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Monday, 19 March 2012

Famous Births on 25 Mar

Famous Births on 25 Mar1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)1259 - Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)1297 - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)1297 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)1345 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)1347 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)1479 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician (d. 1612)1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)1643 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)1661 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)1699 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German comr (d. 1783)1767 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples (d. 1815)1782 - Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples (d. 1839)1800 - Heinrich von Dechsen, German geologist (d. 1889)1824 - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (d. 1900)1840 - Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)1863 - Simon Flexner, American pathologist (d. 1946)1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (d. 1957)1868 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (d. 1958)1877 - Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian comr (d. 1945)1881 - Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (d. 1927)1884 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (d. 1950)1886 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)1892 - Andy Clyde, American actor (d. 1967)1895 - Siegfried Handloser, German physician (d. 1954)1897 - John Laurie, Scottish actor (d. 1980)1899 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (d. 1978)1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)1903 - Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (d. 1990)1903 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)1906 - Jean Sablon, French singer (d. 1994)1906 - A.J.P. Taylor, British historian (d. 1990)1908 - Helmut Käutner, German actor and director (d. 1980)1908 - David Lean, English film director (d. 1991)1910 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano1911 - Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)1912 - Jean Vilar, French stage and film actor (d. 1971)1913 - Sir Reo Stakis, Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate (d. 2001)1914 - Norman Borlaug, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize1918 - Howard Cosell, American sports reporter (d. 1995)1920 - Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)1920 - Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (d. 1992)1921 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)1921 - Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)1922 - Eileen Ford, American model agency executive1923 - Bonnie Guitar, American singer1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964)1926 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)1928 - Jim Lovell, American astronaut1929 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)1931 - Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and comr1932 - Gene Shalit, American film critic1934 - Johnny Burnette, American singer (d. 1964)1934 - Gloria Steinem, American feminist and publisher1935 - Flash Elorde, Filipino boxer1937 - Tom Monaghan, founder of Dominos pizza1938 - Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (d. 1999)1938 - Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995)1940 - Anita Bryant, American singer1941 - Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian politician1942 - Kim Woodburn, English television personality1942 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor1946 - Cliff Balsam, English footballer1946 - Stephen Hunter, American author1946 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)1946 - Gerard John Schaefer, American killer (d. 1995)1947 - Elton John, English singer and songwriter1948 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress1948 - Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish television presenter1950 - Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax) (d. 1995)1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician1954 - Elli Stai, Greek journalist and TV presenter1954 - Thom Loverro, American sportswriter1955 - Daniel Boulud, French chef and restaurateur1955 - Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player1956 - Matthew Garber, English actor (d. 1977)1957 - Jim Uhls, American screenwriter1958 - Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician1958 - Ray Tanner, American college baseball coach1958 - James McDaniel, American actor1958 - Sisy Chen, Taiwanese politician and television commentator1960 - Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress1960 - Steve Norman, British saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)1960 - Peter O'Brien, Australian actor1960 - Haywood Nelson, American actor1960 - Brenda Strong, American actress1961 - Fred Goss, American actor, comedian, and writer1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress1964 - LisaHamilton, American actress1964 - Alex Solis, Panamanian jockey1964 - Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress1965 - Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper1966 - Anton Rogan, Irish footballer1966 - Tatjana Patitz, German supermodel1966 - Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (d. 2008)1966 - Tom Glavine, American baseball player1967 - Matthew Barney, American media artist1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater1967 - Doug Stanhope, American comedian1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player1969 - Cathy Dennis, English singer, songwriter, and actress1970 - Kari Matchett, Canadian actress1971 - Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player1973 - Anthony Barness, English footballer1973 - Anders Fridén, Swedish singer (In Flames)1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress1975 - Ladislav Benysek, Czech ice hockey player1975 - Melanie Blatt, British singer (All Saints)1976 - Baek Ji Young, South Korean singer1976 - Gigi Leung, Hong Kong singer/actress1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer1976 - Juvenile, American rapper1976 - Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor1976 - Francis Bellew, Irish Gaelic footballer1979 - Lee Pace, American actor1979 - Natasha Yi, American supermodel1980 - Carrie Lam, Hong Kong actress1980 - Joe King, Guitarist and Co-Founder for the band The Fray1982 - Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer1982 - Sergey Yakovlev, russian musical artist and painter1982 - Sean Faris, American actor and model1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver1984 - Katharine McPhee, American singer/actress1986 - Megan Gibson, American softball player1987 - Jason Castro, American Idol contestant1987 - Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater1989 - Alyson Michalka, American actress/singer1989 - Scott Sinclair, English footballer