Famous Birthdays on March 19

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• 1434 Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
• 1488 Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• 1503 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist and historian (Storia Fiorentina), born in Florence (d. 1565)

• 1593 Georges de la Tour, French painter of candlelit scenes, born in Vic-sur-Seille, Duchy of Lorraine (d. 1652)
• 1601 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter and sculptor (Cathedral Granada), born in Granada, Spain (d. 1667)
• 1604 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (d. 1656)
• 1629 Alexis of Russia [Alexei Mikhailovich], Romanov noble (Tsar of All Russia, 1645-76), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1676) [9 Mar OS]
• 1668 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Republic of Lucca (d. 1727)
• 1673 Pedro Vaz Rego, Portuguese composer and poet, born in Campo Maior, Portugal (d. 1736)
• 1684 Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
• 1715 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, South Netherlands organist and composer, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1790)
• 1721 Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, surgeon and critic (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker), born in Dalquhurn, Scotland (d. 1771) [date baptized]
• 1728 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish court painter, born in Aarschot (d. 1811)
• 1734 Thomas McKean, American attorney and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in New London, Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
• 1739 Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
• 1740 Johann Georg Roser, Austrian composer and kapellmeister, born in Naarn im Machland, Upper Austria (d. 1797)
• 1742 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler Túpac Amaru, Surimana, Province of Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru (d. 1781)
• 1749 Princess Louisa Anne of Wales, born at Leicester House, London (d. 1768)
• 1752 José Maurício, Portuguese organist, and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1815)
• 1767 Leonhard von Call, Austrian guitarist, mandolin virtuoso, and composer, born in Eppan an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
• 1777 Anton Reinhard Falck, Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1843)
• 1778 Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish politician and British army general, born in Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1815)
• 1785 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1853)
• 1809 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1891)

• 1816 Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1891)
• 1817 Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
• 1819 David Henry Williams, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (d. 1891)
• 1821 Francis Barretto Spinola, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Old Field, New York (d. 1891)

• 1821 William Allingham, Irish poet (The Fairies, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland), born in Ballyshannon, Ireland (d. 1889)
• 1823 Adelgunde of Bavaria, German princess and wife of Duke of Modena, born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1914)
• 1823 Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) (d. 1892)
• 1827 Alexander Shaler, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haddam, Connecticut (d. 1911)
• 1829 Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist, born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1901)
• 1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1919)
• 1844 Minna Canth, Finnish playwright (The Pastor's Family) and social activist, born in Tampere, Finland (d. 1897)
• 1845 Moorfield Storey, American lawyer, pacifist, civil rights leader (co-founder of NAACP & president, 1909-29), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1929)
• 1845 Willem H. de Beaufort, Dutch historian and politician (d. 1918)
• 1847 Constantin Dimitrescu, Romanian composer (Dans ţănănesc), born in Blejoi, Romania (d. 1928)

• 1849 Alfred von Tirpitz, German architect of the Imperial Navy (Tirpitz Plan, Unrestricted U-boat Warfare) and World War I Grand Admiral, born in Küstrin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1930)
• 1851 Roque Saenz Pena, Argentine politician and lawyer (President of Argentina 1910-14), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1914)
• 1851 William Henry Stark, American business leader, born in St. Augustine, Texas (d. 1936)
• 1859 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)

• 1861 Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (Premier of Quebec, 1905-20), born in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines, Canada East (d. 1929)
• 1864 Charles Marion Russell, American artist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1926)
• 1865 William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937)
• 1871 Schofield Haigh, English cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 24 wickets, BB 6/11; Yorkshire CCC), born in Berry Brow, Yorkshire, England (d. 1921)
• 1872 Anna Held, Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model), born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
• 1873 Arthur Hoyt, American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), born in Georgetown, Colorado (d. 1953)
• 1873 Max Reger, German concert pianist, organist, composer (Hebbel Requiem), and professor (Royal Conservatory - Leipzig, 1907-16), born in Brand, Kingdom of Bavarian, German Empire (d. 1916)
• 1879 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich, Totenmesse), born in Maihingen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1960)
• 1882 Gaston Lachaise, American sculptor (Standing Woman), born in Paris, France (d. 1935)
• 1883 Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and music theorist, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1959)
• 1883 Joseph W. Stilwell, American general (commanded U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India in WWII), born in Palatka, Florida (d. 1946)
• 1883 Norman Haworth, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1937), born at Chorley, Lancashire, England (d. 1950)
• 1888 Josef Albers, German-American artist, writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor, Homage to the Square), born in Bottrop, Germany (d. 1976)
• 1888 Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)

• 1892 James Van Fleet, American US Army General (served during WWI, WWII, and Korean War), born in Fort Lee, New Jersey (d. 1992)
• 1892 Robert Denzler, Swiss concert pianist, conductor, champion of contemporary music, and composer, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1972)
• 1892 Siegfried T. Bok, Dutch neurobiologist and anatomist (Cybernetica) (d. 1964)
• 1894 Jackie Moms Mabley, American comedian and actress (The Merv Griffin Show), born in Brevard, South Carolina (d. 1975)
• 1897 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
• 1897 Liam O'Flaherty, Irish writer, born in Inishmore, Aran Islands (d. 1984)

• 1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch politician (1954 Nobel Peace Prize as High Commissioner for Refugees of the UN), born in Bussum, Netherlands (d. 1956)
• 1901 Jo Mielziner, American set designer on Broadway (Carousel, Death of a Salesman), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
• 1903 Benjamin Marius Telders, Dutch lawyer who resisted German occupation in WWII, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1945)
• 1903 Jim Bullock, English colliery manager, unionist and mine pit reformist, born in Bower's Row, England (d. 1995) [1]

• 1904 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, Polish composer and cultural attache, born in Lviv, Poland (d. 1957)

• 1906 Normand Lockwood, American composer (The Closing Doxology; The Hanging Judge), and educator, born in New York City (d. 2002)
• 1906 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)

• 1907 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), born in New York City (d. 1985)
• 1907 Marc Vaubourgoin, French composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Caudéran, France (d. 1983)
• 1907 Nakagawa Soen, Taiwanese-born Japanese Zen master and teacher (Rinzai line), born in Formosa (d. 1984)
• 1909 Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
• 1909 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1985)
• 1910 Joseph F. Carroll, American US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
• 1910 Sergei Anokhin, Soviet test pilot who set world records for gliding flights, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1986)
• 1911 Kenneth Robinson, British politician (influential Minister of Health under Harold Wilson, reformed Health Service), born in Warrington, England (d. 1996)
• 1912 Adolf Galland, German WWII flying ace and general (104 aerial victories, for the Luftwaffe), born in Westerholt, Germany (d. 1996)
• 1912 Lavere "Buster" Harding, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Billie Holiday), born in North Buxton, Ontario (d. 1965)
• 1912 Russ Case, American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), born in Hamburg, Iowa (d. 1964)
• 1914 Fred Clark, American actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard), born in Lincoln, California (d. 1968)
• 1914 James "Buster" Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1980)
• 1914 Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2002)

• 1914 Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
• 1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire (d. 1989)
• 1915 Patricia Morison, American actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill, Kiss Me, Kate The King and I), born in New York City (d. 2018)
• 1915 Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (d. 1944)
• 1916 Eric Christmas, British-Canadian character actor (Porky's film), born in London, England (d. 2000)
• 1916 Irving Wallace, American author (People's Almanac, The Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
• 1917 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
• 1917 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
• 1919 Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist (The New Tristano), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
• 1920 Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002)
• 1920 Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
• 1921 Harry Babasin, American jazz bassist and cellist (Dodo Marmarosa Trio), and archivist (Los Angeles Theaseum), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1988)
• 1921 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
• 1921 Tommy Cooper, British comedian and magician (d. 1984)
• 1923 Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), born in Dunipace, Scotland (d. 2020)
• 1923 Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian gynecologist, abortion rights advocate, and Holocaust survivor, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2013)
• 1923 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2021)
• 1923 Pamela Britton, American stage and screen actress (D.O.A.; Blondie; My Favorite Martian - "Mrs. Brown"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1974)
• 1924 Mary Wimbush, British actress (Oh! What a Lovely War, The Archers), born in Kenton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
• 1925 Brent Scowcroft, American Air Force officer and National Security advisor, born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2020)

• 1928 (Allan Thomas) "Tom" Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in New York City (d. 2017)
• 1928 Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1995)
• 1928 Clive Van Ryneveld, South African cricket all-rounder (1951-58), born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa (d. 2018)
• 1928 Hans Küng, Swiss theologian, and critic of the Vatican, born in Sirsee, Switzerland (d. 2021) [1]
• 1928 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
• 1929 Herman van San, Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1975)
• 1929 Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
• 1929 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
• 1930 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
• 1932 Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), born in Middletown, Ohio (d. 2007)
• 1933 Philip Roth, American novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2018) [1]
• 1933 Renee Taylor [Wexler], American actress (Jack Paar Show; The Nanny - "Sylvia"), born in New York City
• 1935 Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American television actor (Father of the Bride), screenwriter and producer (M*A*S*H), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (d. 2022)
• 1935 Phyllis Newman, American Tony Award-winning actress (Subways Are for Sleeping: Coming of Age), and singer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2019)
• 1936 Amancio D'Silva, Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1996)
• 1936 Ben Lexcen, Australian yacht designer (Australia II 1983 America's Cup), born in Boggabri, Australia (d. 1988)
• 1936 Birthe Wilke, Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1957 & 1959), born in Vesterbro, Denmark
• 1936 Ursula Andress, Swiss model, actress and sex symbol (Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse), born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland
• 1937 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2023)
• 1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B pianist and singer ("Ain't Got No Home"; "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2024) [1]
• 1937 Egon Krenz, former East German folitician and last communist leader of East Germany (1989), born in Kolberg, Nazi Germany
• 1939 Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
• 1939 Joe Kapp, American College / Canadian Football HOF quarterback (UC Berkeley; NFL C'ship & Pro Bowl 1969 Minnesota Vikings; CFL Grey Cup 1964 BC Lions; CFL All-Star 1963, 64), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico (d. 2023)
• 1939 Peter Thorburn MNZM, New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour, NZ sevens, Bristol RFC, United States), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
• 1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International)
• 1942 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
• 1942 David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota
• 1942 Jeff Neighbour, American rock bassist, and ukulele player (Joy of Cooking), born in Mason City, Washington
• 1942 Robin Luke, American rockabilly singer ("Susie Darlin'"), and later college professor, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1943 James Wynne, American physicist and co-inventor of excimer laser surgery at IBM, born in Brooklyn, New York [1]
• 1943 Mario Molina, Mexican chemist, 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (CFC's effect on the ozone layer), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
• 1943 Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (2011-13), born in Varese, Italy
• 1943 Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver who won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1983, born in Booleroo Centre, South Australia
• 1944 Joseph Celli, American experimental composer, oboist, and international reed player (Korean hojok and piri; Indian mukha vina; Japanese hickirick), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
• 1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
• 1944 Myung-Wha Chung, Korean concert cellist (Chung Trio), and educator, born in Seoul, Japanese Korea
• 1944 Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize

• 1944 Tom Constanten, American rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead, 1968-70 - Aoxomoxoa), born in Long Branch, New Jersey
• 1945 Lisa Nicole Baker, American Playboy playmate (Nov 1966, Playmate of the Year 1967), born in Detroit, Texas
• 1945 Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
• 1946 Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
• 1946 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
• 1946 Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist (The Zombies - "She's Not There"; "Time Of The Season"), and record company executive, born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire (d. 2004)
• 1946 Ruth Pointer, American pop and R&B singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited"), born in Oakland, California
• 1947 Earlie Fires, American jockey (Hialeah Park), born in Rivervale, Arkansas

• 1947 John Beckwith, English real estate developer
• 1947 Marinho Peres, Brazilian soccer defender & captain (15 caps; Portuguesa, Santos, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Galícia) and manager (Botafogo, El Salvador, Belenenses, Sporting, Santos), born in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2023)
• 1948 Peep Lassmann, Estonian concert pianist, and educator (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, 1992-present), born in Tartu, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1949 Denny Albee, American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 1950 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), born in NYC (d. 2023)
• 1951 Derek Longmuir, Scottish rock drummer (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1951 Seasick Steve [Steven Gene Wold], American blues musician (Sonic Soul Surfer), born in Oakland, California
• 1952 Gerard Huerta, American graphic designer and album cover artist (CBS Records - AC/DC, Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, Rupert Holmes), born in Los Angeles, California

• 1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's)
• 1953 Billy Sheehan, American rock bassist (Talas; Mr Big - "To Be With You"; David Lee Roth), born in Buffalo, New York
• 1953 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
• 1953 Ricky Wilson, American rock guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster"; "Love Shack"), born in Athens, Georgia
• 1954 Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai

• 1956 Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
• 1956 Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
• 1958 Andy Reid, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles 1999–2012; Super Bowl 2020, 23 Kansas City Chiefs), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1959 Anthony Marinelli, American session keyboardist and synthesizer player (Michael Jackson; Sigue Sigue Sputnik), film, television, and advertising composer, born in Burbank, California
• 1959 Shelley Burch, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis), born in Tucson, Arizona
• 1959 Terry Hall, British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials; Fun Boy Three; Vegas), born in Coventry, England (d. 2022)
• 1960 Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger (Dreamer; Around The City), born in São Paulo, Brazil
• 1961 Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
• 1962 Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
• 1962 Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
• 1964 Barbara Lynch, American restaurateur (The Barbara Lynch Gruppo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1964 Jake Weber, British actor
• 1964 Sergey Dmitriyev, Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR; Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2022)
• 1964 Yoko Kanno, Japanese keyboard and accordion player, arranger, jazz, pop music (Seatbelts), and soundtrack composer (Cowboy Bebop), born in Sendai, Japan
• 1966 Andy Sinton, English footballer
• 1966 James "Big Jim" Wright, American Grammy and Dove Award-winning keyboardist, composer, arranger, and record producer (Sound of Blackness; Mariah Carey), born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 2018)
• 1966 Michael Urbano, American session and touring drummer (John Hiatt; Smash Mouth; Ligabue), born in Sacramento, California
• 1967 Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1968 Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat
• 1969 Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
• 1969 Connor Trinneer, American actor

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