Famous Birthdays for March 5Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemish mapmaker William Oughtred 1575 - Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule William Blackstone 1595 - First settler in Boston Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet Elisha Harris 1824 - Physician James Merrit Ives 1824 - Lithographer, partner of Nathaniel Currier. Frank Norris 1870 - Author Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887 - Composer of "Brazilian art music" Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor James Noble 1922 - Actor James B. Sikking 1934 - Actor Dean Stockwell 1936 - Actor Paul Evans 1938 - Singer, songwriter Fred Williamson 1938 - Actor, football player Tommy Tucker 1933 - Singer, songwriter, pianist Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress Paul Sand 1944 - Actor Murray Head 1946 - Actor, singer Michael Warren 1946 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues") Eddie Hodges 1947 - Actor, recording artist Eddy Grant 1948 - Singer Eugene Fodor 1950 - Violin virtuoso Alan Clark 1952 - Musician (Dire Straits) Marsha Warfield 1954 - Actress ("Night Court") Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller) Teena Marie 1956 - Singer Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer Craig Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers) Charlie Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers) Rome 1970 - Singer John Frusciante 1970 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Kevin Connolly 1974 - Actor ("Entourage") Eva Mendes 1975 - Actress ("Hitch") Niki Taylor 1975 - Model Paul Konerko 1976 - Baseball player Jake Lloyd 1989 |
