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Famous People Born in 1938

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 834

  • Jan 1 Bill Emerson, American politician (Rep-R-MO, 1981-96), born in Saint Louis Missouri (d. 1996)
  • Jan 1 Frank Langella, American actor (Dracula, Frost/Nixon), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
  • Jan 1 Fuad Masum, 7th President of Iraq (2014-2018), born in Koya, Kingdom of Iraq
  • Jan 1 Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
  • Jan 2 David Bailey, British fashion and portraiture photographer(Vogue; Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" album cover art), and director, born in Leytonstone, Essex, England
  • Jan 2 Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
  • Jan 2 Ian Brady [Ian Duncan Stewart], British serial killer (Moors Murders), born in Glasgow (d. 2017)
  • Jan 2 John Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World)
  • Jan 4 Rick Lantz, American football coach (World Bowl XII 2004 Berlin Thunder; NFL Europe Coach of the Year 2004), born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 2023)
  • Jan 5 Jim Otto, American Pro Football HOF center (AFL C'ship 1967; 9 × First-team All-AFL & AFL All-Star; 3 x Pro Bowl; Oakland Raiders), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2024)

Juan Carlos I (86 years old)

Jan 5 King of Spain (1975-2014), born in Rome, Italy

  • Jan 5 Leo Avery, Abbot of Quarr Abbey, born in Wakefield, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
  • Jan 5 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer, born in Kamirithu, British Kenya
  • Jan 5 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star, born in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands (d. 1989)
  • Jan 6 Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor, born in Greco
  • Jan 6 Mario Rodríguez Cobos (aka Silo), Argentine writer and spiritual leader, born in Mendoza, Argentina (d. 2010)
  • Jan 6 Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, born in Melbourne, Australia
  • Jan 7 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer and actress (Jan Rap en z'n Maat), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jan 7 Lou Graham, American golfer (US Open 1975), born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Jan 7 Paul Revere [Dick], American rock organ player and pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders - "Kicks": "Indian Reservation"), born in Harvard, Nebraska (d. 2014)
  • Jan 7 Roland Topor, French surrealist illustrator, novelist (The Tenant), playwright, and filmmaker, born in Paris, France (d. 1997)
  • Jan 7 Rory Storm [Alan Caldwell], British rock singer (Rory Storm & the Hurricanes), born in Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England (d. 1972)
  • Jan 8 Bob Eubanks, American DJ and television personality (Newlywed Game), born in Flint, Michigan
  • Jan 8 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1991)
  • Jan 9 Aad Kosto, Dutch Labour Party politician who had his house blown up in a failed assassination attempt, born in Oegstgeest, Netherlands
  • Jan 9 Fred Goodall, New Zealand cricket umpire (24 Tests, 15 one-day internationals 1965-88), born in Greymouth, New Zealand (d. 2021)
  • Jan 10 Donald Knuth, American mathematician & computer scientist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Frank Mahovlich (86 years old)

Jan 10 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing, politician (6-time Stanley Cup winner, born in Timmins, Ontario

Willie McCovey (1938-2018)

Jan 10 American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (6 x MLB All Star; NL MVP 1969; NL home run leader 1963, 68, 69; SF Giants), born in Mobile, Alabama

  • Jan 11 Arthur Scargill, British Marxist and trade unionist (President of National Union of Mineworkers. 1982-2002), born in Barnsley, United Kingdom
  • Jan 11 Fischer Black, American economist and one of the authors of the Black–Scholes equation, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1995)
  • Jan 11 Micky Fenn, British dock worker, trade unionist, anti-fascist, and anti-racist activist, born in England (d. 1996)
  • Jan 12 Lewis Fiander, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2016)
  • Jan 13 Billy Gray, American actor (Father Knows Best - "Bud"), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jan 13 Daevid Allen [Christopher David], Australian musician and performance artist (Soft Machine, Gong), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 2015)
  • Jan 13 Jean Cabut [Cabu], French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 2015)
  • Jan 13 Paavo Heininen, Finnish pianist, contemporary classical composer (Tritopos; Veitsi - The Knife), and pedagogue, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2022)
  • Jan 13 Richard Anthony [Btesh], Syrian-French pop singer, and songwriter ("Aranjuez mon amour"; "Amoureux de ma femme"), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2015)
  • Jan 13 Shiv Kumar Sharma, Indian santoor (100-string dulcimer-like instrument) master, and composer, born in Jammu, British India (d. 2022)
  • Jan 13 Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
  • Jan 13 William B. Davis, Canadian actor (The X Files - "Smoking Man"), director, and teacher, born in Toronto, Ontario

Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)

Jan 14 American pianist, songwriter and producer ("Mother-In-Law"; "Working In A Coal Mine"; "Southern Nights"), born in Gert Town, Louisiana

  • Jan 14 Jack Jones, American singer (Love Boat Theme), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jan 15 Chuni Goswami, Indian soccer striker and captain (30 caps; Mohun Bagan) and cricket all-rounder (captain Bengal), born in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh (d. 2020)
  • Jan 16 Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, late night television talk show host, author (O Xangô de Baker Street - A Samba for Sherlock), and jazz musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2022)
  • Jan 16 Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2021)
  • Jan 16 Michael Pataki, American actor (Get Christie Love), born in Youngstown, Ohio
  • Jan 17 John Bellairs, American sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom), born in Marshall, Michigan (d. 1991)
  • Jan 18 Anthony Giddens, English sociologist (theory of structuration), and prolific author, born in Edmonton, London

Curt Flood (1938-1997)

Jan 18 American baseball player (St Louis Cards), born in Houston, Texas

  • Jan 18 Hargus “Pig” Robbins, American Nashville session piano player (Patsy Cline; Charlie Rich; Roger Miller; Bob Dylan; Ween), born in Spring City, Tennessee (d. 2022) [1]
  • Jan 19 Denny Smith, American politician (Rep-R-OR, 1981-91), born in Ontario, Oregon
  • Jan 19 Eskil Hemberg, Swedish composer, conductor (Stockholm University Chorus, 1959-84), and artistic director (Royal Swedish Opera, 1987-96), born in Stockholm (d. 2004)
  • Jan 21 John Savident, British actor
  • Jan 21 Romano Fogli, Italian soccer midfielder (13 caps; Torino FC, Bologna FC 1909, A.C. Milan, Calcio Catania) and manager (Bologna FC), born in Santa Maria a Monte, Italy (d. 2021)
  • Jan 21 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disc jockey (The Midnight Special), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
  • Jan 22 Altair, Brazilian footballer
  • Jan 22 Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa (d. 2020)
  • Jan 22 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, born in Chicago (d. 2016)
  • Jan 23 Anatoly Marchenko, Soviet dissident, born in Barabinsk, Russia (d. 1986)
  • Jan 23 Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler, born in iigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 1999)
  • Jan 24 Gyula Torok, Hungarian boxer (Oly Gold 1960), born in Kispest, Hungary (d. 2014)
  • Jan 24 Julius Hemphill, American jazz saxophonist, and composer, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)
  • Jan 25 Betico Croes, Arubian politician (Status Aparte), born in Aruba (d. 1986)

Etta James (1938-2012)

Jan 25 American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), born in Los Angeles, California

  • Jan 25 Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese creator of anime, born in Kurume, Japan
  • Jan 25 Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author, born in Tome, Japan (d. 1998)
  • Jan 26 Bill Wurtzel, American jazz and classical guitarist (Count Basie), born in Forestburgh, New York
  • Jan 26 Margaret Daly, British MEP
  • Jan 27 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
  • Jan 28 Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR +90 kg 1964, 68: World C'ships gold 1964, 65, 66, 68), born in Uspenka, Ukraine (d. 2016)
  • Jan 29 Bill Christian, American ice hockey center (Olympic gold 1960, captain), born in Warroad, Minnesota
  • Jan 30 Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1991-2016), born in Samarkand (d. 2016)
  • Jan 30 Marlies van Alcmaer [Smal], Dutch actress and director (Bridge too Far)
  • Jan 31 Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta)
  • Jan 31 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980-2013), born in Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Jan 31 James G. Watt, American lawyer and US Secretary of the Interior (1981-83), born in Lusk, Wyoming (d. 2023)
  • Jan 31 Lynn Carlin [Mary Lynn Reynolds], American actress (James at 15 - "Joan Hunter"; Faces), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Feb 1 Heinz Steinmann, German soccer defender (3 caps West Germany; Schwarz-Weiß Essen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Werder Bremen), born in Essen, Germany (d. 2023)
  • Feb 1 Jacky Cupit, American golfer (US Open runner-up 1963; PGA Tour Rookie of Year 1961; 4 x PGA titles), born in Longview Texas
  • Feb 1 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-2008), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
  • Feb 1 Manuel Ycaza, Panamanian jockey (Belmont Stakes 1964; Racing Hall of Fame), born in Panama (d. 2018)
  • Feb 1 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
  • Feb 2 Bo Hopkins, American actor (Dynasty, Midnight Express), born in Greenville, South Carolina
  • Feb 2 Nur Hassan Hussein [Nur Adde], Somalian politician, Prime Minister of Somalia (2007-09), born in Mogadishu, Somalia (d. 2020)

Emile Griffith (1938-2013)

Feb 3 American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight & junior middleweight champion), born in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands

  • Feb 3 Randolfe "Randy" Wicker [Charles Gervin Hayden Jr.], American author, LGBT and pro-cloning activist and blogger, born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Feb 3 Victor Buono, American actor (Man from Atlantis: The, Untouchables; Batman - "King Tut"), born in San Diego, California (d. 1982)
  • Feb 3 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russian cosmonaut
  • Feb 4 Donald Riegle, American politician (Senator-D-Michigan 1976-95), born in Flint, Michigan
  • Feb 4 Joe Beard, American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose), born in Ashland, Mississippi
  • Feb 5 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), born in the Netherlands (d. 2000)
  • Feb 6 Ellsworth Milburn, American composer and educator (Menil Antiphons), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
  • Feb 7 Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1963, 64 Chicago White Sox; World Series 1957 Milwaukee Braves), born in Santurce, Puerto Rico (d. 2021)
  • Feb 7 Robert Frank Baksa, American contemporary classical composer, born in New York City
  • Feb 7 S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
  • Feb 8 Ray Sharpe, American rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda Lu"), born in Forth Worth, Texas
  • Feb 9 Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue, born in Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Feb 9 Park Jong-hwan, South Korean soccer manager (South Korea 1983-84, 86-88, 90, 95-96; Seoul FC), born in Ongjin, North Korea (d. 2023)
  • Feb 11 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (61 Tests; 3448 runs @ 32.22, 7 x 100; 59 wickets), born in Motueka, New Zealand (d. 2018)
  • Feb 11 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
  • Feb 11 Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic gold 1964)
  • Feb 11 Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
  • Feb 11 Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian modernist composer, and music promoter (Festival Música Nova), born in Recife, Brazil
  • Feb 11 Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic gold 1964)
  • Feb 12 Judy Blume, American author (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
  • Feb 13 Oliver Reed, English actor (Big Sleep), born in London (d. 1999)
  • Feb 14 Lee Chamberlin, American actor (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale), born in New York City
  • Feb 15 Jack Tinker, British drama critic (d. 1996)
  • Feb 15 Lord Justice Ward, British judge
  • Feb 16 Anthony Costello, American actor (Will Penny, The Outer Limits), born in Andover, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
  • Feb 16 Barry Primus, American actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney & Lacey, Boxcar Bertha), born in New York City
  • Feb 16 John Corigliano, American composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), born in New York City
  • Feb 17 Alan Rees, Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests; Maesteg RFC), rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC), born in Talbot, Wales (d. 2022)
  • Feb 17 Charles "Buck" Trent, American country and bluegrass banjoist, dobro player, and singer (Hee Haw), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2023)
  • Feb 17 Mary Frances Berry, American lawyer and activist, head of US Commission on Civil Rights, born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Feb 18 Barry Knight, English cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 127, 70 wickets, BB 4/38; Essex CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in Chesterfield, England
  • Feb 18 Elke Erb, German writer, born in Scherbach
  • Feb 18 István Szabó, Hungarian film director
  • Feb 18 Manny Mota, Dominican baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Feb 20 Jack Bicknell, American football coach (Boston College, Barcelona Dragons), born in North Plainfield, New Jersey
  • Feb 20 Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
  • Feb 21 Beryl Anthony Jr., American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1979-93), born in El Dorado, Arkansas
  • Feb 22 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • Feb 22 Ishmael Reed, American author (Last Days of Louisiana Red), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Feb 22 Pierre Vallières, French Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1995)
  • Feb 23 Diane Varsi, San Mateo California, actress (Peyton Place)
  • Feb 23 Jiří Menzel, Czech film director (Closely Watched Trains), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
  • Feb 23 Sylvia Chase, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Feb 24 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
  • Feb 24 Kathleen Richardson (née Fountain), British clergywoman (President of Methodist Conference of Great Britain, 1992-93), born in Chesterfield, England
  • Feb 24 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • Feb 24 Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer (Nike), born in Portland, Oregon
  • Feb 25 Diane Baker, American actress (Diary of Anne Frank; Marnie), born in Hollywood, California
  • Feb 25 Ed Cobb, American pop vocalist (The Four Preps, 1956-66 - "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"), songwriter ("Tainted Love"), sound engineer and producer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1999)
  • Feb 25 Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75)
  • Feb 25 Herb Elliott, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m [WR 3:35.6] 1960; WR mile 3:54.5 1958), born in Perth, Australia
  • Feb 25 Viktor Kosichkin, Russian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m, silver 10,000m 1960), born in Rybnoye (d. 2012)
  • Feb 26 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter, born in Tsada, Cyprus (d. 1957)
  • Feb 26 Jack Knight, American actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15), born in Somerville, Mississippi
  • Feb 27 Pascale Petit, French actress (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire), born in Paris, France
  • Feb 28 Foge Fazio, American college football coach (University of Pittsburgh), born in Dawmont, West Virginia (d. 2009)
  • Feb 28 Martin Olav Sabo, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1979-2007), born in Crosby, North Dakota (d. 2016)
  • Mar 1 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, American sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
  • Mar 2 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
  • Mar 2 Donald Schwall, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1961²; AL Rookie of the Year 1961; Boston Red Sox), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  • Mar 2 Ricardo Lagos, Chilean lawyer and politician (President of Chile, 2000-06), born in Santiago, Chile
  • Mar 2 Simon Estes, American bass-baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos), born in Centerville, Iowa
  • Mar 3 Douglas Leedy, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2015)
  • Mar 3 Willie Chambers, American rock guitarist, and songwriter (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), born in Flora, Mississippi
  • Mar 4 Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher
  • Mar 4 Alpha Condé, Guinean politician (President of Guinea, 2010-21), born in Boke, Lower Guinea
  • Mar 4 Angus MacLise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1979)
  • Mar 4 Don Perkins, American football fullback (Pro Bowl 1961–63, 66–68; All-Pro 1962, 67, 68; Dallas Cowboys), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2022)
  • Mar 4 Paula Prentiss [Ragusa], American actress (Parallax View, He & She), born in San Antonio, Texas
  • Mar 5 Fred "Hammer" Williamson, NFLer (Chiefs)/actor (Julia), born in Gary, Indiana
  • Mar 5 Lynn Margulis, American biologist (serial endosymbiotic theory), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
  • Mar 5 Paul Evans, American rock and pop singer-songwriter ("Happy-Go-Lucky Me"; "Hello, This Is Joanie" ; "Roses Are Red (My Love)"), born in Queens, New York City
  • Mar 6 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1995)
  • Mar 6 Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2022)
  • Mar 6 Pauline Boty, English artist, born in London (d. 1966)
  • Mar 7 David Baltimore, American biologist (1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine), born in New York City
  • Mar 7 Homero Blancas, American golfer (US Ryder Cup 1973), born in Houston, Texas
  • Mar 7 Janet Guthrie, American auto racer (1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500 & Daytona 500; first woman to lead a lap in NASCAR Winston Cup Series), born in Iowa City, Iowa
  • Mar 8 Pete Dawkins, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1958, Army), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
  • Mar 9 Charles Siebert, American television actor (One Day at A Time; Trapper John, M.D. - "Stanley"), and director, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin (d. 2022)
  • Mar 9 Lill-Babs [Barbro Margareta Svensson], Swedish pop singer, (Eurovision, 1961) actress, and television presenter, born in Järvsö, Sweden (d. 2018)
  • Mar 10 Ijaz Butt, Pakistani cricket batsman and wicketkeeper (8 Tests, 5 dismissals, 1 x 50; Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Rawalpindi) and executive (President PCB 2008-11), born in Sialkot, Pakistan (d. 2023)
  • Mar 10 Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish wrestler (Olympic gold lightweight 1964; World C'ship gold welterweight 1958; lightweight 1962), born in Rize, Turkey (d. 2020)
  • Mar 10 Marina Vlady, French actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt), born in Clichy France
  • Mar 10 Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Mar 10 Ron Mix, American NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Mar 12 Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer (Die Farben des Ozeans), born in Athens, Greece
  • Mar 12 Johnny Rutherford, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1974, 76, 80), born in Coffeyville, Kansas
  • Mar 12 Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
  • Mar 12 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1990)
  • Mar 12 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
  • Mar 12 Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, German-Chinese composer (Yi; Lo; Shen), born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Mar 12 Vijay Mehra, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50; Delhi, Eastern Punjab, Railways), born in Amritsar, India (d. 2006)
  • Mar 13 Erma Franklin, American gospel and R&B singer ("Piece Of My Heart"), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2002)
  • Mar 13 Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, born in Emden, Germany (d. 2022)
  • Mar 13 Jean-Claude Risset, French composer, born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France (d. 2016)
  • Mar 13 Joe Bellino, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1960, Navy), born in Winchester, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
  • Mar 13 Julian Bahula, South African-British jazz and world music drummer, composer, bandleader (Jabula), and anti-apartheid activist, born in Eersterust, Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 2023)
  • Mar 14 Johnny Gleeson, Australian cricket spin bowler (29 Tests, 93 wickets, BB 5/61; NSW CA), born in Tamworth, Australia (d. 2016)
  • Mar 14 Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2018)
  • Mar 14 Ted Toleman, British motor sport executive (founder Toleman Racing F1 team), born in South Africa (d. 2024)
  • Mar 15 Charles Lloyd, American jazz and pop saxophonist, arranger, composer (Chico Hamilton, Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys), bandleader, and world music pioneer, born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Mar 15 Dick Higgins, American composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1998)
  • Mar 17 Fred Akers, American football coach (University of Wyoming; University of Texas, Austin; Purdue; career college record 108–75–3), born in Blytheville, Arkansas (d. 2020)
  • Mar 17 Keith O'Brien, Scottish Catholic archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh), born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Mar 17 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), born on a train near Irkutsk, Soviet Union (d. 1993)
  • Mar 17 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2007)
  • Mar 18 Bob Nevin, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1962, 63; Toronto Maple Leafs; NY Rangers; 1,128 career NHL games), born in Timmins, Ontario (d. 2020)
  • Mar 18 Carl Gottlieb, American comedian and script writer (Ken Berry Wow Show, Jaws, The Jerk), born in New York City
  • Mar 18 Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 2020) [1]
  • Mar 18 Kenny Lynch, British entertainer, born in London
  • Mar 18 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], prominent Indian Bollywood actor (Deewar, The Deceivers, Shalimar, Heat & Dust), born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2017)
  • Mar 20 Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
  • Mar 21 Grahame Thomas, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 3 x 50s; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia

About 1938

Chinese Zodiac: Ox (Feb 11, 1937 - Jan 30, 1938),
Tiger (Jan 31, 1938 - Feb 18, 1939)