Birthdays of Personalities on March 07
1543 : Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
1602 : Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
1682 : Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke
1693 : Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
1707 : Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
1715 : Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling)
1765 : Joseph N Nipce, French inventor (photography)
1785 : Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
1792 : John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
1799 : Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)
1813 : Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)
1827 : Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1831 : John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen
1832 : Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1837 : Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
1841 : Olegario V”ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de c¢ndores)
1842 : Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
1844 : Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist
1849 : Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist
1850 : Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35)
1857 : Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
1869 : Ernst J Cohen, Dutch chemist
1872 : Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie)
1888 : Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45)
1891 : Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy)
1898 : Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
1900 : Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter
1900 : [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter (magic realism)
1904 : Reinhard Heydrich, German governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice))
1905 : Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki)
1907 : Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga)
1908 : Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
1915 : Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
1917 : Janet Collins, ballerina
1918 : June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher
1919 : Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier
1924 : Eduardo Paolozzi, British sculptor (Hydra)
1924 : Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
1930 : Lord Snowdon, [Anthony Armstrong-Jones], London, photographer
1931 : C W Stubblefield, music promoter
1934 : Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show)
1937 : Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- )
1938 : Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500)
1940 : Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
1940 : Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
1942 : Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
1942 : Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
1942 : Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
1943 : Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1944 : Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California)
1944 : Townes Van Zandt, musician
1946 : Matthew Fisher, London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1947 : Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician
1952 : Ernie Isley, US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
1952 : Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
1953 : Jules Shear, rock musician
1953 : Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (E!)
1954 : Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
1962 : Taylor Dayne, [Leslie Wunderman], NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You)
1970 : James Calvin Spivey, Schiller Park Ill, miler
1975 : William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)