March 26: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 26th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 26th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 26th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Pierre Boulez, French composer (Visage Nuptual) and orchestral conductor, was born on March 26, 1925.

French Neoclassical painter Jean II Restout (La Mort de Sainte Scholastique) was born on March 26, 1692.

Alan Silvestri, American film score composer (Back to the Future, Beowulf, Cast Away, Contact, Forrest Gump, Maid in Manhattan, Predator, Romancing the Stone and The Polar Express, was born on March 26, 1950.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American professional football player Marcus Allen (Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Raiders) was born on March 26, 1960.

Braulio Baeza, Panamanian horse racing jockey, was born on March 26, 1940.

American professional football player Gino Cappelletti (New England Patriots) was born on March 26, 1934. Gino Cappelletti also worked as a radio sports commentator, announcing the New England Patriots' football games.

Ann Curtis, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1948), was born on March 26, 1926.

American professional basketball player Wayne Embry (Boston Celtics, Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks) was born on March 26, 1937. Wayne Embry, who also managed the Milwaukee Bucks, has been called The Wall.

Barbara Pearl Jones, American relay runner and Olympic gold medalist (1952 and 1960), was born on March 26, 1937.

Tatyana Kochergina, Russian handball player and Olympic gold medalist (1976 and 1980), was born on March 26, 1956.

American professional football player (New York Giants) and coach (New Orleans Saints) Dick Nolan was born on March 26, 1932.

John Stockton, American professional basketball player (Utah Jazz) and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on March 26, 1962.

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on March 26, 1945.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American author Edward Bellamy (The Blind Man's World and Other Stories, Dr. Heindenhoff's Process, The Duke of Stockbridge, Equality,Looking Backward and Miss Ludington's Sister) was born on March 26, 1850. Edward Bellamy was founding editor of New Nation magazine.

American mythologist and author (Mystic Image) Joseph Campbell was born on March 26, 1904.

James Bryant Conant, American educator, diplomat and author (The Comprehensive High School, Education and Liberty, Education in a Divided World, Modern Science and Modern Man, My Several Lives, Scientific Principles and Moral Conduct and Slums and Suburbs), was born on March 26, 1893.

Robert Frost, American poet, author (A Boy's Will, Collected Poems, A Further Range, In the Clearing, A Masque of Mercy, A Masque of Reason, New Hampshire, North of Boston, Steeple Bush, West-Running Brook and A Witness Tree) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943), was born on March 26, 1874. Robert Frost's most popular poems included "Fire and Ice," "The Gift Outright," "Mending Wall," "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

American television newscaster and personality Leeza Gibbons (Entertainment Tonight, George Schlatter's Funny People and Leeza) was born on March 26, 1957.

British poet, author (Last Poems,The Name and Nature of Poetry and A Shropshire Lad) and Classical scholar Alfred Edward (A.E.) Housman was born on March 26, 1859. A. E. Housman's best known poems included "Far in a Western Brookland," "To an Athlete Dying Young," "When I Was One-and-Twenty" and "With Rue My Heart Is Laden."

Erica Jong, American author (Becoming Light, Fear of Flying and How to Save Your Own Life), was born on March 26, 1942.

American dramatist, author and Pulitzer Prize winner (1947 and 1955) Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams was born on March 26, 1911. Tennessee Williams' most famous works include 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, The American Blues, Baby Doll, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Hard Candy, In the Bar of the Tokyo Hotel, The Knightly Quest, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More, Night of the Iguana, Period of Adjustment, The Rose Tattoo, The Seven Descents of Myrtle, Small Craft Warnings, A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke and Sweet Bird of Youth.

William Wollaston, British author (The Religion of Nature Delineated), was born on March 26, 1659.

American investigative reporter (The Washington Post) and author (The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House, All the President's Men and The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court) Bob Woodward was born on March 26, 1943. Actor Robert Redford portrayed Bob Woodward in the 1976 motion picture All the President's Men, based on the book by Bob Woodward and his colleague Carl Bernstein.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Duncan Hines, American food writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens) and cake mix manufacturer (Duncan Hines Co.), was born on March 26, 1880.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actor Alan Arkin (Catch-22, Edward Scissorhands, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The In-Laws, The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming and Wait Until Dark) was born on March 26, 1934. Alan Arkin's son is actor Adam Arkin.

Michael Bonagura, American country music guitarist and singer (Baille & the Boys), was born on March 26, 1953. Michael Bonagura married country music singer Kathie Baillie.

French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez (Pierre Boulez and His Ensemble Intercontemporain) was born on March 26, 1925. Pierre Boulez played with rocker Frank Zappa.

James Caan, American actor (Alien Nation, Brian's Song, Dick Tracy, For the Boys, The Godfather, Killer Elite, Las Vegas, Misery, Rabbit Run and Rollerball), was born on March 26, 1939.

American country music singer Kenny Chesney was born on March 26, 1968. Kenny Chesney's most popular songs include "Anything but Mine," "Beer in Mexico," "Better as a Memory," "Big Star," "Don't Blink," "Don't Happen Twice," "Down the Road," "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven," "The Good Stuff," "How Forever Feels," "I Go Back," "I Lost It," "Living in Fast Forward," "Never Wanted Nothing More," "No Shoes No Shirt No Problems," "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," "She's Got It All," "Shiftwork," "Summertime," "That's Why I'm Here," "The Tin Man," "There Goes My Life," "When I Close My Eyes," "When the Sun Goes Down," "Who You'd Be Today," "The Woman with You," "You Had Me from Hello," "You Save Me" and "Young."

Johnny Crawford, American actor (The Rifleman), was born on March 26, 1946.

American country music singer ("I'm into the Bottle to Get You Out of My Mind" and "Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind") and songwriter Dean Dillon was born on March 26, 1955. Dean Dillon has written songs for George Jones ("Tennessee Whiskey"), George Strait ("The Chair," "Easy Come Easy Go," "Famous Last Words of a Fool," "Ocean Front Property" and "She Let Herself Go") and other country music artists.

Diane (Diana Ross) Earle, American R&B singer (Diana Ross and the Supremes) and actress (Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany and The Wiz), was born on March 26, 1944. Diana Ross' best known songs include "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Come See About Me," "I Hear a Symphony," "Love Hangover," "Theme from Mahogany" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob and Ray), was born on March 26, 1923.

American Latin and jazz pianist Jose (Joe Loco) Esteves, Jr. ("Algo Caliente," "Prelude to C Minor" and "Symphony No. 52 Movements"), was born on March 26, 1921. According to popular music lore, Joe Loco was the first to introduce the cha-cha and the mambo dances.

John William (Chips Rafferty) Goffage, Australian actor (The Desert Rats, Skullduggery, The Sundowners and Wackiest Ship in the Army), was born on March 26, 1909.

American actress Jennifer Grey (The Cotton Club, Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off) was born on March 26, 1960. Jennifer Grey is the daughter of actors Jo Wilder and Joel Grey and granddaughter or entertainer Mickey Katz.

James Yoshinobu Iha, American alternative rock musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and Tinted Windows), was born on March 26, 1968.

American actor Michael Imperioli (Life on Mars and The Sopranos) was born on March 26, 1966.

Jarrell Jones, American rap artist ("Tipsy"), was born on March 26, 1986. Jarrell Jones is also known as J-Kwon.

American actress Bianca Kajlich (10 Things I Hate About You, Boston Public, Bring It On, Dawson's Creek, Rules of Engagement, Halloween: Resurrection and Vanished) was born on March 26, 1977.

Theodore Raymond (T.R.) Knight, American actor (Grey's Anatomy), was born on March 26, 1973.

British actress Keira Knightley was born on March 26, 1985. Keira Knightley has appeared in Atonement, The Beautiful and Damned, Bend It Like Beckham, Domino, The Duchess, The Edge of Love, The Jacket, King Arthur, Last Night, London Boulevard, Love Actually, Never Let Me Go, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pride and Prejudice, Silk, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and other films.

Vicki Lawrence, American comedienne, singer ("The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia") and actress (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family and Vicki), was born on March 26, 1949.

American actor Strother Martin, Jr. (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, McLintock, Rooster Cogburn, Slap Shot and The Wild Bunch), was born on March 26, 1919.

Charley McClain, American country music singer ("Radio Heart"), was born on March 26, 1956.

American country music singer Ronnie McDowell ("The King Is Gone") was born on March 26, 1950.

James Moody, American jazz saxophonist ("Moody's Mood for Love"), was born on March 26, 1925.

American actor (Mission Impossible and Star Trek) and film director (Funny About Love, The Good Mother, Holy Matrimony, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Three Men and a Baby and Vincent) Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931.

Teddy Pendergrass, American pop singer ("Hold Me" and "Two Hearts"), was born on March 26, 1950.

American rock bassist Fran Sheehan (Boston) was born on March 26, 1949.

Canadian comedian, television personality (SCTV and Saturday Night Live) and actor Martin Short was born on March 26, 1950. Martin Short appeared in Alice in Wonderland, Father of the Bride, Innerspace, Mars Attacks, The Martin Short Show, Mumford, Primetime Glick, Prince Charming, The Three Amigos and Three Fugitives.

Maurice Simon, American jazz musician, was born on March 26, 1929.

American model and actress Amy Smart (The Butterfly Effect, Campfire Tales, Felicity, Rat Race, Road Trip, Starship Troopers, Starsky & Hutch and Varsity Blues) was born on March 26, 1976.

Roger Lawrence (Rod Lauren) Strunk, American singer ("If I Had a Girl") and actor (The Crawling Hand and Once Before I Die), was born on March 26, 1940. Rod Lauren married actress Nida Blanca.

British rock keyboardist and bassist Richard Tandy (ELO - The Electric Light Orchestra) was born on March 26, 1948.

American rock singer Stephen Victor (Steven Tyler) Tallarico (Aerosmith) was born on March 26, 1948. Steven Tyler's daughter is actress Liv Tyler.

Ernest Thomas, American actor (What's Happening), was born on March 26, 1950.

Sterling Relyea (Sterling Hayden) Walter, American actor (9 to 5, The Asphalt Jungle, The Blue and the Gray, Cobra, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Godfather, Johnny Guitar and The Killing), was born on March 26, 1916.

American rock drummer Monte Yoho (Dave Graham Group and The Outlaws) was born on March 26, 1952.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer and bridge designer, was born on March 26, 1879.

Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, cellular physiologist and Nobel Prize winner (1972), was born on March 26, 1916.

Earnest Angel, German statistician (The Law of Angel), was born on March 26, 1821.

American navigator, mathematician and author (Marine Sextant and New American Practical Navigator) Nathaniel Bowditch was born on March 26, 1773.

Konrad von Gesner, Swiss naturalist and author (Bibliotheca Universalis), was born on March 26, 1516.

March 26th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Egyptian King Fuad I was born on March 26, 1868.

Sandra Day O'Connor, American jurist and 102^nd U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was born on March 26, 1930. Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

South Korean President Syngman Rhee was born on March 26, 1875.

American Army four-star General William C. Westmoreland was born on March 26, 1914. General Westmoreland led U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 26th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 26th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 26th.

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