Birthdays of Comedians,Singers etc. on March 01
1788 : Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician
1892 : Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
1900 : Donald Keith Falkner, singer
1905 : Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
1914 : Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Cast)
1917 : Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
1927 : Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher)
1927 : Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
1929 : Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
1934 : Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Ro
1936 : Jean-Edern Hallier, writer
1939 : Warren Davis, rocker (Monotones)
1940 : Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon)
1942 : Jerry Fischer, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1943 : Franz Hohler, writer
1945 : Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
1946 : Tony Ashton, Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
1948 : Norman Connors, singer (You Are My Starship)
1949 : Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)
1954 : Janis Gill, Torrance Cal, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight G
1955 : Jimmy Fortune, Newport News Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57
1958 : Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good)
1961 : Davis Daniel, Arlington Heights Ill, country singer
1962 : Bill Leen, rocker (Gin Blossoms)
1964 : Jennifer McCarters, Sevierville Tn, singer (McCarters-The Gift)
1966 : Clinton Gregory, singer