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Birthdays in History for Saturday 14th March 2015

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1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
1638 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
1681 - Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
1692 - Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
1726 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
1727 - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
1755 - Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer
1782 - Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"
1790 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
1795 - Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
1800 - James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
1804 - Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March) (d. 1849)
1807 - Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)
1808 - Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1815 - Josephine Lang, composer
1816 - Montgomery Dent Corse, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1895)

King of Sardinia and Italy Victor Emmanuel II (1820)1820 - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
1821 - Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
1822 - Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
1823 - Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1887)
1823 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
1826 - William Fisk Sherwin, composer
1829 - Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
1833 - John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army)
1833 - Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist (1866)
1835 - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) [or March 4]
1835 - Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer
1837 - Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)
1844 - King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)
1847 - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)
1853 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
1854 - Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908)
1854 - Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21)
1854 - Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1920)
1854 - John Lane, British publisher (d. 1925)
1862 - Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
1864 - [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
1866 - Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist (d. 1942)
1869 - Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
1873 - Johannes Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)
1874 - Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips
1874 - Mary Carr, Phila, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles)
1875 - Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)
1875 - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
1878 - Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)

Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein (1879)1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (theory of relativity)
1880 - Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actor/director (Pink Kate)
1882 - Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
1883 - Juan Manen, composer
1884 - Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist
1884 - Winter Haynes Watts, composer
1885 - Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1886 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
1887 - George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter
1887 - Lawrence Collingwood, composer
1887 - Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)
1888 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (d. 1970)
1891 - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
1892 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's Bookshop)
1894 - Josef Schelb, composer
1894 - Osa Johnson, American explorer (d. 1953)
1895 - Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian
1898 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
1899 - K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
1903 - Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader (KDP)
1903 - Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974)
1904 - Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, Ziegfeld girl
1905 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist
1906 - Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
1908 - Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
1908 - Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
1908 - Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft; d. 1991)
1909 - Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
1911 - Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], comedian (Village Barn), born in NYC, New York
1912 - Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, American bandleader (d. 2001)
1913 - Witold Rudzinski, composer
1914 - Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
1914 - Jiri Reinberger, composer
1914 - Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (d. 1981)
1914 - Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)
1914 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1915 - Alexander Brott, composer
1915 - Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]
1915 - Kenneth Rowntree, painter
1916 - Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1917 - Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet
1918 - Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals)
1919 - Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show)
1919 - Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap)
1920 - Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48)
1920 - Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
1921 - Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
1921 - S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A
1922 - Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time)
1922 - Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again)
1925 - John Barrington Wain, English novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
1925 - Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
1926 - Francois d'Assise Morel, composer
1927 - Bill Rexford, auto racer
1927 - Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
1928 - Frank Borman, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/CEO (Eastern Airline), born in Gary, Indiana
1929 - Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
1930 - Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
1930 - Ray Flockton, cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's)
1931 - Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970)
1931 - Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
1932 - Naina Yeltsina, Russia's first First Lady

Actor Michael Caine (1933)1933 - Michael Caine, [Maurice J Micklewhite], actor (Alfie), born in London, England
1933 - Quincy Jones Jr, composer/singer (We Are The World), born in Chicago, Illinois
1933 - René Felber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council
1934 - Eugene A Cernan, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17), born in Chicago, Illinois
1934 - Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
1934 - Paul Rader, the 15th General of The Salvation Army
1935 - Jo van den Booren, composer
1936 - Bob Charles, Carterton, New Zealand, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
1937 - Peter van der Merwe, cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960's)
1938 - Johnny Gleeson, cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72)

Composer & Singer Quincy Jones Jr (1933)1939 - Bertrand Blier, Paris France, novelist/director (Going Places)
1939 - William Benjamin Lenoir, astronaut (STS 5), born in Miami, Florida
1939 - Raymond J. Barry, American actor
1939 - Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer
1940 - Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
1940 - Rita Tushingham, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago), born in Liverpool, England
1941 - Wolfgang Petersen, Emden Germany, actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine)
1942 - John Whittaker, English real estate developer (Peel Holdings)
1942 - Rita Tushingham, British actress
1943 - Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles, Mothers of Invention), born in Santa Monica, California
1944 - Clyde Lee, NBAer
1944 - Peter Paul Zahl, writer
1945 - Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire)
1945 - Walt Parazaider, rock saxophonist (Chicago), born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 - Jasper Carrott, English comedian (Jane & the Lost City, Detectives)
1946 - Steve Kanaly, Burbank California, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas)
1946 - Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
1947 - Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
1947 - Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978)
1947 - Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker
1947 - William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
1947 - Pam Ayres, British poet
1948 - Billy Crystal, Long Beach, New York, American actor, writer, producer (Soap, City Slickers)
1948 - Tom Coburn, American politician, junior senator from Oklahoma
1949 - Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author
1950 - Michael Ford, son of US President Gerald & Betty Ford
1951 - Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA)
1951 - Jerry Greenfield, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1952 - J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show)
1953 - Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972)
1954 - Adrian Zmed, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever), born in Chicago, Illinois
1954 - David La Croix, race horse trainer
1954 - Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
1955 - Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water)
1956 - Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, Russia, cosmonaut
1956 - Tessa Sanderson, Kingston Jamaica, Brit javelin thrower (Oly-gold-84)
1956 - Colin Ayre, British football player
1957 - Andrew Robinson, British author
1957 - Tad Williams, American author
1958 - Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
1959 - Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere)
1959 - Tamara Tunie, American actress
1960 - George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
1960 - Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983)
1961 - Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show)
1961 - Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
1961 - Russell Todd, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1961 - Greg Anderson, American NHRA driver
1961 - Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress

MLB Center Fielder Kirby Puckett (1962)1962 - [Anthony] Kirby Puckett, MLB centerfielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Chicago, Illinois
1963 - Bruce Reid, cricketer (brilliant left-arm Aust pace bowler 1985-92)
1963 - Pedro Duque, engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95), born in Madrid, Spain
1964 - Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
1964 - Richard Migliore, jockey
1965 - John Stephenson, cricketer (England opening bat in one Test v Aust 1989)
1965 - Kevin Brown, Mcintyre GA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 - Catherine Dent, American actress
1965 - Aamir Khan, Indian actor
1965 - Kiana Tom, American fitness guru and model
1965 - Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter
1966 - Darcy Wakaluk, Pincher Creek, NHL goalie (Dallas Stars)
1966 - Tertius Bosch, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992)
1966 - Elise Neal, American actress
1967 - Edward M Fincke, Pitts PA, Capt USAF/astronaut
1967 - Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives)
1967 - Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia)
1968 - Megan Follows, actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables)
1969 - Greg Biekert, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Larry Johnson, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, NY Knicks)
1969 - Laura Leighton, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman)
1969 - Ty[rel] Bennion, rower (Olympics-1996), born in Seattle, Washington
1970 - Meredith Salenger, actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss)
1970 - Thomas McLemore, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, Russian athlete
1971 - Ernie Brown, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Antowain Smith, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Aris Brimanis, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1972 - Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-96)
1972 - Tom Barndt, NFL/WLAF guard (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
1973 - Chris Sullivan, defensive end (New England Patriots)
1974 - Justine Joyce, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1975 - Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
1975 - Wendy Rice, American actress
1975 - Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
1976 - Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, Auckland NZ, 3k ind pursuit cyclist (Oly-96)
1977 - Aki Hoshino, Japanese model
1978 - Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
1978 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
1979 - Chris Klein, American actor
1979 - Nicolas Anelka, French footballer
1979 - Love, Angolan footballer
1979 - Sead Ramović, German-born Bosnian footballer
1980 - Matteo Grassotto, Italian racing driver
1980 - Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 - Aaron Brown, British/English footballer
1980 - Mercedes McNab, Canadian-born actress
1981 - Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
1981 - Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
1982 - Kate Maberly, actress (Secret Garden)
1982 - Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
1982 - François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1983 - Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
1983 - Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
1984 - Liesel Matthews, American former child actress
1985 - Idaira, Spanish singer
1986 - Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 - Jamie Bell, British actor
1986 - Andy Taylor, British/English footballer
1989 - Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays

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