Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Famous Births on 11 Mar

Famous Births on 11 Mar

1544 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
1725 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
1738 - Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
1785 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
1787 - Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852)
1811 - Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (d. 1877)
1818 - Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
1822 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (d. 1900)
1863 - Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer (d. 1915)
1870 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
1873 - David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
1876 - Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
1880 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
1884 - Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (d. 1974)
1885 - Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
1887 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
1890 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
1897 - Henry Cowell, American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (d. 1965)
1898 - Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)
1899 - Frederick IX of Denmark, Danish King (d. 1972)
1903 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. 1989)
1903 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
1907 - Jessie Matthews, English actress (d. 1981)
1910 - Robert Havemann, German chemist (d. 1982)
1915 - J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. 1990)
1915 - Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
1915 - Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
1916 - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1916 - Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (d. 1983)
1920 - Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
1921 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
1921 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
1922 - José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor
1922 - Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (d. 1997)
1926 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
1926 - Ä°lhan MimaroÄŸlu, Turkish musician and composer
1927 - Robert Mosbacher, 28th United States Secretary of Commerce
1928 - Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
1929 - Timothy Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
1930 - Claude Jutra, Quebec film actor and director (d. 1986)
1931 - Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
1932 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
1934 - Sam Donaldson, American reporter
1935 - Sandra Milo, Italian actress
1936 - Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
1937 - Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
1939 - Lorraine Hunt, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
1939 - Flaco Jiménez, American musician
1940 - Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
1942 - Charles Swan, American actor
1945 - Dock Ellis, American baseball player
1945 - Harvey Mandel, American musician
1947 - Tristan Murail, French composer
1948 - Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
1948 - César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player
1948 - Dominique Sanda, French actress
1950 - Jerry Zucker, American director
1950 - Bobby McFerrin, American singer
1952 - Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
1953 - Bernie LaBarge, Canadian musician
1954 - Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
1955 - Nina Hagen, German singer
1956 - Helen Rollason, British sports journalist and television presenter (d. 1999)
1956 - Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
1956 - D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
1956 - Joey Buttafuoco, American statutory rapist
1957 - Lady Chablis, American entertainer
1957 - Cheryl Lynn, American singer
1958 - Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
1958 - Jim Pinkerton, American pundit
1958 - Flemming Rose, Danish journalist
1958 - Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
1959 - Nina Hartley, American porn star
1960 - Christophe Gans, French film director
1961 - Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
1962 - Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
1963 - Alex Kingston, English actress
1964 - Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
1964 - Vinnie Paul, American drummer (Pantera)
1964 - Shane Richie, British actor
1965 - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
1965 - Wallace Langham, American actor
1965 - Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician
1965 - Nigel Adkins, English football manager
1967 - John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor
1967 - Brad Carson, American politician
1968 - Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
1969 - Terrence Howard, American actor
1969 - Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
1970 - Delia Gallagher, American journalist
1971 - Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
1971 - Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player
1973 - Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
1974 - Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 - Jon Dalton, the infamous "Jonny Fairplay" from the 7th and 16th season of Survivor
1975 - Shawn Springs, American football player
1975 - Eric the Midget, American radio personality
1976 - Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
1977 - Andre Nickatina, American rapper
1977 - Becky Hammon , WNBA player
1978 - Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
1978 - Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
1978 - Christopher Rice, American author
1979 - Joel Madden, American singer (Good Charlotte)
1979 - Benji Madden, American guitarist (Good Charlotte)
1979 - Fred Jones, American basketball player
1979 - Elton Brand, American basketball player
1980 - Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer
1980 - Dan Uggla, American baseball player
1981 - Paul Wall, American rapper
1981 - LeToya Luckett, American singer (ex-Destiny's Child)
1981 - Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
1981 - Lee Evans, American football player
1981 - Heidi Cortez, American erotic broadcaster
1981 - David Anders, American actor
1982 - Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
1982 - Thora Birch, American actress
1982 - Lindsey McKeon, American actress
1984 - Tom James, British rower
1984 - Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
1984 - Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
1985 - Derek Schouman, American football player
1985 - Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
1987 - Marc-Andre Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Tomethy Furse, British bassist (The Horrors)
1989 - Anton Yelchin, Russian-born actor

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