Friday, March 2, 2012

Famous Births on 3 Mar

Famous Births on 3 Mar

1455 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1520 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
1606 - Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
1652 - Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
1678 - Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
1778 - Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
1793 - William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
1800 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
1839 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
1848 - Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (d. 1880)
1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
1860 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
1866 - Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
1873 - William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
1880 - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
1880 - Yōsuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
1883 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
1886 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
1890 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
1895 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1895 - Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
1910 - Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
1911 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
1918 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
1920 - Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
1920 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
1923 - Doc Watson, American musician
1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
1924 - Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
1924 - Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter
1924 - Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (d. 1948)
1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
1926 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
1926 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
1927 - Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1930 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
1930 - Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
1933 - Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
1933 - Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
1933 - Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
1940 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
1942 - Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
1945 - George Miller, Australian film director
1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
1947 - Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1949 - Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
1949 - Gloria Hendry, American actress
1949 - Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
1951 - Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1953 - Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
1954 - Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
1955 - Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher (Top Cow Productions)
1959 - Ira Glass, American radio host
1960 - Neal Heaton, American baseball player
1960 - Colin Wells, English cricketer
1961 - Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
1961 - Mary Page Keller, American actress
1961 - Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
1961 - Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
1962 - Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
1963 - Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
1964 - Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
1966 - Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
1966 - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
1966 - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
1968 - Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1969 - Simon Whitlock, Australian Darts Player
1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
1972 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
1973 - Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
1973 - Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
1973 - Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
1974 - David Faustino, American actor
1974 - Paula Malai Ali,Malaysian-Bruneian TV Presenter and Actress
1976 - Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer
1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1979 - Patrick Renna, American actor
1979 - Alex Zane, English comedian
1980 - Mason Unck, American football player
1981 - Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
1981 - Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 - Lil' Flip, American rapper
1981 - Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
1981 - Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress
1982 - Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 - Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1986 - Stacie Orrico, American singer
1989 - Erica Morningstar, Canadian Swimmer, and record holder.

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