Famous Births on 2 Mar

Famous Births on 2 Mar

1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
1409 - John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
1545 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
1578 - George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
1705 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
1760 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
1770 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
1800 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
1810 - Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
1816 - Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1820 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
1836 - Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
1842 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
1843 - Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
1849 - Robert Means Thompson, U.S. Naval Officer (d. 1930)
1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
1860 - Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
1862 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
1876 - Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)
1878 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
1886 - Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
1902 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
1904 - Dr. Seuss, American author (d. 1991)
1908 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
1908 - Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1912 - Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
1913 - Mort Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1913 - Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
1913 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (d. 1971)
1914 - Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor and bandleader (d. 1986)
1917 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1917 - David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
1918 - Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
1919 - Jennifer Jones, American actress
1919 - Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
1923 - Robert H. Michel, American politician
1923 - Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
1928 - Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
1930 - Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author
1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1935 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
1938 - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
1938 - Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
1940 - Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
1941 - David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
1942 - Kwang Jo Choi, the founder of Choi Kwang- do and is one of the twelve original Masters of Taekwon-Do.
1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
1942 - Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
1942 - John Irving, American author
1942 - Peter Guber, American film producer
1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
1943 - Claude Larose, French Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005)
1943 - Peter Straub, American author
1944 - Uschi Glas, German actress
1947 - Harry Redknapp, English football manager
1948 - Larry Carlton, American guitarist
1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
1949 - Alain Chamfort, French singer
1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
1949 - J. P. R. Williams, Welsh Rugby Union player
1950 - Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress
1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
1955 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader
1955 - Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
1955 - Ken Salazar, American politician
1956 - John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
1958 - Peter Arnold, American architect
1958 - Kevin Curren, South African-born tennis player
1960 - Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1962 - Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock)
1962 - Michael Salinger, American poet
1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
1962 - Al Del Greco, American football player
1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1963 - Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
1964 - Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
1964 - Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
1965 - Lembit Öpik, British politician
1965 - Ron Gant, American baseball player
1968 - Daniel Craig, English actor
1971 - Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
1971 - Elizabeth Lackey, American actress
1972 - Richard Ruccolo, American actor
1972 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
1974 - Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
1974 - Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
1976 - Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
1977 - Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
1977 - Heather McComb, American actress
1977 - Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
1977 - Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
1978 - Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
1979 - Amanda Ireton, Cast member of MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
1979 - Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer
1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
1980 - Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
1982 - Corey Webster, American football player
1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
1983 - Glen Perkins, American baseball player
1984 - Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
1985 - Robert Iler, American actor
1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player
1985 - Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
1988 - Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
1988 - Keith Jack, British singer and actor