Famous Birthdays for March 7th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 189 – Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (d. 211)^[7]
• 942 – Mu'ayyad al-Dawla, Buyid emir (d. 983)
• 1437 – Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1512)
• 1481 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)
• 1482 – Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555)
• 1543 – John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (d. 1592)
• 1556 – Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (d. 1621)^[8]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)^[9]
• 1678 – Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (d. 1736)
• 1693 – Clement XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1769)
• 1715 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (d. 1759)
• 1723 – Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (d. 1725)
• 1730 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1807)
• 1765 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833)
• 1785 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (d. 1873)
• 1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist (d. 1878)
• 1792 – John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
• 1811 – Increase A. Lapham, American botanist and author (d. 1875)
• 1837 – Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
• 1839 – Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (d. 1909)
• 1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (d. 1915)
• 1843 – Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator (d. 1901)
• 1849 – Luther Burbank, American botanist and author (d. 1926)
• 1850 – Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1921)
• 1850 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)
• 1857 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1872 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (d. 1944)
• 1873 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959)
• 1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)
• 1878 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Milton Avery, American painter (d. 1965)
• 1885 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Virginia Pearson, American actress (d. 1958)
• 1886 – G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist (d. 1970)
• 1888 – William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author (d. 1977)
• 1888 – Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1978)
• 1894 – Ana María O'Neill, Puerto Rican scholar and activist (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (d. 1988)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Maud Lewis, Canadian folk artist (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942)
• 1904 – Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993)^[10]
• 1908 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Will Glickman, American playwright (d. 1983)
• 1911 – Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian modern poet, journalist and author (d. 1987)
• 1911 – Stefan Kisielewski, Polish libertarian writer and politician (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992)
• 1913 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2004)^[11]
• 1922 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Peter Murphy, English footballer (d. 1975)^[12]
• 1922 – Andy Phillip, American basketball player and coach (d. 2001)^[13]
• 1924 – Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Bill Boedeker, American football player (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Rene Gagnon, American soldier (d. 1979)
• 1925 – Richard Vernon, British actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – James Broderick, American actor and director (d. 1982)
• 1929 – Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Willard Scott, American television personality and actor (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1938 – David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Janet Guthrie, American professional race car driver, first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 ^[14][15]
• 1939 – Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 1941 – Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
• 1942 – Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 1942 – Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 – Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
• 1944 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1945 – Bob Herbert, American journalist
• 1945 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Elizabeth Moon, American lieutenant and author
• 1946 – John Heard, American actor and producer (d. 2017)^[16]
• 1947 – Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)^[17]
• 1947 – Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
• 1949 – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare
• 1950 – Billy Joe DuPree, American football player
• 1950 – Franco Harris, American football player and businessman
• 1950 – J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister (d. 2021)^[18]
• 1952 – William Boyd, Ghanaian-English author and screenwriter
• 1952 – Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – Viv Richards, Antiguan cricketer and footballer
• 1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician
• 1954 – Eva Brunne, Swedish bishop
• 1955 – Tommy Kramer, American football player
• 1956 – Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer^[19]
• 1956 – Andrea Levy, English author (d. 2019)
• 1957 – Robert Harris, English journalist and author^[19]
• 1957 – Mark Richards, Australian surfer
• 1957 – Tomás Yarrington, Mexican economist and politician, Governor of Tamaulipas
• 1958 – Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist
• 1958 – Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014)^[20]
• 1958 – Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Tom Lehman, American golfer
• 1959 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer
• 1960 – Joe Carter, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach^[19]
• 1960 – Jim Spivey, American runner and coach
• 1961 – David Rutley, English businessman and politician
• 1961 – Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, French politician
• 1962 – Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress^[19]
• 1963 – Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – E. L. James, English author
• 1964 – Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter
• 1964 – Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Steve Beuerlein, American football player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
• 1966 – Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 – Tony Daly, Australian rugby player
• 1967 – Muhsin al-Ramli, Iraqi author, poet, translator, and academic
• 1967 – Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer
• 1967 – Ai Yazawa, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1968 – Jeff Kent, American baseball player
• 1969 – Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer
• 1969 – Hideki Noda, Japanese race car driver
• 1970 – Rachel Weisz, English-American actress and producer
• 1971 – Tal Banin, Israeli footballer and manager^[21]
• 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
• 1971 – Matthew Vaughn, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 – Jason Bright, Australian race car driver
• 1973 – Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer
• 1973 – Işın Karaca, English-Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
• 1974 – Facundo Sava, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach
• 1977 – Paul Cattermole, British singer and actor
• 1978 – Jaqueline Jesus, Brazilian psychologist and activist
• 1979 – Rodrigo Braña, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 – Amanda Somerville, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Murat Boz, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Laura Prepon, American actress^[19]
• 1981 – Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player^[22]
• 1983 – Manucho, Angolan footballer
• 1983 – Sebastián Viera, Uruguayan footballer
• 1984 – Steve Burtt Jr., American-Ukrainian basketball player^[23]
• 1984 – Mathieu Flamini, French footballer
• 1984 – Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player^[24]
• 1984 – Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Andre Fluellen, American football player
• 1985 – Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Gerwyn Price, Welsh darts player
• 1986 – Ben Griffin, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
• 1987 – Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 – Larry Asante, American football player
• 1991 – Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Chase Kalisz, American swimmer^[25]
• 1994 – Jordan Pickford, English footballer
• 1995 – Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
• 1995 – Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer^[26]
• 1996 – Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer
• 1998 – Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist^[27]