March 7 - Births

Births

• 189 – Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
• 1481 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)
• 1556 – Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)
• 1663 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1745)
• 1671 – Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (d. 1734)
• 1678 – Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect (d. 1736)
• 1687 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (d. 1760)
• 1693 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
• 1715 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
• 1715 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (d. 1755)
• 1730 – Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807)
• 1765 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor of photography (d. 1833)
• 1785 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian writer (d. 1873)
• 1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1878)
• 1792 – John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
• 1837 – Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
• 1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, American publisher (The Kansas City Star) and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
• 1849 – Luther Burbank, American botanist (d. 1926)
• 1850 – Champ Clark, American politician (d. 1921)
• 1850 – Tomáš Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)
• 1857 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
• 1866 – Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (d. 1922)
• 1868 – James Zealley, British footballer (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (d. 1944)
• 1873 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959)
• 1875 – Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (d. 1935)
• 1875 – Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937)
• 1876 – Frederick Freake, British polo player (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (d. 1927)
• 1879 – Jules De Bisschop, Belgian rower (d. 1955)
• 1885 – Milton Avery, American artist (d. 1965)
• 1885 – John Tovey, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Virginia Pearson, American silent film actress (d. 1958)
• 1887 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
• 1904 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German Nazi SS officer (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Léo Malet, French writer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian military officer (Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal) during the Dieppe Raid (d. 1997)
• 1914 – John Rodney, American actor
• 1914 – Lee Young, American jazz drummer and singer (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Betty Holberton, American engineer (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Eddy Paape, Franco-Belgian comics artist
• 1922 – Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian novelist and journalist (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Rene Gagnon, American Marine shown in photograph of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1979)
• 1927 – James Broderick, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1927 – Philippe Clay, French singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian writer and teacher (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Henri Landwirth, Belgian-American hotelier and philanthropist
• 1928 – Gilbert Rondeau, Canadian politician (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Antony Armstrong-Jones, British aristocrat, Lord Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret
• 1933 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998)
• 1934 – Douglas Cardinal, Canadian architect
• 1934 – Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer
• 1934 – Willard Scott, American television broadcaster
• 1935 – Antonios Naguib, Coptic Catholic Patriarch and Cardinal
• 1936 – Georges Perec, French novelist (d. 1982)
• 1938 – David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1938 – Janet Guthrie, American race car driver
• 1939 – Danyel Gérard, French pop singer and songwriter
• 1940 – Rudi Dutschke, German student leader (d. 1979)
• 1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 1942 – Tammy Faye Bakker, American televangelist (d. 2007)
• 1942 – Charles R. Boutin, American politician
• 1942 – Michael Eisner, American film studio executive
• 1943 – Chris White, British musician (The Zombies)
• 1944 – Sir Ranulph Fiennes, British soldier and explorer
• 1944 – Zhiuli Shartava, Georgian politician (d. 1993)
• 1944 – Stanley Schmidt, American editor
• 1944 – Townes Van Zandt, American musician and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1945 – John Heard, American actor
• 1945 – Bob Herbert, American journalist
• 1945 – Arthur Lee, American musician (Love) (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Elizabeth Moon, American author
• 1946 – Matthew Fisher, British musician (Procol Harum)
• 1946 – Daniel Goleman, American author and psychologist
• 1946 – Peter Wolf, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
• 1947 – Helen Eadie, Scottish politician
• 1947 – Richard Lawson, American actor
• 1947 – Walter Röhrl, German race and rally car driver
• 1947 – Susan Miller, American astrologer
• 1949 – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
• 1950 – Iris Chacon, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
• 1950 – Billy Joe Dupree, American football player
• 1950 – Franco Harris, American football player
• 1950 – J. R. Richard, American baseball player
• 1951 – Jeff Burroughs, American baseball player
• 1951 – Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)
• 1952 – Ernie Isley, American musician (The Isley Brothers)
• 1952 – Viv Richards, Antiguan West Indies cricketer
• 1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player
• 1953 – Bernard Voyer, Canadian explorer and mountainer
• 1955 – Anupam Kher, Indian actor
• 1955 – Tommy Kramer, American football player
• 1956 – Bryan Cranston, American actor
• 1957 – Robert Harris, English journalist
• 1957 – Tomás Yarrington, Mexican politician
• 1958 – Alan Hale, American astronomer
• 1958 – Rik Mayall, British actor
• 1958 – Merv Neagle, Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Tom Lehman, American golfer
• 1959 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Nick Searcy, American actor
• 1960 – Joe Carter, American baseball player
• 1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player
• 1960 – Jim Spivey, American track and field athlete
• 1961 – Mary Beth Evans, American actress
• 1961 – Mark Kumpel, American ice hockey player
• 1962 – Taylor Dayne, American recording artist
• 1962 – Peter Manley, English darts player
• 1963 – Bill Brochtrup, American actor
• 1963 – Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Maria Lindström, Swedish tennis player
• 1964 – Bret Easton Ellis, American writer
• 1964 – Denyce Graves, American singer
• 1964 – Wanda Sykes, American actress and comedienne
• 1965 – Jack Armstrong, American baseball player
• 1965 – Jean-Pierre Barda, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers)
• 1965 – Steve Beuerlein, American football player
• 1965 – Cameron Daddo, Australian actor
• 1965 – Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
• 1966 – Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Ludwig Kögl, German footballer
• 1966 – Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer (Buck-Tick)
• 1966 – Joy Tanner, American actress
• 1967 – Ruthie Henshall, English theatre actress and singer
• 1967 – Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga artist
• 1968 – Denis Boucher, Canadian baseball player
• 1968 – Jeff Kent, American baseball player
• 1969 – Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore and Sanctuary)
• 1969 – Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer
• 1969 – Hideki Noda, Japanese racing driver
• 1969 – Shin Ae Ra, Korean actress and radio DJ
• 1970 – Rachel Weisz, British actress
• 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
• 1971 – Matthew Vaughn, British film producer and director
• 1972 – Jang Dong-gun, South Korean actor and musician
• 1972 – Maxim Roy, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Jason Bright, Australian racing driver
• 1973 – Sébastien Izambard, operatic pop singer (Il Divo)
• 1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
• 1974 – Larry Bagby, American actor and musician
• 1974 – Hugo Ferreira, American musician (Tantric)
• 1974 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
• 1974 – Krizz Kaliko, American rapper
• 1974 – Facundo Sava, Argentine footballer
• 1975 – Audrey Marie Anderson, American actress
• 1975 – T.J. Thyne, American actor
• 1977 – Paul Cattermole, British singer and actor (S Club)
• 1977 – Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby union footballer
• 1977 – Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer
• 1979 – Rodrigo Braña, Argentine footballer
• 1979 – Amanda Somerville, American singer and vocal coach (Aina)
• 1980 – Éric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Laura Prepon, American actress
• 1981 – Rica Peralejo, Filipina actress
• 1982 – Kate Michael, American beauty queen
• 1982 – Erika Yamakawa, Japanese talent
• 1983 – Manucho, Angolan footballer
• 1983 – Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player
• 1984 – Mathieu Flamini, French footballer
• 1984 – Rachel Rice, Welsh reality TV contestant on Big Brother 9
• 1985 – Thomas Erak, American guitarist (The Fall of Troy and The 30 Years War)
• 1985 – Andre Fluellen, American football player
• 1986 – Ben Griffin, Australian soccer player
• 1987 – Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
• 1987 – Niclas Bergfors, Swedish hockey player
• 1988 – Larry Asante, American football player
• 1989 – Gerald Anderson, Filipino actor and model
• 1990 – Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
• 1990 – Choi Jong Hun, South Korean guitarist (F.T. Island)
• 1990 – Lefteris Matsoukas, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Bel Powley, English actress
• 1994 – An-Sophie Mestach, Belgian tennis player
• 2009 – Prince Umberto of Savoy