7 March Births

March 7 is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 299 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Births
189 – Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (d. 211)
1437 – Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1512)
1481 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)
1482 – Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555)
1556 – Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (d. 1621)
1671 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)
1678 – Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (d. 1736)
1693 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
1715 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (d. 1759)
1723 – Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (d. 1725)
1730 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1807)
1765 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833)
1785 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (d. 1873)
1788 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist (d. 1878)
1792 – John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
1811 – Increase A. Lapham, American botanist and author (d. 1875)
1837 – Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (d. 1915)
1849 – Luther Burbank, American botanist and author (d. 1926)
1850 – Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1921)
1850 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)
1857 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1872 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (d. 1944)
1873 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959)
1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)
1878 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (d. 1927)
1885 – Milton Avery, American painter (d. 1965)
1885 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (d. 1971)
1886 – Virginia Pearson, American actress (d. 1958)
1886 – G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1975)
1888 – William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author (d. 1977)
1888 – Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1978)
1895 – Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (d. 1988)
1901 – Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1950)
1904 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969)
1904 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942)
1908 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
1910 – Will Glickman, American playwright (d. 1983)
1911 – Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (d. 1987)
1912 – Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992)
1913 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (d. 1997)
1915 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
1917 – Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003)
1917 – Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)
1922 – Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2004)
1922 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1924 – Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997)
1924 – Bill Boedeker, American football player (d. 2014)
1925 – Rene Gagnon, American soldier (d. 1979)
1927 – James Broderick, American actor and director (d. 1982)
1929 – Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (d. 2014)
1929 – Yvonne Chouteau, noted Native American ballerina (d. 2016)
1930 – Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (d. 2017)
1930 – Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013)
1933 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (d. 1998)
1933 – Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1934 – Willard Scott, American television personality and actor
1936 – Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (d. 2013)
1936 – Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1938 – David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter
1940 – Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
1941 – Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
1942 – Michael Eisner, American businessman
1942 – Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host (d. 2007)
1943 – Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Zombies)
1944 – Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
1944 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1945 – John Heard, American actor and producer
1945 – Bob Herbert, American journalist
1945 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2006)
1945 – Elizabeth Moon, American lieutenant and author
1946 – Matthew Fisher, English keyboard player, songwriter, and record producer
1946 – Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician
1947 – Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
1947 – Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
1949 – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare
1950 – Billy Joe DuPree, American football player
1950 – Franco Harris, American football player and businessman
1950 – J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister
1951 – Rocco Prestia, American R&B/funk bass player (Tower of Power)
1952 – William Boyd, Ghanaian-English author and screenwriter
1952 – Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter
1952 – Viv Richards, Caribbean cricketer and footballer
1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician
1954 – Eva Brunne, Swedish bishop
1955 – Tommy Kramer, American football player
1956 – Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Andrea Levy, English author
1957 – Robert Harris, English journalist and author
1957 – Mark Richards, Australian surfer
1957 – Tomás Yarrington, Mexican economist and politician, Governor of Tamaulipas
1958 – Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1958 – Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
1959 – Tom Lehman, American golfer
1959 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer
1960 – Joe Carter, American baseball player and sportscaster
1960 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach
1960 – Jim Spivey, American runner and coach
1961 – David Rutley, English businessman and politician
1962 – Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress
1963 – Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – E. L. James, English author
1964 – Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter
1964 – Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1965 – Steve Beuerlein, American football player and sportscaster
1965 – Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
1966 – Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Tony Daly, Australian rugby player
1966 – Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer-songwriter
1967 – Muhsin al-Ramli, Iraqi author, poet, translator, and academic
1967 – Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer
1967 – Ai Yazawa, Japanese author and illustrator
1968 – Jeff Kent, American baseball player
1969 – Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer
1969 – Hideki Noda, Japanese race car driver
1970 – Rachel Weisz, English-American actress and producer
1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
1971 – Matthew Vaughn, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player
1973 – Jason Bright, Australian race car driver
1973 – Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer
1973 – Işın Karaca, English-Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
1974 – Antonio de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer
1974 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
1977 – Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach
1978 – Jaqueline Jesus, Brazilian psychologist and activist
1979 – Rodrigo Braña, Argentinian footballer
1979 – Amanda Somerville, American singer-songwriter
1980 – Murat Boz, Turkish singer-songwriter
1980 – Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Dimitrios Tsaldaris, Greek basketball player
1980 – Laura Prepon, American actress
1981 – Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Manucho, Angolan footballer
1983 – Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player
1983 – Sebastián Viera, Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Mathieu Flamini, French footballer
1984 – Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Andre Fluellen, American football player
1985 – Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer
1986 – Ben Griffin, Australian footballer
1987 – Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
1987 – Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Larry Asante, American football player
1991 – Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
1992 – Bel Powley, English actress
1993 – Denisa Allertová, Czech tennis player
1993 – Robbie Thomson, Scottish footballer
1994 – An-Sophie Mestach, Belgian tennis player
1995 – Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
1996 – Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer

Source: Wikipedia