Today's Famous Birthdays

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Robert Roy MacGregor
(Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair;
7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734)

was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero.
Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded
in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor Tacksman,
Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of
Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.

In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary MacGregor of Comar
(1671–1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James Mor MacGregor
(1695–1754), Ranald (1706–1786), Coll (died 1735) and Robert (1715–1754)—known as Robìn Òig
or Young Rob. It has been argued that they also adopted a cousin named Duncan, but this is not certain.









Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich
(7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942)

was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust.

Heydrich was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD). He was
also Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor (Deputy/Acting Reich-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia.
He served as president of the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC, now known as Interpol)
and chaired the January 1942 Wannsee Conference which formalised plans for the
"Final Solution to the Jewish question"—the deportation and genocide of all Jews in
German-occupied Europe

Many historians regard Heydrich as the darkest figure within the Nazi regime; Adolf Hitler described him as
"the man with the iron heart"












Matthew Charles Fisher
(born 7 March 1946)

is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his longtime association with
the rock band Procol Harum, which included playing the Hammond organ on the 1967 single
"A Whiter Shade of Pale", for which he subsequently won a songwriting credit. In his later life he became
a computer programmer, having qualified from Cambridge University.










Peter Wolf
(born March 7, 1946)

is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the J. Geils Band
from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist.











Lynn Curtis Swann
(born March 7, 1952)

is an American former football player, broadcaster, politician, and athletic director, best known for his
association with the University of Southern California and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He served on the
President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition from 2002 to 2005.
In 2006, he was the Republican nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania.