🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - March 19, 2024
1900 Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
1956 Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
1907 Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
1931 Bill Hoskyns, England, ‚p‚e fencer (Olympic-silver-1964)
1954 Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
1970 Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1971 Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1966 Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
1930 Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
1923 Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad)
1819 David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1939 Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers)
1916 Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18]
1845 Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
1873 Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)
1953 Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack)
1872 Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director
1848 Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)
1871 Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)
1928 Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
1935 Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
1906 Normand Lockwood, composer
1903 James Bullock, colliery manager
1589 William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
1914 J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935)
1952 Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers)
1882 Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)
1946 Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
1891 Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)
1888 Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus)
1892 Robert Denzler, composer
1809 Fredrik Pacius, composer
1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
1907 Marc Vaubourgoin, composer
1844 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
1910 Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut
1734 Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]
1823 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
1974 John Coppinger, El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1969 Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)
1883 Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China)
1949 Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
1827 Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
1928 Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
1821 Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1971 Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201)
1900 [Jean] Fr‚d‚ric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935)
1914 Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill)
1948 Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's)
1930 Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
1904 John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings)
1947 John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1907 Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
1716 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Mausol‚e du Dauphin)
1906 Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
1715 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1892 Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica)
1936 Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
1604 Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
1929 Robert Muczynski, composer
1860 William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
1904 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer
1975 Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1897 Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth)
1944 Joseph Celli, composer
1971 Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-96)
1970 Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1601 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
1968 Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1945 Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966)
1894 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)
1629 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
1982 Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997)
1905 Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP)
1927 Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
1953 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1879 Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
1935 Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3)
1847 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer
1970 Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-B-98, Senators)
1972 Maria Maunder, St John's New Foundland, rower (Olympics-96)
1909 Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors)
1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
1851 Roque S enz Pe¤a, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
1897 L O'Flaherty, writer
1917 Dino Lipatti, composer
1969 Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1871 Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11")
1932 Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
1610 Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
1959 Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis)
1912 Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot
1913 William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892)
1971 Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1907 Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1785 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer
1947 Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons)
1946 Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
1970 Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
1957 Blake Passey, horse trainer
1973 John Michels, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1968 Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)
1974 Jennifer Lynn Drayton, Saginaw Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1997)
1923 Janine Dacosta, French pianist
1934 B”rge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
1740 Johann Georg Roser, composer
1907 Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer
1673 Pedro Vaz Rego, composer
1745 Nicolas Sejan, composer
1721 Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized
1728 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter
1742 Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet
1953 Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It)
1976 Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless)
1912 Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
1946 Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1503 Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)
1593 Georges de la Tour, French painter
1740 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist
1933 Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)
1883 Josef Matthais Hauer, composer
1925 Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
1929 Herman van San, composer
1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954)
1955 Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)
1901 Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman)
1949 Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International)
1911 Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman
1889 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
1959 Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation)
1816 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer
1903 Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party
1752 Jose Mauricio, composer
1944 Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
1942 Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin')
1971 Cory Fleming, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
1971 Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (NO Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1821 William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
1935 Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny)
1947 Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
1813 David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
1992 Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays
1942 David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1942 Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking)
1936 Amancio D'Silva, musician
1971 Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
1767 Leonhard von Call, composer
1939 Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
1919 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party)
1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's)
1947 Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
1874 Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along)
1946 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
1969 Michael Bergin, model (Coca Cola)/actor
1929 Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World)
1817 Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1942 Ross Valory, rocker (Journey)
1821 Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
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