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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Momofuku Ando
Business
5-Mar-1910 5-Jan-2007 Inventor of instant noodle soup
Bernard Arnault
Business
5-Mar-1949   World's 17th richest man, 2005
Talia Balsam
Actor
5-Mar-1959   Crawlspace
Adriana Barraza
Actor
5-Mar-1956   Babel
Berkley W. Bedell
Politician
5-Mar-1921   Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87
Laslo Benedek
Film Director
5-Mar-1905 11-Mar-1992 The Wild One
William Beveridge
Economist
5-Mar-1879 16-Mar-1963 Social Insurance and Allied Services
Paul Blackthorne
Actor
5-Mar-1969   Clark Quietly on The River
Jolene Blalock
Actor
5-Mar-1975   T'Pol on Enterprise
Larry Bossidy
Business
5-Mar-1935   CEO of Honeywell
Myron H. Bright
Judge
5-Mar-1919   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85
Mike Brown
Basketball
5-Mar-1970   Coach, Los Angeles Lakers
Dan Burros
Activist
5-Mar-1937 31-Oct-1965 Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Bertrand Cantat
Musician
5-Mar-1964   French rock star accused of killing girlfriend
John W. Carlin
Politician
5-Mar-1940   Governor of Kansas, 1979-87
Jack Cassidy
Actor
5-Mar-1927 12-Dec-1976 The Eiger Sanction
Virginia Christine
Actor
5-Mar-1920 24-Jul-1996 Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olson
George Washington Collins
Politician
5-Mar-1925 8-Dec-1972 Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72
Kevin Connolly
Actor
5-Mar-1974   Eric Murphy on Entourage
Henry Daniell
Actor
5-Mar-1894 31-Oct-1963 British-American character actor
David II
Royalty
5-Mar-1324 22-Feb-1371 King of Scotland, 1329-71
William F. Durand
Engineer
5-Mar-1859 9-Aug-1958 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Samantha Eggar
Actor
5-Mar-1939   The Collector
Zhou Enlai
Head of State
5-Mar-1898 8-Jan-1976 Mao's right-hand man
Fritz Fischer
Historian
5-Mar-1908 1-Dec-1999 Blamed Germany for World War I
John Frusciante
Guitarist
5-Mar-1970   Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Charles Fuller
Playwright
5-Mar-1939   A Soldier's Play
Andy Gibb
Musician
5-Mar-1958 10-Mar-1988 I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Eddy Grant
Musician
5-Mar-1948   Electric Avenue
William J. Green, Jr.
Politician
5-Mar-1910 21-Dec-1963 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63
Robert Cooper Grier
Judge
5-Mar-1794 25-Sep-1870 US Supreme Court Justice, 1846-70
Rex Harrison
Actor
5-Mar-1908 2-Jun-1990 My Fair Lady
Murray Head
Musician
5-Mar-1946   One Night in Bangkok
King Henry II
Royalty
5-Mar-1133 6-Jul-1189 King of England, 1154-89
Josephine Herbst
Novelist
5-Mar-1892 28-Jan-1969 Pity Is Not Enough
Craig Hill
Actor
5-Mar-1926   P. T. Moore on Whirlybirds
Tim Holden
Politician
5-Mar-1957   Congressman, Pennsylvania 17th
Outerbridge Horsey
Politician
5-Mar-1777 9-Jun-1842 US Senator from Delaware, 1810-21
Michael Irvin
Football
5-Mar-1966   Dallas Cowboys #88 wide receiver
Penn Jillette
Magician
5-Mar-1955   Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo
Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist
5-Mar-1934   The psychology of economics
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
First Lady
5-Mar-1898 23-Oct-2003 The Dragon Lady
Lisa Robin Kelly
Actor
5-Mar-1970   Laurie on That '70s Show
John Kitzhaber
Politician
5-Mar-1947   Governor of Oregon
Sterling Knight
Actor
5-Mar-1989   Chad on Sonny with a Chance
Delbert L. Latta
Politician
5-Mar-1920   Congressman from Ohio, 1959-89
Jake Lloyd
Actor
5-Mar-1989   Anakin Skywalker in Episode I
Walter Long
Actor
5-Mar-1879 4-Jul-1952 The Birth of a Nation
Matt Lucas
Actor
5-Mar-1974   Little Britain
Rosa Luxemburg
Activist
5-Mar-1871 15-Jan-1919 Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany
Aasif Mandvi
Actor
5-Mar-1966   Daily Show correspondent
Lynn Margulis
Biologist
5-Mar-1935 22-Nov-2011 Origin of eukaryotic organelles
Teena Marie
Singer/Songwriter
5-Mar-1956 26-Dec-2010 White soul singer/songwriter
Leonard H. Marks
Diplomat
5-Mar-1916 11-Aug-2006 Washington lawyer, diplomat
Jack Marshall
Head of State
5-Mar-1912 30-Aug-1988 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972
Kimberly McCullough
Actor
5-Mar-1978   Robin Scorpio on General Hospital
George Meeker
Actor
5-Mar-1904 19-Aug-1984 History Is Made at Night
Eva Mendes
Actor
5-Mar-1974   2 Fast 2 Furious
Gerard Mercator
Cartographer
5-Mar-1512 2-Dec-1594 The Mercator Projection
Helen Stevenson Meyner
Politician
5-Mar-1928 2-Nov-1997 Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-78
J. Hillis Miller
Critic
5-Mar-1928   Deconstructionist literary critic
Robert B. Monier
Politician
5-Mar-1922 8-Sep-1986 Acting Governor of New Hampshire, 1982
Kenneth P. Moritsugu
Doctor
5-Mar-1945   US Surgeon General, 2006-07
Frank Norris
Novelist
5-Mar-1870 25-Oct-1902 The Octopus
Mary Rose Oakar
Politician
5-Mar-1940   Congresswoman from Ohio, 1977-93
Olusegun Obasanjo
Head of State
5-Mar-1937   President of Nigeria, 1999-2007
Joel Osteen
Religion
5-Mar-1963   Pastor of Lakewood Church, Houston
William Oughtred
Mathematician
5-Mar-1574 30-Jun-1660 Inventor of the slide rule
Peter D. Ouspensky
Philosopher
5-Mar-1878 2-Oct-1947 Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum
Elaine Paige
Singer
5-Mar-1948   Evita
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Film Director
5-Mar-1922 2-Nov-1975 Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Philip B. Perlman
Attorney
5-Mar-1890 31-Jul-1960 US Solicitor General, 1947-52
Todd Platts
Politician
5-Mar-1962   Congressman, Pennsylvania 19th
Penny Priddy
Politician
5-Mar-1944   Canadian MP, Surrey North
Howard Pyle
Artist
5-Mar-1853 9-Nov-1911 Art Nouveau children's book illustrator
Karl Rahner
Religion
5-Mar-1904 30-Mar-1984 Leading Roman Catholic theologian
Jill Ritchie
Actor
5-Mar-1974   D.E.B.S.
Albert J. Rosenthal
Educator
5-Mar-1919 17-Mar-2010 Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
Michael Rumaker
Author
5-Mar-1932   Beat author, The Butterfly
Paul Sand
Actor
5-Mar-1935   The Hot Rock
Tokyo Sexwale
Business
5-Mar-1953   Mvelaphanda Holdings
Raymond P. Shafer
Politician
5-Mar-1917 12-Dec-2006 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71
Joan Shawlee
Actor
5-Mar-1926 22-Mar-1987 The Adventures of Aggie
Don Sherwood
Politician
5-Mar-1941   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1999-2007
Scott Skiles
Basketball
5-Mar-1964   Head Coach, Milwaukee Bucks
Mark E. Smith
Singer/Songwriter
5-Mar-1957   The Fall
Theodore M. Solso
Business
5-Mar-1947   CEO of Cummins
Dean Stockwell
Actor
5-Mar-1936   Blue Velvet
Ray Suarez
Journalist
5-Mar-1957   Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour
Niki Taylor
Model
5-Mar-1975   Youngest model on Vogue cover
David Tibet
Musician
5-Mar-1960   Current 93
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Painter
5-Mar-1696 27-Mar-1770 18th century Venetian painter
Laurence Tisch
Business
5-Mar-1923 15-Nov-2003 CEO of CBS, 1986-95
James Tobin
Economist
5-Mar-1918 11-Mar-2002 Investment behaviorist
Henry Travers
Actor
5-Mar-1874 18-Oct-1965 It's a Wonderful Life
Jacques Vergès
Attorney
5-Mar-1925   Attorney specializing in defense of monsters
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer
5-Mar-1887 17-Nov-1959 Bachianas Brasileiras
Marsha Warfield
Actor
5-Mar-1954   Roz on Night Court
Michael Warren
Actor
5-Mar-1946   Bobby Hill on Hill Street Blues
Fred Williamson
Football
5-Mar-1938   Football star, Original Gangstas




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