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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Karl Albrecht
Business
28-Mar-1922   Founded Aldi, personal worth $23B
Theo Albrecht
Business
28-Mar-1922 24-Jul-2010 World's 20th richest man, 2005
Nelson Algren
Author
28-Mar-1909 9-May-1981 The Man with the Golden Arm
Douglas Applegate
Politician
28-Mar-1928   Congressman from Ohio, 1977-95
Deborah Baker
Author
28-Mar-1959   In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding
Robert M. Ball
Government
28-Mar-1914 29-Jan-2008 Director of Social Security, 1962-73
Russell Banks
Author
28-Mar-1940   The Sweet Hereafter
Chris Barrie
Actor
28-Mar-1960   Arnold Rimmer on Red Dwarf
Rick Barry
Basketball
28-Mar-1944   NBA Hall of Famer
Freddie Bartholomew
Actor
28-Mar-1924 23-Jan-1992 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dewey F. Bartlett
Politician
28-Mar-1919 1-Mar-1979 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
David Beaty
Novelist
28-Mar-1919 4-Dec-1999 Cone of Silence
James Bennet
Journalist
28-Mar-1966   Editor-in-Chief of Atlantic Monthly
Pandro S. Berman
Film/TV Producer
28-Mar-1905 13-Jul-1996 Top RKO producer, Ivanhoe
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
Marc J. Bolland
Business
28-Mar-1959   CEO of William Morrison Supermarkets
Aristide Briand
Politician
28-Mar-1862 7-Mar-1932 WWI French Prime Minister
John Brogden
Politician
28-Mar-1969   Disgraced Australian opposition leader
Randy Brooks
Musician
28-Mar-1917 21-Mar-1967 Big band leader/trumpet player, Tenderly
Lester R. Brown
Activist
28-Mar-1934   Earth Policy Institute
Amy Bruckner
Actor
28-Mar-1991   Pim Diffy on Phil of the Future
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Government
28-Mar-1928   National Security Advisor, 1977-81
Iris Chang
Author
28-Mar-1968 9-Nov-2004 The Rape of Nanking
John Amos Comenius
Educator
28-Mar-1592 15-Nov-1670 Education reformer, millenarian
Bart Conner
Gymnastics
28-Mar-1958   Olympic gymnast
Gareth David-Lloyd
Actor
28-Mar-1981   Ianto Jones on Torchwood
Ruth A. Davis
Diplomat
28-Mar-1942   US Ambassador to Benin, 1992-95
Daniel C. Dennett
Philosopher
28-Mar-1942   Leading Darwinist and philosopher
Jimmie Dodd
Talk Show Host
28-Mar-1910 10-Nov-1964 Winsome Mickey Mouse Club host
Conchata Ferrell
Actor
28-Mar-1943   Head nurse Joan Thor on E/R
Dennis Franchione
Football
28-Mar-1951   Texas A&M Head Coach, 2003-07
Jerome I. Friedman
Physicist
28-Mar-1930   Verified existence of quarks
Nick Frost
Actor
28-Mar-1972   Shaun of the Dead
Jason Garrett
Football
28-Mar-1966   Dallas Cowboys head coach
Maxim Gorky
Playwright
28-Mar-1868 17-Jun-1936 The Lower Depths
Kate Gosselin
TV Personality
28-Mar-1975   Jon & Kate Plus 8
John Maxwell Hamilton
Author
28-Mar-1947   Journalism's Roving Eye
Wade Hampton
Politician
28-Mar-1818 11-Apr-1902 Governor of South Carolina, 1877-79
Christian Herter
Politician
28-Mar-1895 30-Dec-1966 US Secretary of State, 1959-61
Corneille Heymans
Scientist
28-Mar-1892 18-Jul-1968 Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors
Ken Howard
Actor
28-Mar-1944   The White Shadow
Bohumil Hrabal
Author
28-Mar-1914 3-Feb-1997 Closely Watched Trains
Thad Jones
Jazz Musician
28-Mar-1923 20-Aug-1986 Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader
Nafisa Joseph
Model
28-Mar-1978 29-Jul-2004 Femina Miss India Universe 1997
Richard Kelly
Screenwriter
28-Mar-1975   Donnie Darko
Neil Kinnock
Politician
28-Mar-1942   Labour Party Leader, 1983-92
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Herbert H. Lehman
Politician
28-Mar-1878 5-Dec-1963 Governor of New York, 1933-42
Jay Livingston
Composer
28-Mar-1915 17-Oct-2001 Que Sera Sera
Frank Lovejoy
Actor
28-Mar-1912 2-Oct-1962 The Hitch-Hiker
Aylmer Maude
Translator
28-Mar-1858 25-Aug-1938 Translator of Tolstoy
Reba McEntire
Country Musician
28-Mar-1955   The Queen of Country Music
David McKinley
Politician
28-Mar-1947   Congressman, West Virginia 1st
Francis E. Meloy, Jr.
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 16-Jun-1976 US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated
Willem Mengelberg
Conductor
28-Mar-1871 21-Mar-1951 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945
Shanna Moakler
Actor
28-Mar-1975   Pacific Blue
Frank Murkowski
Politician
28-Mar-1933   Governor of Alaska, 2002-06
Ed Muskie
Politician
28-Mar-1914 26-Mar-1996 US Senator from Maine, 1959-80
Matt Nathanson
Singer/Songwriter
28-Mar-1973   Come On Get Higher
Mike Newell
Film Director
28-Mar-1942   Four Weddings and a Funeral
Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain
Judge
28-Mar-1937   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Emin Pasha
Explorer
28-Mar-1840 23-Oct-1892 German colonial traveller in Africa
Henry M. Paulson
Business
28-Mar-1946   US Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-09
Marlin Perkins
Zoologist
28-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1986 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Max Perlich
Actor
28-Mar-1968   Brodie on Homicide
Brett Ratner
Film Director
28-Mar-1969   Red Dragon
Flora Robson
Actor
28-Mar-1902 7-Jul-1984 Fire Over England
William M. Rountree
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 1995 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1970-73
Jane Rule
Author
28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart
Byron Scott
Basketball
28-Mar-1961   Head Coach, New Orleans Hornets
Rudolf Serkin
Pianist
28-Mar-1903 8-May-1991 Czech-American piano prodigy
Ray Shaw
Journalist
28-Mar-1934 19-Jul-2009 Former President, Dow Jones
Jerry Sloane
Basketball
28-Mar-1942   Head Coach, Utah Jazz
Charles Starrett
Actor
28-Mar-1903 22-Mar-1986 The Durango Kid
Leonard Stern
Business
28-Mar-1938   Billionaire, Hartz pet supply
Julia Stiles
Actor
28-Mar-1981   10 Things I Hate About You
Teresa of Avila
Religion
28-Mar-1515 4-Oct-1582 Mystic, Carmelite nun
Liz Trotta
Journalist
28-Mar-1937   Fox News contributor
Mario Vargas Llosa
Novelist
28-Mar-1936   Acclaimed Peruvian author
Sarah Vaughan
Singer
28-Mar-1924 3-Apr-1990 The Divine One
Vince Vaughn
Actor
28-Mar-1970   Swingers
Nydia Velázquez
Politician
28-Mar-1953   Congresswoman, New York 12th
James E. West
Politician
28-Mar-1951 22-Jul-2006 Former Mayor of Spokane
Helen Westley
Actor
28-Mar-1875 12-Dec-1942 Death Takes a Holiday
Paul Whiteman
Musician
28-Mar-1890 29-Dec-1967 The King of Jazz
Dianne Wiest
Actor
28-Mar-1948   Footloose
John Ziegler
Radio Personality
28-Mar-1967   Right-wing talk radio host




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