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Birthdays of Personalities on March 29

1519 : Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal
1561 : Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
1602 : John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)
1790 : John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
1799 : Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
1813 : John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
1816 : James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 : Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
1819 : Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1819 : Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations)
1821 : Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 : Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1826 : Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)
1829 : Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
1829 : Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1848 : Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1869 : Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum)
1869 : Edwin Lutyens, architect, London
1875 : Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
1876 : Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
1883 : Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1888 : James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1892 : J¢zsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1895 : Ernest Jnger, German philosopher (Anschwellender Bocksgesang)
1900 : John McEwen, 18th Australian Prime Minister (1967-68)
1901 : Frans U Kailas, Finnish poet
1905 : Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orch leader (Mantovani)
1909 : Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1913 : Jack Jones, British trade unionist (CH)
1914 : Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1915 : George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
1916 : Eugene J McCarthy, Watkins Minn, (Sen-D-Minn, pres candidate 1968)
1916 : John Paul, Governor-General (Bahamas)
1917 : Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1918 : John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 : Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
1921 : Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire)
1925 : Lord Justice Beldam
1927 : Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1927 : John McLaughlin, TV commentator (McLaughlin Group)
1927 : John Vane, FRS/pharmacologist
1927 : Lord Ross
1929 : Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist & child birth educator
1930 : Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1930 : Marquess of Hertford
1931 : Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 : James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 : Lord Tebbit, British CH
1931 : Sylvia Law, British town planner
1937 : Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 : Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1938 : Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1938 : Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1940 : Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1942 : Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
1943 : John Major, British PM (C, 1990-97)
1944 : James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1944 : John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News)
1945 : Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1946 : Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest
1947 : Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1947 : Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1954 : Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
1955 : Henry Bellingham, MP
1956 : Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1961 : Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1969 : Jeff Blackshear, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1969 : [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler (Oly-silver-96)
1971 : Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
1971 : Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 : John Rothell, Titusville Florida, 400m hurdler
1987 : 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
2334 : Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Gen
2336 : Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation

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