Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841) first full-term black American senator
Harry Belafonte
(1927) American singer famous for West Indian songs
Dr. Seuss (1904) American author and illustrator (real name Theodor
Seuss Geisei) who wrote The Cat in the Hat and other books
Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
American inventor of thetelephone
Casimir Pulaski .
(1747) Polish patriot;
hero of the American Revolution
Knute Rockne
(1888) American football coach at Notre Dame
Who shares my birthday?
Is your birthday in March? The names of some of the famous people born
in March are shown on the calendar on this page and the next. What do
you know about the person who shares your birthday?
Howard Pyle (1853) American writer and illustrator of The Merry
Adventures of Robin Hood and other children’s books
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806) English poet
Valentina
Tereshkova (1937) Soviet cosmonaut; first woman to travel in space
Tomas Masaryk
(1850) Czech statesman
Janet Guthrie
(1938) American auto racer; first woman to race in the Indianapolis
Alexander Graham Bell (1847) American inventor of the telephone
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841) American judge who served on the
U.S. Supreme Court for nearly thirty years
Casimir Pulaski
(1747) Polish patriot; hero of the American Revolution
Knute Rockne
(1888) American football coach at Notre Dame
Amerigo Vespucci
(1454) Italian explorer for whom America was named
William Etty (1787)
English painter
Arthur Honegger
(1892) French composer
Wanda Gag (1893)
American author and illustrator who wrote Millions of Cats
Ralph Abernathy
(1926) American civil rights leader and clergyman
Jane Delano (1862) American nurse; organized Red Cross Nursing
Service
Walter Schirra, Jr. (1923) American astronaut
Joseph Priestley (1733) English chemist
Johann Wyss (1781) Swiss who finished his father’s book The Swiss
Family Robinson
Albert Einstein (1879) German-born scientist
Marguerite de Angeli (1889) American author and illustrator
Andrew Jackson
(1767) 7th President of the United States
Harry James (1916)
American trumpeter
James Madison (1751) 4th President of the United States
Jerry Lewis (1926) American comedian
Jim Bridger (1804) American frontier scout
Kate Greenaway
(1846) English illustrator of children’s books
Grover Cleveland
(1837) 22nd and 24th President of the United States
Rudolf Diesel
(1858) German inventor of the diesel engine
David Livingstone
(1813) British missionary who explored Africa
William Jennings
Bryan (1860) American political leader
Henrik Ibsen
(1828) Norwegian playwright
Lauritz Melchior
(1890) Danish tenor
Benito Juarez
(1806) Mexican political leader and president
Phyllis McGinley
(1905) American poet, best known for her light verse
Randolph
Caldecott (1846) English illustrator of children’s books
Marcel Marceau
(1923) French mime
Fannie Farmer (1857) American cooking expert
Sir Roger Bannister (1929) British athlete; ran a mile in less than
four minutes
John Wesley
Powell (1834) American explorer of the Grand Canyon
Harry Houdini
(1874) American magician and escape artist
Arturo Toscanini
(1867) Italian symphony conductor
Gloria Steinem (1934) American writer; founder of Ms. magazine
Robert Frost (1874) American poet
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930) American jurist; first woman U.S.
Supreme Court justice
Nathaniel Currier
(1813) American printmaker who pictured life in the U.S. in the 1800’s
Wilhelm Roentgen
(1845) German who discovered X rays
Raphael (1483) Italian artist and chief architect of St. Peter’s
cathedral in Rome
George I (1660) king of England
John Tyler (1790) 10th President of the United States
Pearl Bailey (1918)
American singer
Francisco Goya
(1746) Spanish painter
Jo Davidson (1883)
American sculptor
Joseph Haydn
(1732) Austrian
composer
Jack Johnson
(1878) American boxer, the first black heavyweight champion
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