Every month I post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos may be familiar with or should be.
Here are some famous birthdays for March 2020:
February Birthdays are taken from http://holidayinsights.com/bday/february.htm and a calendar from Perma Bound. Since some of these “famous” people may be lesser known to your students, the display could be tied to a trivia contest.
March 1, 1904- Glenn Miller, big bandleader
March 1, 1926, Pete Rozelle, baseball commissioner
March 1, 1954- Ron Howard, actor, director, “Opie” on Tv series “Andy Griffith”
March 2, 1779- Joel Roberts Poinsett, American Ambassador to Mexico brought Poinsettias to America.
March 2, 1904 – Theodore Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss”
March 2, 1917- Desi Arnaz- “Ricky Ricardo” on “I Love Lucy”
March 2, 1931- Mikhail Gorbachev, Leader of USSR
March 2, 1950- Karen Carpenter, singer “We’ve Only Just Begun”
March 2 – Leo Dillon, author/illustrator
March 3 – Patricia MacLachlan, author
March 3, 1847- Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone
March 3, 1920 – James Doohan, actor, “Scotty” on Tv Series and movies “Star Trek”
March 3, 1962- Jackie Joiner-Kersee, Olympic gold medalist
March 4, 1888- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” football coach
March 4 – Meindert DeJong, author
March 4 – Dav Pilkey, author
March 5 – Mem Fox, author
March 5 – Howard Pyle, author
March 5, 1958- Andy Gibb, member of “Beegees” band
March 5, 1989- Jake Lloyd, actor “Anakin Skywalker” in “Star Wars: Phantom Menace”
March 6, 1475- Michelangelo, Renaissance painter
March 6, 1906- Lou Costello, comedian, of Abbott and Costello
March 6, 1923- Ed McMahon, “Johnny Carson Tonight Show”
March 6, 1926- Alan Greenspan, Chairman of Federal Reserve
March 6, 1972- Shaquille O’Neal, NBA star
March 6 – Thacher Hurd, author
March 6 – Chris Raschka, author/illustrator
March 7, 1934- Willard Scott, NBC weatherman
March 8, 1945- Mickey Dolenz, singer, actor, “Mickey” of the “Monkees”
March 8 – Kenneth Grahame, author
March 9, 1934- Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut, first man in space
March 9, 1943- Bobby Fischer, World Chess champion
March 9, 1971- Emmanuel Lewis, “”Webster” of TV series
March 10, 1928- James Earl Ray, assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.
March 10, 1940 Chuck Norris, martial arts, “Walker” in Tv series “Walker, Texas Ranger”
March 10, 1957- Osama BIn Laden, Al Queda terrorist leader
March 10, 1983- Carrie Underwood, American Idol Winner
March 11, 1903- Lawrence Welk, bandleader
March 11, 1934- Sam Donaldson, TV Journalist
March 11 – Wanda Gag – author/illustrator
March 11 – Ezra Jack Keats – author/illustrator
March 12 – Virginia Hamilton – author/illustrator
March 12 – Naomi Shihab Nye, author
March 12, 1881- Kemmel Ataturk, Turkish leader
March 12, 1923- Wally Schirra, astronaut
March 12, 1946- Liza Minnelli, actress, singer
March 12, 1948- James Taylor, singer
March 12, 1962- Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
March 13, 1855- Percival Lowell, astronomer
March 13, 1911- L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer
March 13, 1939- Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter
March 13 – Diane Dillon, author/illustrator
March 13 – Ellen Raskin, author
March 13 – Thomas Rockwell, author
March 14 – Marguerite de Angeli, author
March 14, 1864- Casey Jones, railroad engineer
March 14, 1879- Albert Einstein, physicist
March 14, 1920- Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, created “Dennis the Menace”
March 14, 1928- Frank Borman, astronaut, airline executive
March 14, 1933 -Michael Caine, actor
March 14, 1947- Billy Crystal, actor, comedian
March 15, 1767- Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President(1829-1837), hero of the War of 1812
March 15, 1933- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
March 15, 1941- Mike Love, singer, musician, Beach Boys
March 15 – Barbara Cohen, author
March 16 – Sid Fleischman
March 16, 1751- James Madison, 4th U.S President(1809-1817)
March 16, 1822- Rosa Bonheur, French painter
March 16, 1912- Pat Nixon, Wife of Richard M. Nixon, First Lady
March 16, 1926- Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian
March 16, 1927- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, senator, diplomat
March 16, 1949- Erik Estrada, actor
March 17, 1902- Bobby Jones, golfer
March 17, 1919- Nat “King” Cole, singer
March 17, 1938- Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer
March 17, 1945- Tony Dow, actor, brother “Wallie” on Tv series “Leave it to Beaver”
March 17, 1949 -Patrick Duffy, actor “Bobby Ewing” on Tv Series “Dallas”
March 17, 1951- Kurt Russell, actor
March 18, 1782 -John C. Calhoun, statesman, vice president
March 18, 1837- Grover Cleveland, 22d and 24th U.S. President(1885-1889, 1893-1897)
March 18, 1869- Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister
March 18, 1964- Bonnie Blair, Olympic speedskating champion
March 19, 1589 -William Bradford, Pilgrim/Governor of Plymouth Colony
March 19, 1813- David Livingstone, physician, explorer
March 19, 1848- Wyatt Earp, Wild West lawman
March 19, 1891- Earl Warren, chief justice of the Supreme Court
March 19, 1906 -Adolf Eichmann, Nazi leader
March 19, 1947- Glenn Close, actress
March 19, 1955- Bruce Willis, actor
March 20, 1906- Ozzie Nelson, Actor, “The Nelsons”
March 20, 1928 -Fred Rogers, actor Children’s show “Mr. Rogers”
March 20, 1931- Hal Linden, actor, singer
March 20, 1939- Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Minister
March 20, 1948- Bobby Orr, hockey player
March 20, 1957- Spike Lee, director, filmmaker
March 20 – Mitsumasa Anno – author
March 20 – Lois Lowry, author
March 20 – Bill Martin, jr., author
March 20 – Louis Sachar, author
March 21 – David Wisniewski, author/illustrator
March 21, 1685- Johann Sebastian Bach, musical composer
March 22, 1887- Chico Marx of Marx Brothers
March 22, 1913- Karl Malden, actor
March 22, 1923- Marcel Marceau, mime
March 22, 1930- Pat Robertson, evangelist, presidential candidate
March 22, 1931- William Shatner, actor James T. Kirk, on Star Trek
March 22, 1934- Orrin Hatch, senator
March 22, 1952- Bob Costas, sportscaster
March 22 – Randolph Caldecott, illustrator – Caldecott Award is named for him
March 23, 1904- Joan Crawford, Oscar winning actress
March 23, 1900- Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst
March 23, 1912- Werner von Braun, rocket pioneer, scientist
March 23, 1929- Roger Bannister, runner, first person to break 4-minute mile
March 24, 1874- Harry Houdini, magician
March 24, 1893- George Sisler, baseball player
March 24, 1976- Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts All Star Quarterback
March 25, 1871- Gutzon Borglum, sculpted Mt. Rushmore
March 25, 1942- Aretha Franklin, singer
March 25, 1922- Paul Michael Glaser, actor, director
March 25, 1947- Elton John, singer, songwriter, musician
March 25 – Kate DiCamillo, author
March 25 – Linda Sue Park, author
March 26 – Betty MacDonald, author
March 26 – Jerry Pallotta, author
March 26, 1874- Robert Frost, poet
March 26, 1911- Tennessee Williams, playwright
March 26, 1930- Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court justice
March 26, 1931- Leonard Nimoy, actor, director, “Spock” in “Star Trek”
March 26, 1944- Diana Ross, singer, actress
March 26, 1950- Martin Short, actor, comedian
March 26, 1960- Marcus Allen, NFL running back, sportscaster
March 26, 1962- John Stockton, basketball player
March 27, 1845- Wilhelm Roentgen, scientist, discovered X-rays
March 27, 1970- Mariah Carey, singer
March 27 – Dick King-Smith, author
March28 – Byrd Baylor, author
March 28 – Doreen Cronin, author
March 28 – Mary Stolz, author
March 28, 1944- Ken Howard, actor
March 28, 1955- Reba McEntire, country western singer
March 29, 1790- John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-1845)
March 29, 1867- Cy Young, baseball pitcher
March 29, 1916- Eugene McCarthy, senator, presidential nominee
March 29, 1918- Pearl Bailey, singer, entertainer
March 29, 1918- Sam Walton, founded Wal-Mart
March 29, 1945- Walt Frazier, basketball player
March 29, 1955- Earl Campbell, football player
March 29, 1976- Jennifer Capriati, tennis player
March 29 – Brendan Wenzel, author
March 30 – Anne Sewell, author
March 30, 1853 Vincent van Gogh, painter
March 30, 1937- Warren Beatty, actor, director
March 30, 1945- Eric Clapton, musician, singer, songwriter
March 31, 1596- René Descartes, philosopher, mathematician
March 31, 1732- Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
March 31, 1811 – German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, invented the Bunsen Burner
March 31, 1878- Jack Johnson, is Afro-American boxer to win heavyweight crown
March 31, 1927- Cesar Chavez, labor leader
March 31, 1928- Gordie Howe, hockey player
March 31, 1929- Liz Claiborne, fashion designer
March 31, 1934- Shirley Jones, actress, singer
March 31, 1935- Herb Albert, musician
March 31, 1948 -Al Gore Jr., vice president , presidential candidate
