Today's Famous Birthdays

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Loretta Mary Aiken
(March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975),

known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress.
Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the
Chitlin' Circuit of African-American vaudeville. Mabley later recorded comedy albums and appeared
in films and on television programs including The Ed Sullivan Show and
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.










Roy Roberts
(born Roy Barnes Jones, March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975)

was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than
nine hundred productions on stage and screen.

Bank president Mr. Cheever on CBS's The Lucy Show

John Cushing, president of the rival Merchants Bank
on CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies

Railroad president Norman Curtis on CBS's Petticoat Junction

Darrin's father Frank Stephens on ABC's Bewitched, alternating
with actor Robert F. Simon depending upon availability.

Banker Harry Bodkin on CBS's Gunsmoke

Neighbor Bruce MacDermott on ABC's Our Man Higgins

Preston "Press" Wasco and Kelly on the NBC western, Laredo

"Doc" on John Payne's The Restless Gun in the
1957 episode "Trail to Sunset"

Banker George Bristol on NBC's Bonanza

Admiral Rogers on McHale's Navy
(in some episodes, his first name is given as "John" and
in others his name is given as "Bruce").

The Governor in a season two episode of Green Acres,
"One of Our Assemblymen is Missing".









Ursula Andress
(born 19 March 1936)

is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American,
British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first
James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody
Casino Royale. Other credits include Fun in Acapulco (1963), 4 for Texas (1963), She (1965),
The 10th Victim (1965), The Blue Max (1966), The Southern Star (1969), Perfect Friday (1970),
Red Sun (1971), The Sensuous Nurse (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978),
The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Clash of the Titans (1981), and Peter the Great (1986).









Glenn Close
(born March 19, 1947)

is an American actress. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Close has garnered
numerous accolades, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards,
and three Tony Awards. Additionally, she has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award,
holding the record for the most nominations in an acting category without a win. In 2016, she was
inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, Time magazine named her one of
the 100 most influential people in the world.









Harvey Weinstein
(born March 19, 1952)

is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein,
co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent
films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994);
Heavenly Creatures (1994); Flirting with Disaster (1996); and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love and also won seven
Tony Awards for plays and musicals including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and
August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded
The Weinstein Company (TWC), a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob,
from 2005 to 2017.

In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations dating back to the late 1970s,
Weinstein was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences. More than 80 women made allegations of sexual harassment and/or rape
against Weinstein by October 31.









Walter Bruce Willis
(born March 19, 1955)

is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series
Moonlighting (1985–1989) and appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action
hero after his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise (1988–2013) and other roles.

Willis's other credits include The Last Boy Scout (1991), Death Becomes Her (1992),
Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998),
The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Sin City (2005), Red (2010), Moonrise Kingdom (2012),
Looper (2012) and Red 2 (2013). In the later years of his career, Willis starred in many low-budget
direct-to-video films, which were poorly received. In March 2022, Willis's family announced that
he was retiring after suffering from aphasia, and in February 2023
he was officially diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.








Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
(March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929)

was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and
Tombstone. Earp was involved in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed
three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. He is often erroneously regarded as the central figure in the
shootout, although his brother Virgil was the Tombstone City and Deputy U.S. Marshal that day and
had far more experience in combat as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier.










John Joseph Sirica
(March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992)

was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,
where he became famous for his role in the trials stemming from the Watergate scandal.

Experienced as a trial lawyer, Sirica was known for his "no-nonsense" demeanor on the bench.
His critics said he lacked understanding of people and compassion, that he was guilty of careless
legal errors, that he had a misguided view of the purposes of judicial power. Most of all, they
attacked him for his handling of the Watergate trial. He was nicknamed "Maximum John" for
giving defendants the maximum sentence that guidelines allowed.








Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944)

is a Palestinian Jordanian man who was convicted of the June 5, 1968, assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Sirhan shot Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of President John F. Kennedy, at the Ambassador
Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Kennedy died the next day at Good Samaritan Hospital.

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William Edgar Buchanan II
(March 20, 1903  – April 4, 1979)

was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. 

He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from 

the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and 

The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.









Oswald George Nelson
(March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975)

was an American actor, filmmaker, musician and bandleader. He originated and starred in
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series with his wife Harriet and
two sons David and Ricky Nelson.









Fred McFeely Rogers
(March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003),

better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer,
and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool
television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.









Hal Linden
(born Harold Lipshitz, March 20, 1931)

is an American stage and screen actor, television director and musician.

Linden began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s. After a stint in the
United States Army, he began an acting career, first working in summer stock and off-Broadway
productions. Linden found success on Broadway when he replaced Sydney Chaplin in the musical
Bells Are Ringing. In 1962, he starred as Billy Crocker in the off-Broadway revival of the Cole Porter
musical Anything Goes. In 1971, he won a Best Actor Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild
in the musical The Rothschilds. In 1974, Linden landed his best-known role as the title character in
the television comedy series Barney Miller.










Jerry Reed Hubbard
(March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008)

was an American singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor who appeared in more than a dozen
films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man",
"Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
(which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), 

"Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down" 

(the theme song for the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit,
in which Reed co-starred), 

"The Bird", and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)".










John Sherwood de Lancie Jr.
(born March 20, 1948)

is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and comedian, best known for his role as Q in various
Star Trek series (1987–present); beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation and leading right up
to the second season of Star Trek: Picard in 2022.











Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee
(born March 20, 1957)

is an American filmmaker and actor. Lee's work has continually explored race relations, issues within
the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other
political issues. He has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award,
a Student Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Peabody Awards.
He has also been honored with an Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003,
the Academy Honorary Award in 2019, and a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center
as well as the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.










John Daniel Ehrlichman
(March 20, 1925 – February 14, 1999)

was an American political aide who served as the White House Counsel and Assistant to the President
for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman was an important influence on Nixon's
domestic policy, coaching him on issues and enlisting his support for environmental initiatives.
Ehrlichman was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal,
for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury, and served a year and a half in prison.
Ehrlichman was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of Lillian Catherine  and Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman.
His family practiced Christian Science.











Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934)

is a retired American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco
from 1996 to 2004, the first African American to hold that office.

Born in Mineola, Texas, where he graduated from high school, Brown moved to San Francisco in 1951.
He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1955 and earned a J.D. from the University of California,
Hastings College of the Law in 1958, after which he worked as an attorney and
was involved in the Civil rights movement.

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Gary Leonard Oldman
(born 21 March 1958)

is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has
received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three
British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making
him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.

Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982).
He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court and was a member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane,
Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of
Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz
in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of
a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of
the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990),
Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

To name just a few









Matthew Broderick
(born March 21, 1962)

is an American actor. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character
in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994),
and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical The Producers and its 2005 film adaptation. Other
films he had starring credits in include WarGames (1983), Glory (1989), The Freshman (1990),
The Cable Guy (1996), Godzilla (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count on Me (2000)
and The Last Shot (2004). Broderick also directed himself in Infinity (1996) and provided voice
work in Good Boy! (2003), Bee Movie (2007), and The Tale of Despereaux (2008).









John Davison Rockefeller III
(March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978)

was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He
was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic projects, many of which his family had launched, as well
as supporting organizations related to East Asian affairs. Rockefeller was also a major supporter of the
Population Council, and the committee that created the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.










Rose Stone
(born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945)

is an American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and
the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and
Freddie Stone. She often wore a platinum-colored wig while performing with the band, and was
noted for her strong vocals. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a
member of Sly and the Family Stone.

After the band's dissolution in 1975, "Sister Rose" (as she was also known) married Sly Stone's
former manager/co-producer, Bubba Banks. She later recorded a solo album on Motown Records,
billed as Rose Banks.










Russell Allen Thompkins Jr.
(born March 21, 1951)

is an American soul singer. Best known as the original lead singer of the vocal group The Stylistics
and noted for his high tenor, countertenor, and falsetto vocals. With Russell as lead singer. The
Stylistics had 12 straight Top 10 Billboard R&B singles, and 5 gold singles from 1971 through 1974.

From 1971 to 1974, the Stylistics had twelve consecutive U.S. R&B top ten hits and five top ten U.S.
pop hits, including "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", "You Are Everything", "Betcha by Golly, Wow",
"Break Up to Make Up", and "You Make Me Feel Brand New". All of these songs
(and everything the group ever recorded) were led by Thompkins, and with the exception of
"You're a Big Girl Now", written and composed by Thom Bell and lyricist Linda Creed (1974's
"You Make Me Feel Brand New", a No. 2 pop hit, was also sung lead by group member Airrion Love).










Lynn Mabry
(born March 21, 1958)

is an American singer. She got her start in Sly and the Family Stone, along with Dawn Silva. In 1977,
she joined P-Funk. The following year, Mabry and Silva became the original Brides of Funkenstein,
releasing their first album Funk Or Walk. Mabry became pregnant and left the band in 1979. She gave
birth to a daughter named Akasha Larain Morrison in December 1979 (father is Walter "Junie" Morrison).
Silva continued The Brides with backing singers Sheila Horne and Jeanette McGruder for another year.

In 1983, Mabry joined Talking Heads for their concert film Stop Making Sense. She also spent time as
a background vocalist, continuing to tour with such acts as Rita Coolidge, Namie Amuro and Bette Midler
and George Michael in 1989 on the song "If You Were My Woman". In 1990, she toured as a backing
vocalist for Fleetwood Mac during their Behind the Mask Tour. In 1991, she toured as a backing vocalist
for Stevie Nicks during her Time Space tour. In the same year, she performed a cover version Soul II Soul's
"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" with George Michael for his Cover to Cover tour.

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Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx
(March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961)

was an American comedian, actor and pianist. He was the oldest brother in the
Marx Brothers comedy troupe, alongside his brothers Adolph ("Harpo"), Julius ("Groucho"),
Milton ("Gummo") and Herbert ("Zeppo"). His persona in the act was that of a charming,
uneducated but crafty con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes
and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat. On screen, Chico is often in alliance
with Harpo, usually as partners in crime, and is also frequently seen trying to con or outfox
Groucho. Leonard was the oldest of the Marx Brothers to live past early childhood,
the first-born being Manfred Marx who had died in infancy. In addition to his work as a
performer, he played an important role in the management and development of the act
in its early years.










Karl Malden
(born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009)

was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist,
"for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun authenticity to roles
in theater, film, and television", especially in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),
for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, On the Waterfront (1954),
Pollyanna (1960), and One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Malden also played in high-profile Hollywood
films such as Baby Doll (1956), The Hanging Tree (1959), How the West Was Won (1962),
Gypsy (1962), and Patton (1970).

From 1972 to 1977, he portrayed Lt. Mike Stone in the primetime television crime drama
The Streets of San Francisco. He was later the spokesman for American Express.









James Edward Brown
(March 22, 1920 – April 11, 1992)

was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing
Lt. Ripley Masters in the American western television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.

Brown was born in Desdemona, Texas. He attended Baylor University, representing the
university at Tennis. Brown began his acting career in 1941 with an uncredited role as a
medic in the film Ride, Kelly, Ride. His first credited role was in the 1942 film The Forest Rangers.
Brown starred, co-starred and appeared on films including The Good Fellows, Objective, Burma!,
Gun Street, The Big Fix, When the Clock Strikes, Air Force, Irma la Douce, The Fabulous Texan,
Young and Willing, The Gallant Legion, The Younger Brothers, Corvette K-225, Sands of Iwo Jima,
Yes Sir, That's My Baby, Our Hearts Were Young Gay (and its sequel Our Hearts Were Growing Up),
Chain Lightning, Missing Women, Inside the Mafia, The Groom Wore Spurs and Going My Way.










Ross Martin
(born Martin Rosenblatt, March 22, 1920 – July 3, 1981)

was an American radio, voice, stage, film and television actor. Martin was best known for
portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West, which aired
from 1965 to 1969. He was the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 1972's Sealab 2020,
additional characters in 1973's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and additional
character voices in 1978's Jana of the Jungle.









Werner Klemperer
(March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000)

was an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS
television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he twice won the award for Outstanding
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968 and 1969.

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began performing on
the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer then appeared in several films during his early
acting career such as The Wrong Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961),
and Houseboat (1958), and numerous roles on television shows such as Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (1956), Perry Mason (1957), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1958),
The Untouchables (1960), and Have Gun Will Travel (1961), prior to his Hogan's Heroes role.










Marcel Marceau
(born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007)

was a French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown".
He referred to mime as the "art of silence", performing professionally worldwide for more
than 60 years.

As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most
of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3,000 troops after the liberation of
Paris in August. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris.









William Shatner OC
(born March 22, 1931)

is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of
James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise
in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk
in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994).

Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving
into guest-starring roles in various U.S. television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes
of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the
first seven Star Trek movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before,
during and after his time in a Starfleet uniform. He has also co-written several novels set in the
Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels, the TekWar sequence, that were adapted
for television. Outside Star Trek, Shatner played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in
T. J. Hooker (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996),
which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. His appearances as a guest
star in two episodes of the television detective series Columbo, almost two decades apart, were
among his many such contributions to television shows from the 1970s to the 2010s.










Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
(born March 22, 1976)

is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award,
a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards,
she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. Time magazine named
her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed
her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named
her the world's highest earning actress with an estimated net worth of $400 million.









William I or Wilhelm I
(German: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888)

was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until
his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of
a united Germany. He was de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became
regent for his brother Frederick William IV, whose death three years later would make him king.










Wolf Isaac Blitzer
(born March 22, 1948)

is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter
since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network.
He is the host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and until 2021, served as the network's
lead political anchor.

Blitzer was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany near Munich in 1948, during post-World War II
Allied occupation the son of Cesia Blitzer (née Zylberfuden), a homemaker, and David Blitzer,
a home builder. His parents were Polish Jewish refugees from German-occupied Poland who
survived the Auschwitz concentration camp; his grandparents, two uncles, and two aunts on
his father's side were all murdered there.

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Joan Crawford
(born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – May 10, 1977)

was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before
debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in
1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford launched a publicity campaign
and built an image as a nationally-known flapper by the end of the 1920s. By the 1930s, Crawford's
fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking
young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well
received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of
Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States,
but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison".








Richard Theodore Otcasek
(March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019),

known as Ric Ocasek, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was
the primary co-lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the rock band the Cars.
In addition to his work with the Cars, Ocasek recorded seven solo albums, and his song
"Emotion in Motion" was a top 20 hit in the United States in 1986. Ocasek also worked as a record
producer for artists such as Motion City Soundtrack, Suicide, Bad Brains, Weezer, Nada Surf,
Guided by Voices, and No Doubt. In 2018, Ocasek was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
as a member of the Cars.









Rex Wayne Tillerson
(born March 23, 1952)

is an American engineer and energy executive who served as the 69th U.S. secretary of state from
February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. Prior to joining the Trump
administration, Tillerson was chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of ExxonMobil, holding
that position from 2006 until 2017.









Yvette Marie Stevens
(born March 23, 1953),

better known by her stage name Chaka Khan,

is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the
lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the "Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist
to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with "I Feel for You" in 1984. Khan has won ten
Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.

With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In the course
of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album
with I Feel for You. She has collaborated with Steve Winwood, Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles,
Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others. In December 2016, Billboard
magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance club artist of all time. She was ranked at
No. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Khan has been nominated for
induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times as a solo artist and four times as a member
of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan; the first time in 2012 as a member of Rufus










Moses Eugene Malone
(March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015)

was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association
(ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A center, he was named
the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time
All-NBA Team selection. Malone led the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983, winning
both the league and Finals MVP. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
in his first year of eligibility in 2001. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history,
Malone is also seen as one of the most underrated NBA players.

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Harry Houdini
(born Erich Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926)

was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his
escape acts. His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual master, French magician
Robert-Houdin (1805–1871).

He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff'
Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up.
Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets
under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can
with water in it.

In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned
by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him
buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of
near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented
himself as the scourge of fake spiritualists. As President of the Society of American Magicians,
he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also
quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts.








Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle
(March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933)

was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the
Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with
Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored
Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton
into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s
and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with
Paramount Pictures for $1,000,000 a year (equivalent to $13,527,000 in 2021).








Joseph Roland Barbera
(March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006)

was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who
co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera.

Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1927
and subsequently Terrytoons in 1929. In 1937, he moved to California and while working
at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. The two men began a
collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry. In 1957, after MGM
dissolved their animation department, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became
the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such
as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Top Cat, The Smurfs,
Huckleberry Hound, and The Jetsons. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting
for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company. In 1991, the studio
was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner,
owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.









Norman Fell
(March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998)

was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on
the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers, and his film roles in Ocean's 11 (1960),
The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld.









Terrence Stephen McQueen
(March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980)

was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture
of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" and used the alias Harvey Mushman in motor races.

McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles (1966). His
other popular films include Love With the Proper Stranger (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965),
Nevada Smith (1966), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Bullitt (1968), Le Mans (1971),
The Getaway (1972), and Papillon (1973). In addition, he starred in the all-star ensemble films
The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and The Towering Inferno (1974).








Connie Hines
(March 24, 1931 – December 18, 2009)

was an American actress best known for playing Alan Young's wife, Carol Post, on the 1960s
sitcom Mister Ed. After her father's death, Hines married an insurance agent and moved to
Jacksonville, Florida. She worked as a model and as a radio and stage actress there, with
her own programs on WMBR-TV, and joined a stock company in Miami. By the time she was
divorced, Hines traveled to New York City to study with the Helen Hayes Equity Group.
When she came to Hollywood, she lived in an apartment, rented a car and began acting
with a role on an episode of the syndicated television series Whirlybirds. Hines' first film
role was in 1960's Thunder in Carolina. She also appeared in 1960 episodes of
Sea Hunt and M Squad.








William Emmett Smith
(March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021)

was an American actor. In a Hollywood career spanning more than 79 years, he appeared
in almost three hundred feature films and television productions in a wide variety of character
roles, accumulating over 980 total credits, with his best known role being the menacing
Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man. Smith is also known
for films like Any Which Way You Can (1980), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Rumble Fish (1983),
and Red Dawn (1984), as well as lead roles in several exploitation films during the 1990s.









Ronald Lee Ermey
(March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018)

was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor. He achieved fame for his role as
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a
Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps
staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant.

Ermey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film
Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army
men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010),
Lt. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power and John House in House.









Louis Perry Anderson
(March 24, 1953 – January 21, 2022)

was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host. Anderson created
the cartoon series Life with Louie and the television sitcom The Louie Show, and wrote four
books, including Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too, which was
published in 2018. He was the fourth host of the game show Family Feud, from 1999 to 2002,
in its third run and second revival.









Robert Blake
(born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023),

billed early in his career as Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake, was an American prolific Golden Globe
and Emmy Award winning actor, who appeared in some 200 films. He was best known for starring
in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and playing the title role in the late 1970s television series Baretta.

Blake began his career in the 1930s performing as a child alongside his family in song and dance,
but became famous as a child actor, with his lead role in the final years of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-era
of the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944.

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Mark William Calaway
(born March 24, 1965),

better known by the ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely
regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway spent the vast majority
of his career wrestling for WWF/E, and is best known for his critically acclaimed "Deadman"
Undertaker gimmick, for which he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022









James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor. From 2007 to 2019, he played
Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. He has received various awards, including
four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 2018, Forbes
estimated his annual salary to be $26.5 million and named him the world's highest-paid television actor.

Parsons was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas, and was raised in one of its northern
suburbs, Spring. He is the son of Milton Joseph "Mickey/Jack" Parsons Jr. and teacher Judy Ann.









Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow
(March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934)

were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during
the Great Depression. The couple were known for their bank robberies, although they preferred
to rob small stores or rural funeral homes. Their exploits captured the attention of the American
press and its readership during what is occasionally referred to as the "public enemy era"
between 1931 and 1934. They were ambushed by police and shot to death in
Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers
and four civilians.








Douglas 'Dougie' Campbell Thomson
(born 24 March 1951)

is a Scottish musician, born in Glasgow and raised in the Rutherglen area of the city. He was the
bass guitarist of progressive rock band Supertramp during much of the seventies and eighties.









Gabriele Susanne Kerner
(born 24 March 1960),

better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and songwriter who rose to
international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle
song "99 Luftballons". In that same year, the band re-recorded this song in English as
"99 Red Balloons". Nena's re-recording of some of the band's old hit songs as a solo artist,
produced by the co-composer of most of them, her former Nena band colleague and
keyboard player Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, rekindled her solo career in 2002. Combined
with the success of the Nena band years, she has sold over 25 million records, making her
the most successful German pop singer in chart history.

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Edward James Begley
(March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970)

was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and appeared
in such classics as 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). He was
nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Matthew Harrison Brady in a television
adaptation of Inherit the Wind. He is the father of actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr.









Sarah Jessica Parker
(born March 25, 1965)

is an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades,
including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named
her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.

She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City
(1998–2004), for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress
in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The character was widely popular
during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters
in American television. She later reprised the role in films Sex and the City (2008) and
Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the revival seasons of And Just Like That... (2021–present).









Pavel Andreievich Chekov (Born 25Mar2184)

is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe.

Walter Koenig portrayed Chekov in the second and third seasons of the original Star Trek series and
the first seven Star Trek films. Anton Yelchin portrayed the character in the 2009 Star Trek reboot film
and two sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond. Both Yelchin and Koenig were born
to Russian parents, but grew up in the United States, and both affected Russian accents for their roles.








Jack Leon Ruby
(born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; April 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967)

was an American nightclub owner and alleged associate of the Chicago Outfit who murdered
Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was accused of the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy. A Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald and sentenced
him to death. Ruby's conviction was later appealed, and he was to be granted a new trial; however,
he became ill in prison and died of a pulmonary embolism from lung cancer on January 3, 1967.









Howard William Cosell
(March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995)

was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential
during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985. Cosell was widely known for his blustery,
confident personality. Cosell said of himself, "I've been called arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain,
cruel, verbose, a showoff. And, of course, I am." Cosell was sardonically nicknamed
"Humble Howard" by fans and media critics.

During the first half of the September 5, 1983 Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys
and Washington Redskins, Cosell's commentary on wide receiver Alvin Garrett included
"That little monkey gets loose doesn't he?" Cosell's references to Garrett as a "little monkey," ignited a
racial controversy that laid the groundwork for Cosell's departure from MNF at the end of the 1983 season.
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, then-president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, denounced
Cosell's comment as racist and demanded a public apology. Despite supportive statements by Jesse Jackson,
Muhammad Ali, and Alvin Garrett himself, the fallout contributed to Cosell's decision to leave
Monday Night Football following the 1983 season.

"I liked Howard Cosell," Garrett said. "I didn't feel that it was a demeaning statement." Cosell
explained that Garrett's small stature, and not his race, was the basis for his comment, citing
the fact that he had used the term to describe his own grandchildren. Among other evidence to
support Cosell's claim is video footage of a 1972 preseason game between the New York Giants
and the Kansas City Chiefs that features Cosell referring to athlete Mike Adamle, a 5-foot, 8-inch,
195-pound Caucasian, as a "little monkey."









Gloria Marie Steinem
(born March 25, 1934)

is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized
leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine and a co-founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969,
Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation," which brought her national
attention and positioned her as a feminist leader. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's
Political Caucus which provides training and support for women who seek elected and appointed
offices in government. Also in 1971, she co-founded the Women's Action Alliance which,
until 1997, provided support to a network of feminist activists and worked to advance feminist
causes and legislation. In the 1990s, Steinem helped establish Take Our Daughters to Work Day,
an occasion for young girls to learn about future career opportunities. In 2005, Steinem, Jane Fonda,
and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center, an organization that "works to make
women visible and powerful in the media."








Anita Jane Bryant
(born March 25, 1940)

is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She scored three
Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty
pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.

In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S.
In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade
County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement
with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other
prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the
orange juice that she promoted.

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Aretha Louise Franklin
(March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018)

was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", she
has twice been placed ninth in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With global
sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.

As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in
Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was
signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish,
Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966.
Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect",
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer",
propelled Franklin past her musical peers.









Richard Timothy Smith
(born 25 March 1942),

known professionally as Richard O'Brien, is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, and
television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show in 1973, which
has remained in continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay along with director
Jim Sharman for the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and appeared
on-screen as Riff Raff; the film became an international success and has received a large cult
following. O'Brien co-wrote the musical Shock Treatment (1981) and appeared in the
film as Dr. Cosmo McKinley.









Sir Elton Hercules John
(born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947)

is a British singer, pianist and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967,
John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists
of all time. He is the most successful solo artist in the history of the US Billboard charts.
Acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s and for his
lasting impact on the music industry, his music and showmanship have had a significant
impact on popular music. His songwriting partnership with Taupin is one of the most successful
in history. John has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100,
including nine number ones in the UK and US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums
in the US. His tribute single to Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version
of his 1974 single, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling chart single
of all time. In 2021, he became the first solo artist with UK Top 10 singles across six decades.









Haywood Knowles Nelson Jr.
(born March 25, 1960)

is an American actor. He is best known for having portrayed Dwayne Nelson in the television
series What's Happening!!, which aired from 1976 to 1979, as well as in its spin-off series
What's Happening Now!!, from 1985 to 1988.

Haywood Nelson has been a member of the entertainment community for over forty years.
Born in New York, he began his career at the age of six with numerous principle on-camera
and voice-over national commercials, including Lavoris, Campbell's Soup, Libby's, Polaroid,
Hot Wheels, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Johnny Lightening, Aurora AFX, Kodak, Duncan Hines,
Milk, Burger King, and Dean Witter.









Sheryl Denise Swoopes
(born March 25, 1971)

is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in
the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of
All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and
is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an
NCAA Championship, a Fiba world cup gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2017, she was inducted into the
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.










Danica Sue Patrick
(born March 25, 1982)

is an American former professional racing driver. She is the most successful woman in the
history of American open-wheel car racing—her victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the
only win by a woman in an IndyCar Series race.

Born to a working-class family in Beloit, Wisconsin, Patrick began karting at the age of ten
and achieved early success by winning her class in the World Karting Association Grand
National Championship three times in the mid-1990s. She dropped out of high school with
her parents' permission in 1998, and moved to the United Kingdom to further her career.
Patrick competed in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Ford before returning to the United States
in 2001 due to a lack of funding. In 2002, she competed in five Barber Dodge Pro Series
races for Rahal Letterman Racing. Patrick later raced in the Toyota Atlantic Series for the
next two years. Her best effort was third in the championship standings for the 2004 season
where she became the first woman to win a pole position in the series.