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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Henry Bessemer
Inventor
19-Jan-1813 15-Mar-1898 Bessemer process to manufacture steel
William D. Bloxham
Politician
9-Jul-1835 15-Mar-1911 Twice Governor of Florida
Nikolai Bukharin
Economist
9-Oct-1888 15-Mar-1938 Soviet theoretical economist
Julius Caesar
Head of State
13-Jul-100 BC 15-Mar-44 BC Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC
Cao Cao
Head of State
155 AD 15-Mar-220 AD Posthumously Emperor Wu of Wei
Paul Cavanagh
Actor
8-Dec-1888 15-Mar-1964 The Scarlet Claw
Luigi Cherubini
Composer
14-Sep-1760 15-Mar-1842 The Water Carrier
René Clair
Film Director
11-Nov-1898 15-Mar-1981 Silent film director, Paris qui dort
Arthur H. Compton
Physicist
10-Sep-1892 15-Mar-1962 Discovered the Compton Effect
Joseph Coors, Sr.
Business
12-Nov-1917 15-Mar-2003 Ultraconservative beer baron
Gail Davis
Actor
5-Oct-1925 15-Mar-1997 Annie Oakley
Nate Dogg
Singer
19-Aug-1969 15-Mar-2011 G-funk singer
Rachel Field
Author
19-Sep-1894 15-Mar-1942 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
John W. Foster
Diplomat
2-Mar-1836 15-Mar-1917 US Secretary of State, 1892-93
Meyer Guggenheim
Business
1-Feb-1828 15-Mar-1905 Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune
Tom Harmon
Football
28-Sep-1919 15-Mar-1990 Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
Thora Hird
Actor
28-May-1911 15-Mar-2003 Talking Heads
Eusebio Kino
Religion
10-Aug-1645 15-Mar-1711 Jesuit missionary to Mexico
Bowie Kuhn
Baseball
28-Oct-1926 15-Mar-2007 Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84
H. P. Lovecraft
Author
20-Aug-1890 15-Mar-1937 The Call of Cthulhu
James M. Mead
Politician
27-Dec-1885 15-Mar-1964 US Senator from New York, 1938-47
Jack Metcalf
Politician
30-Nov-1927 15-Mar-2007 Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001
Jo Mielziner
Designer
19-Mar-1901 15-Mar-1976 Broadway stage designer
Frederick Mulley
Politician
3-Jul-1918 15-Mar-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79
Odoacer
Royalty
c. 433 AD 15-Mar-493 AD First Barbarian King of Italy
Aristotle Onassis
Business
15-Jan-1906 15-Mar-1975 Greek shipping tycoon
John A. Pople
Chemist
31-Oct-1925 15-Mar-2004 Quantum mechanics of molecules
William J. Porter
Diplomat
1-Sep-1914 15-Mar-1988 US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea
Stuart Rosenberg
Film Director
11-Aug-1927 15-Mar-2007 Cool Hand Luke
Gordon E. Sawyer
unspecified
27-Aug-1905 15-Mar-1980 Sound for West Side Story
George Sherman
Film Director
14-Jul-1908 15-Mar-1991 Against All Flags
Ron Silver
Actor
2-Jul-1946 15-Mar-2009 Wiseguy
Pinetop Smith
Pianist
11-Jun-1904 15-Mar-1929 Inventor of Boogie-Woogie
Ann Sothern
Actor
22-Jan-1909 15-Mar-2001 Private Secretary
Benjamin Spock
Doctor
2-May-1903 15-Mar-1998 Baby and Child Care
James Joseph Sylvester
Mathematician
3-Sep-1814 15-Mar-1897 Studied finite analysis
Vicki Van Meter
Aviator
13-Mar-1982 15-Mar-2008 Child cross-country aviator
Henry Victor
Actor
2-Oct-1892 15-Mar-1945 Freaks
Rebecca West
Author
21-Dec-1892 15-Mar-1983 Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials
Lester Young
Jazz Musician
27-Aug-1909 15-Mar-1959 Jazz tenor saxophoneist




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