On This Day
This Day in History: (21-March)
Emperor Taizu of Song (d. 976)
King Charles I of Naples (d. 1285)
Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, English nobleman (d. 1445)
Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint (d. 1540)
Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham, English noble (d. 1558)
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
Hermann Finck, German composer and educator (d. 1558)
John Leveson, English politician (d. 1615)
Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel, English countess and poet (d. 1630)
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary (d. 1667)
Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (d. 1742)
Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (d. 1803)
Josef Seger, Bohemian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1782)
Mary Dixon Kies, American inventor (d. 1837)
Jean Paul, German journalist and author (d. 1825)
Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1830)
Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico (d. 1872)
Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (d. 1891)
Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier and engineer (d. 1890)
Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876)
Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1881)
Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1924)
Alice Henry, Australian journalist and activist (d. 1943)
Daria Pratt, American golfer (d. 1938)
George Owen Squier, American general (d. 1934)
Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer (d. 1932)
David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player (d. 1937)
Alfred Tysoe, English runner (d. 1901)
Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot (d. 1964)
Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (d. 1944)
Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1971)
Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic (d. 1966)
Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (d. 1963)
George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (d. 1944)
Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (d. 1952)
Walter Dray, American pole vaulter (d. 1973)
Clarice Beckett, Australian painter (d. 1935)
Lajos Kassák, Hungarian poet, novelist and painter (d. 1967)
M. N. Roy, Indian philosopher and politician (d. 1954)
Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach (d. 1948)
Friedrich Waismann, Jewish-Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1959)
Sim Gokkes, Jewish-Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1943)
Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (d. 1987)
Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)
Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat (d. 1958)
Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987)
Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar (d. 1999)
Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949)
Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (d. 1978)
John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (d. 1978)
Jim Thompson, American businessman (d. 1967)
André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter (d. 1974)
Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1965)
Harry Lane, English footballer (d. 1977)
Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (d. 1993)
Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Bangladeshi librarian and educator (d. 1978)
Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992)
André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)
George Abecassis, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1991)
Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (d. 1990)
Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006)
Ken Wharton, English race car driver (d. 1957)
Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994)
Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014)
Charles Thompson, American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
Douglas Warren, Australian bishop (d. 2013)
Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1970)
Éric Rohmer, French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (d. 1986)
Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic
Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998)
Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011)
Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
Harold Ashby, American saxophonist (d. 2003)
Peter Brook, English-French director and producer
Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (d. 2013)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2016)
Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2015)
Maurice Catarcio, American wrestler (d. 2005)
James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)
Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998)
Clark L. Brundin, American-English engineer and academic
Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (d. 2013)
Al Williamson, American illustrator (d. 2010)
Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (d. 2015)
John Hall, English businessman
Michael Heseltine, Welsh businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Al Freeman, Jr., American actor and director (d. 2012)
Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
Ed Broadbent, Canadian pilot and politician
Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer
Ann Clwyd, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Tom Flores, American football player and coach
Pierre-Jean Rémy, French diplomat and author (d. 2010)
Michael Foreman, English author and illustrator
Grahame Thomas, Australian cricketer
Kathleen Widdoes, American actress
Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)
Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach
Amina Claudine Myers, African-American singer-songwriter and pianist
Patcha Ramachandra Rao, India metallurgist, educator and administrator (d. 2010)
István Gyulai, Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster (d. 2006)
Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (d. 1995)
Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
Janet Daley, American-English journalist and author
Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist
Mike Jackson, English general
David Lindley, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Gaye Adegbalola, African-American singer and guitarist
Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer
Charles Greene, American sprinter and coach
Rose Stone, African-American R&B singer and keyboard player (Sly and the Family Stone)
Timothy Dalton, Welsh-English actor
Ray Dorset, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mungo Jerry)
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Japanese cardinal
Scott Fahlman, American computer scientist and academic
Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach
Andy Love, Scottish-English politician
Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic
Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Ron Oden, American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs
Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Conrad Lozano, American bass player
Russell Thompkins Jr., American soul singer (The Stylistics)
Steve Furber, English computer scientist and academic
Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator
David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
Fadi Abboud, Lebanese economist and politician
Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greek politician
Dick Beardsley, American runner
Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Richard Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer
Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
Marlies Göhr, German sprinter
Brad Hall, American comedian, director, and screenwriter
Gary Oldman, English actor, filmmaker, musician and author
Sarah Jane Morris, English singer-songwriter
Yuval Rotem, Israeli diplomat
Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese keyboard player and composer
Marwan Farhat, Syrian actor and voice actor
Benito T. de Leon, Filipino general
Raivo Puusepp, Estonian architect
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994)
Robert Sweet, American drummer and producer
Lothar Matthäus, German footballer and manager
Kassie DePaiva, American actress
Kim Turner, American hurdler
Matthew Broderick, American actor
Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress and screenwriter
Rosie O'Donnell, American actress, producer, and talk show host
Mark Waid, American author
Shawon Dunston, American baseball player
Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and manager
Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2003)
Share Pedersen, American bass player
Ieuan Evans, Welsh rugby player
Jesper Skibby, Danish cyclist
Xavier Bertrand, French businessman and politician, French Minister of Social Affairs
Thomas Frank, American author, historian and political analyst
Benito Archundia, Mexican footballer, referee, lawyer, and economist
Hauke Fuhlbrügge, German runner
Matthew Maynard, English cricketer and coach
Moa Matthis, Swedish author
Carwyn Jones, Welsh lawyer and politician, First Minister of Wales
Mirela Rupic, American costume and fashion designer
Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman
Andrew Copeland, American singer and guitarist
Greg Ellis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and manager
Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter
Scott Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and author
Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (d. 2000)
Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political activist
Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete
Chris Candido, American wrestler (d. 2005)
Balázs Kiss, Hungarian hammer thrower
Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian runner
Graeme Welch, English cricketer
Ananda Lewis, American television host
Stuart Nethercott, English footballer and manager
Large Professor, American rapper and producer
Rhys Darby, New Zealand comedian and actor
Dejima Takeharu, Japanese sumo wrestler
Edsel Dope, American singer-songwriter and producer
Ted Kravitz, British presenter and Formula One pit-lane reporter
Kevin Leahy, American drummer
Conor Woodman, Irish journalist and author
Yacoub Al-Mohana, Kuwaiti director and producer
Corne Krige, South African rugby player
Fabricio Oberto, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
Vitaly Potapenko, Ukrainian basketball player and coach
Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress and singer
Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer
Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer
Jamie Delgado, English tennis player
Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner
Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (d. 2007)
Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
Bamboo Mañalac, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian skier
Lee Jin, South Korean singer and actress
Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Germano Borovicz Cardoso Schweger, Brazilian footballer
Sébastien Chavanel, French cyclist
Glenn Hall, Australian rugby league player
Jason King, Australian rugby league player
Todd Polglase, Australian rugby league player
Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopian runner
Aaron Hill, American baseball player
Colin Turkington, Northern Irish race car driver
Lucila Pascua, Spanish basketball player
Jean Ondoa, Cameroonian footballer
Tiago dos Santos Roberto, Brazilian footballer
Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
Ryan Callahan, American ice hockey player
Adrian Peterson, American football player
Michu, Spanish footballer
Romanos Alyfantis, Greek swimmer
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Greek pole vaulter
Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Lee Cattermole, English footballer
Kateřina Čechová, Czech sprinter
Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player
Eric Krüger, German sprinter
Jordi Alba, Spanish footballer
Nicolás Lodeiro, Uruguayan footballer
Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter and dancer
Ryann Krais, American runner and heptathlete
Alex Nimo, Liberian-American soccer player
Luke Chapman, English footballer
Antoine Griezmann, French footballer
Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer
Erena Mizusawa, Japanese model and actress
Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player
Jake Bidwell, English footballer
Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer
Jace Norman, American actor