952 Billy Currie (keyboardist/violinist: Ultravox)
1952 Annette O'Toole
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld (director: Men in Black, Get Shorty, Big, Misery)
1954 Jeff Porcaro (drummer: Toto) (d 8/5/92, age 38)
1955 Terry Nichols (convicted Oklahoma City bombing accomplice)
1957 Denise Nickerson (actress: Violet Beauregarde in original "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory") (d 7/10/19, age 62)
1958 Lucy Richardson (art director, as a childhood friend of Julian Lennon she helped inspire John Lennon's song title "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") (d 6/1/05, age 47)
1960 Jennifer Runyon (actress: Gwendolyn on "Charles in Charge," Cindy in "A Very Brady Christmas," Ghostbusters, Up the Creek) (d 3/6/26, age 65)
1961 Marilyn Milian (judge: People's Court 2001-2023, Justice for the People 2023-present)
1961 Mark White (guitarist: ABC)
1965 Jane Adams
1965 Peter O'Toole (bassist: Hothouse Flowers)
1969 Frank Castillo (pitcher: Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, played 1991-2005) (d 7/28/13, age 44)
1969 Tracy Lin-Tavi (actress)
1971 Jessica Collins (actress)
1971 Clifford 'Method Man' Smith (rapper)
1973 Rachel Maddow (host on MSNBC)
1980 Bryan Buffinton (actor)
1980 Bijou Phillips (actress, daughter of Papa John Phillips)
1982 Sam Huntington (actor: Mimi-Siku in "Jungle2Jungle")
1983 Sean Taylor (safety: Washington Redskins, shot by an intruder in his home) (d 11/27/07, age 24)
1997 Alex Palou (Indy 500 winner: 2025)
April 2nd
1908 Christian 'Buddy' Ebsen (actor: Barnaby Jones, The Beverly Hillbillies) (d 7/6/03, age 95)
1910 Arnie Herber (quarterback: Green Bay Packers 1930-1940, New York Giants 1944-1945) (d 10/14/69, age 59)
1912 Herbert Mills (singer: The Mills Brothers) (d 4/12/89, age 77)
1914 Sir Alec Guinness (actor: Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars") (d 8/7/00, age 86)
1920 Jack Webb (actor: Joe Friday on "Dragnet" - Dum-de-dum-dum) (d 12/23/82, age 62)
1923 Gloria Henry (actress: Alice Mitchell (Dennis' mom) on "Dennis the Menace") (d 4/3/21, age 98)
1927 Rita Gam (actress) (d 3/22/16, age 88)
1934 Shirley Douglas (actress) (d 4/5/20, age 86)
1934 Brian Glover (actor) (d 7/24/97, age 63)
1936 Cynthia Lynn (actress: Hogan's Heroes) (d 3/10/14, age 77)
1939 Marvin Gaye (d 4/1/84, age 44)
1940 Penelope Keith (actress)
1941 Barrett Hanson (aka Dr. Demento, DJ)
1942 Leon Russell (singer: Tight Rope) (d 11/13/16, age 74)
1943 Larry Coryell (jazz guitarist) (d 2/19/17, age 73)
1943 Lynn Kellogg (actress/singer: Sheila in original Broadway production of "Hair") (d 11/12/20, age 77)
1945 Don Sutton (pitcher: L.A. Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers) (d 1/18/21, age 75)
1945 Linda Hunt (actress: The Year of Living Dangerously)
1946 Sue Townsend (author: Adrian Mole book series) (d 4/10/14, age 68)
1946 Kurt Winter (guitarist: The Guess Who) (d 12/14/97, age 51)
1947 Emmylou Harris
1949 Ron Palillo (actor: Horshack on "Welcome Back Kotter") (d 8/14/12, age 63)
1949 Pamela Reed (actress: The Right Stuff)
1952 Leon Wilkeson (bassist: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 7/27/01, age 49)
1953 Debralee Scott (actress: Cadet Fackler in "Police Academy" movies, Cathy on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, panelist on Match Game) (d 4/6/05, age 52)
1953 David Robinson (drummer: The Cars, also designed most of their album covers)
1961 Christopher Meloni (actor)
1961 Keren Woodward (singer: Bananarama - "Venus")
1962 Billy Dean (singer)
1962 Clark Gregg (actor: Richard on "The New Adventures of Old Christine")
1965 Rodney King (LAPD beating victim) (d 6/17/12, age 47)
1966 Bill Romanowski (linebacker: Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 Adam Rodriguez (actor: CSI Miami)
1986 Lee Dewyze (singer, winner of 2010 American Idol)
1992 Sammi Kane Kraft (actress: Amanda Whurlitzer in the 2005 remake of "Bad News Bears") (d 10/9/12, age 20)
1993 Aaron Kelly (singer, fifth place finisher on 2010 American Idol)
Good Friday
1907 Oscar 'Iron Eyes' Cody (Native American actor best known for the "Keep America Beautiful" environmental ads in the '70s and '80s) (d 1/4/99, age 91)
1918 Mary Anderson (actress: Maybell Merriweather in "Gone with the Wind") (d 4/6/14, age 96)
1920 Stan Freeman (pianist) (d 1/13/01, age 80)
1921 Jan Sterling (actress) (d 3/26/04, age 82)
1922 Doris Day (d 5/13/19, age 97)
1924 Marlon Brando (actor: The Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Wild One, Apocalypse Now, On the Waterfront) (d 7/1/04, age 80)
1928 Paul Hagen (actor: Doc on "Little House on the Prairie") (d 7/9/05, age 77)
1930 Helmut Kohl (German Chancellor 1982-1989) (d 6/16/17, age 87)
1930 Lawton Chiles (Florida Governor, U.S. Senator) (d 12/12/98, age 68)
1934 Jane Goodall (animal researcher) (d 10/1/25, age 91)
1936 Jimmy McGriff (B3 organist) (d 5/24/08, age 72)
1938 Jeff Barry (songwriter: Tell Laura I Love Her)
1941 Jan Berry (singer: Jan & Dean - "Surf City") (d 3/26/04, age 62)
1941 Phillipe Wynn (singer: The Spinners) (d 7/14/84, age 43)
1941 Eric Braeden (actor)
1942 Billy Joe Royal (singer: Down in the Boondocks) (d 10/6/15, age 73)
1942 Marsha Mason (actress: Sherry on "Frasier")
1942 Wayne Newton (singer: Danke Schoen)
1944 Tony Orlando
1945 Richard Manuel (pianist/singer: The Band) (d 3/4/86, age 40)
1945 Catherine Spaak (actress/singer) (d 4/17/22, age 77)
1949 Lyle Alzado (d 5/14/92, age 43)
1949 Richard Thompson (guitarist/singer)
1950 Curtis Stone (singer: Highway 101)
1953 Russell Francis (tight end: New England Patriots 1975-1980, 1987-1989, San Francisco 49ers 1982-1987) (d 10/1/23, age 70)
1956 Ray Combs (game show host: Family Feud 1988-1994) (d 6/1/96, age 40)
1957 Clark Middleton (actor) (d 10/4/20, age 63)
1958 Stuart Swanlund (guitarist: Marshall Tucker Band) (d 8/4/12, age 54)
1958 Alec Baldwin
1959 David Hyde Pierce (actor: Niles on "Frasier")
1961 Eddie Murphy
1968 Charlotte Coleman (actress: Four Weddings and a Funeral) (d 11/14/01, age 33)
1968 Sebastian Bach (singer: Skid Row)
1971 Picabo Street (skier, Olympic Gold in 1994)
1972 Mili Avital (actress)
1972 Jennie Garth (actress: Kelly on "Beverly Hills 90210")
1982 Cobie Smulders (actress: Robin Scherbatsky on "How I Met Your Mother")
1986 Amanda Bynes
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