Famous Birthdays for March 17
Today's:
Roger Brooke Taney 1777 - Fifth Chief Justice of the United States
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler 1834 - Engineer, industrialist, invented the high-speed petrol engine
Jim Bridger (James Felix Bridger) 1881 - Mountain man, trapper, guide
Paul Eliot Green 1894 - Playwright
Bobby Jones (Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr.) 1902 - Golfer
Marquis Childs 1903 - Journalist
John Pastore 1907 - Lawyer, politician
Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) 1919 - Singer, musician
Paul Horn 1930 - Jazz flautist
Dick Curless 1932 - Singer, known as the "Baron of Country Music"
Adam Wade 1937 - Singer, drummer, actor
Rudolf Nureyev 1938 - Ballet dancer
Paul Kantner 1941 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
Jim Weatherly 1943 - Singer, songwriter
Patrick McCauley (Them) 1944
John Sebastian 1944 - Singer, songwriter (Lovin' Spoonful)
Harold Brown 1946 - Musician (War)
Patrick Duffy 1949 - Actor (TV: "Dallas")
Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor
Scott Gorham 1951 - Guitar player (Thin Lizzy)
Susie Allanson 1952 - Singer
Lesley-Anne Down 1954 - Actress
Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor ("C.S.I: NY")
Paul Overstreet 1955 - Country singer
Mike Lindup 1959 - Musician ()
Vicki Lewis 1960 - Actress
Casey Sirmaszko 1961 - Actor
Claire Grogan (Altered Images) 1962
Rob Stich 1962 - Writer, director
Rob Lowe 1964 - Actor
Van Connor 1967 - Musician (Screaming Trees)
Billy Corgan 1967 - Musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
Mathew St. Patrick 1968 - Actor ("Six Feet Under")
Yanic Truesdale 1969 - Actor ("Gilmore Girls")
Bill Mueller 1971 - Baseball player
Mia Hamm 1972 - Soccer player
Melissa Auf der Maur 1972 - Musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
Caroline Corr 1973 - Musician (The Corrs)
Marisa Coughlan 1974 - Actress
Stephen Gately 1976 - Singer (Boyzone)
Swifty 1977 - Rapper (D12)
Bobby Ryan 1987 - Hockey player
Katie Ledecky 1997 - Swimmer
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