March 22
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Births
- 1923 - Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist
- 1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor
- 1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
- 1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress
- 1934 - Orrin Hatch, American politician
- 1934 - Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
- 1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
- 1936 - Ron Carey, American labor leader
- 1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer
- 1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
- 1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
- 1940 (or 1942) - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
- 1941 - Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy)
- 1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
- 1941 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
- 1942 - Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
- 1942 - Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
- 1943 - George Benson, American musician
- 1943 - Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
- 1946 - Rudy Rucker, American author
- 1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
- 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
- 1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress
- 1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
- 1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator
- 1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
- 1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- 1955 - Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
- 1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
- 1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
- 1958 - Laurie David, American political activist
- 1958 - Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
- 1959 - Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
- 1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor
- 1965 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
- 1965 - Emma Wray, English actress
- 1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
- 1966 - Song Kwang Sik, Korean singer
- 1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
- 1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
- 1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
- 1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
- 1972 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
- 1972 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
- 1973 - Beverley Knight, English singer
- 1973 - Joe Nedney, American football player
- 1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- 1974 - Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
- 1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
- 1975 - Jiří Novák, Czech tennis player
- 1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
- 1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
- 1977 - Joey Porter, American football player
- 1978 - Tom Poti, professional hockey player
- 1979 - Aaron North, American musician
- 1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
- 1980 - Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
- 1980 - Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
- 1981 - Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
- 1981 - MIMS, American rapper
- 1982 - Pete Bennett, British musician and winner of Big Brother 2006
- 1988 - Tania Raymonde, American actress
- 1992 - Luke Freeman, English footballer
Deaths
- 1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
- 1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
- 1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
- 1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
- 1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
- 1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
- 1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
- 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (b. 1703)
- 1758 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
- 1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
- 1820 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
- 1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
- 1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
- 1896 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
- 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
- 1924 - William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
- 1934 - Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
- 1945 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857)
- 1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
- 1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
- 1958 - Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
- 1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
- 1974 - Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b.1939)
- 1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
- 1978 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
- 1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
- 1986 - Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
- 1986 - Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
- 1991 - Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1991 - Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
- 1991 - Gloria Holden, American film actress (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
- 1994 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- 1996 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
- 1999 - David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
- 2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
- 2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
- 2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
- 2005 - Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
- 2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
Notes
Pat Robertson Agostino Carracci Goran Bregović Ernest William Hornung William Shatner Grigori Kozintsev Marcel Marceau Jorge Ben Fanny Ardant Dan Hartman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Claude Mauriac Ken Boothe George Benson
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