Today's Famous Birthdays

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Leonard Simon Nimoy
(March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015)

was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years.
This includes originating Spock in the original Star Trek series in 1966, then Star Trek: The
Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Nimoy also
directed films, including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV:
The Voyage Home (1986), and appeared in several films, television shows, and voice acted
in several video games. Outside of acting, Nimoy was a film director, photographer,
author, singer, and songwriter.








James Edmund Caan
(March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022)

was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a
performance which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting
Actor. He reprised his role in The Godfather Part II (1974). He received a motion pictures star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.

After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and
Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), Caan gained acclaim for his portrayal of Brian Piccolo
in the 1971 television movie Brian's Song for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. Caan received Golden Globe Award
nominations for his performances in the drama The Gambler (1974), and the musical Funny Lady (1975).
He continued to receive significant roles in feature films such as Cinderella Liberty (1973), Rollerball (1975),
A Bridge Too Far (1977), Comes a Horseman (1978), Chapter Two (1979) and Thief (1981).









Diana Ross
(born March 26, 1944)

is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes,
who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups
of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of twelve number-one hit
singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love",
"Come See About Me", and "Love Child".

Following departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a successful solo career in music,
film, television and on stage. Her eponymous debut solo album featured the U.S. number-one hit
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and music anthem "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)". It was
followed with her second solo album, Everything Is Everything (1970), which spawned her first UK
number-one single "I'm Still Waiting".









John Ernest Crawford
(March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021)

was an American actor, singer, and musician. He first performed before a national audience as
a Mouseketeer. At age 12, Crawford rose to prominence playing Mark McCain in the series
The Rifleman, for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Award at age 13.

Crawford had a brief career as a recording artist in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to act
on television and in film as an adult. Beginning in 1992, Crawford led the California-based
Johnny Crawford Orchestra, a vintage dance orchestra that performed at special events.








Vicki Ann Lawrence
(born March 26, 1949),

sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer.
She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence originated multitudes
of characters beyond Mama on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978, the variety
show's entire series run.

In The Carol Burnett Show's 7th season, Lawrence debuted her famed Mama role on a comedy
sketch called The Family. Only created as a one-off skit, The Family's unexpected success with
audiences led to it having recurring installments for the final 5 seasons of the program. With
Lawrence portraying the character of a cold, unaffectionate, widowed elderly mother to the
neurotic, misfortunate Eunice (played by Burnett despite Lawrence being 16 years younger),
The Family bred some of The Carol Burnett Show's most famed blooper moments.








Martin Hayter Short
(born March 26, 1950)

is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Short was awarded as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.

He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. Short created
the characters Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. He also acted in the sitcom Mulaney (2014–2015),
the variety series Maya & Marty (2016), and The Morning Show (2019). He has also had an active
career on stage, starring in Broadway productions including Neil Simon's musicals The Goodbye Girl (1993)
and Little Me (1998–1999). The latter earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the
former a nomination in the same category.

He has starred in comedy films such as Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace (1987), Three Fugitives (1989),
Captain Ron (1992), Clifford (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), and
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006). Short also provided voice-work for films like
The Pebble and the Penguin (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Treasure Planet (2002),
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008),
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Frankenweenie (both 2012), and The Wind Rises (2013).








Leeza Kim Gibbons
(born March 26, 1957)

is an American talk show host. She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for
Entertainment Tonight (1984–2000) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime
talk show, Leeza (1993–2000). In 2013, her book Take 2 became a New York Times
bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel
program for the PBS show, My Generation. On February 16, 2015, Gibbons was named
the winner of Celebrity Apprentice; while on the show she raised $714,000 for her
charity Leeza's Care Connection.









Keira Christina Knightley OBE
(born 26 March 1985)

is an English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters,
particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations
for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier
Award. In 2018, she was appointed an OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to
drama and charity.








Robert Lee Frost
(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963)

was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the
United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American
colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the
early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

Frequently honored during his lifetime, Frost is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.
He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution". He was
awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was
named poet laureate of Vermont.









Thomas Lanier Williams III
(March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983),

known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three
foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.

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William Childs Westmoreland
(March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005)

was a United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during
the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army
from 1968 to 1972.

Westmoreland adopted a strategy of attrition against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army,
attempting to drain them of manpower and supplies. He also made use of the United States'
edge in artillery and air power, both in tactical confrontations and in relentless strategic bombing
of North Vietnam. Nevertheless, public support for the war eventually diminished, especially
after the Battle of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive in 1968.









Sandra Day O'Connor
(born March 26, 1930)

is an American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated
and the first confirmed to the court. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she was considered
a swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first five months of the Roberts Court.

Prior to O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was a judge and an elected official in Arizona, serving
as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate.
Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate.
On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of a successor.
Samuel Alito was nominated to take her seat in October 2005 and joined the Court on January 31, 2006.










Nancy Patricia Pelosi
(born March 26, 1940)

is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives
from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first
woman elected Speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress,
leading the House Democrats for 20 years, from 2003 to 2023. She has represented California's 11th
congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. The district, numbered
as the 5th district from 1987 to 1993, the 8th from 1993 to 2013, and the 12th from 2013 to 2023,
includes most of the city of San Francisco.









Steven Victor Tallarico
(born March 26, 1948),

known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the
Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano and percussion.
He has been called the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his powerful wide vocal
range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his performances, Tyler usually dresses
in colorful (and sometimes androgynous) outfits and makeup with his trademark scarves
hanging from his microphone stand.










Kenneth Arnold Chesney
(born March 26, 1968)

is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20
albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
and Country Airplay charts, 32 of which have reached number one. Many of these have also
charted within the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making him one of the most successful
crossover country artists. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.










Theodore Raymond Knight
(born March 26, 1973)

is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical
drama television series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2009, 2020), which earned him a nomination
for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2007.

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David Janssen
(born David Harold Meyer)
(March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980)

was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as
Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967). Janssen also had
the title roles in three other series: Richard Diamond, Private Detective; O'Hara,
U.S. Treasury and Harry O.

In 1996 TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.









Anthony George Banks
(born 27 March 1950)

is an English musician, songwriter and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist
and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist,
releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music.








Quentin Jerome Tarantino
(born March 27, 1963)

is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized
violence, extended dialogue including the pervasive use of profanity and references to popular culture.

Tarantino began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of the crime
film Reservoir Dogs in 1992. His second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a dark comedy crime
thriller, was a major success with critics and audiences winning numerous awards, including
the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 1996, he appeared
in From Dusk till Dawn, also writing the screenplay. Tarantino's third film, Jackie Brown (1997),
paid homage to blaxploitation films.









Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, OBE
(27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933)

was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for
reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude Johnson (1864–1926),
he founded Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce initially focused on large 40-50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its
successors. Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War
and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product.








William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) is an American former NASCAR Winston
Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, and farmer. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR
history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He was one
of the preeminent stock car drivers from the 1960s to the 1980s and also competed in IndyCar
events. His fame was such that a special model of the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II
was named after him.

His 83 wins tie him with Jimmie Johnson for sixth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winner's
list (behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, who are tied for fourth with 84). His 14.82% winning
percentage is the ninth best of all-time and third among those with 500 or more starts. Yarborough
won the Daytona 500 four times; his first win coming in 1968 for the Wood Brothers, the second
in 1977 for Junior Johnson, and back-to-back wins in 1983 and 1984 for Ranier-Lundy Racing.
Yarborough is a three-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the
Year Award (1977, 1978, 1979).









Mariah Carey
(born March 27, 1969)

is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme"
by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style,
improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. Carey is famous for
the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song
"All I Want for Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas". Carey rose
to fame in 1990 with her debut album Mariah Carey. She was the first artist to have their first
five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring several generations
of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.









Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson
(born March 27, 1975),

is an American singer and rapper. She first achieved chart success as part of the hip hop group the
Black Eyed Peas. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess (2006), saw commercial success and spawned
three Billboard Hot 100 number one singles: "London Bridge", "Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry".
Although she vocally incorporates rapping into some of her performances,
she does not consider herself a rapper.

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Richard Marlin Perkins
(March 28, 1905 – June 14, 1986)

was an American zoologist. He was best known as a host of the television program
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985.







Vincent Anthony Vaughn
(born March 28, 1970)

is an American actor. Vaughn is most known for his leading roles in comedy films such
as Old School (2003), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005),
The Break-Up (2006), Fred Claus (2007), and Four Christmases (2008). He continued
his comedic roles in the 2010s with The Dilemma (2011), The Watch (2012),
and The Internship (2013).









Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
(born March 28, 1986),

known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began
performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays.
She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through the New York University
Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. After
Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records
and KonLive Distribution, in 2007. Gaga had her breakthrough the following
year with her debut studio album, The Fame, and its chart-topping singles
"Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album was later reissued to include the
extended play The Fame Monster (2009), which yielded the successful singles
"Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro".









James Wesley Dodd
(March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964)

was an American actor, singer and songwriter best known as the master of ceremonies
for the popular 1950s Walt Disney television series The Mickey Mouse Club, as well
as the writer of its well-known theme song "The Mickey Mouse Club March."
A different version of this march, much slower in tempo and with different lyrics,
became the alma mater that closed each episode.








Rodrigo Roa Duterte KGCR
(born March 28, 1945),

also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer
and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
He is the chairperson of PDP–Laban, the ruling political party in the Philippines during
his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao,
and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71.










Reba Nell McEntire
(born March 28, 1955),

or simply Reba, is an American country music singer and actress. Dubbed
"the Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number one spot. She is an
actress in films and television. She starred in the television series Reba, which
aired for six seasons. She also owns several businesses, including a clothing line.









Cheryl Renee James
(born March 28, 1966),

better known by her stage name Salt, is an American rapper. She is best known as
a member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa (Sandra Denton)
and Spinderella (Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper). James starred in The Salt-N-Pepa Show,
a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group; which aired on the VH1 network in 2008.

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Warner Leroy Baxter
(March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951)

was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for
his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the
Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards. He frequently
played womanizing, charismatic Latin bandit types in Westerns, and played
the Cisco Kid or a similar character throughout the 1930s, but had a range
of other roles throughout his career.









Pearl Mae Bailey
(March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990)

was an American actress, singer and author. After appearing in vaudeville,
she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She received a
Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly!
in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as
a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.
Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

In 1976, she became the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors
Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
on October 17, 1988.










Eric Idle
(born 29 March 1943)

is an English actor, comedian, musician and writer. Idle was a member of the
British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles,
and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spamalot
(based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

Known for his elaborate wordplay and musical numbers, Idle performed many
of the songs featured in Python projects, including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
(from Life of Brian), and the "Galaxy Song" (from The Meaning of Life). After
Monty Python's Flying Circus, he created the sketch show Rutland Weekend
Television (1975-76), hosted Saturday Night Live in the US four times in the
first five seasons and guest-starred on The Simpsons. Idle's initially successful
solo career faltered in the 1990s with the failures of his 1993 film Splitting Heirs
(which he wrote, produced, and starred in) and 1998's An Alan Smithee Film:
Burn Hollywood Burn (in which he starred).









Marina Sirtis
(born 29 March 1955)

is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on
the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four Star Trek feature films,
as well as other appearances in the Star Trek franchise.


Deanna Troi (29 March 2336)

is a main character in the science-fiction television series
Star Trek: The Next Generation and related TV series and films, portrayed
by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid,
and has the psionic ability to sense emotions.








Lucille Frances Lawless MNZM
(born 29 March 1968)

is a New Zealand actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the
television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined
Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series
Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series. Since 2019, she has starred
as Alexa in the television series My Life Is Murder.










John Tyler
(March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) ,

was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after
briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice
president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison,
succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming
office. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and advocate of states' rights, including
regarding slavery, and he adopted nationalistic policies as president only when
they did not infringe on the states' powers. His unexpected rise to the
presidency posed a threat to the presidential ambitions of Henry Clay and
other Whig politicians and left Tyler estranged from both of the nation's
major political parties at the time.









Denton True "Cy" Young
(March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)

was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio,
he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional
baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the
National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898.
He was then transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals franchise. In 1901,
Young jumped to the American League and played for the Boston Red Sox
franchise until 1908, helping them win the 1903 World Series. He finished
his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers, retiring in 1911.









Eugene Joseph McCarthy
(March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005)

was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the
United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate
from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic presidential nomination in
the 1968 election, challenging incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War
platform. McCarthy sought the presidency five times but never won.

Born in Watkins, Minnesota, McCarthy became an economics professor after earning
a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota. He served as a code breaker
for the United States Department of War during World War II. McCarthy became a
member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (the state affiliate of the
Democratic Party) and in 1948 was elected to the House of Representatives, where
he served until being elected to the Senate in 1958. McCarthy was a prominent
supporter of Adlai Stevenson II for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960
and was himself a candidate for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination in 1964.
He co-sponsored the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, though he later
expressed regret about its impact and became a member of the
Federation for American Immigration Reform.

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Samuel Moore Walton
(March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992)

was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart
and Sam's Club, which he started in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private
employer in the world. For a period of time, Walton was the richest man in America.
His family has remained the richest family in the U.S. for several consecutive years,
with a net worth of around US$240.6 billion as of January 2022.









Terrence Ross Jacks
(born March 29, 1944)

is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his 1974
hit song "Seasons in the Sun".









Earl Christian Campbell
(born March 29, 1955),

nicknamed "the Tyler Rose", is an American former professional football player who
played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers
and New Orleans Saints. Known for his aggressive, punishing running style and
ability to break tackles, Campbell gained recognition as one of the best power
running backs in NFL history.









Patricia Jean Donahue
(March 29, 1956 – December 9, 1996)

was the lead singer of the 1980s new wave group the Waitresses. She is best known
for the band’s singles "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping".









John Popper
(born March 29, 1967)

is an American musician and songwriter, known as the co-founder, lead vocalist,
and frontman of the rock band Blues Traveler.

[Charon]

Just an aside, but Leonard Nimoy was raised in a Jewish family or had some Jewish roots.

So they gesture he made with two fingers together on each hand, which i cannot do, he suggested it be used as his Characters signature.

So, if'n u make that gesture, it really means Shalom Shalom. just sayin.

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John Allen Astin
(born March 30, 1930)

is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television
and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is best known for starring in
The Addams Family (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the
role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and
the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993). With the death of Lisa Loring
on January 28, 2023, Astin is the last surviving main cast member of The Addams Family.








Henry Warren Beatty
(born March 30, 1937)

is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans over six decades and he has
been nominated for 15 Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor, four for
Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for
Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981). Beatty is the only
person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing
the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait
(with Buck Henry as co-director), and again for Reds.

Eight of the films he produced earned 53 Academy nominations.









Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan
(born 30 March 1965)

is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began
his Fleet Street career in 1988 at The Sun. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed
editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest
editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. From 1995,
Morgan edited the Daily Mirror, but was fired in 2004. He was the editorial director
of First News during 2006 to 2007.









Donna Jeanette D'Errico
(born March 30, 1968)

is an American actress and model. She posed for Playboy as its Playmate of the
Month for September 1995 and had a starring role (1996–1998) on the television
series Baywatch. She continues to act in films and on television.








Vincent Willem van Gogh
(30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890)

was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most
famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about
2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last
two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits,
and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive
brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Not commercially
successful in his career, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, which
eventually led to his suicide at age thirty-seven.











Ralph Pierre LaCock
(born March 30, 1926),

better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, is an American former game show
host, television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host
of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981 and has almost fifty television, movie,
and Broadway credits.

Marshall was given his stage name by John Robert Powers. Powers had chosen the
last name Marshall for Peter's sister (who later chose to use Joanne Dru instead),
and Peter adopted it early in his career and paired it with an anglicized version
of his middle name.









Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
(born 30 March 1945)

is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of
the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in
Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's
"Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's
list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.

After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963,
replacing founding guitarist Top Topham. Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds
sound from blues rock to a more radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left in 1965 to
play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. On leaving Mayall in 1966, after one album,
he formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in
which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop".
After Cream broke up in November 1968, he formed the blues rock band Blind Faith with
Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, recording one album and performing on one tour
before they broke up. Clapton embarked on a solo career in 1970.

Alongside his solo career, he also performed with Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos,
with whom he recorded "Layla", one of his signature songs.









James Mangrum
(born March 30, 1948),

better known as Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, is the lead singer and frontman for the American
Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair,
and wild stage antics. Mangrum was born in the town of Benton Harbor, Michigan, where
his Arkansas-born parents were working at the time. The family returned to their home
state and raised Mangrum in the small town of Black Oak, Arkansas. He was brought up
a Southern Baptist and attended Monette High School, in Monette, Arkansas.

In 1966, Mangrum and members of the group stole musical equipment from Monette high
school and Manila high school, and were arrested for grand larceny. They were sentenced
to 26 years at the Tucker Prison Farm; however, the sentence was suspended.










Stanley Kirk Burrell
(born March 30, 1962),

better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper.
He is known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" and
"Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his
eponymous Hammer pants. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame, Hammer has also
been an entrepreneur and celebrity spokesperson.










Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964)

is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car"
and "Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987.
The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman, which became a
commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday
Tribute concert, and was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association
of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for
Album of the Year, three of which she won; Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1989,
Chapman released her second album, Crossroads, which earned her an additional
Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Her third album, Matters of the Heart, followed in 1992.









Norah Jones
(born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979)

is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music
and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her
the top jazz artist of the 2000's decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was
ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.

In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me,
which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond,
selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including
the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist.[9] Her subsequent studio
albums—Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), and The Fall (2009)—all gained
platinum status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received
by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on April 27, 2012;
her sixth, Day Breaks, was released on October 7, 2016. Her seventh studio album,
Pick Me Up Off the Floor, was released on June 12, 2020. Jones made her feature film
debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed
by Wong Kar-Wai.

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George Richard Chamberlain
(born March 31, 1934)

is an American actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television
show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several miniseries, such as
Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the
1988 television film The Bourne Identity. Chamberlain has also performed classical stage
roles and worked in musical theatre.







Shirley Mae Jones
(born March 31, 1934)

is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as
wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956),
and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for
playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge,
the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series
The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson,
David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.








Christopher Walken
(born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943)

is an American actor. Prolific in film, television, and on stage, Walken is the recipient of numerous
accolades. He has earned an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, as
well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. His films have grossed
more than $1.6 billion in the United States alone.








Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress. She played head-waitress Carla Tortelli
in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten
Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress — winning four times — and was nominated for a
record seven Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also
appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon (1995), Matilda (1996), The Sessions (2012),
and Poms (2019).









John Arthur Johnson
(March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946),

nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era,
became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against
James J. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century". Johnson defeated Jeffries, who was white,
triggering dozens of race riots across the U.S. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, "for more than
thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious black boxer on Earth".
He is widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers in history. Transcending boxing, he
became part of the culture and history of racism in the United States.

Johnson continued taking paying fights for many years, and operated several other businesses,
including lucrative endorsement deals. He died in a car crash in 1946 at the age of 68. He is
buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. In 2018 Johnson, with some instigation from actor
Sylvester Stallone, was formally pardoned by U.S. president Donald Trump.








Herb Alpert
(born March 31, 1935)

is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s.
During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded
28 albums that have landed on the Billboard 200 chart, five of which became No. 1 albums;
he has had 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to hit
No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968)
and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).









Angus McKinnon Young
(born 31 March 1955)

is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and only
remaining original member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic
performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk.
Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of all-time list. In 2003,
Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.








Erik Turner
(born March 31, 1964)

is best known as the rhythm guitarist in American glam metal band Warrant. Turner co-founded
Warrant in Los Angeles, California in July 1984 with bassist Jerry Dixon. Turner was influenced
by bands Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith and guitarists Jimmy Page and Joe Perry.

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Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds
(April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016)

was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years.
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal
of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role,
as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of
Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination),
The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached
number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album,
titled Debbie.

She starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous
Molly Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967),
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996)
(Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997).









Alexander Gordon Jump
(April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003)

was an American actor. He was best known for playing Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the series
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which he reprised in its spin-off The New WKRP in Cincinnati
(1991–1993). He also played Chief Tinkler in the sitcom Soap (1977–1978) and Mr. Horton
on a two-part episode of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1983). He appeared in Maytag commercials
as the "Maytag repairman" from 1989 until his retirement in 2003.








Elizabeth Alice MacGraw
(born April 1, 1939)

is an American actress and activist. She gained attention with her role in the film
Goodbye, Columbus (1969), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising
Newcomer. She gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story (1970),
for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was
voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and
footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films.
Despite this, she would retain her leading woman status in only four films afterward.
She went on to star in the popular action film The Getaway (1972). She played the female
lead in Convoy (1978) and headlined the romantic sports drama Players (1979), the comedy
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), and appeared in the historical novel-based television
miniseries The Winds of War (1983). In 1991, she published an autobiography, Moving Pictures.








Logan Alexander Paul
(born April 1, 1995)

is an American social media personality, actor, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to
WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel,
and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021.
Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over 4 million
YouTube subscribers









Paul John Manafort Jr.
(born April 1, 1949)

is an American lobbyist, political consultant, and attorney. A long-time Republican Party
campaign consultant, he chaired the Trump presidential campaign from June to August 2016.
Manafort served as an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford,
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bob Dole. In 1980, he co-founded the Washington,
D.C.–based lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone, along with principals Charles R. Black Jr.
and Roger J. Stone, joined by Peter G. Kelly in 1984. Manafort often lobbied on
behalf of foreign leaders such as former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, former
dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, former dictator of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko,
and Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign
governments requires registration with the Justice Department under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); on June 27, 2017,
he retroactively registered as a foreign agent.








Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.
(born April 1, 1950)

is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and
has served since January 31, 2006. He is the second Italian American justice to serve on the
U.S. Supreme Court—after Antonin Scalia—and the eleventh Catholic.

Alito was raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and educated at Princeton University and
Yale Law School. After graduating, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before joining the Supreme Court.
He is the 110th justice. Alito is "one of the most conservative justices on the Court." He has
described himself as a "practical originalist" and applies originalism flexibly, reliably arriving
at conservative outcomes.








Henry Gross
(born April 1, 1951)

is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group Sha Na Na and for
his hit song, "Shannon". Gross is considered a one-hit wonder artist; none of his other songs
reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, his single "Springtime Mama" was a
top 40 hit in the summer of 1976, peaking at #37.









Susan Magdalane Boyle
(born 1 April 1961)

is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series
of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.

Boyle's debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released in November 2009; it became the
UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held by Spirit by Leona Lewis,
and set a record for first-week sales by a debut album, according to the Official Charts Company.
In her first year of fame, Boyle made £5 million (£7.1 million today) with the release of
I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses".









Vítor Vieira Belfort
(born 1 April 1977)

is a Brazilian, retired mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions.
Belfort previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he fought in the
Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions. He is the UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament
Champion, as well as the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Cage Rage World Light
Heavyweight Champion. Known for his explosive knockout power, Belfort is tied for third for the
most finishes in UFC history with 14. Belfort has also competed for MMA promotions Pride FC,
Strikeforce, Affliction, and Cage Rage.