Birthdays Date 1917 March | History by KabAstro

Dinah Shore (1917-1994)

Mar 1 American singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress and TV personality (Dinah Shore Show; Nabisco DS Championship), born in Winchester, Tennessee

Mar 1 Robert Lowell, American poet and pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1977)

Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)

Mar 2 Cuban-American singer ("Babalú"), bandleader, actor (I Love Lucy - "Ricky Riccardo"), and television producer (The Untouchables), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Mar 2 Alex Graham, Scottish cartoonist who created the comic strip "Fred Basset", born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1991)
Mar 2 David Goodis, American crime fiction writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
Mar 2 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Strykersville, New York (d. 1976)
Mar 2 John Gardner, English classical composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 2011)
Mar 3 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
Mar 4 Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1948, 53; Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1982)
Mar 6 Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
Mar 6 Harry Coover, American chemist and inventor of Superglue, born in Newark, Delaware (d. 2011) [1]
Mar 6 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), born in Clyde, New Zealand (d. 2005)
Mar 6 Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
Mar 7 Davis Roberts [Robert Davis], American character actor (Westworld; Star Trek; The Killers), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1993)
Mar 7 Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2003)
Mar 7 Robert Erickson, American composer, born in Marquette, Michigan (d. 1997)
Mar 9 Dante Fascell, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Bridgehampton, New York (d. 1998)
Mar 10 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2013)
Mar 11 Robert L Carter, Caryville, Florida, American civil rights activist and judge (Brown v. Board of Education, NAACP v. Alabama) (d. 2012)
Mar 12 Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, British India (d. 2011)
Mar 12 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American blues and R&B record company executive (Chess Records), born in Motal, Poland (now Belarus) (d. 1969)
Mar 14 Macha Rosenthal, American critic and poet (Poetry as Confession), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1996)
Mar 16 Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
Mar 17 Brian Boydell, Irish composer, born in Howth, Ireland (d. 2000)
Mar 19 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
Mar 19 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
Mar 20 Peter Caddy, British caterer (co-founder of the Findhorn Community) (d. 1994)
Mar 20 Vera Lynn, British popular music singer, known as 'the Forces' Sweetheart' ("We'll Meet Again"; "The White Cliffs of Dover"), born in East Ham, London (d. 2020)
Mar 21 Frank Hardy, Australian author (d. 1994)
Mar 22 Charles Pick, British publisher (William Heinemann), (d. 2000)
Mar 22 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress and director (Bluejackets, De kleine zielen), born in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Mar 22 Virginia Grey, American actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho), born in Edendale, California (d. 2004)
Mar 23 Johnny Guarnieri, American stride and jazz stride pianist, and harpsichordist (The Gramercy Five; The Morey Amsterdam Show), born in New York City (d. 1985)
Mar 23 Kenneth Tobey, American actor (The Thing from Another World, Innerspace, Whirlybirds), born in Oakland, California (d. 2002)
Mar 23 Patricia Burke, English actress (Forbidden), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2003)
Mar 24 Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
Mar 24 Ed Furgol, American golfer (US Open 1954), born in New York Mills, NY (d. 1997)
Mar 24 John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
Mar 25 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, first wife and life-long friend of Frank Sinatra, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2018)
Mar 26 Ed Peck, American character actor (Zoot Suit; Bullitt; Happy Days - "Officer Kirk"), born in New York City (d. 1992)
Mar 26 Rufus Thomas, American vaudevillian, singer-songwriter, and R&B musician known as "Mr. Swing" ("Walking the Dog", "Do the Funky Chicken"), born in Cayce, Mississippi (d. 2001)
Mar 27 Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80), born in Clarksburg, West Virginia (d. 2002)
Mar 27 Harry West, Irish politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (1974-79), born in Enniskillen, Ireland (d. 2004)
Mar 29 Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds), born in London (d. 2003)
Mar 29 Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), foaled at Nursery Stud, Kentucky (d. 1947)
Mar 29 Tommy Holmes, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
Mar 30 Els Aarne, Estonian composer, born in Makiivka, Russian Empire (d. 1995)
Mar 30 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1994)
Mar 30 Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, born in Zagreb, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 2002)