Friday, March 27, 2009

Famous Births on 28 Mar

Famous Births on 28 Mar

1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
1592 - Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1750 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1818 - Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
1840 - Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1862 - Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
1890 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1893 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
1895 - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
1895 - Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
1899 - Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
1899 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
1899 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1900 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1902 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
1905 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
1914 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
1915 - Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1921 - Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin (d. between 1943 and 1945)
1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1922 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
1925 - Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor
1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1929 - Paul England, Australian racing driver
1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1933 - Frank Murkowski, American politician
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician
1940 - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
1941 - Jim Turner, American football player
1941 - Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
1942 - Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1942 - Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942 - Mike Newell, English film director
1942 - Neil Kinnock, British politician
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1943 - Conchata Ferrell, American actress
1944 - Rick Barry, American basketball player
1944 - Ken Howard, American actor
1945 - Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1946 - Henry Paulson Jr., Current U.S. Treasury Secretary
1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1948 - Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
1948 - Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores (d. 2006)
1948 - John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality
1948 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
1954 - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1955 - Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1959 - Chris Myers, American sportscaster
1960 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
1960 - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor
1961 - Orla Brady, Irish actress
1961 - Byron Scott, American basketball player
1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962 - Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer
1968 - Max Perlich, American actor
1968 - Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1968 - Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director
1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
1971 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1973 - Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1974 - Mark King, English snooker player
1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
1975 - Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
1975 - Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
1977 - Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 - Lindsay Frimodt, American model
1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
1981 - Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress
1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989 - Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper
1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress

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