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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.{{cite book|author1=John Drinkwater|author2=Hugh Elton|title=Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHGOvpQfFqcC&pg=PA305|date=12 September 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52933-4|pages=305|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805185934/https://books.google.com/books?id=lHGOvpQfFqcC&pg=PA305|url-status=live}}
  • 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
  • 1575 – Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
  • 1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.{{cite book|author1=Walter Muir Whitehill|author2=Frederick Doveton Nichols|author3=Andrea Palladio|title=Palladio in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouQLAQAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-0-8478-0169-5|page=96|access-date=2020-02-25|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805193702/https://books.google.com/books?id=ouQLAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

Births

=Pre-1600=

  • 1455 – John II of Portugal (died 1495){{cite book|title=Présence africaine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-4MAQAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Editions du Seuil|page=20|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805201647/https://books.google.com/books?id=e-4MAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1455 – Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (died 1505){{cite book|author1=Catherine B. Avery|author2=Marvin B. Becker|author3=Ludovico Borgo|title=The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/newcenturyitalia00aver|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Appleton-Century-Crofts|page=[https://archive.org/details/newcenturyitalia00aver/page/864 864]}}
  • 1506 – Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (died 1555){{cite book|author=Edward McMurdo|title=The History of Portugal: The history of Portugal from the reign of D. João II to the reign of D. João V|url=https://archive.org/details/historyportugal05mcmugoog|year=1889|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyportugal05mcmugoog/page/n134 114]}}
  • 1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575){{cite book|title=Quarto Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hs9OAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA125|year=1846|pages=4|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805190922/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hs9OAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA125|url-status=live}}
  • 1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648){{cite book|author=Stephen C. Manganiello|title=The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=an-eXXA3DBMC&pg=PA249|year=2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5100-9|pages=249|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805205736/https://books.google.com/books?id=an-eXXA3DBMC&pg=PA249|url-status=live}}
  • 1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676){{cite book|title=Augustiniana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eInYAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Augustijns Historisch Instituut.|isbn=978-90-6186-367-0|page=998|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805205923/https://books.google.com/books?id=eInYAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1606 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (died 1687){{cite book|author=Samuel Johnson|title=The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_sTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA168|year=1819|publisher=Benjamin Warner, no. 171, Market street; and Benjamin C. Buzby, no. 28, North Third street|pages=168|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010947/https://books.google.com/books?id=e_sTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA168|url-status=live}}
  • 1652 – Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (died 1685){{cite book|author=Thomas Otway|title=The works of Thomas Otway: plays, poems, and love-letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gn8PAQAAIAAJ|date=July 1968|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=6|isbn=9780198114833|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805180112/https://books.google.com/books?id=gn8PAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (died 1747){{cite encyclopedia|editor-first=Kenneth H|editor-last=Pearson|title=Encyclopedia Canadiana|location=Toronto|publisher=Grolier of Canada|year=1972|volume=10|page=222|isbn=978-0-71721-600-0}}
  • 1756 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836)
  • 1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841)
  • 1793 – William Macready, English actor and manager (died 1873)
  • 1800 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862)
  • 1803 – Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889)
  • 1805 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (died 1861)
  • 1816 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (died 1858)
  • 1819 – Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912)
  • 1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879)
  • 1831 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897)
  • 1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904){{cite book |last1=Lala |first1=Russi M. |title=For the Love of India: The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |location=New Delhi |isbn=9780143062066 |page=19}}
  • 1841 – John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914)
  • 1845 – Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918)
  • 1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922)
  • 1860 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
  • 1866 – Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914)
  • 1868 – Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (died 1951)
  • 1869 – Henry Wood, English conductor (died 1944)
  • 1871 – Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (died 1957)
  • 1872 – Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (died 1941){{cite book |last1=Eisenberg|first1=Ludwig|author1-link=Ludwig Eisenberg (writer)|title=Ludwig Eisenberg's großes biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im XIX.|date=1903|location=Leipzig|page=251|url=https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0006/bsb00067974/images/index.html?id=00067974&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=267|language=de}}
  • 1873 – William Green, American union leader and politician (died 1952)
  • 1880 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (died 1962)
  • 1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946)
  • 1882 – Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974){{Cite book|date=2002-01-01|chapter=Abegg, Elisabeth (1882–1974)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108130828/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-08 |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia}}
  • 1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949)
  • 1883 – Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (died 1971)
  • 1883 – Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (died 1977)
  • 1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (died 1915)
  • 1891 – Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 1949)
  • 1893 – Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (died 1998)
  • 1895 – Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
  • 1895 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (died 1993)
  • 1898 – Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
  • 1900 – Edna Best, British stage and film actress (died 1974){{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/edna-best/|title=Edna Best - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times|website=projects.latimes.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063243/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/edna-best/|url-status=live}}

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (died 2011)
  • 1902 – Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (died 1987){{cite book|author=Terry Ramsaye|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=leo-AQAAIAAJ|title=International Motion Picture Almanac|publisher=Quigley Publications|year=1949|page=54|access-date=2019-06-23|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805201604/https://books.google.com/books?id=leo-AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1903 – Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (died 1967)
  • 1906 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (died 1991)
  • 1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (died 1937){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 3: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, George Miller |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/03/Famous-birthdays-for-March-3-Jackie-Joyner-Kersee-George-Miller/1211677799718/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20March%203%3A%20Jackie%20Joyner%2DKersee%2C%20George%20Miller,-By%20UPI%20Staff&text=March%203%20(UPI)%20%2D%2D%20Those,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Pisces. |publisher=UPI |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=3 March 2023}}
  • 1911 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982)
  • 1913 – Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (died 1972)
  • 1913 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (died 2005)
  • 1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
  • 1916 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006)
  • 1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952)
  • 1918 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
  • 1920 – Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (died 1994)
  • 1920 – James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005)
  • 1920 – Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011)
  • 1921 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (died 1960)
  • 1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)
  • 1923 – Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009){{Cite web |last=Лепешкин Сергей |date=2011-06-10 |title=Лисициан Тамара Николаевна |trans-title=Lisitsian Tamara Nikolaevna |url=http://bozaboza.ru/people/lisician-tamara-nikolaevna-1923-2009/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928194326/http://bozaboza.ru/people/lisician-tamara-nikolaevna-1923-2009/ |archive-date=2020-09-28 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Где дремлют мёртвые… |trans-website=Where the dead slumber... |language=ru}}
  • 1923 – Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (died 2005)
  • 1923 – Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012)
  • 1924 – Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
  • 1926 – James Merrill, American poet and playwright (died 1995)
  • 1927 – Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016)
  • 1930 – Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania
  • 1932 – Roy Fisher, Australian rugby league player{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/roy-fisher/summary.html|title=Roy Fisher - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}
  • 1933 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019)
  • 1934 – Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023)
  • 1934 – Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (died 1976){{cite book|author1=Ian Carr|author2=Digby Fairweather|author3=Brian Priestley|title=Jazz: the essential companion|url=https://archive.org/details/jazzessentialcom00carr|url-access=registration|date=October 1988|publisher=Prentice Hall Press|isbn=978-0-13-509274-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/jazzessentialcom00carr/page/182 182]}}
  • 1935 – Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player
  • 1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
  • 1935 – Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015)
  • 1939 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (died 2003)
  • 1939 – M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999)
  • 1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist (died 2021)
  • 1940 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986)
  • 1940 – Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010)
  • 1941 – Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1945 – George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Hattie Winston, American actress
  • 1947 – Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic (died 2021)
  • 1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1947 – Willie Wise, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Willie Wise |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78602/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1948 – Snowy White, English guitarist
  • 1948 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24311617/stephen-e-wilhite/milford/ohio/megie-funeral-hom|title=Stephen e. Wilhite Obituary}}
  • 1949 – Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
  • 1949 – Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
  • 1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (died 2011)
  • 1950 – Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and screenwriter
  • 1950 – Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
  • 1951 – Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/24/lindsay-cooper |last=Fordham |first=John |title=Lindsay Cooper obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 September 2013 |access-date=1 October 2020 |archive-date=25 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925192336/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/24/lindsay-cooper |url-status=live }}
  • 1951 – Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
  • 1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (died 2008)
  • 1953 – Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
  • 1954 – Keith Fergus, American golfer
  • 1954 – Robert Gossett, American actor
  • 1954 – John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1954 – Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
  • 1955 – John Ribot, Australian rugby league player and administrator{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/john-ribot/summary.html|title=John Ribot - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}
  • 1955 – Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
  • 1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
  • 1956 – John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
  • 1957 – Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
  • 1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
  • 1958 – Johnny Moore, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Johnny Moore |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77633/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1958 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
  • 1959 – Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
  • 1959 – Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
  • 1960 – Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
  • 1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
  • 1961 – John Matteson, American biographer
  • 1961 – Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
  • 1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower{{cite web |title=Fatima WHITBREAD {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/fatima-whitbread-14351668 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=31 March 2022}}
  • 1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
  • 1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper
  • 1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist{{cite web | title=Herschel Walker | website=Herschel Walker | date=2022-04-13 | url=https://www.teamherschel.com/about/ | access-date=2022-12-07}}
  • 1963 – Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia
  • 1963 – Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
  • 1964 – Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
  • 1964 – Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
  • 1964 – Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
  • 1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
  • 1966 – Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1966 – Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1968 – Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
  • 1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
  • 1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 3, 2023 includes celebrities Julie Bowen, Camila Cabello |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-3-2023-includes-celebrities-julie-bowen-camila-cabello.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=3 March 2023}}
  • 1970 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  • 1971 – Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
  • 1971 – Tyler Florence, American chef and author
  • 1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=180|title=Darren Anderton|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804020722/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=180|url-status=live}}
  • 1972 – Martin Procházka, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Martin Prochazka |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/martin-prochazka-8458649 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1973 – Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg{{cite book|author=Palgrave Macmillan|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA775|date=28 February 2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-68398-7|pages=775|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143540/https://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA775|url-status=live}}
  • 1974 – David Faustino, American actor
  • 1975 – Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter{{Cite web |title=Patric Chiha |url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=AlloCiné |language=fr |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223939/https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |url-status=live}}
  • 1976 – Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.zm/node/5360|title=Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba|website=National Assembly of Zambia|access-date=2019-12-28|archive-date=2019-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224093928/http://www.parliament.gov.zm/node/5360|url-status=live}}
  • 1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
  • 1976 – Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017)
  • 1976 – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1977 – Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/03/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-March-3-2020/9441583034287/|title= UPI Almanac for Tuesday, March 3, 2020|work= United Press International | date= March 3, 2020|access-date=September 23, 2020 | archive-date= March 3, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200303132228/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/03/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-March-3-2020/9441583034287/|url-status=live|quote = …celebrity baker Buddy Valastro in 1977 (age 43)}}
  • 1979 – Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
  • 1980 – Katherine Waterston, English-American actress
  • 1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
  • 1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
  • 1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
  • 1982 – Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer
  • 1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1982 – Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brent-tate/summary.html|title=Brent Tate - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}
  • 1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
  • 1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
  • 1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
  • 1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
  • 1984 – Ivar, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Ivar |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/26611066/wwe-profile-page-ivar |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=15 October 2019}}
  • 1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Toby Turner, American Internet personality{{cite web |url=http://vidcon.com/2013/toby-turner |title=Toby Turner |publisher=VidCon |date=September 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809101859/http://vidcon.com/2013/toby-turner |archive-date=2013-08-09 }}
  • 1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
  • 1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
  • 1986 – Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
  • 1987 – Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
  • 1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
  • 1987 – Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Andrei Zubarev |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/andrey-zubarev-8471848 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1988 – Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
  • 1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
  • 1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
  • 1988 – Max Waller, English cricketer
  • 1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
  • 1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
  • 1991 – Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1991 – Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
  • 1993 – Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
  • 1993 – Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker{{cite web|title=Josef Dostál|url=https://www.olympic.org/josef-dostal|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=25 April 2020|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310050121/https://www.olympic.org/josef-dostal|url-status=live}}
  • 1993 – Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer{{cite web|title=Antonio Rüdiger|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/football/first-team/players/antonio-rudiger|website=Real Madrid C.F.|access-date=3 March 2024}}
  • 1993 – Michael Thomas, American football player{{cite web |title=Michael Thomas |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2976316/michael-thomas |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1994 – Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player{{cite web |title=Dilson Herrera |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dilson-herrera-599096 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1995 – Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer{{Cite web|title=Bryan Cristante|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/bryan-cristante/213130/|website=Soccerway|access-date=3 March 2024}}
  • 1995 – Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress{{Cite tweet |author=Maine Mendoza |user=mainedcm |number=1234903812529221632 |title=A day well spent. Thank You Lord for another year. Thank you everyone for all the birthday greetings and wishes. Felt extra loved and special today. 🥰🥰 #25 |date= March 4, 2020 |access-date=June 16, 2022}}
  • 1996 – Cameron Johnson, American basketball player{{cite web|title=Cameron Johnson|url=https://www.nba.com/players/cameron/johnson/1629661|website=NBA.com|access-date=11 April 2020|language=en|archive-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531061752/https://www.nba.com/players/cameron/johnson/1629661|url-status=live}}
  • 1996 – Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer{{Cite web|title=Andile Phehlukwayo profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/andile-phehlukwayo-540316|access-date=26 July 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}
  • 1997 – Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1997 – David Neres, Brazilian footballer{{cite web|title=David Neres|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/plantel-principal/neres|website=SL Benfica|access-date=3 March 2023}}
  • 1998 – Jayson Tatum, American basketball player{{cite web|title=Jayson Tatum|url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628369|website=NBA|access-date=22 April 2023}}
  • 1999 – Corey Kispert, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Corey Kispert |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630557/corey-kispert |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=2 March 2024}}
  • 2000 – Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player{{cite web |title=Jevon Holland Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HollJe02.htm |website=football-reference.com |access-date=March 2, 2024}}
  • 2001 – Jvke, American singer-songwriter{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/916855518 |title=Charger |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=March 13, 2023}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

  • 1611 – William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (born 1552)
  • 1616 – Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1538)
  • 1700 – Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (born 1670){{cite book|author=Śālinī Pāṭīla|title=Maharani Tarabai of Kolhapur, c. 1675-1761 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eh1BAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=S. Chand & Co.|isbn=978-81-219-0269-4|page=74|access-date=2019-03-02|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805135709/https://books.google.com/books?id=Eh1BAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1703 – Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (born 1635)
  • 1744 – Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (born 1674)
  • 1765 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (born 1687)
  • 1768 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)
  • 1789 – Ghulam Kadir, leader of the Afghan Rohilla{{Cite journal|last=Malik|first=Zahiruddin|date=1982|title=Persian Documents pertaining to the tragic End of Ghulam Qadir Rohilla, 1780–1789|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=43|pages=565–571|issn=2249-1937|jstor=44141288}}
  • 1792 – Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (born 1728)
  • 1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (born 1806)
  • 1894 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (born 1857)

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (born 1826)
  • 1905 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830)
  • 1927 – Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1878)
  • 1927 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (born 1884)
  • 1929 – Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874){{cite book|first=Arthur George|last=Renstrom|title=Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher= Office of External Relations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration|year=2003|page=49|oclc=521599277}}
  • 1932 – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864)
  • 1943 – George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (born 1877)
  • 1949 – Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (born 1862){{cite web | last=Quinby | first=Robert S. | title=Certificate of Death – Catharine Sleeper Walden | url=https://www.chinookhistoryproject.org/uploads/4/9/4/7/49477275/death_certificate_-_katharine_sleeper_walden.jpg |date=March 3, 1949 |archive-url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_certificate_-_Katharine_Sleeper_Walden.jpg |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |url-status=live |place=Tamworth, New Hampshire | access-date=2025-03-03}}
  • 1959 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906)
  • 1961 – Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (born 1903){{Cite book|last=Islam|first=Amirul |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/110213/sonar-bangla-hirar-khoni-45-auliar-jiboni|language=bn|title=সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী |publisher=Kohinoor Library |year=2012 |pages=68–73}}
  • 1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (born 1887)
  • 1966 – Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (born 1895)
  • 1966 – William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887)
  • 1966 – Alice Pearce, American actress (born 1917)
  • 1981 – Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (born 1895)
  • 1982 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896)
  • 1982 – Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936)
  • 1983 – Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907)
  • 1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
  • 1988 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (born 1918)
  • 1988 – Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889)
  • 1990 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (born 1898)
  • 1991 – Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (born 1895)
  • 1991 – William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
  • 1993 – Mel Bradford, American author and critic (born 1934)
  • 1993 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (born 1910)
  • 1993 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1903)
  • 1993 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (born 1906)
  • 1994 – John Edward Williams, American author and academic (born 1922)
  • 1995 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907)
  • 1996 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (born 1914)
  • 1996 – John Krol, American cardinal (born 1910)
  • 1998 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1915)
  • 1999 – Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
  • 1999 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (born 1927)
  • 2000 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
  • 2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (born 1923)
  • 2001 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (born 1923)
  • 2002 – G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1951)
  • 2003 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933)
  • 2003 – Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (born 1913)
  • 2003 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
  • 2005 – Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)
  • 2006 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923)
  • 2006 – Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918)
  • 2006 – William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (born 1914)
  • 2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920)
  • 2008 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921)
  • 2008 – Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923)
  • 2009 – Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935)
  • 2010 – Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)
  • 2010 – Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)
  • 2011 – May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923)
  • 2012 – Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929)
  • 2012 – Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947)
  • 2012 – Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931)
  • 2013 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940)
  • 2013 – Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
  • 2013 – James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944){{cite news|title=Qantas director James Strong dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/former-qantas-director-james-strong-dies/4550590|access-date=3 March 2020|publisher=ABC News|date=4 March 2013|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095924/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/former-qantas-director-james-strong-dies/4550590|url-status=live}}
  • 2014 – Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (born 1930)
  • 2014 – Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (born 1930)
  • 2014 – William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
  • 2015 – Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925)
  • 2015 – M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934)
  • 2016 – Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968)
  • 2016 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973)
  • 2016 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962)
  • 2016 – Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914)
  • 2016 – Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983){{cite news|title=Sarah Tait, Australian rowing icon, dies of cancer aged 33|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/aussie-rowing-champ-tait-dies-of-cancer2c-aged-33/7216724|access-date=3 March 2020|work=ABC News|date=3 March 2016|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100805/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/aussie-rowing-champ-tait-dies-of-cancer2c-aged-33/7216724|url-status=live}}
  • 2017 – René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)
  • 2018 – Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)
  • 2018 – Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943){{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-04/former-wa-deputy-premier-mal-bryce-dies/9507390 |title=Mal Bryce, former WA deputy premier, dies at 74 |first1=David |last1=Weber |first2=Irena |last2=Ceranic |date=4 March 2018 |work=ABC News |access-date=3 March 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016233613/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-04/former-wa-deputy-premier-mal-bryce-dies/9507390 |url-status=live }}
  • 2018 – Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969){{cite news|title=Former Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin dies after a battle with brain cancer|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe|access-date=3 March 2018|work=The Mercury|date=3 March 2020|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305014057/http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe|url-status=live}}
  • 2018 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)
  • 2019 – Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930){{cite news|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-and-choirmaster-peter-hurford-has-died|title=The organist and choirmaster Peter Hurford has died=Gramophone|date=2019-03-04|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331154317/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-and-choirmaster-peter-hurford-has-died|url-status=live}}
  • 2020 – Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928){{cite web|url=https://westfaironline.com/122052/charles-j-urstadt-real-estate-executive-and-former-ny-housing-commissioner-dies-at-91/|title=Charles J. Urstadt, real estate executive and former NY housing commissioner, dies at 91|publisher=West Fair Online|date=2020-03-10|access-date=2020-03-11|archive-date=2020-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310160015/https://westfaironline.com/122052/charles-j-urstadt-real-estate-executive-and-former-ny-housing-commissioner-dies-at-91/|url-status=live}}
  • 2023 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935){{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230313/k10014006861000.html|title=ノーベル文学賞 大江健三郎さん 死去 88歳 (Death of Literature Nobel laurate Kenzaburou Oue at 88 years old)|date=2023-03-13|access-date=2023-03-13}}
  • 2023 – Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961){{cite web|title=Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' Actor, Dies at 61|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tom-sizemore-taken-off-life-support-brain-aneurysm-1235538021/|website=Variety|date=4 March 2023 |access-date=3 March 2024}}

Holidays and observances

References

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