March 15

Events

=Pre-1600=

474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce.Fasti Triumphales
44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March.{{cite book|last=Strauss|first=Barry|title=The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination|location=New York|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2015|isbn=9781451668797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d3lZCwAAQBAJ|pages=129–137}}
493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.{{cite book|last=O'Donnell|first=James J.|title=The Ruin of the Roman Empire|location=New York|publisher=Ecco|date=2009|isbn=9780060787417|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_20RbeAO5cC|page=66}}
856 – Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.{{cite book|last=Tobias|first=Norman|title=Basil I, Founder of the Macedonian Dynasty: A Study of the Political and Military History of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century|location=Lewiston, N.Y.|publisher=The Edwin Mellen Press|date=2007|isbn=9780773454057|page=287}}
897 – Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.{{EI2|volume=12|last=Madelung|first=W.|author-link=Wilferd Madelung|title=al-Ḥādī Ila 'l-Ḥaḳḳ|pages=334–335|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8582}}
933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.{{cite book|last=Browning|first=Oscar|title=A General History of the World|location=London|publisher=E. Arnold|date=1913|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W18yAQAAMAAJ|page=321}}
1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.{{cite book|last=Laiou|first=Angeliki E.|author-link=Angeliki Laiou |title=Constantinople and the Latins: The Foreign Policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=1972|isbn=9780674165359|pages=226–227}}
1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.{{cite book|last=Srivastava|first=Ashirbadi Lal|title=Akbar the Great|location=Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India|publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala|date=1962|oclc=837892|page=83}}

=1601–1900=

1626 – a dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.{{Cite journal |title=Les ruptures de barrages dans le monde: un nouveau bilan de Potosi (1626, Bolivie) |journal=La Houille Blanche |last1=Gioda |first1=Alain |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279971878 |pages=165–170 |last2=Serrano |first2=Carlos |last3=Forenza |first3=Ana |trans-title=Dam collapses in the world: a new estimation of the Potosi disaster (1626, Bolivia) |language=French|year=2002|volume=88 |issue=4/5|doi=10.1051/lhb/2002078 |bibcode=2002LHBl...88..165G }}{{Cite book|title=Historia de la minería andina boliviana (siglos XVI–XX)|last=Serrano Bravo|first=Carlos|url=https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/cendocbib/con4_uibd.nsf/6EF6AA797C1749E905257EFF005C493F/$FILE/Historia_de_Miner%C3%ADa_Andina_Boliviana.pdf|year=2004|location=Potosí, Bolivia|language=es|pages=39, 90}}
1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.{{cite book|last=Pollock|first=John|chapter=The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87)|title=The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 5: The Age of Louis IX|editor-last1=Ward|editor-first1=A.W.|editor-last2=Prothero|editor-first2=G.W.|editor-last3=Leathes|editor-first3=Stanley|location=New York|publisher=The Macmillan Company|date=1912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNhmAAAAMAAJ|pages=206–207}}
1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.{{cite book|last=Chernow|first=Ron|title=Washington: A Life|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Press|date=2010|isbn=9781594202667|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yE0-DgAAQBAJ|pages=433–434}}
1820 – Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title=Today in History - March 15 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-15/ |journal=Library of Congress |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |issn= |pmid=}}
1823 – Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.{{cite book|last= Simpson-Housley|first= Paul|title= Antarctica:Exploration, Perception and Metaphor|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M1ql3mx8xYgC&q=New+South+Greenland+Antarctic&pg=PA51|publisher= Routledge|location= New York|year= 1992|isbn= 0-415-08225-0 |page=52}}
1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.{{cite book|last=Bona|first=Gábor|title=The Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence, 1848-1849: A Military History|location=Boulder, Colo.|publisher=Social Science Monographs|date=1999|isbn=9780880334334|page=457}}
1874 – France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Edward Reynolds|title=Barriers to Progress in South Vietnam: The United States Experience|location=Seoul|publisher=Pomso Publishers|date=1973|oclc=483391164|page=21}}
1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.{{cite book|author=J. Gordon Melton|title=Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI9_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1544|date=15 January 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-026-3|pages=1544}}
1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.{{cite book|chapter=Chronology|title=The Cambridge Companion to Cricket|editor-last1=Bateman|editor-first1=Anthony|editor-last2=Hill|editor-first2=Jeffrey|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780521761291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sh3aAgAAQBAJ|page=xviii}}
1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.{{cite book |last1=Narbeth |first1=Colin |title=Collecting Military Medals: A Beginner's Guide |date=2002 |publisher=James Clarke & Co. |isbn=978-0-7188-9009-4 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6vlQEDyC9MC&pg=PA61 |language=en}}
1892 – The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).{{Cite book |last=Merriman |first=John M. |title=The dynamite club: how a bombing in Fin-de-Siècle Paris ignited the age of modern terror |date=2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-21792-6 |location=New Haven |pages=70-90}}
1894 – Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141-142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}

=1901–present=

1907 – The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/news/3-5778358|title=A Century On, Finns Head Back to Ballot Booths|work=Yle News|date=March 15, 2007|access-date=March 14, 2022}}
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.{{cite web |title=Nicholas II {{!}} Biography, Wife, Abdication, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-II-tsar-of-Russia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Romanov rumors are put to rest |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-11-sci-romanov11-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=11 March 2009}}
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins.{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/100_years_ago_today_reds_take_tampere_finnish_civil_war_begins/10044586 |title=100 years ago today: Reds take Tampere, Finnish Civil War begins |work=Yle |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=6 October 2021}}
1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.{{cite book|last=Azarov|first=Vyacheslav|year=2008|title=Kontrrazvedka - The Story of the Makhnovist Intelligence Service|translator-first=Malcolm|translator-last=Archibald|location=Edmonton|publisher=Black Cat Press|isbn=978-0-9737827-2-1|oclc=233786926|pages=13–14}}
1919 – The American Legion is founded.
1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.{{cite journal |last1=Hofmann |first1=Tessa |title=A Hundred Years Ago: The Assassination of Mehmet Talaat (15 March 1921) and the Berlin Criminal Proceedings against Soghomon Tehlirian (2/3 June 1921): Background, Context, Effect |journal=International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies |date=2020 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=67–90 |doi=10.51442/ijags.0009 |url=http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/pdf/IJAGS-5.1-2020-Text-05.03.2021.pdf |issn=1829-4405|doi-access=free }}
1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.{{cite book |last1=Hussain |first1=Majid Salman |title=British Policy and the Nationalist Movement in Egypt, 1914-1924: A political study |date=10 August 2020 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-220916-5 |page=188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rT8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188 |language=en}}
1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.{{cite magazine | magazine= Homertonian | title=Rowing Into The History Books | date=Aug 3, 2015 | pages= 8–9 | issue= 19 | url=https://issuu.com/homerton/docs/homertonian_19_proof_final_web/8}}
1939 – Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/czech-history/march-15-1939-the-day-czechoslovakia-ceased-to-exist|title=March 15, 1939 - The day Czechoslovakia ceased to exist|date=March 15, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2020}}
1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic,{{cite web |title=Ukraine - Transcarpathia in Czechoslovakia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/Transcarpathia-in-Czechoslovakia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}} but is annexed by Hungary the next day.{{cite book |last1=Halemba |first1=Agnieszka |title=Negotiating Marian Apparitions: The Politics of Religion in Transcarpathian Ukraine |date=1 October 2015 |publisher=Central European University Press |isbn=978-963-386-145-5 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_4OEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}
1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.{{cite book |last1=Zabecki |first1=David T. |title=The German War Machine in World War II: An Encyclopedia |date=2 December 2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6918-1 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uD_BDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 |language=en}}
1951 – Iranian oil industry is nationalized.{{cite book |last1=Goode |first1=James F. |title=The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq |date=27 July 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-25596-2 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCq_DAAAQBAJ&dq==&pg=PA191 |language=en}}
1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.{{cite book |last1=Harrison |first1=David |title=The White Tribe of Africa |date=1 October 1983 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-05066-2 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgwWMUbyNVUC&pg=PA166 |language=en}}
1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.{{cite web |title=Selma March - "We Shall Overcome": LBJ and the 1965 Voting Rights Act {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Selma-March/We-Shall-Overcome-LBJ-and-the-1965-Voting-Rights-Act |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1974 – Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 OY-STK Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740315-0|access-date=2021-03-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East |date=23 December 2009 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-672-5 |page=2513 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC&pg=PA2513 |language=en}}
1986 – Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.{{cite book |last1=Neale |first1=Brian S. |title=Forensic Engineering: The Investigation of Failures : Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Forensic Engineering Organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in London, UK, on 12-13 November, 2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Thomas Telford |isbn=978-0-7277-3094-7 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PjiniwA--rsC&pg=PA127 |language=en}}
1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.{{cite news |last1=Remnick |first1=David |title=GORBACHEV ELECTED PRESIDENT |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/03/15/gorbachev-elected-president/a0e4b785-dad1-45bc-a2cc-308424e4e454/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=15 March 1990}}
1991 – Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.{{cite book |last1=Dörr |first1=Oliver |last2=Schmalenbach |first2=Kirsten |title=Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary |date=22 November 2011 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-642-19291-3 |page=995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJ0fxh7GNB8C&pg=PA995 |language=en}}
2008 – Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.{{cite web |last1=Kulish |first1=Nicholas |title=After Munitions Explosion, Albanians Ask Why Danger Was Placed So Near |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/world/europe/19albania.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=19 April 2008}}
2011 – Beginning of the Syrian revolution.{{cite web |title=Syrian Civil War - Uprising in Syria, 2011– |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Syrian-Civil-War/Uprising-in-Syria-2011 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}
2019 – Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.{{cite web |title=New Zealand mosque shooter considers appealing life sentence |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-mosque-shooter-considers-appealing-life-sentence-2021-11-08/ |website=Reuters |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=8 November 2021}}
2019 – Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.{{cite web |title=Protesters arrested in Hong Kong over proposed China extradition law |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-extradition-idUSKCN1QW1AC |website=Reuters |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en |date=15 March 2019}}
2019 – Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/3/15/18267156/youth-climate-strike-march-15-photos|title=Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate|last1=Barclay|first1=Eliza|last2=Amaria|first2=Kainaz|publisher=Vox|date=March 17, 2019|access-date=March 17, 2019}}

2022 – The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.{{cite web | url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/sri-lankas-leaderless-protests/ | title=Sri Lanka's Leaderless Protests }}

Births

=Pre-1600=

1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567){{cite book | last=Potter | first=David | title=A History of France, 1460-1560: the Emergence of a Nation State | publisher=St. Martin's Press | place=New York | year=1985 | isbn= 978-0-31212-480-9 | page=97}}
1516 – Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550){{cite encyclopedia | title = ALQĀS MĪRZA | last = Fleischer | first = C. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/alqas-alqasb-alqas-mirza-safawi | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 9 | pages = 907–909 | year = 1989 }}
1582 – Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645){{cite book |last1=Hook |first1=Walter Farquhar |title=An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and modern divines, interspersed with notices of heretics and schismatics |date=1844 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA59 |language=en}}
1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (d. 1660){{cite web |title=Alexandre de Rhodes {{!}} French missionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-de-Rhodes |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}

=1601–1900=

1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661){{cite web |title=Shunzhi {{!}} emperor of Qing dynasty {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shunzhi |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1666 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (d. 1738){{cite web |title=George Bähr {{!}} German architect {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Bahr |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842){{cite web |title=Archibald Menzies: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/m/archibaldmenzies.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=2 January 2021}}
1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845){{cite web |title=Andrew Jackson {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Accomplishments {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Jackson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1779 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848){{cite web |title=History of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melbourne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}
1790 – Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (d. 1861){{cite book|author1=Isidore Singer|author2=Cyrus Adler|title=The Jewish Encyclopedia: Leon-Moravia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAQAAMAAJ|year=1904|publisher=Funk & Wagnalls|page=258}}
1791 – Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873){{cite web |title=Charles Knight (March 15 1791-March 9 1873) {{!}} Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |url=https://www.rbwm.gov.uk/home/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/commemorative-plaques/charles-knight-march-15-1791-march-9-1873 |website=www.rbwm.gov.uk |access-date=8 October 2021}}
1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876){{cite web |title=Joseph Jenkins Roberts {{!}} president of Liberia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Jenkins-Roberts |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1813 – John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (d. 1858){{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: John Snow (1813 - 1858) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/snow_john.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2022}}
1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895){{cite web |title=Joseph Loschmidt {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Loschmidt |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian and author (d. 1892){{cite book |last1=Mackintosh |first1=John |title=The History of Civilisation in Scotland |date=1896 |publisher=A. Gardner |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lR6xPkx8SzMC&pg=PA225 |language=en}}
1824 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907){{cite web |title=Jules Chevalier {{!}} French priest and author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Chevalier |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1910/heyse/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=11 August 2022}}
1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (d. 1905){{cite web |title=Élisée Reclus {{!}} French geographer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisee-Reclus |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1831 – Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881){{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alan |title=Butler's Saints of the Third Millennium: Butler's Lives of the Saints: Supplementary Volume |date=1 January 2005 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-86012-383-5 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKfUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255 |language=en}}
1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1916){{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}
1838 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1889){{cite book |last1=Jaffé |first1=Daniel |title=Historical Dictionary of Russian Music |date=15 February 2022 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-3008-7 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmBVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |language=en}}
1851 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916){{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Nancy A. |last2=Whayne |first2=Jeannie M. |title=Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn=978-1-55728-588-1 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kjzTpa3hpQC&pg=PA169 |language=en}}
1845 – Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist (d. 1949){{cite book |last1=Schlup |first1=Leonard C. |last2=Ryan |first2=James Gilbert |title=Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age |date=2003 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-2106-1 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhRqUo9HzVwC&pg=PA65 |language=en}}
1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939){{cite ODNB |title=Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell (1851–1939), classical scholar and archaeologist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35664 |year = 2004|access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35664}}
1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (d. 1932){{cite web |title=Augusta, Lady Gregory {{!}} Irish writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augusta-Lady-Gregory |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/behring/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=11 August 2022}}
1857 – Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925){{cite web |title=Christian Michelsen {{!}} prime minister of Norway {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-Michelsen |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954){{cite web |title=Liberty Hyde Bailey {{!}} American botanist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Liberty-Hyde-Bailey |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1866 – Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (d. 1948){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Perks |first1=Murray |title=Charlton, Matthew (1866–1948) |id2=charlton-matthew-5563 |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1868 – Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944){{cite web|url=https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/young.htm|title=Grace Chisholm Young|publisher=Agnes Scott College|access-date=Dec 27, 2018}}
1869 – Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953){{cite web |title=Stanisław Wojciechowski {{!}} president of Poland {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Wojciechowski |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952){{cite web |title=Harold L. Ickes {{!}} United States government official {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-L-Ickes |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1878 – Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (d. 1944){{cite web |title=Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!}} Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1879 – Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (d. 1963)Announcements, Science, New Series, volume 139, number 3557, pp. 818–819, March 1963
1886 – Gerda Wegener, Danish artist (d. 1940){{Cite web | url=https://www.biography.com/artist/gerda-wegener | title=Gerda Wegener | date=6 April 2021 }}
1897 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986){{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |last2=Bijkerk |first2=Anthony Th |title=The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |date=11 July 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2161-6 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYIwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA473 |language=en}}
1900 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987){{cite web |title=Gilberto de Mello Freyre {{!}} Brazilian sociologist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gilberto-de-Mello-Freyre |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}

=1901–present=

1904 – George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979){{cite web |title=George Brent |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12d11b8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611191630/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12d11b8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d. 1985){{cite web |title=J. Pat O'Malley |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba199589c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923042518/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba199589c |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |website=BFI |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944){{cite book |last1=Leber |first1=Annedore |author-link=Annedore Leber|title=Conscience In Revolt: Sixty-four Stories Of Resistance In Germany, 1933-45 |date=28 November 2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-71083-4 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21M-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT135 |language=en}}
1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981){{cite web |title=Zarah Leander |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6e2db6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621124857/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6e2db6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979){{cite web |title=Louis Paul Boon |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb10897cd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816012015/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb10897cd |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |website=BFI |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982){{cite book |last1=Alcorn |first1=Stephen |title=A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By |date=15 September 2009 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4169-6776-7 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wf_fAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}
1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994){{cite book |last1=Monush |first1=Barry |title=The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965 |date=April 2003 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4803-2998-0 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeB-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |language=en}}
1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002){{cite web |title=Obituary: Jack Fairman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/14/guardianobituaries.formulaone |website=the Guardian |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en |date=14 March 2002}}
1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009){{cite web |title=OBITUARIES / FRANK COGHLAN JR., 1916 - 2009 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-18-me-frank-coghlan18-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=16 August 2022 |date=18 September 2009}}
1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001){{cite book |last1=Elsie |first1=Robert |title=Historical Dictionary of Kosovo |date=15 November 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7483-1 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg-aeA-nUeAC&pg=PA130 |language=en}}
1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983){{cite news |title=Harry James {{!}} American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-James |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987){{cite web |title=Richard Ellmann {{!}} American scholar {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ellmann |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987){{cite web |title=Punch Imlach {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/punch-imlach |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=16 August 2022}}
1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002){{cite web |title=Lawrence Tierney |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12136839.lawrence-tierney/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=4 March 2002 |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/thomas/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=15 August 2022}}
1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011){{cite web |title=Madelyn Pugh obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/31/madelyn-pugh-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en |date=31 May 2011}}
1924 – Khyber Khan, Pakistani pilot and former Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the PAF (d. 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.paf.gov.pk/pioneering_officers.html|title=History of PAF: Pioneering Officers|access-date=2024-09-15|archive-date=2013-04-08|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408100134/http://www.paf.gov.pk/pioneering_officers.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}
1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019){{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |title=Ben Johnston, Who Made Microtonal Music Melodic, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/arts/music/ben-johnston-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=24 August 2022 |date=25 July 2019}}
1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983){{cite web |title=Norm Van Brocklin Facts & Stats {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Norm-Van-Brocklin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000){{cite web |title=Christian Marquand |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba189cfa9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528055428/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba189cfa9 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)Wilson 2016, p. 697
1928 – Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2019){{cite web |title=Bob Wilber obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/04/bob-wilber-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en |date=4 September 2019}}
1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019){{cite book|author1=Benediktas Juodka|author2=V. P. Puronas|title=The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuYjAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Lietuvos mokslų akademija|isbn=978-9986-08-038-1|page=169}}
1932 – Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (d. 2018){{cite web |title=Alan Bean {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Apollo 12 {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Bean |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006){{cite web |title=Arif Mardin |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baec9caca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728011906/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baec9caca |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |website=BFI |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead.html|title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87|first=Linda|last=Greenhouse|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 18, 2020}}
1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004){{cite web |title=Philippe de Broca |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/philippe-de-broca-22377.html |website=The Independent |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en |date=1 August 2022}}
1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006){{cite news |title=Kanshi Ram |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/kanshi-ram-xdz20877n03 |website=The Times |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor
1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host{{cite web |title=Jimmy Swaggart {{!}} Biography, Ministries, & Scandals {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Swaggart |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986){{cite web |title=HOWARD GREENFIELD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/14/obituaries/howard-greenfield.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 August 2022 |date=14 March 1986}}
1937 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015){{cite web |last1=Kishkovsky |first1=Sophia |title=Valentin Rasputin, Russian Writer Who Led 'Village Prose' Movement, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/world/europe/valentin-rasputin-russian-writer-who-led-village-prose-movement-dies-at-77.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 August 2022 |date=18 March 2015}}
1939 – Ted Kaufman, American politician{{cite book |last1=Press |first1=C. Q. |title=Guide to Congress |date=10 August 2012 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4522-3532-5 |page=1537 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqN2AwAAQBAJ |language=en}}
1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 2016){{cite web |title=Robert Nye obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/19/robert-nye-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en |date=19 July 2016}}
1939 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986){{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62486|title=Tullis [née Palau], Julia Elissa May [Julie]|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/62486|access-date=Dec 27, 2018|last1=Salkeld|first1=Audrey}}
1940 – Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 2019){{cite web |title=Frank Dobson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/12/frank-dobson-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en |date=12 November 2019}}
1940 – Phil Lesh, American bassist{{cite web |title=Phil Lesh {{!}} American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Lesh |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}} (d. 2024){{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Phil Lesh, Bassist Who Anchored the Grateful Dead, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/arts/music/phil-lesh-dead.html |access-date=October 25, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
1941 – Song Zhenzhong, child internee and revolutionary martyr (d. 1949){{Cite news |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2021/09-07/9559693.shtml |script-title=zh:宋绮云、徐林侠：革命伴侣共谱赞歌 |trans-title=The Short but Brilliant Eight-Year Life of "Little Radish Head" Song Zhenzhong |date=24 May 2019 |work=Beijing News |publisher=China News Service |last1=Zhang |first1=Jingshu |author1-mask=Zhang Jingshu (张静姝) |language=Chinese |accessdate=15 October 2024 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241015145206/https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2021/09-07/9559693.shtml |archivedate=15 October 2024 }}
1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter{{cite web |title=David Cronenberg {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Cronenberg |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}
1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author{{cite web |title=Lynda La Plante |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17ae5e7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092932/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17ae5e7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014){{cite web |title=The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11126541/The-Rt-Rev-Michael-Scott-Joynt-obituary.html |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=28 September 2014 |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1943 – Sly Stone, American musician and record producer{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.slystonemusic.com/biography/ |publisher=SlyStoneMusic.com |access-date=3 March 2023}}
1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Chi Cheng |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76844 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter{{cite web |title=Jacques Doillon |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1469823 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129102308/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1469823 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993){{cite web |title=Francis Mankiewicz |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1de481 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706095452/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1de481 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |website=BFI |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1946 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003){{cite web |title=Bobby Bonds Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Bobby-Bonds |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1946 – John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024){{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2003|title=John Dempsey|access-date=10 March 2020}}
1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite web |title=Ry Cooder {{!}} Biography, Music, Collaborations, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ry-Cooder |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activist{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93121104.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)|website=id.loc.gov|others=The Library of Congress|access-date=2018-03-05}}
1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003){{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good |date=6 July 2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-38679-4 |page=323 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55NPpA6EvyMC&pg=PA323 |language=en}}
1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician{{cite web |title=Alton of Liverpool, Baron, (David Patrick Paul Alton) (born 15 March 1951) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-5392 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |year=2007 |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U5392|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}
1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress{{cite web |title=Isobel Buchanan {{!}} Opera Scotland |url=http://operascotland.org/person/3891/Isobel-Buchanan |website=operascotland.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman{{cite web |title=Henry MARSH {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/henry-marsh-14344509 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1954 – Craig Wasson, American actor{{cite web |title=Craig Wasson |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb2e84e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513010739/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb2e84e |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}
1955 – Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coach{{cite web |title=Mickey Hatcher |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mickey-hatcher-115601 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer{{cite web |title=Mohsin Khan profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/mohsin-khan-41303 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
1957 – Park Overall, American actress and activist
1957 – Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat[https://www.bbntimes.com/politics/who-is-steve-witkoff-the-united-states-special-envoy-to-the-middle-east "Who is Steve Witkoff? The United States Special Envoy to the Middle East,"] BBN Times.
1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player
1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer{{cite web |title=Renny Harlin |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba24ba6b6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229234751/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba24ba6b6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 15: David Cronenberg, Bret Michaels |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/15/Famous-birthdays-for-March-15-David-Cronenberg-Bret-Michaels/8121678847047/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=15 March 2023}}
1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author{{cite book|author=Gale, Cengage Learning|title=A Study Guide for Ben Okri's "In the Shadow of War"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFa_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|year=2005|publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4103-4959-0|pages=5}}
1959 – Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/eliot-teltscher/t012/overview|title=Eliot Teltscher {{pipe}} Overview {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Mike Pagliarulo |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mike-pagliarulo/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=David L. |title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2005 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-30952-6 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDO3sdV6ytsC&pg=PA96 |language=en}}
1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter
1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality
1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician{{cite web |title=Rockwell (1964- ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/rockwell-1964/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=26 August 2022 |date=14 December 2021}}
1964 – Marco Van Hees, Belgian politician{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06701&lactivity=55 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=9 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}
1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic{{cite web |title=Sunetra Gupta - Literature |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/sunetra-gupta |website=literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor
1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=82|title=Anime News Network Page}}
1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer{{cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/938802a8-fc8d-43a3-bc2b-68180f748055|title=カヒミ・カリィ|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter
1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter{{cite web |title=Sabrina |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100435604 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en }}
1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer{{cite web |title=Gianluca Festa - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/gianluca-festa_prs407818/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1969 – Kim Raver, American actress
1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey{{cite web|url= http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=1856 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011082936/http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=1856 |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 11, 2007 |title=Yutaka Take|website=NTRA|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater{{cite web |title=Derek Parra - Player Profile - Speed Skating |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/speed-skating/derek-parra_prs375497/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper{{cite web |title=Joanne Wise |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/joanne-wise-14276793 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=29 September 2021}}
1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musician{{cite web |title=What's his age again? Blink-182's Mark Hoppus turns 50 |url=https://98kupd.com/whats-his-age-again-blink-182s-mark-hoppus-turns-50/ |publisher=KUPD |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=15 March 2022}}
1972 – Holger Stromberg, German chef{{cite web|url=https://www.lecker.de/biografie-holger-stromberg-49541.html|title=Biografie Holger Stromberg|website=Lecker|language=de|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach{{cite web |title=Mike Tomlin (1972- ) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/tomlin-mike-1972/ |website=Blackpast |access-date=24 August 2022 |date=25 March 2018}}
1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Robert Fick |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/robert-fick/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=24 August 2022}}
1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=15 November 2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-504-8 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xThCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA176 |language=en}}
1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Darcy Tucker - Player Profile - Ice Hockey |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/ice-hockey/darcy-tucker_prs105130/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor{{cite web |title=will.i.am |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/will-i-am-1975/ |website=blackpast.org |date=25 July 2021 |access-date=29 September 2021}}
1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actress{{cite web|url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/pifko_cara.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311055859/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/pifko_cara.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2007|title=CARA PIFKO|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist
1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor
1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (d. 2008){{cite web|title=All for one-story-Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan|url=https://atharvafoundation.in/oneforall/Major-Sandeep-Unnikrishnan.html|website=Atharva foundation|access-date=18 September 2022}}
1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer{{cite web |title=Kyle Mills profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kyle-mills-37740 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 August 2022}}
1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Kevin Youkilis |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/kevin-youkilis/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=24 August 2022}}
1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Freddie Bynum |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/freddie-bynum/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=24 August 2022}}
1981 – Young Buck, American rapper{{cite web |title=Young Buck |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803125634352 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en }}
1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer{{cite web |title=Mikael Forssell - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/mikael-forssell_prs4589/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1981 – Jens Salumäe, Estonian skier{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/jens-salumae-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/jens-salumae-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Jens SalumÃ¤e|website=Sports Reference|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner{{cite web |title=Wilson Kipsang KIPROTICH {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/wilson-kipsang-kiprotich-14208463 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=16 August 2022}}
1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer{{cite web |title=Umut Bulut - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/umut-bulut_prs206235/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer{{cite web |title=Ben Hilfenhaus profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ben-hilfenhaus-5941 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 August 2022}}
1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player{{cite web |title=Konstantinos Kaimakoglou - Player Profile - Basketball |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/basketball/konstantinos-kaimakoglou_prs220138/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1983 – Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/8000894.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902033403/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/8000894.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 2, 2008|title=MARCUS Golda|access-date=Dec 28, 2018}}
1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer{{cite web |title=Daryl Murphy - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/daryl-murphy_prs53168/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1983 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor{{cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/yo-yo-honey-singh/25557 |title=Yo Yo Honey Singh - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos }}
1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer{{cite web |title=Badradine Belloumou - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/badradine-belloumou_prs30410/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater{{cite web |title=Olivier Jean - Player Profile - Short Track |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/short-track/olivier-jean_prs231550/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player{{cite web |title=Vasileiadis Kostas - Player Profile - Basketball |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/basketball/vasileiadis-kostas_prs89598/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 15, 2023 includes celebrities Eva Longoria, Judd Hirsch |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-15-2023-includes-celebrities-eva-longoria-judd-hirsch.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=15 March 2023}}
1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach{{cite web |title=Jon Jay |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jon-jay-445055 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1985 – Kellan Lutz, American actor and model
1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor{{cite web |last1=Steinbeiser |first1=Andrew |title=Happy Birthday! Jai Courtney Turns 29 Today |url=https://comicbook.com/news/happy-birthday-jai-courtney-turns-29-today/ |publisher=ComicBook.com |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=15 March 2015}}
1986 – Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jannik Hansen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jannik-hansen-8471498 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1987 – Eric Decker, American football player{{cite web |title=Eric Decker |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13271/eric-decker |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1988 – Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Sidney |title=Happy Birthday, Lil Dicky! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-lil-dicky/ |publisher=XXL |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=15 March 2017}}
1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer{{cite web |title=Ever Guzmán - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/ever-guzman_prs361757/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=James Reimer - Player Profile - Ice Hockey |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/ice-hockey/james-reimer_prs269793/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer{{cite web |title=Sam Baldock |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/sam-baldock_prs163777/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=8 October 2021}}
1989 – Gil Roberts, American sprinter{{cite web |title=Gil Roberts|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/gil-roberts-221172|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}
1989 – Sandro, Brazilian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=57063|title=Sandro|access-date=10 March 2020}}
1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer{{cite web |title=Adrien Silva |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/adrien-silva_prs105437/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=8 October 2021}}
1989 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
1990 – Nick Ahmed, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Nick Ahmed |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-ahmed-605113 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1990 – Tavon Austin, American football player{{cite web |title=Tavon Austin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15786/tavon-austin |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1990 – JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler{{cite web |title=JD McDonagh |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/39013612/wwe-profile-jd-mcdonagh-accolades-history-top-moments-championships |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=30 November 2023}}
1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Xavier Henry |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/xavier-henry/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=3 June 2020}}
1991 – Trayce Thompson, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Trayce Thompson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/trayce-thompson-572204 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1992 – Devonta Freeman, American football player{{cite web |title=Devonta Freeman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FreeDe00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 14, 2024}}
1993 – Alia Bhatt, British actress{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Sarika|title=Alia Bhatt celebrates birthday shooting for 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-celebrates-birthday-shooting-for-humpty-sharma-ki-dulhania/|access-date=15 March 2014|work=The Indian Express|date=15 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315132259/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-celebrates-birthday-shooting-for-humpty-sharma-ki-dulhania/|archive-date=15 March 2014}}{{cite news|last=Saxena|first=Kashika|title=I am sometimes retarded, sometimes composed: Alia Bhatt|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-am-sometimes-retarded-sometimes-composed-Alia-Bhatt/articleshow/23967163.cms|access-date=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112111122/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-am-sometimes-retarded-sometimes-composed-Alia-Bhatt/articleshow/23967163.cms|archive-date=12 January 2018}}
1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Michael Fulmer |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-fulmer-605242 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1993 – Taylor Heinicke, American football player{{cite web |title=Taylor Heinicke |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2565969/taylor-heinicke |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1993 – Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Aleksandra Krunic {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316344/aleksandra-krunic |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer{{cite web |title=Paul Pogba |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/867239d3/Paul-Pogba/|website=FBref |access-date=15 October 2020}}
1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mark Scheifele |url=https://www.nhl.com/jets/player/mark-scheifele-8476460 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1994 – Matt Gay, American football player{{cite web |title=Matt Gay |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4249087/matt-gay |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1994 – Scott Seiss, American comedian{{cite web|url=https://www.scottseiss.com/|title=Scott Seiss Official Website}}
1995 – Jabari Parker, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jabari Parker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203953/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=14 March 2024}}
1996 – Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler{{cite web |last1=Rueter |first1=Sean |title=MJF's mother pauses their feud to make a wish on his birthday |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2022/3/15/22979751/mjf-mother-feud-birthday-wish-cm-punk-aew |publisher=CageSide Seats |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=15 March 2022}}
1996 – Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter{{cite web |title=Seonaid McIntosh |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/seonaid-mcintosh/ |website=Team Scotland |access-date=9 February 2020 |language=en}}
1996 – Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor{{cite web|title=아스트로 진진, 프로젝트 'JIN LAB' 론칭..20일 'Good Enough' 발매|url=https://m.heraldpop.com/article/3349124|work=헤럴드POP|date=15 March 2024|access-date=1 March 2025|language=ko}}
2000 – Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter{{cite news |title=Bulgaria sends a 'Beautiful Mess' to Kyiv |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/bulgaria-is-a-beautiful-mess-in-2017 |website=eurovision.tv |access-date=3 June 2020 |date=13 March 2017}}
2001 – Ellie Leach, English actress{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/brooke-vincent-gushes-over-itv-23404456|title=Brooke Vincent gushes over ITV Coronation Street star cousin Ellie Leach with throwback snap on 21st birthday|website=Manchester Evening News|last=Sansome|first=Jessica|date=16 March 2022|access-date=13 January 2023}}
2003 – Quinn Ewers, American football player{{cite web |title=Quinn Ewers - Football |url=https://texassports.com/sports/football/roster/quinn-ewers/13505 |website=University of Texas Athletics |access-date=March 14, 2024}}
2004 – Isaiah Bond, American football player{{cite web|url=https://dynastyleaguefootball.com/player/9994012/Isaiah_Bond|title=Isaiah Bond, WR Alabama|website=dynastyleaguefootball.com|access-date=August 28, 2023}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC){{cite web |title=Julius Caesar {{!}} Biography, Conquests, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
220 – Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman{{cite book |last1=Vervoorn |first1=Aat Emile |title=Men of the Cliffs and Caves: The Development of the Chinese Eremitic Tradition to the End of the Han Dynasty |date=1990 |publisher=Chinese University Press |isbn=978-962-201-415-2 |page=315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nftZLCw19aIC&pg=PA315 |language=en}}
493 – Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433){{cite web |title=Odoacer {{!}} king of Italy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Odoacer |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor{{cite web |title=Romanos II |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100427584 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en }}
990 – Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman{{cite journal |last1=Grosse |first1=Walther |title=Die Grafen von Walbeck |journal=Harz-Zeitschrift |date=1952 |issue=4}}
1124 – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester{{cite book |last1=Knowles |first1=David |title=The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216 |date=29 January 2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54808-3 |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rn-TJNOBGlQC&pg=PA285 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Swabey |first1=Ffiona |title=Eleanor of Aquitaine, Courtly Love, and the Troubadours |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32523-6 |page=xliii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDLx1-vH2voC&pg=PR43 |language=en}}
1190 – Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170){{cite book |last1=Woodward |first1=Bernard Bolingbroke |last2=Cates |first2=William Leist Readwin |title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical |date=1872 |publisher=Lee and Shepard |page=1125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1125 |language=en}}
1311 – Walter V, Count of Brienne{{cite book |last1=Bradbury |first1=Jim |title=The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare |date=2 August 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-59847-2 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |language=en}}
1536 – Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493){{cite web |title=Ibrahim Pasha {{!}} Ottoman Grand Vizier, Suleyman the Magnificent, & Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibrahim-Pasa-Ottoman-vizier-circa-1493-1536 |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527){{cite book |last1=Arnold |first1=Corliss Richard |title=Organ Literature: Biographical Catalog |date=1 January 1995 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7025-4 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTEMAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR8 |language=en}}

=1601–1900=

1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615){{cite web |title=Salvator Rosa {{!}} Italian painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvator-Rosa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 August 2022}}
1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645){{cite book |last1=Bowden |first1=Henry Warner |title=Dictionary of American Religious Biography |date=1993 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27825-9 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXd49oi0FtsC&pg=PA292 |language=en}}
1820 – Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751){{cite web |title=Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer {{!}} German saint |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Clement-Mary-Hofbauer |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760){{cite web |title=Luigi Cherubini {{!}} Biography, Compositions, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Cherubini |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1848 – Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (b. 1805){{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|title=Nervander Johan Jacob|publisher=Agricola|access-date=February 23, 2022|language=fi}}
1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819){{cite web |title=BBC - History - Joseph Bazalgette |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bazalgette_joseph.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=18 March 2022}}
1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814){{cite web |title=James Joseph Sylvester {{!}} English mathematician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Joseph-Sylvester |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813){{cite web |title=Henry Bessemer {{!}} Biography, Inventions, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Bessemer |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}

=1901–present=

1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874){{cite web |title=Talat Paşa {{!}} Turkish statesman {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Talat-Pasa |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1927 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858){{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Cornthwaite|Last=Rason|shortlink=0-dict-biogR.html#rason1}}
1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890){{cite web |title=H.P. Lovecraft |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab7148bd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705042154/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab7148bd |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864){{cite web |title=Alexey von Jawlensky {{!}} Russian painter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexey-von-Jawlensky |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1942 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (b. 1894){{cite book|last=Fordyce|first=Rachel|chapter=Field, Rachel (Lyman)|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=445}}
1948 – Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (b. 1873){{Citation |last = Sass |first = Friedrich |year = 1962 |title = Geschichte des deutschen Verbrennungsmotorenbaus von 1860 bis 1918 |publisher = Springer |location = Berlin/Heidelberg |isbn = 978-3-662-11843-6 |language = de |page= 521 }}
1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909){{cite web |title=Young, Lester (1909-1959), jazz musician |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1801275 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=29 August 2022 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801275|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Dufour |first1=Ronald P. }}
1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892){{cite web |title=Arthur Holly Compton {{!}} Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Holly-Compton |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902){{cite web |title=Abe Saperstein |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/abe-saperstein/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=29 August 2022}}
1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888){{cite web |title=(William) Miles Malleson |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100128930 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en }}
1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897){{cite web |title=TARJEI VESAAS, 72, NORWEGIAN POET |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/16/archives/tarjei-vesaas-72-norwiegian-poet-writer-of-nordic-councils-1968.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=16 March 1970}}
1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906){{cite web |title=Aristotle Onassis |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb32e0ab0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212400/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb32e0ab0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929){{cite web |title=Hubert Aquin {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hubert-aquin |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 August 2022}}
1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921){{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Steven |last2=Oliver |first2=Greg |last3=Mooneyham |first3=Mike |title=The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons |date=11 January 2013 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-77090-269-5 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wxLpfRhZqcC&pg=PT89 |language=en}}
1981 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898){{cite web |title=René Clair {{!}} French director {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Clair |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892){{cite web |title=Rebecca West |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1cdde3f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829174355/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1cdde3f |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1921){{cite book |last1=Hastedt |first1=Glenn P. |title=Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-807-1 |page=627 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91FyAJDjAvQC&pg=PA627 |language=en}}
1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958){{cite web |title=Executed by Saddam: the death of Farzad Bazoft, 20 years on |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/14/farzad-bazoft-20-years-saddam |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=14 March 2010}}
1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919){{cite web |title=Tom Harmon {{!}} American athlete {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tom-Harmon |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906){{cite web |title=Bud Freeman {{!}} American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bud-Freeman |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)Wilson 2016, p. 180
1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906){{cite web |title=Victor Vasarely {{!}} French artist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Vasarely |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903){{cite web |title=Benjamin Spock {{!}} Biography, Child-Rearing Theories, & Opposition to Vietnam War {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Spock |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909){{cite web |title=Obituary: Ann Sothern |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/22/guardianobituaries.filmnews |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=22 March 2001}}
2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911){{cite web |title=Thora Hird |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6dc8fe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723215447/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6dc8fe |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1955){{cite web |title=Paul Stojanovich |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba72e5e16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829174352/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba72e5e16 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927){{cite web |title=Philippe Lemaire |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f93b291 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724035816/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f93b291 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910){{cite web |title=William Pickering |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/william-pickering-38203.html |website=The Independent |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=20 March 2004}}
2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925){{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Pearce |title=Obituary: Sir John Pople |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/mar/19/guardianobituaries.highereducation |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=19 March 2004}}
2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (b. 1923){{cite web |title=Olympedia – Otar Korkia |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6435 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=29 August 2022}}
2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918){{cite web |title=Obituary: George Rallis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/03/guardianobituaries.helenasmith |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=2 April 2006}}
2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918){{cite book |last1=Zeisler |first1=Laurel |title=Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey |date=19 December 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7863-1 |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWYeAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA302 |language=en}}
2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938){{cite web |title=Charles Harrelson, 69; father of actor killed federal judge |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-22-me-harrelson22-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=22 March 2007}}
2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927){{cite web |title=Obituary: Stuart Rosenberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/mar/20/guardianobituaries.usa |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=20 March 2007}}
2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954){{cite web |title=Obituary: Mikey Dread |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/25/obituaries.mainsection |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=25 March 2008}}
2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956){{cite web |title=Astronaut served on three missions aboard shuttles |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-24-me-low24-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=24 March 2008}}
2008 – Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (b. 1914){{Cite web|url=https://hindi.indiatvnews.com/india/national-first-lady-indian-pilot-704.html|title=सरला ठकराल, एक परवाज़ आसमान में|date=2015-05-14|website=India TV Hindi|language=hi|access-date=2019-02-23}}
2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946){{cite web |title=Obituary: Ron Silver |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/28/ron-silver-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=28 March 2009}}
2010 – Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (b. 1925){{cite news |title=في ستوكهولم رحل شيخ المنفيين العراقيين الشاعر كاظم السماوي |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3563956 |newspaper=Sveriges Radio |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905213032/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3563956 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |language=ar |date=17 March 2010}}
2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969){{cite news |title=Lives in brief: Nate Dogg |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/lives-in-brief-nate-dogg-x65dnrvqr9r |website=The Times |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b. 1963){{cite web |title=Musician Smiley Culture dies during police raid on Surrey home |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/15/smiley-culture-dies-police-raid |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=15 March 2011}}
2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946){{cite web |title=Mervyn Davies obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/16/mervyn-davies |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=16 March 2012}}
2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920){{cite web |title=Dave Philley |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dave-philley/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=29 August 2022}}
2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1936){{cite news |last1=Corte |first1=Rachel La |title=Booth Gardner, two-term governor of Washington state, dies at 76 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/booth-gardner-two-term-governor-of-washington-state-dies-at-76/2013/03/17/933611aa-8f1b-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=17 March 2013}}
2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935){{cite web |title=Terry Lightfoot obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/19/terry-lightfoot |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=19 March 2013}}
2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963)Wilson 2016, p. 497
2013 – Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924){{cite web |title=Peter Worsley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/mar/28/peter-worsley |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=28 March 2013}}
2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949){{cite web |title=Scott Asheton obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/17/scott-asheton |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |date=17 March 2014}}
2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936){{cite web |last1=Angeles |first1=Associated Press in Los |title=David Brenner, Tonight Show favourite, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/15/david-brenner-tonight-show-dies |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=15 March 2014}}
2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927){{cite web |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Howard H. Callaway, Strategist Who Helped G.O.P. Rise in South, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/us/howard-h-callaway-strategist-who-helped-gop-rise-in-south-dies-at-86.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=22 March 2014}}
2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947){{cite web |title=Clarissa Dickson Wright obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/17/clarissa-dickson-wright |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=17 March 2014}}
2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960){{cite book |last1=Canoquena |first1=João |title=Road Safety Management in Africa: The Need to Calibrate Effort |date=10 June 2019 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-3584-8 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmWdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 |language=en}}
2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928){{cite web |title=Robert Clatworthy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/30/robert-clatworthy |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2015}}
2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928){{cite web |title=Sally Forrest obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/01/sally-forrest |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en |date=1 April 2015}}
2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937){{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Curtis Gans, political analyst and 'Dump Johnson' organizer, dies at 77 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/curtis-gans-political-analyst-and-dump-johnson-organizer-dies-at-77/2015/03/16/2d4f0e46-cbeb-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=29 August 2022 |date=16 March 2015}}
2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955){{cite news |title=Mike Porcaro, bassist with pop group Toto, dies at 59 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/mike-porcaro-bassist-with-pop-group-toto-dies-at-59/2015/03/17/5e6db3ce-ccbd-11e4-8a46-b1dc9be5a8ff_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=29 August 2022}}
2016 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927){{cite web |title=Sylvia Anderson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/16/sylvia-anderson-obituary-thunderbirds-co-creator |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=16 March 2016}}
2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921){{cite web |title=Asa Briggs obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/15/lord-briggs-of-lewes-asa-briggs-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |date=15 March 2016}}
2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978){{cite web |title=Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji rugby player Rabeni dies, aged 37 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/seru-rabeni-dead-former-leicester-tigers-and-fiji-rugby-player-dies-aged-37-a6931611.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=17 March 2016}}
2019 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948)[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/larry-ditillio-she-ra-he-man-obituary-j-michael-straczynski Larry DiTillio, co-creator of She-Ra and well-known genre TV writer has passed away], Syfy.com 17 March 2019. Accessed on 18 March 2019.
2020 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927){{cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |title=Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/vittorio-gregotti-renowned-italian-architect-dies-of-coronavirus-at-92 |access-date=16 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=16 March 2020}}
2022 – Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (b. 1935)[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/barbara-gustern-obituary?id=33805318 Obituary, Barbara Gustern, The New York Times, March 24, 2022]
2025 – Wings Hauser, American actor (b. 1947){{Cite web |last=Minton |first=Matt |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Wings Hauser, Character Actor From ‘Vice Squad,’ ‘The Young and the Restless,’ Dies at 78 |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/wings-hauser-dead-vice-squad-young-and-the-restless-1236343867/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
2025 – Nita Lowey, American politician (b. 1937){{Cite news |last=Fried |first=Joseph P. |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/us/politics/nita-m-lowey-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
2025 – Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (b. 1938){{Cite web |last=gujarati.abplive.com |date=2025-03-15 |title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય જગતના દિગ્ગજ સર્જક રજનીકુમાર પંડ્યાનું નિધન |url=https://gujarati.abplive.com/news/gujarat/legendary-gujarati-writer-rajnikumar-pandya-no-more-932907 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=gujarati.abplive.com |language=gu}}

Holidays and observances

Ancient Roman religious observance:
Ides of March{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110315-ides-of-march-2011-facts-beware-caesar-what-when/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316191954/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110315-ides-of-march-2011-facts-beware-caesar-what-when/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2011 |title=Ides of March: What Is It? Why Do We Still Observe It? |date=15 March 2011 }}
Christian feast day:
Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church){{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1544|title=St. Aristobulus|work=Saints & Angels|publisher=Catholic Online|access-date=15 July 2012}}
Clement Mary Hofbauer
Leocritia{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-66415-0 |page=695 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT695 |language=en}}
Saint Longinus{{cite book |last1=Dutschke |first1=C. W. |last2=Rouse |first2=Richard H. |last3=Ferrari |first3=Mirella |title=Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries |date=January 1986 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-09644-8 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfetilenP_gC&pg=PA139 |language=en}}
Louise de Marillac{{cite web |title=Saint Louise de Marillac {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Louise-de-Marillac |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Belarus){{cite book |last1=Silitski |first1=Vitali Jr. |last2=Zaprudnik |first2=Jan |title=The A to Z of Belarus |date=7 April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-3174-0 |page=211 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQXyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |language=en}}
International Day To Combat Islamophobia{{cite news |title=General Assembly Unanimously Adopts Texts on Combating Islamophobia, Protecting Rangelands, Tackling Difficulties for Widows, Bicycles as Public Transportation |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/ga12408.doc.htm |website=www.un.org |access-date=20 April 2022}}
Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia){{cite web |last=|first=|url=https://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=496|title=March 15th, Is J. J. Roberts Birthday; To Be Observed As National Holiday|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=March 12, 2012|access-date=June 19, 2022}}
National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary){{cite book |last1=Esbenshade |first1=Richard S. |title=Hungary |year=2005 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-1846-7 |page=114 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QYidGdtpBkC&pg=PA114 |language=en}}
World Consumer Rights Day (International){{cite book |last1=Fernando |first1=A. C. |title=Corporate Governance: Principles, Polices and Practices, 2/e |year=2011 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-5845-8 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qoq0XoxgdYC&pg=PA166 |language=en}}
Youth Day (Palau){{cite book |title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe |date=29 July 2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |page=3304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3304 |language=en}}

Notes

{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA697 |language=en}}

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15 BBC: On This Day]
{{NYT On this day|month=3|day=15}}
[https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/15 Historical Events on March 15]

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