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Birthdays of Personalities on March 21

1466 : French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen
1474 : Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
1521 : Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)
1609 : Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)
1713 : Francis Lewis, signer (Decl of Ind)
1765 : Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
1768 : Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
1806 : Benito Pablo Ju rez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of M‚xico (1858-72)
1813 : James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
1816 : Charlotte Bronte, novelist/poet
1866 : Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
1869 : Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies)
1880 : Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)
1880 : Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
1882 : Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR
1884 : George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)
1887 : Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor
1893 : Geoffrey Dearmer, poet
xxxx : Lorene Yarnell, LA, mime (Shields & Yarnell)
xxxx : Robert Sweet, rock drummer (Stryper-Against the Law)
1901 : Richard Leslie Hill, historian
1902 : Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
1902 : William Downie Forrest, journalist
1905 : Phyllis McGinley, US, poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters)
1906 : John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)
1910 : Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland)
1913 : George Ghita Ionescu, academic
1913 : Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists)
1914 : Herman Siles Zuazo, politician
1918 : Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1919 : Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist
1921 : Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
1923 : Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)
1925 : John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)
1927 : Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)
1928 : James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco)
1928 : Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
1929 : Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
1931 : Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist
1932 : Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)
1933 : John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1933 : Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP
1938 : Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
1941 : Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut
1945 : Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
1950 : Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)
1953 : Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up)
1962 : Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)
1967 : Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1972 : Frank West, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 : John Leach, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1973 : Larry Bowie, running back (Washington Redskins)
1994 : Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
1995 : Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81
1995 : Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82
1996 : Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73
1996 : Frank Murray, police Officer, dies at 51
1971 : Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown

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