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Birthdays of Personalities on March 22

1459 : Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria
1599 : Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)
1609 : John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)
1767 : Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
1771 : Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)
1785 : Adam Sedgwick, British? geologist
1797 : Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
1799 : F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars
1803 : Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer
1813 : Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1814 : Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
1817 : Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1819 : William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1822 : Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice
1822 : Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)
1822 : Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866
1824 : William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)
1834 : Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1846 : Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)
1857 : Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)
1857 : Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)
1867 : Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman
1868 : Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923)
1874 : Ellen Glasgow, novelist
1903 : James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
1905 : Phyllis McGinley, poet
1905 : Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion)
1907 : James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy)
1908 : Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett)
1908 : Maurice H Stans, Shakope Minn, Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
1909 : Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
1912 : Henri Rousselot, admiral
1912 : Lord Alport
1914 : Lord Stokes
1914 : Masao Maruyama, social scientist
1915 : Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist
1916 : George Wyle, NYC, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show)
1917 : C S Pick, publisher
1918 : Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64)
1918 : Harry Kay, vice-chancellor (Exeter U)
1920 : Fanny Waterman, concert pianist & teacher
1921 : Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP)
1922 : Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier
1923 : Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant
1923 : Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (SGP, 1971-94)
1923 : Marcel Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
1924 : Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today)
1924 : Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman)
1925 : Colin Spedding, CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes)
1926 : Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist
1926 : Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus (Blackburn)
1927 : Viscount Bolingbroke
1928 : Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer
1928 : Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- )
1928 : DC Ingman, CEO (British Waterways Board
1928 : Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian
1930 : Derek Bok, college president (Harvard)
1930 : Lynden O Pindling, PM of Bahamas (1967-92)
1930 : Pat Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres candidate-R-1989)
1930 : Stephen Sondheim, NYC, lyricist (West Side Story, Company)
1931 : Leslie Thomas, author
1932 : Richard Thomas, admiral
1933 : Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
1934 : Leslie Turnberg, president (Royal College of Physicians)
1934 : Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- )
1934 : Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury)
1936 : Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight)
1936 : Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)
1936 : Ron Carey, union pres (Teamsters)
1940 : William Ritchie, vice-chancellor (Lancaster U)
1944 : R P Mardling, headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield)
1945 : Alan Opie, baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles)
1945 : Paul Schockem”hle, showjumper
1946 : Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware)
1947 : Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
1947 : Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1949 : Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC)
1949 : Fran Sheehan, Boston Mass, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
1951 : Musa Khiramanovich Manarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11)
1952 : Bob Costas, Queens NY, sportscaster/talk show host (Later)
1953 : Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine)
1960 : Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist (Face To Face)
1966 : Yahya Ayyash, militant
1969 : Darrell Russell, defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1971 : Richard Castillo, jockey
1972 : Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, (Oly-silver-94)
1972 : John Farquhar, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
1972 : Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands
1973 : Joe Nedney, kicker (Arizona Cardinals)
1975 : Chris Bayne, safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1990 : Eugenie, Princess of Britain

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