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Birthdays of Personalities on March 20

1634 : Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
1725 : Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
1728 : Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
1750 : Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
1770 : Johann Friedrich H”lderlin, Tbingen Germany, poet (Der Rhein)
1804 : Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1811 : George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)
1811 : Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome
1812 : George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1820 : Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
1823 : John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1825 : William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1826 : Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor
1828 : Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
1830 : Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
1834 : Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)
1853 : George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
1856 : Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
1868 : Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
1870 : Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)
1882 : Ren‚ Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
1885 : Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
1885 : Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
1890 : Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
xxxx : Big Bird, muppet (Sesame Street)
1904 : B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box)
1906 : Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
1906 : Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
1908 : Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
1914 : Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
1914 : William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
1915 : Rudolf Kirchschl„ger, president of Austria (1974-86)
1915 : Svyatoslav Richter, pianist
1916 : Pierre Messmer, PM (France)
1917 : Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)
1917 : Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Syd„nmaa)
1917 : Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community)
1918 : Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild)
1920 : Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
1920 : Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
1922 : Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
1922 : Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
1922 : Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
1925 : James Pickles, judge
1925 : John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
1928 : Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
1928 : Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood)
1928 : Hans Kng, Swiss religious theologist
1931 : David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
1931 : John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
1933 : David James Moore, educationalist
1934 : Eric Hebborn, artist/faker
1934 : Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England)
1937 : Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
1938 : Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA)
1939 : Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93)
1939 : Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner
1941 : Carlos Lopez, jockey
1945 : Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
1945 : Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
1947 : Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer)
1947 : John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist
1948 : Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives)
1951 : Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1951 : Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1956 : Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
1957 : Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1961 : Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats)
1963 : Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
1965 : Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1966 : Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
1969 : Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96)
1969 : Paul Atkinson, jockey
1969 : Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1975 : Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ)
1997 : ? Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (playboy), dies at 101

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