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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Marcus Allen
Football
26-Mar-1960   Super Bowl MVP, 1984
Aldrich Ames
Spy
26-Mar-1941   CIA agent, divulged names to the Soviets
Joe Anderson
Actor
26-Mar-1982   Across the Universe
Christian Anfinsen
Chemist
26-Mar-1916 14-May-1995 Protein structure and folding
Alan Arkin
Actor
26-Mar-1934   Catch 22
Luke Askew
Actor
26-Mar-1932 29-Mar-2012 Easy Rider
Nicki Aycox
Actor
26-Mar-1975   Jaimie Allen on Dark Blue
Todd Barry
Comic
26-Mar-1964   Worst Guest of the Week
Edward Bellamy
Author
26-Mar-1850 22-May-1898 Looking Backward
Marion C. Blakey
Government
26-Mar-1948   FAA Administrator, 2002-07
Paul Bostaph
Drummer
26-Mar-1964   Slayer drummer, 1992-2002
Pierre Boulez
Composer
26-Mar-1925   Modern composer and conductor
Nathaniel Bowditch
Astronomer
26-Mar-1773 17-Mar-1838 American Practical Navigator
Tinto Brass
Film Director
26-Mar-1933   Caligula
James Caan
Actor
26-Mar-1940   Vegas
Joseph Campbell
Author
26-Mar-1904 31-Oct-1987 The Power of Myth
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
26-Mar-1953   Governor of Rhode Island
Jason Chaffetz
Politician
26-Mar-1967   Congressman, Utah 3rd
Elaine Chao
Government
26-Mar-1953   US Secretary of Labor, 2001-09
Kenny Chesney
Country Musician
26-Mar-1968   You Had Me From Hello
James B. Conant
Educator
26-Mar-1893 11-Feb-1978 President of Harvard, 1933-53
Gregory Corso
Poet
26-Mar-1930 17-Jan-2001 Beat poet, Gasoline
Johnny Crawford
Actor
26-Mar-1946   Mark McCain on The Rifleman
Robert B. Crosby
Politician
26-Mar-1911 7-Jan-2000 Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55
Richard Dawkins
Biologist
26-Mar-1941   Zoologist and evolutionary biologist
Paul H. Douglas
Politician
26-Mar-1892 24-Sep-1976 US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67
Bob Elliott
Comic
26-Mar-1923   Half of Bob & Ray
Wayne Embry
Basketball
26-Mar-1937   NBA General Manager
Ernst Engel
Economist
26-Mar-1821 8-Dec-1896 Engel's Law
Rip Engle
Football
26-Mar-1906 7-Mar-1983 Head Coach, Brown and Penn State
Paul Erdos
Mathematician
26-Mar-1913 20-Sep-1996 Loved only numbers
Dario Fo
Playwright
26-Mar-1926   Italian playwright and Nobel laureate
Robert Frost
Poet
26-Mar-1874 29-Jan-1963 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Konrad von Gesner
Botanist
26-Mar-1516 13-Dec-1565 Historia animalium
Leeza Gibbons
TV Personality
26-Mar-1957   Host of Entertainment Tonight
Jennifer Grey
Actor
26-Mar-1960   Dirty Dancing
Jonathan Groff
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Jesse St. James on Glee
Lino Gutierrez
Diplomat
26-Mar-1951   US Ambassador to Argentina, 2003-06
William Hague
Politician
26-Mar-1961   UK Foreign Secretary
Chris Hansen
Journalist
26-Mar-1959   To Catch A Predator
Sterling Hayden
Actor
26-Mar-1916 23-May-1986 Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
A. E. Housman
Poet
26-Mar-1859 30-Apr-1936 A Shropshire Lad
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Politician
26-Mar-1960   US Ambassador to China, 2009-11
James Iha
Guitarist
26-Mar-1968   Guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins
Michael Imperioli
Actor
26-Mar-1966   Christopher on The Sopranos
M. Douglas Ivester
Business
26-Mar-1947   CEO of Coca Cola, 1997-2000
Franklyn G. Jenifer
Educator
26-Mar-1939   President of UT-Dallas, 1994-2003
Erica Jong
Author
26-Mar-1942   Fear of Flying
Bianca Kajlich
Actor
26-Mar-1977   Rules of Engagement
Bernard Katz
Scientist
26-Mar-1911 20-Apr-2003 Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
T. R. Knight
Actor
26-Mar-1973   George O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy
Keira Knightley
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Bend It Like Beckham
Eric Allan Kramer
Actor
26-Mar-1962   Bob Duncan on Good Luck Charlie
Mary Anne Krupsak
Politician
26-Mar-1932   Lt. Governor of New York, 1975-78
Vicki Lawrence
Comic
26-Mar-1949   Mama's Family
Anthony J. Leggett
Physicist
26-Mar-1938   Particle physicist, explored superfluidity
J. Bernard Machen
Educator
26-Mar-1944   President, University of Florida
Leslie Mann
Actor
26-Mar-1972   George of the Jungle
William C. Marland
Politician
26-Mar-1918 26-Nov-1965 Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57
Strother Martin
Actor
26-Mar-1919 1-Aug-1980 Cool Hand Luke
William Massey
Head of State
26-Mar-1856 10-May-1925 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1912-25
Abu Mazen
Head of State
26-Mar-1935   Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority
Jessica McClure
Victim
26-Mar-1986   Baby Jessica, rescued from well
Ann Meyers
Basketball
26-Mar-1955   General Manager, Phoenix Mercury
William G. Milliken
Politician
26-Mar-1922   Governor of Michigan, 1969-83
Condé Nast
Business
26-Mar-1873 19-Sep-1942 Founder of Condé Nast Publications
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
26-Mar-1931   Commander Spock on Star Trek
Dick Nolan
Football
26-Mar-1932 11-Nov-2007 49ers Head Coach, 1968-75
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge
26-Mar-1930   US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Larry Page
Business
26-Mar-1973   Co-Founder of Google
William N. Patman
Politician
26-Mar-1927 9-Dec-2008 Congressman from Texas, 1981-85
Nancy Pelosi
Politician
26-Mar-1940   Speaker of the House, 2007-11
Teddy Pendergrass
Singer/Songwriter
26-Mar-1950 13-Jan-2010 Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Armand Peugeot
Business
26-Mar-1849 2-Jan-1915 Built the first Peugeot automobiles
Chips Rafferty
Actor
26-Mar-1909 27-May-1971 Wake in Fright
Cordell Reed
Business
26-Mar-1938   Former Senior VP, ComEd
Syngman Rhee
Head of State
26-Mar-1875 19-Jul-1965 First President of South Korea
Diana Ross
Singer
26-Mar-1944   Dominion over The Supremes
Vesta Roy
Politician
26-Mar-1925 8-Feb-2002 Governor of New Hampshire, 1982-83
Benjamin Count Rumford
Scientist
26-Mar-1753 21-Aug-1814 Established the Rumford Medal
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Religion
26-Mar-1954   Presiding Episcopal Bishop
Martin Short
Comic
26-Mar-1950   SNL and Primetime Glick
Jesse Shwayder
Business
26-Mar-1882 24-Jul-1970 Founder of Samsonite Corporation
Curtis Sliwa
Activist
26-Mar-1954   Founder of the Guardian Angels
Amy Smart
Actor
26-Mar-1976   Outside Providence
Thomas Spalding
Agriculturalist
26-Mar-1774 5-Jan-1851 Congressman from Georgia, 1805-06
John Stockton
Basketball
26-Mar-1962   Utah Jazz, 1984-2003
Patrick Süskind
Author
26-Mar-1949   Perfume, The Story of a Murderer
Ernest Thomas
Actor
26-Mar-1950   Raj on What's Happening
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Politician
26-Mar-1740 7-Aug-1809 Governor of Connecticut, 1797-1809
Steven Tyler
Singer
26-Mar-1948   Frontman for Aerosmith
Robert F. W. Van Oordt
Business
26-Mar-1936   CEO of Rodamco, 2000-01
A. Devitt Vanech
Attorney
26-Mar-1906 10-Sep-1967 Deputy US Attorney General, 1951-52
Billy Warlock
Actor
26-Mar-1961   General Hospital
William Westmoreland
Military
26-Mar-1914 18-Jul-2005 Commanded US Army in Vietnam War
Carl E. Wieman
Physicist
26-Mar-1951   Bose-Einstein Condensates
Prince William of Wied
Royalty
26-Mar-1876 18-Apr-1945 Prince of Albania, 1914
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
William Wollaston
Philosopher
26-Mar-1659 29-Oct-1724 The Religion of Nature Delineated
Bob Woodward
Journalist
26-Mar-1943   Broke the Watergate story
John D. Wren
Business
26-Mar-1952   CEO of Omnicom Group
Will Wright
Actor
26-Mar-1894 19-Jun-1962 Character actor




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