Famous People Born in 1927

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 771

Vernon L. Smith (97 years old)

Jan 1 American economist and Nobel laureate, born in Wichita, Kansas

Jan 1 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
Jan 2 David Herbert, publisher
Jan 4 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2024) [1]
Jan 4 Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman
Jan 6 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Jan 8 Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator, born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (d. 2015)
Jan 10 Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director (Rajanigandha, Chhoti Si Baat), born in Ajmer, Merwara, British India (d. 2020)
Jan 10 Gisele MacKenzie [LaFlèche], Canadian singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2003)
Jan 10 Johnnie Ray, American pop singer ("Cry"), born in Dallas, Oregon (d. 1990)
Jan 10 Lee Philips, American actor and director (Peyton Place, Ellery Queen), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
Jan 10 Otto Stich, Swiss politician, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2012)
Jan 11 John Hayes, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 30 wickets; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2007)
Jan 11 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, Jamaican-German jazz saxophonist ("Blue Bogey"; "Kingston Bypass"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1995)
Jan 12 Salvatore Martirano, American composer, born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1995)
Jan 13 Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
Jan 13 Sydney Brenner, South African biologist known for his contributions on the genetic code and molecular biology (Nobel Laureate 2002), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2019)
Jan 14 Ivan Kalita, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1968), born in Tambov Governorate (d. 1996)
Jan 14 John Mallard, English medical physicist (developed MRI and PET scans), born in Northampton, England (d. 2021)
Jan 14 Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor, born in Bohemia, Czech Republic (d. 2017)
Jan 15 Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (d. 2021)
Jan 17 Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2008)
Jan 17 Dr Tom Dooley, American humanitarian (d. 1961)
Jan 17 Eartha Kitt, American singer (Santa Baby), dancer, activist, and actress (Batman - "Catwoman"), born in North, South Carolina (d. 2008)
Jan 17 Michael Wooller, British TV and film producer (Omnibus), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1996)
Jan 18 Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player, born in Mylapore, Chennai, India (d. 1990)
Jan 20 Geoffrey Atkins, British racquets player (World Champion 1954-72), born in Pune, India (d. 2021)
Jan 20 Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2017)
Jan 21 Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league fullback (37 Tests; NSW 27 games; South Sydney; RL "Immortal") and coach (Australia 29 Tests, South Sydney), born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 1985)
Jan 22 (Fletcher) Joe Perry, American AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback, 1948-63, 3X Pro Bowl (San Francisco 49ers; Baltimore Colts), and US Navy veteran, born in Stephens, Arkansas (d. 2011)
Jan 22 Lou Creekmur, American football player (Detroit Lions) and hall of famer, born in Hopelawn, New Jersey (d. 2009)
Jan 23 Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer, born in Solna Municipality, Sweden (d. 1994)
Jan 24 Jerry Burns, American football coach (University of Iowa 1961-65; Minnesota Vikings 1986-91), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
Jan 24 Paula Hawkins, American politician (Sen-R-FL, 1981-86), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2009)
Jan 24 Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, British aristocrat (d. 2007)
Jan 25 Antônio Carlos Jobim [Tom Jobim], Brazilian singer-songwriter and composer (Getz/Gilberto), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1994)
Jan 25 Fernie Flaman, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (Northeastern University 1970-89), born in Dysart, Canada (d. 2012)
Jan 25 Gregg Palmer [Palmer Edvind Lee], American actor (Scream, To Hell & Back), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
Jan 25 Seung Sahn, Korean zen teacher (Korean line), born in North Korea (d. 2004)
Jan 26 José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (1986-90), born in La Ceiba, Honduras (d. 2005)
Jan 26 William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), born in New York City (d. 1976)
Jan 27 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), born in New York City (d. 1968)
Jan 27 Michael Craig [Gregson], American actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), born in Poona, British India
Jan 27 Nancy Dickerson, pioneering American radio and TV journalist (NBC, CBS), born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
Jan 28 Anthony Garner, director (Conservative Central Office)
Jan 28 Don Fraser, American boxing promoter (LA venues; Sugar Ray Robinson, Ruben Olivares, George Foreman; known for colourful wardrobe, offbeat PR gimmicks), born in Blythe, California (d. 2019)
Jan 28 J D Hughes, Principal (Ruskin College-Oxford)
Jan 28 Ronnie Scott [Schatt], British jazz saxophonist and club-owner, born in Aldgate, East London, England (d. 1996)
Jan 28 Roy Caton, American trumpet player and session musician, born in Frackville, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
Jan 29 Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist (Desert Solitaire), born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
Jan 30 Ahmed Abdul-Malik [Jonathan Tim, Jr.], American jazz double bassist and oud player (Odetta; Thelonius Monk), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)

Olof Palme (1927-1986)

Jan 30 Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated, born in Stockholm, Sweden

Lorraine Warren (1927-2019)

Jan 31 American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Monroe, Connecticut

Feb 1 Galway Kinnell, American author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2014)
Feb 2 Richard Belmont Ray, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-93), born in Fort Valley, Georgia (d. 1999)
Feb 2 Richard Maxfield, American instrumental, electro-acoustic, and electronic music composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1969)
Feb 2 Stan Getz [Stanley Gayetski], American big band, bebop, cool jazz, and bossa nova tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Getz/Gilberto), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
Feb 3 Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003)
Feb 3 Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2006)
Feb 3 Ilias Rosidis, Greek soccer defender (29 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece (d. 2019)
Feb 3 Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
Feb 3 Kenneth Anger [Anglemeyer], American Underground Filmmaker (Magick Lantern Cycle), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2023)
Feb 3 Val Doonican [Michael Valentine], Irish singer and entertainer, born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 2015)
Feb 5 Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (Ruth's Chris Steak Houses), born in Nw Orleans, Louisiana. (d. 2002)
Feb 5 Val Dufour, American actor (Search for Tomorrow, 1972-79 - "John Wyatt"; Another World, 1967-72), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2000)
Feb 6 Smokey Burgess, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Caroleen, North Carolina (d. 1991)
Feb 7 John Buller, British contemporary classical composer (Proença,; Illusions), born in London, England (d. 2004)
Feb 7 Juliette Gréco, French singer (Sous le ciel de Paris) and actress, born in Montpellier, France (d. 2020) [1]
Feb 7 Laurence "Laurie" Johnson, British film and television score composer (Dr. Strangelove; The Avengers), born in Hampstead, England (d. 2024) [1]
Feb 7 Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
Feb 8 John T. Myers, American politician (Rep-R-IN, 1967-97), born in Covington, Indiana (d. 2015)
Feb 8 Zdeněk Zouhar, Czech composer, and teacher, born in Kotvrdovice, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
Feb 9 Donald Miller, CEO (Scottish Power)
Feb 9 Joe Maneri, American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player (Boston Microtonal Society), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2009)
Feb 9 Norman Adams, British painter, costume designer and ceramics artist, born in London (d. 2015) [1]
Feb 10 Brian Priestman, British conductor and teacher, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2014)
Feb 10 Jakov Lind, Austrian-British author (Counting My Footsteps), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007)

Leontyne Price (97 years old)

Feb 10 American opera soprano (Porgy & Bess, Aida; Metropolitan Opera. 1961-85), born in Laurel, Mississippi

Feb 10 Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal (Chief of the General Staff (CGS), 1985-88), born in British India (d. 2002)
Feb 10 Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire
Feb 11 Michel Sénéchal, French operatic tenor, and educator, born in Paris (d. 2018)
Feb 12 Anne Gillis [Alma Conner], American actress (Faline-Bambi, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Men), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Feb 13 Harry Wich, Dutch painter and set designer, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 2002)
Feb 14 Lois Maxwell [Hooker], Canadian actress (Goldfinger, Dr. No, Miss Moneypenny), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2007)
Feb 15 Frank Dunlop, director (Edinburgh International Festival)
Feb 15 Gottfrid Gräsbeck, Finnish choral director, and composer, born in Turku, Finland (d. 2010)
Feb 15 Harvey Korman, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Blazing Saddles; High Anxiety), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
Feb 16 Des White, New Zealand rugby league fullback (21 Tests, 132 points; Ponsonby RLFC), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2023)
Feb 16 June Brown, British actress (EastEnders, 1985–93 & 1997–2020 - "Dot"; Sitting Target), born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England (d. 2022)
Feb 16 Roy Purdon, New Zealand harness-racing trainer (21 x NZ trainers premierships; 4 x NZ cup winners; 54 x Group One wins), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2022)
Feb 18 (Dorothy) "Dottie" Schwartz (née Hummitzsch), American barbershop quartet vocalist (The Chordettes, 1946-52), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 2016)

Fazal Mahmood (1927-2005)

Feb 18 Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan

Feb 18 John Warner, American politician (Sen-R-VA, 1979-2009) and 7th husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1976-84), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021)
Feb 18 Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 1955-63 (2 x All-Star; 2 x World Series Champion; St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico (d. 2016)
Feb 19 Rene Firino-Martell, French cognac manufacturer (Martell), born in Cognac, France (d. 1995)
Feb 20 Roy Cohn, American lawyer ("grand inquisitor" for US Senator Joseph McCarthy; George Steinbrenner; Aristotle Onassis; Donald Trump; Mafia figures: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 1986)

Feb 20 Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963; To Sir With Love"; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), director (Stir Crazy), civil rights advocate, and diplomat, born in Miami, Florida [1]

Feb 21 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1996)

Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018)

Feb 21 French fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn's LBD) and founder of Givenchy (1952), born in Beauvais, France

Feb 21 Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer (Kaléidoscope), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1966)
Feb 22 David Ahlstrom, American composer, born in Lancaster, New York (d. 1992)
Feb 22 Donald May, American actor (The Edge of Night, 1967-77 - "Adam Drake"; Colt .45), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
Feb 22 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters; 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
Feb 23 Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer and educator (Rytmus), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2001)
Feb 24 David Mourão-Ferreira, Portuguese poet (Cancioneiro de Natal) and film maker, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1996)
Feb 24 Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (Hiroshima Mon Amour), born in Alsace-Lorraine (d. 2017)
Feb 25 Jacques-Louis Monod, French pianist, conductor, and composer (Cantus Contra Cantum), born in Asnières, France (d. 2020)
Feb 25 Jane Nigh, American actress (Lorelei-Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1993)
Feb 25 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, born in Dickenson County, Virginia (d. 2016)
Feb 25 René Thomas, Belgian jazz guitarist, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1975)
Feb 25 Rev. Bruce Ritter, Catholic priest and controversial founder of charity Covenant House, born in Trenton New Jersey (d. 1999)
Feb 25 Richard "Dick" Jones, American actor ("Pinocchio "- Pinocchio, The Frontiersman), born in Snyder, Texas (d. 2014)
Feb 26 Donald Gramm, American concert and opera bass-baritone, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
Feb 26 Tom Kennedy [James Narz], American television game show host (You Don't Say; Name That Tune; Split Second), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2020)
Feb 27 Doralyn "Lynn" Cartwright, American character actress (A League of Their Own), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
Feb 27 Michael Butler, British diplomat, administrator (Royal College of Art, 1991-96), and collector of 17th century Chinese porcelain, born in Blandford, England (d. 2013)
Feb 27 Robert Hamilton, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, British politician (House of Lords, 1961-99), born in the UK (d. 2020)
Feb 28 Bernard Frank, French writer and oriental scholar, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2006)
Feb 28 Don Helms, American steel guitarist (Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys; Patsy Cline), born in New Brockton, Alabama (d. 2008)
Feb 28 John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)

Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

Mar 1 Jamaican-American Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning calypso singer ("Banana Boat Song"), actor (Buck & the Preacher), and human rights activist, born in Harlem, New York

Mar 1 Robert Bork, American lawyer, government official (US Solicitor General, 1973-77), jurist (US Court of Appeals, 1982-88), rejected Supreme Court nominee (1987), and professor (Yale), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
Mar 2 Ray Prosser, Welsh rugby union prop (22 caps Wales, 1 British & Irish Lions; Pontypool) and coach (Pontypool RFC 1969-87), born in Pontypool, Wales (d. 2020)
Mar 2 Roger Walkowiak, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1956), born in Montluçon, France (d. 2017)
Mar 2 Siegfried Köhler, German composer (Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom), born in Meissen, Germany (d. 1984)
Mar 2 Witold Szalonek, Polish composer (Satire), educator, and musicologist, born in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland (d. 2001) [1]
Mar 3 Bruton Smith, American motor sports promoter and owner (CEO NASCAR; track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc.), born in Oakboro, North Carolina (d. 2022)
Mar 3 Charles O. Whitley, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1977-87), born in Siler City, North Carolina (d. 2002)
Mar 3 Frank Singleton, English newspaper librarian (The Guardian, 1957-92), born in Bollington, England (d. 1994)
Mar 3 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (Member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1978-87), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (d. 2016)
Mar 3 William Kurelek, Canadian artist and writer (The Maze, Passion of Christ series), born near Whitford, Alberta (d. 1977)
Mar 4 Dick Savitt, American tennis player (Wimbledon, Australian C'ships 1951), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2023)
Mar 4 Philip Batt, American politician (Governor of Idaho, 1995-99), born in Wilder, Idaho (d. 2023)
Mar 4 Robert DiDomenica, American flautist, composer and educator, born in New York City (d. 2013)
Mar 4 Robert Orben, American comedy writer, magician, and speechwriter for US Vice President Gerald Ford, born in New York City (d. 2023)
Mar 4 Syd Fischer, Australian yachtsman (Fastnet Race 1971, World C'hip One Ton Cup 1971, Round State Race Hawaii 1980; 2 x Sydney-Hobart Line honours), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
Mar 4 Thayer David, American actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
Mar 5 Jack Cassidy, American stage and screen actor (Shangri-La; The Eiger Sanction: She Loves Me; Columbo), and Grammy Award-winning singer, born in Richmond Hill, Virginia (d. 1976)
Mar 6 (Adanelle) "Norman" Treigle, American operatic bass-baritone, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1975)

Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)

Mar 6 Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist (1982 Nobel Prize in Literature), born in Aracataca, Colombia

Mar 6 Gordon Cooper, American aerospace engineer, test pilot and astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5), born in Shawnee, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
Mar 6 John Fairchild, American magazine publisher and editor (Women's Wear Daily, 1960-96; W Magazine, 1972-97), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
Mar 6 William J Bell, American television writer and producer (The Young and The Restless; The Bod and the Beautiful), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
Mar 7 Henri Landwirth, Belgian-American hotel owner and philanthropist (Give Kids the World), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2018)
Mar 7 James Broderick, American actor and director (Dog Day Afternoon, Family), born in Charlestown, New Hampshire (d. 1982)
Mar 7 Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and teacher (d. 2006)
Mar 8 Dick Hyman, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, and organist, born in New York City
Mar 8 Jaromir Podešva, Czech composer (Fragments of the Quinguennium), music theorist, and pedagogue, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2000)
Mar 8 Josef Berg, Czech composer and musicologist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1971)
Mar 8 Stanisław Kania, Polish communist politician, born in Wrocanka, Poland (d. 2020)
Mar 9 Hans Ludwig Schilling, German composer, born in Mayen, Germany (d. 2012)
Mar 9 Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (AL MVP 1958), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1982)
Mar 9 John Beckwith, Canadian composer, pianist, educator, and musicologist, born in Victoria, British Columbia (d. 2022)
Mar 10 Barbara Sinatra, American model and philanthropist, born in Bosworth, Missouri (d. 2017)
Mar 10 Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
Mar 10 Donn Trenner, American jazz pianist, arranger, and orchestra leader (Steve Allen's Westinghouse Show), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2020)
Mar 10 Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer, surrealist painter, and sculptor, born in Eberswalde, Germany (d. 2010)
Mar 11 Alan Betts, British emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College), born in Norfolk, England (d. 2005)
Mar 11 Raymond Jackson, British illustrator and political cartoonist (Evening Standard, 1952-97), born in Marylebone, London, England (d. 1997)
Mar 11 Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, yachtsman and political appointee (US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2010)
Mar 11 Ron Todd, British trade unionist (TGWU General Secretary, 1985-92), born in Walthamstow, London, England (d. 2005)
Mar 12 Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983-89), born in Chascomús, Buenos Aires (d. 2009)
Mar 13 Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet, born in Curacao, Costa Rica (d. 1994)
Mar 13 Robert Denning, American interior designer, born in New York City (d. 2005)
Mar 14 Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), born in Conewango Valley, New York (d. 1994)
Mar 15 Carl Smith, American country singer ("Deep Water"; "Ten Thousand Drums"; "Why, Why"), born in Maynardville, Tennessee (d. 2010)
Mar 15 Philip Jebb, British architect, born in London, England (d. 1995)
Mar 16 (Reuben) "Ruby" Braff, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
Mar 16 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician (US Senator from New York (D), 1977-2001), and diplomat (US ambassador to UN, 1975-79; US Ambassador to India, 1973-75), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2003)
Mar 16 Karlheinz Boehm, Austrian actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural), born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 2014)
Mar 16 Olga San Juan, American actress, dancer and comedian (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus), born in New York City (d. 2009)
Mar 16 Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voshkod I, Soyuz 1) and the 1st human to die in a space flight, born in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (d. 1967)
Mar 17 Nancy Sheehan, writer
Mar 17 Patrick Allen, British actor (Roman Holiday;Dial "M" for Murder), born in Nyasaland, Africa (d. 2006)
Mar 17 Roberto Suazo Córdova, President of Honduras (1982-86), born in La Paz, Honduras (d. 2018)
Mar 17 Sulkhan Nasidze, Georgian composer, born in Tiflis, Transcaucasia, Soviet Union (now Tblisi, Georgia) (d. 1996)
Mar 18 George Plimpton, American sports writer (Paper Lion), and participatory journalist, born in New York City (d. 2003)

John Kander (97 years old)

Mar 18 American musical theater and film composer, with Fred Ebb (Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady), born in Kansas City, Missouri

Mar 18 Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey, American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, born near Pleasant Grove, Mississippi (d. 2001)
Mar 18 Lillian Vernon, founder and CEO of the Lillian Vernon Corporation (first company listed on US stock exchange started by a woman), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2015)

Allen Newell (1927-1992)

Mar 19 American computer scientist (Logic Theory Machine, General Problem Solver, Turing Award), born in San Francisco, California

Richie Ashburn (1927-1997)

Mar 19 American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (6 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1955, 58; Philadelphia Phillies) and sportscaster (Phillies TV 1963-71), born in Tilden, Nebraska

Mar 20 John Joubert, British South African composer (The Raising of Lazarus; An English Requiem), and educator, born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa (d. 2019)
Mar 21 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP), worked to re-unify Germany, born in Reideburg (d. 2016)
Mar 22 Marty Blake, NBA executive (GM Atlanta Hawks, NBA Director of Scouting), born in Wyoming, PA (d. 2013)
Mar 23 Monique van Vooren, Belgian-American actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), and writer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2020)
Mar 23 Osvaldo Lacerda, Brazilian composer (Piratininga), and music professor, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2011)
Mar 24 János Decsényi, Hungarian composer (Farewell to a Vanished Century), born in Budapest, Hungary

Martin Walser (1927-2023)

Mar 24 German novelist (Marriage in Philippsburg), and dramatist, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany

Mar 25 Leslie Claudius, Indian field hockey (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56), born in Bilaspur, India (d. 2012)
Mar 27 Anthony Lewis, American columnist (NY Times) and author (Gideon's Trumpet), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2013)
Mar 27 Lord Fanshawe of Richmond [Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle], Conservative MP for Richmond (1959-83) (d. 2001)
Mar 27 Mo Ostin [Ostrofsky], American record company executive (Verve; Reprise; Warner Bros,; Dreamworks), born in New York City (d. 2022)