| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Fred Allen |
Comic |
31-May-1894 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Town Hall Tonight |
| Jost Amman |
Engraver |
13-Jun-1539 |
17-Mar-1591 |
Prolific Swiss engraver |
| Roland Arnall |
Business |
29-Mar-1939 |
17-Mar-2008 |
Ameriquest billionaire |
| Jack Arnold |
Film Director |
14-Oct-1916 |
17-Mar-1992 |
Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| Marcus Aurelius |
Royalty |
26-Apr-121 AD |
17-Mar-180 AD |
Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD |
| Rick Aviles |
Comic |
14-Oct-1952 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Ghost |
| John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel |
Astronomer |
22-Jul-1784 |
17-Mar-1846 |
Pioneer in precision astronomy |
| Nathaniel Bowditch |
Astronomer |
26-Mar-1773 |
17-Mar-1838 |
American Practical Navigator |
| Felix Bressart |
Actor |
2-Mar-1892 |
17-Mar-1949 |
To Be or Not to Be |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| Gilbert Burnet |
Religion |
18-Sep-1643 |
17-Mar-1715 |
Bishop of Salisbury |
| Merritt Butrick |
Actor |
3-Sep-1959 |
17-Mar-1989 |
Johnny Slash on Square Pegs |
| Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
| Oleg Cassini |
Fashion Designer |
11-Apr-1913 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Fashion designer |
| Robert Chambers |
Author |
10-Jul-1802 |
17-Mar-1871 |
Chambers's Book of Days |
| Alex Chilton |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Dec-1950 |
17-Mar-2010 |
Big Star |
| René Clément |
Film Director |
18-Mar-1913 |
17-Mar-1996 |
Is Paris Burning? |
| Walter Crane |
Artist |
15-Aug-1845 |
17-Mar-1915 |
British children's illustrator |
| John Demjanjuk |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1920 |
17-Mar-2012 |
Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past |
| Christian Doppler |
Physicist |
29-Nov-1803 |
17-Mar-1853 |
Discovered the Doppler Effect |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Freddie Francis |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1917 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
| Michael Gough |
Actor |
23-Nov-1917 |
17-Mar-2011 |
Alfred in Batman films |
| Fromental Halévy |
Composer |
27-May-1799 |
17-Mar-1862 |
La Juive |
| Harold Harefoot |
Royalty |
c. 1016 |
17-Mar-1040 |
King of England 1037-40 |
| Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| Arthur Cardinal Hinsley |
Religion |
25-Aug-1865 |
17-Mar-1943 |
Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43 |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| Ferlin Husky |
Singer |
3-Dec-1925 |
17-Mar-2011 |
On the Wings of a Dove |
| J. J. Jackson |
TV Personality |
8-Apr-1941 |
17-Mar-2004 |
One of five original MTV vj's |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Physicist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| George F. Kennan |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1904 |
17-Mar-2005 |
Architect of US policy of Soviet containment |
| Paul Kollsman |
Inventor |
22-Feb-1900 |
17-Mar-1982 |
Barometric altimeter |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Ramon Magsaysay |
Head of State |
31-Aug-1907 |
17-Mar-1957 |
7th President of the Philippines |
| Adolf Meyer |
Psychiatrist |
13-Sep-1866 |
17-Mar-1950 |
Commonsense Psychiatry |
| G. William Miller |
Government |
9-Mar-1925 |
17-Mar-2006 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81 |
| Andre Norton |
Author |
17-Feb-1912 |
17-Mar-2005 |
Witch World series |
| Frank Orth |
Actor |
21-Feb-1880 |
17-Mar-1962 |
Insp. Faraday on Boston Blackie |
| Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
| St. Patrick |
Religion |
387 AD |
17-Mar-493 AD |
Patron saint of Ireland |
| Malvina Reynolds |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Aug-1900 |
17-Mar-1978 |
Little Boxes |
| Albert J. Rosenthal |
Educator |
5-Mar-1919 |
17-Mar-2010 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84 |
| Paul Runyan |
Golf |
12-Jul-1908 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg |
Football |
16-Aug-1862 |
17-Mar-1965 |
Mr. Football |
| Jermaine Stewart |
Singer |
7-Sep-1957 |
17-Mar-1997 |
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
| Ralph Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1915 |
17-Mar-2001 |
Deadlier Than the Male |
| Andrew Tombes |
Actor |
29-Jun-1885 |
17-Mar-1976 |
Doubting Thomas |
| Ellsworth Vines |
Tennis |
28-Sep-1911 |
17-Mar-1994 |
Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles |
| Luchino Visconti |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1906 |
17-Mar-1976 |
La Terra Trema |
| William Witney |
Film Director |
15-May-1915 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Master of the World |
| Professor X |
Rapper |
4-Aug-1956 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Vanglorious |
| Mai Zetterling |
Actor |
24-May-1925 |
17-Mar-1994 |
The Witches |
