Birthdays - March 4
1756 - Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish artist: mostly male portraits; died July 8, 1823)
1876 - Theodore Hardeen (Ferencz Deszo Weisz) (magician; brother of Harry Houdini; died in 1945)
1888 - Knute Rockne (College Football Hall of Famer: coach: Notre Dame [1918-1930]: 122 games: won 105, lost 12, tied 5; killed in plane crash Mar 31, 1931)
1901 - Charles Goren (bridge card game expert; died in 1991)
1909 - Harry Helmsley (businessman: husband of Leona Helmsley/Helmsley Hotels; died Jan 4, 1997)
1913 - John Garfield (Jacob Julius Garfinkle) (actor: Destination Tokyo, Gentlemen’s Agreement, The Postman Always Rings Twice; died May 21, 1952)
1917 - Clyde (Edward) McCullough (baseball: catcher: Chicago Cubs [World Series: 1945/all-star: 1948, 1953], Pittsburgh Pirates; died Sep 18, 1982)
1918 - Margaret Osborne duPont (tennis champion: Women’s Singles: French Open [1946, 1949], Wimbledon [1947], US Open [1948, 1949, 1950])
1921 - Joan Greenwood (actress: Little Dorritt series, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tom Jones, Importance of Being Earnest, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Frenzy; died Feb 27, 1987)
1932 - Miriam (Zensile) Makeba (Empress of African Song: singer: first black South African to attain international stardom)
1934 - Barbara McNair (singer; TV hostess: The Barbara McNair Show; actress: The Organization, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!, Change of Habit, Dead Right)
1936 - Jim Clark (British auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1965]; killed in crash Apr 7, 1968)
1939 - Paula Prentiss (Ragusa) (actress: What’s New Pussycat; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Where the Boys Are, Man’s Favorite Sport, He & She)
1944 - Bobby Womack (songwriter: I’m a Midnight Mover, I’m in Love; singer: Lookin’ for a Love, Harry Hippie, If You Think You’re Lonely Now)
1946 - Danny (Vincent) ‘Bear’ Frisella (baseball: pitcher: NY Mets, Atlanta Braves, SD Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, SL Cardinals; died Jan 1, 1977)
1948 - Chris Squire (musician: bass: LP: Fish Out of Water; group: Yes: Roundabout, Owner of a Lonely Heart)
1948 - Shakin’ Stevens (Michael Barratt) (singer: Hot Dog, Marie Marie, This Ole House, Green Door, Oh Julie; actor: Elvis, Oh Boy)
1950 - Ron Climie (hockey: WHL: Denver Spurs, Ottawa Nationals, Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers)
1951 - Chris Rea (musician: guitar: groups: Chris Rea Band, Ambrosia; singer, songwriter: Fool If You Think It’s Over)
1953 - Kay Lenz (actress: Rich Man Poor Man, Trapped in Space, Death Wish 4)
1954 - Catherine O’Hara (actress: A Simple Twist of Fate, Wyatt Earp, Home Alone series, Dick Tracy, Beetlejuice; comedienne: The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, Second City TV, SCTV Network 90)
1954 - Adrian Zmed (actor: Improper Conduct, Eyewitness to Murder, Bachelor Party, The Final Terror, Grease 2, For the Love of It, T.J. Hooker, Goodtime Girls, Flatbush; TV host: Dance Fever)
1961 - Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini (lightweight boxing champion, actor: The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Aces: Iron Eagle III, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Body and Soul; film based on his life: Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story [1985])
1968 - Patsy Kensit (actress: Tunnel Vision, Fall from Grace, Blame It on the Bellboy, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, Lethal Weapon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Great Gatsby)
1969 - Chastity Bono (singer; daughter of Sonny & Cher)
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