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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joseph P. Addabbo
Politician
17-Mar-1925 10-Apr-1986 Congressman from New York, 1961-86
Melissa Auf der Maur
Bassist
17-Mar-1972   Bass player for Smashing Pumpkins, Hole
Sidney Barthelemy
Politician
17-Mar-1942   Mayor of New Orleans, 1986-94
Sammy Baugh
Football
17-Mar-1914 17-Dec-2008 Redskins QB and charter Hall of Famer
Pattie Boyd
Model
17-Mar-1944   Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton
Patricia Breslin
Actor
17-Mar-1931 12-Oct-2011 The People's Choice
Lester Breslow
Doctor
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-2012 Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80
Charles F. Brush
Inventor
17-Mar-1849 15-Jun-1929 Street lights
W. Haydon Burns
Politician
17-Mar-1912 22-Nov-1987 Mayor of Jacksonville, 1949-65
Pierce Butler
Judge
17-Mar-1866 16-Nov-1939 US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-39
Turner Catledge
Journalist
17-Mar-1901 27-Apr-1983 New York Times editor
Thomas Chalmers
Religion
17-Mar-1780 30-May-1847 Free Church of Scotland
Christian Clemenson
Actor
17-Mar-1958   Dr. Tom Loman on CSI: Miami
Nat King Cole
Singer
17-Mar-1917 15-Feb-1965 Unforgettable
Billy Corgan
Musician
17-Mar-1967   Lead singer of Smashing Pumpkins
Marisa Coughlan
Actor
17-Mar-1974   Side Order of Life
Gottlieb Daimler
Engineer
17-Mar-1834 6-Mar-1900 Invented the motorcycle
Brittany Daniel
Actor
17-Mar-1976   Jessica on Sweet Valley High
Stormy Daniels
Pornstar
17-Mar-1979   Space Nuts: Episode 69
Frank DeKova
Actor
17-Mar-1910 15-Oct-1981 Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop
Lesley-Anne Down
Actor
17-Mar-1954   The Bold and the Beautiful
Patrick Duffy
Actor
17-Mar-1949   Bobby Ewing on Dallas
William S. Farish
Business
17-Mar-1939   W.S. Farish & Co.
Meyer Feldberg
Educator
17-Mar-1942   Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004
Dusty Foggo
Government
17-Mar-1954   CIA Executive Director, 2004-06
Patricia Ford
Model
17-Mar-1969   Playboy lingerie model
John Wayne Gacy
Criminal
17-Mar-1942 10-May-1994 28 dead boys in his crawlspace
Cito Gaston
Baseball
17-Mar-1944   Manager, Toronto Blue Jays, 1989-97 and 2008-10
Stephen Gately
Singer
17-Mar-1976 10-Oct-2009 Boyzone
William Gibson
Author
17-Mar-1948   Pioneer of Cyberpunk science fiction
François Girardon
Sculptor
17-Mar-1628 1-Sep-1715 French sculptor under Louis XIV and XV
Bill Graham
Politician
17-Mar-1939   Interim Leader, Canada's Liberal Party
Kate Greenaway
Artist
17-Mar-1846 6-Nov-1901 British illustrator
Walter Q. Gresham
Government
17-Mar-1832 28-May-1895 US Secretary of State, 1893-95
Arye Gross
Actor
17-Mar-1960   Adam Green on Ellen
Patrick Hamilton
Playwright
17-Mar-1904 23-Sep-1962 Gaslight
Mia Hamm
Soccer
17-Mar-1972   Top US women's soccer player
Justin Hawkins
Musician
17-Mar-1975   The Darkness frontman
Michael V. Hayden
Government
17-Mar-1945   Former Director of the CIA
Amelia Heinle
Actor
17-Mar-1973   The Young and the Restless
Walter Hess
Scientist
17-Mar-1881 12-Aug-1973 Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods
Donald F. Hornig
Educator
17-Mar-1920   President of Brown University, 1970-76
James Irwin
Astronaut
17-Mar-1930 8-Aug-1991 8th to walk on the Moon
Michael Ivins
Bassist
17-Mar-1963   Bassist for The Flaming Lips
James IV
Royalty
17-Mar-1473 9-Sep-1513 King of Scotland, 1488-1513
Bobby Jones
Golf
17-Mar-1902 18-Dec-1971 Winner of 13 major championships
Mark Boone Junior
Actor
17-Mar-1955   Robert Munson on Sons of Anarchy
Paul Kantner
Musician
17-Mar-1941   Jefferson Airplane
Edmund Kean
Actor
17-Mar-1789 15-May-1833 English tragic actor
Siegfried Lenz
Author
17-Mar-1926   Deutschstunde
Carl Leubsdorf
Journalist
17-Mar-1938   Dallas Morning News
Vicki Lewis
Actor
17-Mar-1960   Redhead Beth on NewsRadio
Penelope Lively
Novelist
17-Mar-1933   Moon Tiger
Rob Lowe
Actor
17-Mar-1964   Brat-packer, Sam on The West Wing
Mercedes McCambridge
Actor
17-Mar-1916 2-Mar-2004 All the King's Men
Jim Nance McCord
Politician
17-Mar-1879 2-Sep-1968 Governor of Tennessee, 1945-49
Gale W. McGee
Politician
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-1992 US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77
Lachlan McIntosh
Military
17-Mar-1725 20-Feb-1806 Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel
Cynthia McKinney
Politician
17-Mar-1955   Congresswoman from Georgia, 1993-2003 and 2005-07
Don Mitchell
Actor
17-Mar-1943   Mark Sanger on Ironside
Rudy Ray Moore
Actor
17-Mar-1937 19-Oct-2008 Dolemite
Katie Morgan
Pornstar
17-Mar-1980   Blonde Crack Attack
Rudolf Nureyev
Dancer
17-Mar-1938 6-Jan-1993 Defected to France from Kirov Ballet
Michael O'Shea
Actor
17-Mar-1906 4-Dec-1973 It's a Great Life
Mark W. Olson
Economist
17-Mar-1943   Chairman, PCAOB
Lindsay Owen-Jones
Business
17-Mar-1946   CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006
John O. Pastore
Politician
17-Mar-1907 15-Jul-2000 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island
Mark Pellington
Film Director
17-Mar-1962   Arlington Road
Mujibur Rahman
Head of State
17-Mar-1920 15-Aug-1975 President, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Dana Reeve
Activist
17-Mar-1961 6-Mar-2006 Christopher Reeve Foundation
Jeanne-Marie Roland
Relative
17-Mar-1754 8-Nov-1793 French woman of intrigue
Sydne Rome
Actor
17-Mar-1951   What?
Olesya Rulin
Actor
17-Mar-1986   High School Musical
Kurt Russell
Actor
17-Mar-1951   Call him Snake
Bayard Rustin
Activist
17-Mar-1910 24-Aug-1987 Organized the 1963 March on Washington
John Sebastian
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1944   Theme to Welcome Back, Kotter
Jeremy Sheffield
Actor
17-Mar-1966   Alex Adams on Holby City
Casey Siemaszko
Actor
17-Mar-1961   Three O'Clock High
Gary Sinise
Actor
17-Mar-1955   Det. Taylor on CSI: NY
Mathew St. Patrick
Actor
17-Mar-1968   Keith Charles on Six Feet Under
Swift
Rapper
17-Mar-1976   D-12
H. Patrick Swygert
Educator
17-Mar-1943   President of Howard University, 1995-2008
Roger Brooke Taney
Judge
17-Mar-1777 12-Oct-1864 US Chief Justice, 1836-64
Zola Taylor
Singer
17-Mar-1934 30-Apr-2007 The Platters
Yanic Truesdale
Actor
17-Mar-1970   Michel Gerard on Gilmore Girls
Rusty Warren
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1931   Songs for Sinners
Stephen L. Weber
Educator
17-Mar-1942   President, San Diego State University
Gene Ween
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1970   Ween
Mark White
Politician
17-Mar-1940   Governor of Texas, 1983-87
Patricia A. Woertz
Business
17-Mar-1953   CEO of Archer Daniels Midland
Natalie Zea
Actor
17-Mar-1975   Winona Hawkins on Justified




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