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• 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.{{cite book|author=J. R. Martindale|title=The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElkwedRWCXkC&pg=PA1293|date=15 October 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-20160-5|pages=1293}}
• 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
• 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah.{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link=Heinz Halm | title=Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fāṭimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language=de | trans-title=The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher=C. H. Beck | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-406-48654-1 | url={{Google Books|Hj2bhVntO3EC|plainurl=yes}} | pages=307–308}}
• 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 1244 – The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus.{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=Robert I. |editor1-last=Gerli |editor1-first=E. Michael |title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77162-0 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en |chapter=Mudéjars}}
• 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
• 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
• 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
• 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.

• 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
• 1640 – The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.{{cite web|url=https://www.maailmanmuisti.fi/index.php?page=archives-of-the-royal-academy-of-turku-and-the-imperial-alexander-university|title=Archives of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University|work=Memory of the World Programme|publisher=UNESCO National Committee|access-date=March 23, 2022}}{{cite book|author=Jussi Välimaa|title=A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century|chapter=The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku in 1640|pages=77–78|publisher=Springer|year=2019|isbn=978-3030208073}}
• 1651 – The Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José, pushed south by strong winds, is wrecked on the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew members are killed by indigenous Cuncos.{{cite book |last=Solano Astaburuaga |first=Francisco|edition=2nd|orig-year=1867 |date=1899 |title=Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile |page=280 |language=es }}{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|chapter-url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|date=|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=Spanish|chapter=Capítulo XIV|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=340}}
• 1697 – Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
• 1700 – William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.{{cite book|last=Johnstone|first=Christine Isobel|title=Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Buccaneers|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|date=1831|oclc=1259930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtkDAAAAQAAJ|pages=444–445}}
• 1812 – An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
• 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
• 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
• 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
• 1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
• 1896 – An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.{{Cite web|title=Brunner Mine explosion|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/brunner-mine-explosion/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=|publisher=Christchurch City Libraries|language=en-NZ}}

• 1913 – First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• 1955 – Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.{{cite web |date=26 March 2011 |title=March 26, 1955: Pan Am Flight 845/26 Crashes Off Oregon Coast |url=http://portland.daveknows.org/2011/03/26/march-26-1955-pan-am-flight-84526-crashes-off-oregon-coast/ |accessdate=13 November 2015 |work=Dave Knows Portland}}
• 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
• 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
• 1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
• 1971 – East Pakistan, then province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh's War of Independence begins.
• 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
• 1979 – An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D DM-STL Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720033307/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790326-0 |archive-date=2013-07-20 |access-date=2018-02-12 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}
• 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
• 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 1991 – Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.{{Cite news |title=As a Special Forces soldier, he stormed a hijacked Singapore Airlines plane. Now he's a monk |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/special-forces-storm-hijack-singapore-airlines-monk-fred-cheong-11279702 |access-date=2020-07-15 |work=CNA |language=en}}
• 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• 1998 – During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
• 2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
• 2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
• 2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
• 2024 – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision between the MV Dali container ship and one of the bridge's support pillars, killing 6 people.{{Cite news |title=Baltimore Key Bridge: Rescuers searching river after Baltimore bridge collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=BBC News |quote=(14:15 UTC) Six people are unaccounted for, officials tell reporters. This is down from a previous report of seven. |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326072943/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |url-status=live }}

• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (died 1565)
• 1554 – Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne (died 1611)
• 1584 – John II, duke of Zweibrücken (died 1635)

• 1633 – Mary Beale, British artist (died 1699)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (died 1710)
• 1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (died 1725)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (died 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (died 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, American politician (died 1800){{CongBio |name=BLOUNT, William |id=B000570|inline=YES}}
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (died 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (died 1872)
• 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (died 1891)
• 1824 – Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (died 1874){{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5215126/julie-victoire-daubie-google-doodle/|title=What to Know About French Feminist Julie-Victoire Daubié|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-01-29}}
• 1829 – Théodore Aubanel, French poet (died 1886)
• 1829 – Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (died 1917){{cite encyclopedia|title=Georg Andreas Bull |first=Ola |last=Storsletten |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Georg_Andreas_Bull |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}
• 1830 – Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (died 1898){{cite web|title=Dewitt Clinton Senter|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/dewitt-clinton-senter/|author=Thweatt, John H.|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
• 1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (died 1909)
• 1850 – Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (died 1898)
• 1852 – Élémir Bourges, French author (died 1925)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (died 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1925)
• 1857 – Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (died 1929)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (died 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1919)
• 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (died 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (died 1941)
• 1868 – King Fuad I of Egypt (died 1936)
• 1873 – Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (died 1948)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (died 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (died 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (died 1965)
• 1876 – William of Wied, prince of Albania (died 1945)
• 1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (died 1948)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (died 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (died 1917)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (died 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (died 1940)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (died 1969)
• 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (died 1950)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (died 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (died 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (died 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (died 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (died 1985)
• 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (died 1967)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (died 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (died 1979)
• 1900 – Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (died 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Angela_Autsch.html|title=Angela vom Heiligen Herzen Jesu Autsch - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon|website=www.heiligenlexikon.de|language=de|access-date=2017-10-24}}

• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (died 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)
• 1904 – Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (died 1947)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (died 2004)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (died 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (died 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (died 1997)
• 1905 – Mona Williams, American novelist, short story writer and poet (died 1991)[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113923729/rutland-daily-herald/ "Local"]. Rutland Daily Herald. March 27, 1905. p. 8."United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J1-JL8 : accessed 26 December 2022), Vermona Goodwyn in household of Goodwyn Goodwyn, Springfield Ward 8, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 657, sheet 10B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 592; FHL microfilm 1,374,605.{{Cite news|title=Obituaries |author=Detro, John |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_005017/page/n25/mode/2up?q=%22Mona+Goodwyn+Williams%22 |quote=|work=Carmel Pine Cone |date=December 12, 1991 |accessdate=}}
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (died 1981)
• 1906 – H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (died 1982){{cite encyclopedia |title=Howard R(adclyffe) Roberts |encyclopedia=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |location=Farmington Hills, MI |id={{Gale|H1000083455}} |via=Gale In Context: Biography }}
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (died 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (died 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (died 1971)
• 1909 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (died 1971)
• 1909 – Héctor José Cámpora, former President of Argentina (died 1980){{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81109076.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)|last=Congress|first=The Library of|website=id.loc.gov|access-date=2023-02-02}}
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (died 2002)
• 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (died 2001)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (died 1960)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (died 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (died 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (died 1996)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (died 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (died 2005)
• 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (died 1989)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (died 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (died 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (died 1986)
• 1917 – Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2001)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (died 1980)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1965)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (died 2012)
• 1922 – William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (died 2019)
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (died 2010)
• 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1978)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (died 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
• 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (died 1999)
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2016)
• 1925 – Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (died 2002)
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (died 2020)
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (died 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer (died 2022){{Cite news |last=Field |first=Douglas |date=2022-09-08 |title=Harold Chapman obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/08/harold-chapman-obituary |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0261-3077}}
• 1929 – Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Charles Dumont, Who Wrote Enduring Melodies for Édith Piaf, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/arts/music/charles-dumont-dead.html |access-date=November 27, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 1929 – Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (died 2008)
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (died 2001)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (died 2023){{cite news |title=Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed to Supreme Court, has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-12-01/sandra-day-oconnor |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=1 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (died 2015)
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
• 1932 – James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (died 2000)
• 1933 – Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor (died 2023){{cite news |title=Lucy Lawless adds another candle to cake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968753/lucy-lawless-adds-another-candle-to-cake/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily News Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=24 March 2000 |page=28 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• 1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (died 2002)
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 2023)
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer (died 2022){{cite magazine|last=Model|first=Betsy|title=The Ultimate Caan|magazine=Cigar Aficionado|url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|access-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206221723/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,187,00.html|archive-date=December 6, 2006|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |last1=Pulver |first1=Andrew |title=The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-aged-82 |work=The Guardian |date=July 7, 2022 |language=en}}
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives{{CongBio |name=PELOSI, Nancy |id=P000197|inline=YES}}
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic{{cite book|author1=Randy Moore|author2=Mark D. Decker|title=More Than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution-creationism Controversy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBI7AQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34155-7|page=88}}
• 1940 – Jörg Streli, Austrian architect{{cite web | url = https://traueranzeigen.tt.com/traueranzeige/3486271-joerg-streli.html | title = Jörg Streli | website = traueranzeigen.tt.com | date = 16 February 2019

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• 1941 – Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (died 1992)
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (died 2021)
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance{{cite book|author1=Dod's|author2=Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited|title=Dod's European Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sW5mAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Dod|page=195|isbn=9780905702292}}
• 1947 – Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
• 1947 – John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (died 2024)
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2016)
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (died 2022)
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (died 2010)
• 1950 – Graham Barlow, English cricketer
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (died 1987){{cite book|author=Brian Laban|title=Winners: a who's who of motor racing champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMweYFCjPAAC|year=1981|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-0-85613-042-7|page=138}}
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island{{CongBio |name=CHAFEE, Lincoln Davenport |id=C001040 |inline=YES}}
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 – Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (died 2008)
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American country music singer
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (died 2020)
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1957 – Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (died 1986)
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA781|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=781}}
• 1960 – Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1964 – Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Jason Chaffetz, American politician{{CongBio |name=CHAFFETZ, Jason |id=C001076 |inline=YES}}
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Martyn Day, Scottish politician
• 1971 – Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (died 2020)Birchmeier, Jason. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/erick-more-morillo-mn0000803870/biography "Erick "More" Morillo"]. AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2022.{{cite news|last1=Selig|first1=David|last2=Morejon|first2= Liane

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• 1971 – Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1974 – Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress and former model
• 1976 – Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
• 1976 – Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker{{cite web|title=Eirik Veraas Larsen|url=https://www.olympic.org/eirik-veraas-larsen|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=6 March 2020}}
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 – Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
• 1980 – Margaret Brennan, American journalist
• 1980 – Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Zayar Thaw, Burmese rapper and politician (died 2022){{Cite news |date=2022-11-22 |title=အကြမ်းဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းဖြစ်သော NUG ၏ စေခိုင်းချက်အရ NLD ပါတီဝင် မောင်ကျော်(ခ) ဖြိုးဇေယျာသော်မှ လက်နက်/ခဲယမ်းများ ထုတ်ပေး၍ ရန်ကုန်မြို့ အတွင်း အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ငန်းများ ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့မှုအချို့အား ဆက်လက်ဖော်ထုတ်ရရှိ |language=my |work=Myawaddy |url=https://myawady.net.mm/node/18714}}
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
• 1983 – Floriana Lima, American actress
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1987 – Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1989 – Von Miller, American football player{{cite web |title=Von Miller |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13976/von-miller |publisher=ESPN |access-date=13 March 2023}}
• 1990 – Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
• 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer{{cite news | url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/03/26/12/matteo-turns-22 | title=Matteo Turns 22 |work=ABS-CBN News| access-date=July 7, 2022| date= March 26, 2012}}
• 1990 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (died 2016)
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
• 1990 – Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
• 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1991 – Ramy Youssef, American actor and comedian{{Cite web |title=Ramy Youssef |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/ramy-youssef/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}
• 1992 – Nina Agdal, Danish model
• 1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
• 1994 – Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Ryan Arcidiacono |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627853/ryan-arcidiacono |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}
• 1994 – Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317819/alison-van-uytvanck|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Alison Van Uytvanck|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022}}
• 1994 – Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model{{cite web |last1=Hendricks |first1=Jaclyn |title=Paige VanZant kicks off her 28th birthday with sexy photoshoot |url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/28/paige-vanzant-kicks-off-28th-birthday-with-sexy-photo-shoot/ |publisher=New York Post |access-date=13 March 2023 |date=28 March 2022}}
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1994 – Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association - Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316607/marcela-zacarias |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1995 – Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality{{cite web |access-date=24 September 2021 |date=11 August 2021 |language=es |title=Quién es Ibai Llanos: historia del caster que se convirtió en un influencer global |url=https://marketing4ecommerce.net/quien-es-ibai-llanos-historia-del-caster-que-se-convirtio-en-influencer/ |website=Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce}}
• 1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress{{cite news |title='I celebrate who I was, who I am, and who I will be': Kathryn Bernardo marks 26th birthday |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/kathryn-bernardo-celebrates-26th-birthday/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |publisher=Rappler |date=March 26, 2022}}
• 1998 – Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
• 2000 – Gefen Primo, Israeli judoka[https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/95367/Gefen_Primo/judo-career "Gefen Primo,"] JudoInside.com
• 2000 – Andrei Svechnikov, Russian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Andrei Svechnikov Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/player/andrei-svechnikov-8480830 |website=NHL.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}
• 2001 – Jameson Williams, American football player{{cite web |title=Jameson Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillJa11.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}
• 2003 – Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8261436/bhad-bhabie-lil-yachty-gucci-flip-flops|title=Bhad Bhabie Celebrates 15th Birthday With New Song 'Gucci Flip Flops,' Feat. Lil Yachty|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 6, 2019}}
• 2004 – Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian{{cite news |title=Awra Briguela turns 18 with photo shoot, celebration |url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/3/29/fresh-scoops/awra-turns-18-with-photo-shoot-celebration-199306 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |work=Push |publisher=ABS-CBN |date=March 29, 2022}}
• 2005 – Ella Anderson, American actress{{cite web|url=http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|title=Ella Anderson|work=Henry Danger {{!}} Dan Schneider|via=www.henry-danger-danschneider.com|first1=Dan|last1=Schneider|author1-link=Dan Schneider (TV producer)|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212404/http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|url-status=usurped}}

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 809 – Ludger, Frisian missionary
• 903 – Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
• 908 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (born 892)
• 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (born 858)
• 929 – Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
• 973 – Guntram ("the Rich"), Frankish nobleman
• 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (born 936)
• 1091 – Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet{{Cite web|url=http://www.historiamujeres.es/aavcordo.html#Wallada|title=Mujeres andaluzas. Biografia. Mujer historia feminismo Andalucia|website=www.historiamujeres.es|language=es}}
• 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (born 1090)
• 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (born 1065)
• 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (born 1154)
• 1242 – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
• 1324 – Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (born 1304)
• 1326 – Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (born c. 1307)
• 1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (born 1312)
• 1402 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (born 1378){{cite web |title=David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2020}}
• 1437 – Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
• 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (born 1450)
• 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1482)
• 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (born 1490)
• 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (born 1510)

• 1625 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (born 1569)
• 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (born 1621)
• 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (born 1640)
• 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (born 1664)
• 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (born 1704)
• 1776 – Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1725)
• 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born 1713)
• 1793 – John Mudge, English physician and engineer (born 1721)
• 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (born 1726)
• 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (born 1738)
• 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (born 1770)
• 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1811)
• 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (born 1792)
• 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (born 1800)
• 1881 – Old Abe, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Mascot (born 1861)
• 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (born 1825)
• 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (born 1837)
• 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (born 1819)

• 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (born 1853)
• 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, American actor (born 1849)
• 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (born 1864)
• 1920 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (born 1834)
• 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (born 1844)
• 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1852)
• 1931 – Joseph Dutton, assisted Father Damien on the island of Molokai for 45 years.{{cite web |title=Another Molokai Saint? Diocese Of Honolulu Investigates Brother Dutton's Life |url=http://thewandererpress.com/frontpage/another-molokai-saint-diocese-of-honolulu-investigates-brother-duttons-life/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=The Wanderer Newspaper|date=26 April 2014}}
• 1932 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (born 1843)
• 1934 – John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (born 1877)
• 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (born 1880)
• 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (born 1873)
• 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)
• 1942 – Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (born 1862){{cite web |title=Carolyn Wells {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolyn-Wells |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}
• 1945 – David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1863)
• 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (born 1864)
• 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (born 1875)
• 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1872)
• 1957 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (born 1902)
• 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (born 1887)
• 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (born 1888)
• 1965 - Alice Herz, German peace activist who self-immolated in protest of U.S. imperialism (born 1882) [https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-alice-herz-death-noti/104368395/ 1]
• 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (born 1883)
• 1966 – Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (born 1900){{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Durward |title=America's Young Men |date=1938 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume}}{{cite news |title=Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=New York Times |date=March 28, 1966 |url-access=subscription}}
• 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (born 1937)
• 1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (born 1899)
• 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (born 1916)
• 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (born 1901)
• 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author and academic (born 1915)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (born 1915)
• 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (born 1907)
• 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (born 1922)
• 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (born 1902)
• 1987 – Walter Abel, American actor (born 1898)
• 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (born 1932)
• 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (born 1937)
• 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (born 1942)
• 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (born 1964)
• 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (born 1914)
• 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (born 1912)
• 1996 – John Snagge, English journalist (born 1904)
• 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (born 1920)
• 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (born 1950)
• 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1927)
• 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (born 1921)
• 2005 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1912)
• 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (born 1920)
• 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (born 1944)
• 2006 – Paul Dana, American racing driver (born 1975)
• 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
• 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (born 1933)
• 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (born 1930)
• 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (born 1969)
• 2009 – Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (born 1926)
• 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (born 1928)
• 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1946)
• 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (born 1935)
• 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (born 1934){{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}
• 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (born 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (born 1932)
• 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (born 1938)
• 2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (born 1924)
• 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (born 1937)
• 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (born 1917)
• 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1945)
• 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (born 1931)
• 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (born 1933)
• 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (born 1964)
• 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (born 1919)
• 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (born 1929)
• 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (born 1928)
• 2015 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (born 1935)
• 2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1924)
• 2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)
• 2016 – Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1937)
• 2018 – Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (born 1958)
• 2023 – María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (born 1937){{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2023}}
• 2023 – Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Indian actor and politician (born 1948){{cite news |title=Malayalam actor Innocent passes away at 75 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-innocent-passes-away-8519027/ |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}
• 2023 – Jacob Ziv, Israeli electrical engineer, developed the LZ family of compression algorithms (born 1931){{Cite web |title=The Israel Academy mourns the passing of its past President Prof. Jacob Ziv |url=https://www.academy.ac.il/News/NewsItem.aspx?nodeId=837&id=2518 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.academy.ac.il |language=en}}
• 2024 – Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (born 1930){{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Esther Coopersmith, Washington diplomat and doyenne, dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/esther-coopersmith-washington-dead/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}

• Christian feast days:
• Castulus
• Emmanuel and companions
• Felicitas
• Harriet Monsell (Church of England)
• Larissa
• Ludger
• Richard Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
• March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
• Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
• National Science Appreciation Day (United States){{Cite web |title=National Science Appreciation Day |url=https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-science-appreciation-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128034149/https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-science-appreciation-day/ |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=Days of the Year}}{{Cite web |title=National Science Appreciation Day |url=https://sciencesaves.org/about-national-science-appreciation-day/#:~:text=Marked%20annually%20on%20March%2026th,the%20importance%20of%20critical%20thinking |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012005350/https://sciencesaves.org/about-national-science-appreciation-day/#:~:text=Marked%20annually%20on%20March%2026th,the%20importance%20of%20critical%20thinking |archive-date=12 October 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=ScienceSaves| date=27 April 2023 }}{{Cite web |last=Fidalgo |first=Paul |date=16 March 2022 |title=Ten States Plus D.C. Are First to Issue National Science Appreciation Day Proclamations |url=https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/nine-states-plus-d-c-are-first-to-issue-national-science-appreciation-day-proclamations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128041043/https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/nine-states-plus-d-c-are-first-to-issue-national-science-appreciation-day-proclamations/ |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=Center for Inquiry}}{{Cite news |last=Vazquez |first=Bertha |authorlink=Bertha Vazquez|date=24 October 2023 |title=Setting aside a day to appreciate what science has done for us |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/24/setting-aside-a-day-to-appreciate-what-science-has-done-for-us-opinion/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029000909/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/24/setting-aside-a-day-to-appreciate-what-science-has-done-for-us-opinion/ |archive-date=29 October 2023}}
• Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
• Purple Day (Canada and United States)
• Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)

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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/26 Historical Events on March 26]

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