Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Luke Askew |
Actor |
26-Mar-1932 |
29-Mar-2012 |
Easy Rider |
John Jacob Astor |
Business |
17-Jul-1763 |
29-Mar-1848 |
Wealthiest man in America |
Lee Atwater |
Politician |
27-Feb-1951 |
29-Mar-1991 |
RNC Chairman, 1988-90 |
Bernard Blier |
Actor |
11-Jan-1916 |
29-Mar-1989 |
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe |
Paul H. Boeker |
Diplomat |
2-May-1938 |
29-Mar-2003 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 |
Rudy Bond |
Actor |
1-Oct-1912 |
29-Mar-1982 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Vera Brittain |
Author |
29-Dec-1893 |
29-Mar-1970 |
Testament of Youth |
Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
John Burroughs |
Naturalist |
3-Apr-1837 |
29-Mar-1921 |
Birds and Poets |
William M. Butler |
Politician |
29-Jan-1861 |
29-Mar-1937 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26 |
Joyce Cary |
Novelist |
6-Dec-1888 |
29-Mar-1957 |
The Horse's Mouth |
George Cave |
Politician |
23-Feb-1856 |
29-Mar-1928 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28 |
Johnnie Cochran |
Attorney |
2-Oct-1937 |
29-Mar-2005 |
Successfully defended O. J. Simpson |
Marquis de Condorcet |
Philosopher |
17-Sep-1743 |
29-Mar-1794 |
French Enlightenment philosopher |
Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
Howell Heflin |
Politician |
19-Jun-1921 |
29-Mar-2005 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97 |
Paul Henreid |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
29-Mar-1992 |
Casablanca |
Maurice Jarre |
Composer |
13-Sep-1924 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Score to Lawrence of Arabia |
Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
Calvin Lockhart |
Actor |
18-Sep-1934 |
29-Mar-2007 |
Uptown Saturday Night |
Rowland H. Macy |
Business |
30-Aug-1822 |
29-Mar-1877 |
Founder of Macy's department stores |
Mantovani |
Conductor |
15-Nov-1905 |
29-Mar-1980 |
Popular light orchestral conductor |
Emmett Miller |
Singer |
02-Feb-1900 |
29-Mar-1962 |
Minstrel show yodeller |
William H. Natcher |
Politician |
11-Sep-1909 |
29-Mar-1994 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1953-94 |
Carl Orff |
Composer |
10-Jul-1895 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Carmina Burana |
Earl Paulk |
Religion |
30-May-1927 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
Simone Renant |
Actor |
19-Mar-1911 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Quai des Orfèvres |
Lou Saban |
Football |
13-Oct-1921 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA |
William Scholl |
Business |
22-Jun-1882 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Dr Scholl's shoe pads |
Robert Falcon Scott |
Explorer |
6-Jun-1868 |
29-Mar-1912 |
Led 2 expeditions to Antarctica |
Georges Seurat |
Painter |
2-Dec-1859 |
29-Mar-1891 |
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte |
Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
Jock Stallard |
Politician |
5-Nov-1921 |
29-Mar-2008 |
British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 |
Pope Stephen IX |
Religion |
c. 1000 |
29-Mar-1058 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1057-58 |
Emanuel Swedenborg |
Philosopher |
29-Jan-1688 |
29-Mar-1772 |
Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic |
Bill Travers |
Actor |
3-Jan-1922 |
29-Mar-1994 |
Born Free |
Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
Eric Williams |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1911 |
29-Mar-1981 |
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 1956-81 |
Joe Williams |
Singer |
12-Dec-1918 |
29-Mar-1999 |
Baritone jazz vocalist |