Famous Births on 21 Mar

Famous Births on 21 Mar

1521 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
1527 - Hermann Finck, German composer (d. 1558)
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
1713 - Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
1763 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
1768 - Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (d. 1830)
1801 - Maria Theresa of Tuscany, Queen of Sardinia (d. 1855)
1806 - Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman and national hero (d. 1872)
1811 - Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (d. 1891)
1835 - Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 18976)
1839 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881)
1854 - Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
1863 - George Owen Squier, American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp(d.1934)
1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theater producer (d. 1932)
1876 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
1880 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
1885 - Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (d. 1952)
1895 - Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
1901 - Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958)
1902 - Son House, American musician (d. 1988)
1904 - Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)
1904 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
1906 - Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman
1910 - M S Khan, Bangladeshi intellectual (d. 1978)
1913 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (d. 1957)
1913 - George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991)
1914 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist (d. 1990)
1920 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975)
1920 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970)
1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (d. 1986)
1922 - Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (d. 2004)
1923 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Founder of Sahaja Yogav
1923 - Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
1925 - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
1925 - Peter Brook, British film director and producer
1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician
1929 - Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
1930 - James Coco, actor (d. 1987)
1932 - Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor
1932 - Walter Gilbert, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Michael Heseltine, English politician
1934 - Al Freeman, Jr., American actor
1935 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (d. 2004)
1936 - Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician
1936 - Mike Westbrook, British jazz composer, bandleader and pianist
1940 - Solomon Burke, American singer
1942 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)
1943 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (d. 1995)
1943 - István Gyulai, Hungarian General Secretary of the IAAF (d. 2006)
1943 - Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
1945 - Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
1946 - Timothy Dalton, British actor
1949 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic
1949 - Eddie Money, American musician
1950 - Roger Hodgson, English musician, former member of Supertramp
1951 - Russell Thompkins Jr, American singer (The Stylistics)
1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
1956 - Guy Chadwick, English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (The House of Love)
1958 - Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress
1958 - Gary Oldman, English actor
1959 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
1959 - Sarah Jane Morris, English Singer
1960 - Robert Sweet, American drummer
1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 World Champion (d. 1994)
1961 - Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
1961 - Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
1962 - Mark Waid, American comic book writer
1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher
1962 - Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress
1962 - Matthew Broderick, American actor
1963 - Shawon Dunston, baseball player
1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and football manager
1964 - Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi international football star
1964 - Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist
1965 - Xavier Bertrand, French politician
1967 - Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy)
1967 - Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter
1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
1968 - DJ Premier (Preemo), hip hop producer
1969 - Ali Daei, Iranian footballer
1972 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1973 - Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality
1973 - Stuart Nethercott, English footballer
1973 - Jerry Supiran, American actor
1974 - Laura Allen, American actress
1974 - Jose Clayton, Tunisian footballer
1975 - Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player
1975 - Justin Pierce, British actor (d. 2000)
1975 - Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
1978 - Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress
1978 - Cristian Guzmán, baseball player
1978 - Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007)
1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist
1980 - Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier
1980 - Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian international footballer
1980 - Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)
1982 - Colin Turkington, British racing driver
1982 - Aaron Hill, American baseball player
1985 - Adrian Peterson, American Football player
1988 - Lee Cattermole, English footballer
1990 - Mandy Capristo, German Singer (Monrose)
2004 - Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg