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Birthdays in History for Saturday 22nd March 2014

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841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
1459 - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria
1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)
1609 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)
1663 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1700 - Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
1712 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
1723 - Charles Carroll, American statesman (d. 1783)
1728 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter
1728 - Giacomo Insanguine, composer
1752 - Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer
1759 - Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
1767 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
1771 - Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)
1797 - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
1799 - F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars
1803 - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer
1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
1813 - Gabriel Rene Paul, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1814 - Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
1817 - Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1819 - William Wirt Adams, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1822 - Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice
1822 - Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)
1822 - Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866
1824 - William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)
1834 - Francis Asbury Shoup, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1842 - Carl A N Rosa, German violinist/composer
1842 - Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer
1846 - Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)
1852 - Theodor Birt, [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer
1857 - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)
1857 - Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)
1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
1865 - Theophile Ysaye, composer
1866 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)
1867 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman
1868 - Hamish MacCunn, composer
1868 - Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics)

Physicist Robert A. Millikan (1868) 1868 - Robert A. Millikan, American physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923)
1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippines (d. 1964)
1874 - Ellen Glasgow, novelist
1878 - Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
1880 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
1885 - Adriano Lualdi, composer
1885 - Jakabs Medins, composer
1885 - Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1887 - Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers)
1896 - Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna Austria, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents, Diary of Anne Frank))
1896 - Giulia D De Albertis, writer
1896 - He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
1901 - Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
1902 - Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain)
1903 - James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
1903 - Jochen Klepper, writer
1905 - Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer
1905 - Grigorij M Kosinzev, Russian director
1905 - Phyllis McGinley, poet
1905 - Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion)
1907 - James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy)
1907 - Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy)
1907 - Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
1908 - Albrecht Goes, writer
1908 - Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett)
1908 - Maurice H Stans, Shakope Minn, Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
1909 - Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
1909 - Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright
1910 - Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea)
1912 - Henri Rousselot, admiral
1912 - Lord Alport [Cuthbert Alport], politician, cabinet minister, and life peer
1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hard Day's Night)
1912 - Karl Malden, Chicago, actor (Mike-Streets of SF, American Express)
1913 - James Westerfield, Nashville TN, actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny)
1913 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913 - Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
1914 - Cec Burke, cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946, 1 & 3, 2-30)
1914 - Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], Plymouth, Devon, English industrialist
1914 - Masao Maruyama, social scientist
1915 - Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist
1915 - George Cresswell, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
1916 - George Wyle, NYC, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show)
1916 - Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets)
1917 - C S Pick, publisher
1917 - Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho)
1918 - Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64)
1918 - Harry Kay, vice-chancellor (Exeter U)
1918 - Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer
1920 - Fanny Waterman, concert pianist & teacher
1920 - Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West)
1921 - Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP)
1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
1922 - Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier
1922 - Stewart Stern, screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause)
1923 - Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant
1923 - Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (SGP, 1971-94)
1923 - Marcel Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
1924 - Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today)
1924 - Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman)
1924 - Paul Fussell, Pasadena, California, historian (The Great War and Modern Memory), (d. 2012)
1925 - Colin Spedding, CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes)
1926 - Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist
1926 - Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus (Blackburn)
1927 - George Thoms, cricketer (1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 & 28)
1927 - Viscount Bolingbroke
1928 - Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer
1928 - Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- )
1928 - DC Ingman, CEO (British Waterways Board
1928 - Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian
1928 - Ed Macauley, NBAer (Boston Celtics)
1928 - Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
1928 - E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator
1930 - Derek Bok, college president (Harvard)
1930 - Lynden O Pindling, PM of Bahamas (1967-92)
1930 - Pat Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres candidate-R-1989)
1930 - Stephen Sondheim, NYC, lyricist (West Side Story, Company)
1930 - Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
1931 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer
1931 - Leslie Thomas, author

Actor William Shatner (1931) 1931 - William Shatner, Montreal Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker)
1932 - Richard Thomas, admiral
1933 - Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
1933 - Chris Duckworth, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)
1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress
1934 - Leslie Turnberg, president (Royal College of Physicians)
1934 - Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- )
1934 - Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury)
1934 - Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
1935 - M[ichael] Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg NY, actor (Wildcats, War Party)
1936 - Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight)
1936 - May Britt, Sweden, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr
1936 - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)
1936 - Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town)
1936 - Ron Carey, American labor leader (Teamsters)
1937 - Jon Hassell, composer
1937 - Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
1938 - Vivian Pulliam, horse trainer
1940 - William Ritchie, vice-chancellor (Lancaster U)
1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
1940 - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
1941 - Bruno Ganz, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Strapless, Wings of Desire)
1941 - Gary Lewis, horse trainer
1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
1942 - Jon Arthur English, composer
1942 - Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
1942 - Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
1943 - George Benson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American jazz/blues singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All)
1943 - Joseph Schwantner, composer
1943 - Keith Reif, England, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance)
1944 - Jeremy Clyde, rocker
1944 - R P Mardling, headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield)
1944 - T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker (Sad Go Round)
1945 - Alan Opie, baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles)
1945 - Charles "Chuck" Jackson, US singer (Playboy, Independents)
1945 - Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone)
1946 - Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons)
1946 - Laraine Ashton, fashion models' agent (London)
1946 - Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware)
1946 - Serge, [Ruud Schaap], Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge)
1947 - Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
1947 - Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1947 - Priscilla Yates, director (Royal Academy of Dancing)

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948) 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, London, composer (Phantom of the Opera, Cats)
1948 - Randy Hobbs, rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys)
1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
1949 - Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC)
1949 - D Watson, director (Brighton U)
1949 - Fanny Ardant, Monte Carlo, actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours)
1949 - Fran Sheehan, Boston Mass, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (world champion 1982, 1989), (d. 2012)
1951 - Howard Reitzes, Southgate Ca, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
1951 - Musa Khiramanovich Manarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11)
1952 - Bob Costas, Queens NY, sportscaster/talk show host (Later)
1952 - Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer
1953 - Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine)
1955 - Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
1956 - Lena Olin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Enemies A Love Story)
1956 - Lyndsay Stephen, Donnybrook WA, Australasia golfer
1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
1957 - Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz)
1958 - Joyce Lester, Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1958 - Pete Wylie, Liverpool, rocker (Sinful)
1958 - Laurie David, American political activist
1959 - Matthew Modine, Loma Linda Cal, actor (Full Metal Jacket)
1959 - Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1959 - Avraham Fried, Orthodox Jewish Musician
1960 - Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist (Face To Face)
1962 - Diane Pavich, Melbourne Aust, golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies)
1962 - Juan Aguilera, Spain, tennis star
1962 - Tim Elliott, Perth WA, Australasia golfer
1963 - Hannu Virta, Turku FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
1963 - Rich Monteleone, Tampa FL, pitcher (California Angels)
1963 - Suzanne Sulley, Sheffield S Yorks, rocker (Human Leauge-Human)
1964 - Jeffrey Wagner, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1965 - Emma Wray, English actress
1966 - Brad Edwards, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 - Brian Shaw, NBA guard (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors)
1966 - Sean Berry, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
1966 - Todd Ewen, Saskatoon, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 - Yahya Ayyash, militant
1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1968 - Ramon Martinez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
1969 - Darrell Russell, defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders)
1970 - Jason Rouser, Tucson Arizona, 200m/400m runner
1970 - Travis Richards, Crystal Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1971 - Richard Castillo, jockey
1971 - Will Yun Lee, American actor
1972 - Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, (Oly-silver-94)
1972 - John Farquhar, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
1972 - Mikhail Sloutsky, WLAF LB (Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands
1972 - Shawn Bradley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets, Space Jams)
1973 - Dax Griffin, KS, actor (Tim Truman-Sunset Beach)
1973 - Joe Nedney, kicker (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - Luther Elliss, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
1973 - Beverley Knight, English singer
1974 - Kim Yun-Jung, Miss Universe-Korea (1996)
1974 - Marcus Camby, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1974 - Tuomas Gronman, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Pitts)
1974 - Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
1975 - Chris Bayne, safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1975 - Jiri Novak, Czechostovakia, tennis star
1976 - Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters)

Actress Reese Witherspoon (1976) 1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
1977 - Joey Porter, American football player
1978 - Tom Poti, professional hockey player
1979 - Mariah Leanne Bergmann, Miss Kansas Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Aaron North, American musician
1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
1980 - Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
1981 - MIMS, American rapper
1985 - Mike Jenkins, American football player
1988 - Tania Raymonde, American actress
1990 - Eugenie, Princess of Britain
1992 - Luke Freeman, English footballer
1993 - Mick Hazen , American actor
2233 - James T Kirk, science fiction captain of USS Enterprise (Star Trek)

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