March 26

Events

• 590 - Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1027 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1169 - Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
• 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.
• 1697 - Safavid government troops take control of Basra
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War 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.
• 1981 - Social Democratic Party 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.
• 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.

  Births

• 1031 - Malcolm III, king of Scotland
• 1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist
• 1554 - Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne
• 1584 - John II, duke of Zweibrücken
• 1633 - Mary Beale, British artist
• 1634 - Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer
• 1656 - Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist
• 1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia
• 1698 - Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor
• 1749 - William Blount, American politician
• 1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
• 1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator
• 1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter
• 1804 - David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic
• 1824 - Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist
• 1829 - Théodore Aubanel, French poet
• 1842 - Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist
• 1850 - Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary
• 1852 - Élémir Bourges, French author
• 1854 - Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter
• 1856 - William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1857 - Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon
• 1859 - A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar
• 1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, Jewish German-Swiss mathematician and academic
• 1860 - André Prévost, French tennis player
• 1866 - Fred Karno, English producer and manager
• 1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt
• 1873 - Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist
• 1874 - Robert Frost, American poet and playwright
• 1875 - Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic
• 1875 - Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea
• 1876 - William of Wied, prince of Albania
• 1876 - Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor
• 1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
• 1879 - Waldemar Tietgens, German rower
• 1881 - Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci
• 1882 - Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician
• 1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator
• 1884 - Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor
• 1886 - Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician
• 1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist
• 1893 - James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany
• 1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress
• 1895 - Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper
• 1898 - Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE
• 1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader
• 1900 - Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, died in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners
• 1904 - Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author
• 1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1904 - Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer
• 1905 - Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer
• 1905 - André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director
• 1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
• 1906 - Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer
• 1907 - Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada
• 1907 - Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist
• 1908 - Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer
• 1909 - Chips Rafferty, Australian actor
• 1910 - K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice
• 1911 - Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower
• 1911 - J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic
• 1911 - Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1911 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet
• 1913 - Jacqueline de Romilly, Jewish Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar
• 1913 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic
• 1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic
• 1914 - William Westmoreland, American general
• 1915 - Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter
• 1915 - Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet
• 1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer
• 1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor and author
• 1917 - Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1919 - Strother Martin, American actor
• 1919 - Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1920 - Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist
• 1922 - William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan
• 1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic
• 1922 - Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic
• 1923 - Gert Bastian, German general and politician
• 1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1925 - Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1925 - Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1925 - Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire
• 1925 - Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician
• 1925 - Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman
• 1925 - James Moody, American saxophonist and composer
• 1927 - Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 - Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
• 1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices
• 1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet
• 1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor
• 1932 - Leroy Griffith, American businessman
• 1932 - James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic
• 1933 - Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
• 1934 - Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer
• 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
• 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
• 1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 - Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1941 - Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver
• 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
• 1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
• 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
• 1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 - Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 - Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 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
• 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
• 1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 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
• 1956 - Charly McClain, American country singer
• 1956 - Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 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
• 1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
• 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
• 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 - Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist
• 1971 - Martyn Day, Scottish politician
• 1971 - Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and producer
• 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
• 1973 - Matt Burke, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 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
• 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 - 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
• 1990 - Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
• 1990 - Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer
• 1990 - Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
• 1990 - Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor, member of South Korean boy band EXO
• 1991 - Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 - Nina Agdal, Danish model
• 1992 - Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
• 1994 - Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1996 - Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 - Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress
• 1998 - Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
• 2003 - Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality

  Deaths

• 752 - Pope-elect Stephen
• 809 - Ludger, Frisian missionary
• 903 - Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese poet
• 908 - Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty
• 922 - Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet
• 929 - Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor
• 973 - Guntram, Frankish nobleman
• 983 - 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler
• 1091 - Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Andalusian poet
• 1130 - Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king
• 1132 - Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian
• 1212 - Sancho I of Portugal
• 1242 - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
• 1324 - Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France
• 1326 - Alessandra Giliani, anatomist
• 1402 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland
• 1437 - Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Scottish nobleman and regicide
• 1517 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
• 1535 - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer
• 1546 - Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat
• 1566 - Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer
• 1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet
• 1649 - John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1679 - Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author
• 1697 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician
• 1726 - John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard
• 1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician
• 1776 - Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island
• 1780 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
• 1793 - John Mudge, English physician and engineer
• 1797 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician
• 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician
• 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer
• 1858 - John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State
• 1862 - Uriah P. Levy, American commander
• 1881 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist
• 1885 - Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union
• 1888 - Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar
• 1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist
• 1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
• 1905 - Maurice Barrymore, American actor
• 1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer
• 1920 - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer
• 1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter
• 1926 - Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany
• 1932 - Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln
• 1934 - John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower
• 1940 - Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist
• 1940 - Spyridon Louis, Greek runner
• 1942 - Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 - Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet
• 1945 - David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1951 - James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico
• 1954 - Charles Perrin, French rower
• 1957 - Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France
• 1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer
• 1959 - Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter
• 1966 - Victor Hochepied, French swimmer
• 1969 - John Kennedy Toole, American novelist
• 1973 - Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer
• 1973 - Johnny Drake, American football player
• 1979 - Beauford Delaney, American-French painter
• 1979 - Jean Stafford, American author and academic
• 1980 - Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic
• 1983 - Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy
• 1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea
• 1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor
• 1987 - Walter Abel, American actor
• 1990 - Halston, American fashion designer
• 1992 - Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host
• 1993 - Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer
• 1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper and producer
• 1996 - Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State
• 1996 - David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard
• 2000 - Alex Comfort, English physician and author
• 2002 - Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter
• 2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 2004 - Jan Sterling, American actress
• 2005 - James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 2005 - Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician
• 2006 - Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician
• 2006 - Paul Dana, American racing driver
• 2006 - Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2008 - Robert Fagles, American poet and academic
• 2008 - Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader
• 2009 - Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper
• 2009 - Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer
• 2010 - Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator
• 2011 - Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 2011 - Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician
• 2011 - Diana Wynne Jones, English author
• 2012 - Sisto Averno, American football player
• 2012 - Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician
• 2012 - Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic
• 2012 - David Craighead, American organist and educator
• 2012 - Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator
• 2012 - Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic
• 2013 - Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 2013 - Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior
• 2013 - Dave Leggett, American baseball player
• 2013 - Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer
• 2014 - Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author
• 2014 - Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician
• 2014 - Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician
• 2015 - Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch
• 2015 - Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
• 2015 - Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate
• 2016 - Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet
• 2018 - Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days:
• *Castulus
• *Emmanuel and companions
• *Felicitas
• *Harriet Monsell
• *Larissa
• *Ludger
• *Richard Allen
• *March 26
• Independence Day and National Day, celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
• Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy
• Prince Kūhiō Day
• Purple Day
• Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel