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March 26 Birthdays in History - March 26 Deaths - March 26 Events
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March 26, 1988 Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets March 26, 1986 Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988 March 26, 1985 Keira Knightley, English Actress March 26, 1979 Heidi Zeigler, actress, Sherry-Just the 10 of Us March 26, 1976 Amy Smart, American Actress March 26, 1974 Alfred Shipman, CFL slot back for the BC Lions March 26, 1974 Hakeem Abdul-samad, rocker, Boys March 26, 1974 Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island March 26, 1974 Mike Peca, born in Toronto, NHL center, Buffalo Sabres March 26, 1973 Marshall Faulk, running back for the Indianapolis Colts March 26, 1973 Larry Page, American Businessman March 26, 1972 Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta March 26, 1972 Steve Anderson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders March 26, 1971 Dave DeGraaf, born in Lansing, Michigan, team handball circle 1996 Olympics March 26, 1971 Jesus Tavarez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Florida Marlins March 26, 1971 Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star March 26, 1971 Tommy Fagan, CFL/NFL defensive end, Atlanta Falcons, Winn Blue Bombers March 26, 1970 Evan Richards, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Frankie-Mama Malone March 26, 1970 Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente March 26, 1969 Beth Howell, born in Clinton, Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America, 1991 March 26, 1969 Luke Richardson, born in Ottawa, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers March 26, 1969 Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- March 26, 1968 Edward Kaminski, born in Kansas City, Kansas, javelin thrower March 26, 1968 Ian Hutchings, born in Zimbabwe, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike Klassic March 26, 1968 Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets March 26, 1968 Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker for the Scotland Claymores March 26, 1968 Mike Trevathan, CFL slot back for the BC Lions March 26, 1968 Shane Reynolds, born in Bastrop, Louisiana, pitcher for the Houston Astros March 26, 1968 Kenny Chesney, American Musician March 26, 1966 Lee Porter, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Nike golfer, 1992 Texarkana Open-5th March 26, 1966 Mike Remlinger, born in Middletown, New York, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds March 26, 1966 Wesley Walls, NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints March 26, 1964 Ab Plugboer, soccer player, FC Utrecht March 26, 1964 Ulf Samuelsson, born in Fagersta SWE, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, New York Rangers March 26, 1964 Todd Barry, American Comedian March 26, 1963 Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host, Cry of the Lion March 26, 1963 Rebecca Twigg, born in Seattle, Washington 79K cyclist, Olympic silver 1984, 1992, 1996 March 26, 1962 John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold March 26, 1962 Kevin Seitzer, born in Springfield, Illinois, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers March 26, 1962 Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen March 26, 1962 Richard Coles, rocker, Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way March 26, 1962 Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut March 26, 1961 Leigh Bowery, designer March 26, 1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales March 26, 1960 Billy Warlock, born in Hawthorne, California, actor, Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch March 26, 1960 Debbie Hall, LPGA golfer March 26, 1960 Marcus Allen, NFL running back, Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Heisman 1981 March 26, 1960 Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver March 26, 1960 Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician March 26, 1960 Catherine Keener, American Actress March 26, 1959 David Delong, born in Portland, Oregon, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 BC Open March 26, 1957 Leeza Gibbons, born in South Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Leeza March 26, 1957 Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire March 26, 1956 Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart March 26, 1956 Tatyana Kochergina, born in U.S.S.R., team handball, Olympics gold 1976, 1980 March 26, 1955 Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair March 26, 1954 Curtis Sliwa, founder, Guardian Angels, /radio personality, WABC March 26, 1954 Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law March 26, 1953 Michael Bonagura, born in Newark, New Jersey, country singer, Baille and Boys-Oh Heart March 26, 1953 Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner, world record March 26, 1953 Lincoln Chafee, American Politician March 26, 1952 David Amess, MP March 26, 1951 Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus March 26, 1950 Ernest Thomas, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Roger-What's Happening!! March 26, 1950 Graham Barlow, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77 March 26, 1950 Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos March 26, 1950 Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone March 26, 1950 Teddy Pendergrass, born in Philadelphia, singer, Turn Off the Lights March 26, 1950 Tony Papenfuss, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Daryl-Newhart March 26, 1949 Baroness Hayman March 26, 1949 Fran Sheehan, rock bassist, Boston-More than a Feeling March 26, 1949 Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family March 26, 1948 Kyung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, Korea, violinist, Chung Sisters March 26, 1948 Richard Tandy, rock bassist, ELO March 26, 1948 Steven Tyler, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun March 26, 1948 Steve Tyler, American Musician March 26, 1947 Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Neth singer March 26, 1946 Johnny Crawford, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mark-The Rifleman March 26, 1945 Mikhail Voronin, born in U.S.S.R., horse vault gymnist, 1968 Olympics gold March 26, 1944 Diana Ross, born in Detroit, Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany March 26, 1943 Bob Woodward, investigative reporter, Watergate, CIA crimes March 26, 1942 Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying March 26, 1941 Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager March 26, 1941 Bob Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Barclay Plager March 26, 1941 Richard Dawkins, English Scientist March 26, 1940 Bill, Indiana, Bishop-designate, Truro March 26, 1940 Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer March 26, 1940 Nancy Pelosi, Rep-D-California March 26, 1940 Rod Lauren, rocker, If I Had a Girl March 26, 1940 Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch MP, PvdA March 26, 1939 Colin Webb, general manager, Press Assn March 26, 1939 James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather March 26, 1939 Phillip R. Allen, born in Pittsburgh, actor, Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice March 26, 1939 Stuart Sutherland, Professor Emeritus, Sussex U March 26, 1937 Barbara Pearl Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4X100m relayer, Olympics gold 1952, 1960 March 26, 1937 Lord Chetwode March 26, 1937 Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records, Miami of Ohio March 26, 1936 Erich Urbanner, composer March 26, 1936 Fred Paris, rocker, Five Satins March 26, 1935 Earl of Kinnoull March 26, 1935 Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Statesman March 26, 1934 Alan Arkin, born in New York City, actor, Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark March 26, 1934 G T Pryce, CEO, Dalgety March 26, 1934 Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back, AFL Player of Year 1964 March 26, 1933 Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author March 26, 1932 Dick Nolan, football coach March 26, 1931 Leonard Nimoy, born in Boston, actor, Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible March 26, 1930 Cristobal Halffter, composer March 26, 1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man March 26, 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- March 26, 1929 Amedee Turner, QC/MEP March 26, 1929 Maurice Simon, jazz musician March 26, 1929 Tom Foley, American Politician March 26, 1928 Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men March 26, 1927 Jonathan Tod, Vice-Admiral, England March 26, 1926 Ann Curtis, U.S., 400m freestyle swimmer, 1948 Olympics gold March 26, 1925 Claudio Spies, composer March 26, 1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip March 26, 1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder March 26, 1925 Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56 March 26, 1925 Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial March 26, 1923 Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life March 26, 1923 Clifton Williams, born in Traskwood, Arkansas, band master, Sinfonians March 26, 1923 Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist, After Julius March 26, 1922 William Milliken, actor, Drive-in March 26, 1921 George Jefferson, CEO, British Telecom March 26, 1921 Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician March 26, 1921 Peter Horsley, CEO, Osprey Aviation March 26, 1920 George E. Brown, Jr., Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- March 26, 1919 Strother Martin, born in Kokomo, Indiana, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot March 26, 1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England March 26, 1917 Rufus Thomas, born in Mississippi, singer, Walking the Dog March 26, 1916 Bill Edrich, cricketer, Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate March 26, 1916 Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S. chemist, cell physiology, Nobel 1972 March 26, 1916 Harry Rabinowitz, British composer and conductor March 26, 1916 Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes March 26, 1916 Sterling Hayden, born in New Jersey, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra March 26, 1916 Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orch leader, Patti Page Olds Show March 26, 1914 Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral March 26, 1914 William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era March 26, 1913 Paul Erdos, mathematician March 26, 1911 Bernard Katz, biophysicist March 26, 1911 Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof March 26, 1909 Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats March 26, 1909 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer March 26, 1908 Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], U.S. writer, Egg and I March 26, 1908 Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen March 26, 1908 Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 March 26, 1908 Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist March 26, 1908 Robert William Paine, architect March 26, 1907 Leigh Harline, composer March 26, 1907 Louis Saguer, composer March 26, 1905 Pablo Garrido, composer March 26, 1905 Viktor Emil Frankl, pyschiatrist, Man's Search for Meaning March 26, 1905 Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist March 26, 1904 Emilio Fernandez, born in El Seco, Mexico, director, La Choca, Flor Silvestre March 26, 1904 Hermann Schroeder, composer March 26, 1904 Joseph Campbell, mythologist, Mythic Image March 26, 1902 Leslie Melville, economist March 26, 1900 Isadore Freed, composer March 26, 1899 James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale March 26, 1899 William Baines, composer March 26, 1898 Renzo Massarani, composer March 26, 1897 Jean Epstein, French director, Sa tate/Eau vive March 26, 1896 Richard Flury, composer March 26, 1894 Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story March 26, 1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy March 26, 1893 James Bryant Conant, American Scientist March 26, 1890 Jozef Arras, Flemish writer March 26, 1889 Vaclav Kapral, composer March 26, 1888 Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture March 26, 1885 Julius Harrison, composer March 26, 1885 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer March 26, 1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905 March 26, 1880 Duncan Hines, U.S., restaurant guide writer, Out of Kentucky Kitchens March 26, 1874 Gerald du Maurier, born in London, England, actor, Power, Escape, Masks and Faces March 26, 1874 Oskar Nedbal, composer March 26, 1874 Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken March 26, 1873 [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress, On Hope of Blessing March 26, 1871 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo March 26, 1868 Fuad I, king of Egypt, 1922-36 March 26, 1863 Henry Royce, founder, Rolls-Royce Limited in 1884 March 26, 1862 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer March 26, 1859 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet, Shropshire Lad March 26, 1859 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer March 26, 1859 A. E. Housman, English Poet March 26, 1856 David Alfred Thomas, born in Glamorganshire, England, 1st Viscount Rhondda March 26, 1854 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer March 26, 1850 Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward March 26, 1848 John Churton Collins, English Critic March 26, 1840 Carli Zoeller, composer March 26, 1840 George Smith, born in London, England, assyriologist, cuneiform, script March 26, 1833 Betsy Perk, Dutch journalist, writer and feminist March 26, 1830 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar, poet and writer March 26, 1830 John Rogers Thomas, composer March 26, 1827 Emanuel Kania, composer March 26, 1821 Earnest Angel, German statistician, Law of Angel March 26, 1821 Ernst Engel, German Economist March 26, 1819 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer March 26, 1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist March 26, 1817 Herman Haupt, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1905 March 26, 1813 Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1879 March 26, 1806 Josef Slavik, composer March 26, 1783 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer March 26, 1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant March 26, 1758 Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer March 26, 1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain March 26, 1717 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer March 26, 1684 Johann Graf, composer March 26, 1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer March 26, 1659 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher March 26, 1577 Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I and Charlotte of Bourbon March 26, 1516 Konrad von Gesner, born in Zurich, Switzerland, naturalist, Bibliotheca Universalis March 26, 1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III |