March 23 - Births

Births

1430 – Margaret of Anjou, queen consort of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)
1599 – Thomas Selle, German baroque composer (d. 1663)
1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
1699 – John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
1732 – Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
1749 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
1750 – Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian contrabassist and composer (d. 1812)
1754 – Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
1769 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
1769 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
1823 – Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1826 – Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)
1831 – Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
1834 – Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858)
1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
1862 – Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
1868 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician, early supporter of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
1869 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)
1871 – Heinrich Schroth, German actor (d. 1945)
1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German American illustrator (d. 1951)
1878 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934)
1880 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
1881 – Lacey Hearn, American athlete and sprinter (d. 1969)
1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1882 – Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
1884 – Joseph Boxhall, English 4th Officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1967)
1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1945)
1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)
1887 – Sidney Hillman, American labor leader (d. 11946)
1887 – Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
1893 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
1893 – G. D. Naidu, Indian inventor and engineer (d. 1974)
1895 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001)
1895 – Dane Rudhyar, French author, composer, astrologer (d. 1985)
1899 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
1900 – Erich Fromm, German psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
1904 – H. Beam Piper, American author (d. 1964)
1905 – Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
1905 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
1907 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1909 – Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
1912 – Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
1914 – Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (d. 1984)
1915 – Thomas Pashby, Canadian ophthalmologist and advocate of safety in ice hockey (d. 2005)
1915 – Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II figure (d. 1991)
1919 – Carl Graffunder, American architect
1920 – Neal Smith, American Congressman
1920 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
1921 – Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)
1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)
1925 – David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
1927 – Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (d. 2011)
1929 – Roger Bannister, English runner
1930 – Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (d. 2012)
1931 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player
1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist
1934 – Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician
1934 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
1934 – Mark Rydell, American director
1935 – Barry Cryer, British writer and comedian
1937 – Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician
1938 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and scriptwriter (d. 2012)
1938 – Dave Pike, American jazz musician
1941 – Jim Trelease, American educator and author
1942 – Michael Haneke, Austrian filmmaker and author
1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980)
1943 – Andrew Crockett, English banker (d. 2012)
1943 – George P. Lee, American general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2010)
1943 – Lee May, American baseball player
1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
1944 – Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
1944 – Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker
1945 – David Grisman, American bluegrass musician (Even Dozen Jug Band, Old and in the Way, and David Grisman Quintet)
1946 – Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and musician
1947 – Barbara Rhoades, American actress
1948 – Marie Malavoy, Canadian teacher and politician
1948 – David Olney, American singer-songwriter
1949 – Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars)
1949 – Roland Lee, American artist
1950 – Corinne Cléry, French actress
1950 – Anthony De Longis, American actor
1951 – Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst
1951 – Phil Keaggy, American guitarist and vocalist (Glass Harp)
1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
1953 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer
1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur
1954 – Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
1954 – Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer
1955 – Petrea Burchard, American actress
1955 – Moses Malone, American basketball player
1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician
1957 – Teresa Ganzel, American actress
1957 – Lucio Gutierrez, Ecuadorian politician
1957 – Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998)
1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress
1958 – Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
1958 – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Eldon Hoke, American singer and drummer (The Mentors and The Screamers) (d. 1997)
1958 – Michael Sorich, American voice actor, writer and director
1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress
1959 – Epic Soundtracks (Kevin Paul Godfrey), English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997)
1959 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (d. 2005)
1960 – Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1961 – Steve Holmes, Romanian/German pornographic actor
1961 – Helmi Johannes, Indonesian newscaster
1962 – Steve Redgrave, British rower
1963 – Míchel (José Miguel González Martín del Campo), Spanish footballer
1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
1964 – John Pinette, American comedian
1965 – Sarah G. Buxton, American actress
1965 – Richard Grieco, American actor and model
1965 – Marti Pellow, Scottish singer (Wet Wet Wet)
1965 – Gary Whitehead, American poet
1966 – Marin Hinkle, American actress
1967 – David Ford, Canadian kayaker
1968 – Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur, Gorillaz, and The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
1968 – Michael Atherton, English cricketer
1968 – Mitch Cullin, American novelist
1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
1970 – Melissa Errico, American actress and singer
1970 – John Humphrey, American musician (The Nixons and Seether)
1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
1971 – Karen McDougal, American model
1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish television presenter
1971 – Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player
1976 – Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
1976 – Chris Hoy, British track cyclist
1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider
1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress
1976 – Jeremy Newberry, American football player
1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
1977 – Miklos Perlus, Canadian voice actor
1978 – Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish cartoonist and radio host
1978 – Perez Hilton, American blogger
1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
1978 – Nicholle Tom, American actress
1978 – David Tom, American actor
1979 – Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
1979 – Natalia Hadjiloizou, Belarusian Cypriot swimmer
1979 – Misty Hyman, American swimmer
1979 – Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
1980 – Russell Howard, English comedian
1980 – Itay Tiran, Israeli actor
1981 – Erin Crocker, American race car driver
1981 – Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer
1981 – Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
1982 – José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer
1982 – Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
1983 – Mo Farah, British athlete
1983 – Sascha Riether, German footballer
1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
1986 – Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
1986 – Steven Strait, American actor
1987 – Alan Toovey, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
1988 – Jason Kenny, English cyclist
1989 – Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer
1989 – Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
1990 – Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish racing driver
1990 – Princess Eugenie of York
1990 – Robert Zickert, German footballer
1992 – Tolga Ciğerci, German footballer
1992 – Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
1992 – Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer
1994 – Nick Powell, English footballer
1995 – Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
1997 – Aidan Davis, English dancer