March 1 - Births

Births

40 – Martial, Latin poet (d. 102)
1389 – Saint Antoninus of Florence, Archbishop of Florence (d. 1459)
1432 – Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
1456 – King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
1547 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
1597 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (d. 1652)
1611 – John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
1644 – Simon Foucher, French philosopher (d. 1696)
1657 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
1683 – Caroline of Ansbach, English noble (d. 1737)
1683 – Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (d. 1706)
1732 – William Cushing, American jurist (d. 1810)
1760 – François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
1769 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
1781 – Javiera Carrera, Chilean aristoctrat (d. 1862)
1792 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentine general (d. 1872)
1807 – Wilford Woodruff, American religious figure (d. 1898)
1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer (d. 1849)
1812 – Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
1817 – Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
1821 – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop (d. 1896)
1837 – William Dean Howells, American writer, historian and politician (d. 1920)
1842 – Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
1848 – Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor (d. 1907)
1852 – Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
1858 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
1863 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
1868 – Achille Paroche, French sport shooter (d. 1933)
1876 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian amateur sports executive (d. 1942)
1880 – Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (d. 1932)
1886 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (d. 1980)
1888 – Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
1889 – Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
1892 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
1893 – Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
1896 – Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (d. 1960)
1896 – Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
1899 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German Nazi official (d. 1972)
1904 – Paul Hartman, American actor (d. 1973)
1904 – Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
1905 – Doris Hare, Welsh actress (d. 2000)
1906 – Camilla Spira, German actress (d. 1997)
1906 – Pham Van Dong, Vietnamese politician (d. 2000)
1909 – Eugene Esmonde, British pilot (d. 1942)
1910 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1910 – David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
1911 – Rina Ketty, French singer (d. 1996)
1912 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian archbishop (d. 2003)
1912 – Boris Chertok, Polish-born Russian rocket designer (d. 2011)
1914 – Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
1914 – Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
1915 – Malak Karsh, Canadian photographer (d. 2001)
1917 – Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
1918 – Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
1918 – João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
1918 – Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
1920 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1921 – Jack Clayton, British film director (d. 1995)
1921 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (d. 1983)
1921 – Richard Wilbur, American poet
1922 – William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
1922 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
1923 – Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999)
1924 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
1926 – Robert Clary, French-born actor
1926 – Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992)
1926 – Pete Rozelle, American professional sports executive (d. 1996)
1926 – Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
1927 – Harry Belafonte, American actor and musician
1927 – Robert Bork, American legal scholar
1928 – Jacques Rivette, French film director
1929 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
1930 – Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
1933 – Gerry Bron, British record producer
1934 – Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian artist (d. 2005)
1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
1935 – Robert Conrad, American actor
1936 – Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician
1936 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
1937 – Jed Allan, American actor
1939 – Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
1940 – David Broome, Welsh showjumper
1940 – Robert Grossman, American illustrator
1940 – Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German scientist
1941 – Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
1941 – Donnie Walsh, American basketball coach and executive
1942 – Peter Guber, American film producer
1942 – Richard Bowman Myers, American general
1943 – Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist
1943 – José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer
1943 – Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast
1943 – Richard H. Price, American physicist
1943 – Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
1943 – Cha Katō, Japanese comedian and actor
1944 – John Breaux, American politician
1944 – Mike d'Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann, A Band of Angels)
1944 – Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
1945 – Dirk Benedict, American actor
1946 – Elvin Bethea, American football player
1946 – Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer (Offenbach) (d. 1990)
1946 – Lana Wood, American actress
1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
1948 – Burning Spear (Winston Rodney), Jamaican singer and musician
1951 – Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet intelligence agent
1952 – Steven Barnes, American writer
1952 – Nevada Barr, American author
1952 – Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer and coach
1952 – Jerri Nielsen, American physician (d. 2009)
1952 – Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1952 – Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach
1953 – Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, American football player
1954 – Catherine Bach, American actress
1954 – Ron Howard, American actor and director
1956 – Tim Daly, American actor
1956 – Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician
1957 – Peter Athans, American mountaineer
1958 – Nik Kershaw, English musician
1958 – Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
1958 – Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
1959 – Nick Griffin, British politician
1959 – Diamanto Manolakou, Greek politician
1960 – William Bennett, English musician (Whitehouse)
1962 – Mark Gardner, American baseball player
1962 – Bill Leen, American musicians (Gin Blossoms)
1962 – Melanie Moore, American actress
1963 – Rob Affuso, American drummer (Skid Row)
1963 – Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
1963 – Maurice Benard, American actor
1963 – Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer (The Choir)
1963 – Russell Wong, American actor
1964 – Clinton Gregory, American musician
1964 – Paul Le Guen, French football manager
1965 – Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
1965 – Booker Huffman, American wrestler
1965 – Mary Lou Lord, American singer/songwriter
1966 – Susan Auch, Canadian speed-skater
1966 – John David Cullum, American actor
1966 – Zack Snyder, American film-maker
1967 – Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete
1967 – George Eads, American actor
1967 – Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
1968 – Salil Ankola, Indian cricketer and TV actor
1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
1969 – Doug Creek, American baseball player
1969 – Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
1969 – József Szabó, Hungarian swimmer
1970 – Jason V Brock, American author
1971 – Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
1973 – Jack Davenport, English actor
1973 – Anton Gunn, American politician
1973 – Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)
1973 – Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ
1973 – Chris Webber, American basketball player
1974 – Stephen Davis, American football player
1974 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
1974 – Shane Harwood, Australian cricketer
1975 – Maya Kulenovic, Canadian painter
1975 – Francesco Mazzariol, Italian rugby player
1976 – Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer
1976 – Dave Malkoff, American TV news reporter
1976 – Travis Kvapil, American race car driver
1977 – Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
1977 – Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and model
1978 – Jensen Ackles, American actor
1978 – Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star
1978 – Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
1979 – Ningombam Pramod, Indian Journalist
1979 – Éowyn, American singer-songwriter
1980 – Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
1980 – Gennaro Bracigliano, French footballer
1980 – Sercan Güvenışık, Turkish footballer
1980 – Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
1980 – Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
1981 – Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
1981 – Adam LaVorgna, American actor
1981 – Will Power, Australian racing driver
1981 – Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
1982 – Shalva Didebashvili, Georgian-born German rugby player
1982 – Juan Manuel Ortiz, Spanish footballer
1983 – Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
1983 – Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
1983 – Chris Hackett, English footballer
1983 – Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league footballer
1984 – Naima Mora, American model
1984 – Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby league footballer
1985 – Jeremy Leman, American football player
1985 – Andreas Ottl, German footballer
1986 – Ettore Ewen, American professional wrestler
1986 – Jonathan Spector, American footballer
1987 – Kesha (Kesha Rose Sebert), American singer
1987 – Sammie (Sammie Bush), American singer
1987 – Anne Schäfer, German tennis player
1988 – Trevor Cahill, American baseball player
1988 – Katija Pevec, American actress
1988 – Freddie Smith, American actor
1989 – Anjo Buckman, German rugby player
1989 – Sonya Kitchell, American singer
1989 – Daniella Monet, American actress
1989 – Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
1990 – Harry Eden, English actor
1993 – Josh McEachran, English footballer
1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer/songwriter
1995 – Jonathan Krohn, American political prodigy
1996 – Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist