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March 1 birthdays

358 notable historical figures were born on March 1, and 216 died on this day. Everyone born on March 1 is a Pisces.

17% of March 1 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (77) than any other country.

Born on March 1

• Justin Bieber (born 1994. Canadian singer (born 1994))
• Javier Bardem (born 1969. Spanish actor (born 1969))
• Yitzhak Rabin (1922 to 1995. Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995))
• Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983. Actress (born 1983))
• Harry Belafonte (1927 to 2023. American singer and actor (1927–2023))
• Hasan ibn Ali (625 to 669. Grandson of Muhammad and the second Shia Imam (625–670))
• Booker T (wrestler) (born 1965. American professional wrestler (born 1965))
• Kesha (born 1987. American singer and rapper (born 1987))
• Timothy Laurence (born 1950. Retired Royal Navy officer (born 1955))
• Sophia Chotek (1868 to 1914. Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1868–1914))
• Haji Mastan (1926 to 1994. Indian mafia leader)
• Ralph Ellison (1914 to 1994. American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994))
• Hugh Despenser the Younger (1287 to 1326. English peer and favourite of Edward II (c.1287/1289–1326))
• Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 to 1737. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1737)
• Robert Lowell (1917 to 1977. American poet (1917–1977))
• Georg Simmel (1858 to 1918. German sociologist and philosopher (1858–1918))
• Shoghi Effendi (1897 to 1957. Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957)
• Augustus Pugin (1812 to 1852. English architect and designer (1812–1852))
• Mercedes de Acosta (1892 to 1968. American poet, playwright, and novelist (1892–1968))
• Wilford Woodruff (1807 to 1898. 4th President of the LDS Church from 1889 to 1898)
• Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1956. President of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019)
• Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456 to 1516. King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456–1516))
• 6th Dalai Lama (1683 to 1706. Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1697 to 1706)
• Alfonso VII (1105 to 1157. King of León, Castile, and Galicia from 1126 to 1157)
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 to 1907. American sculptor and engraver (1848–1907))
• Phạm Văn Đồng (1906 to 2000. Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987)
• Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935 to 1980. Iraqi Islamic scholar (1935–1980))
• Soe Win (general) (born 1960. Burmese general (born 1960))
• Ali Reza Pahlavi (born 1922) (1922 to 1954. Iranian prince and brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
• Lady Rose Gilman (born 1980. British film art assistant (born 1980))
• Eugen Doga (1937 to 2025. Moldovan composer (1937–2025))
• Thomas Adès (born 1971. British musician (born 1971))
• Tzvetan Todorov (1939 to 2017. Bulgarian-French literary scholar et al (1939–2017))
• Antoun Saadeh (1904 to 1949. Lebanese politician, philosopher, and writer (1904–1949))
• Kensuke Ushio (born 1983. Japanese composer)
• Macario Sakay (1870 to 1907. Filipino general, merchant and revolutionary (1870–1907))
• Richard Myers (born 1942. American Air Force general (born 1942))
• Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921 to 1989. Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
• Abdus Sattar (president) (1906 to 1985. President of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982)
• Tom Segev (born 1945. Israeli historian, author and journalist (born 1945))
• Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879 to 1923. Bulgarian politician; Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1919–1923))
• William Gaines (1922 to 1992. American publisher (1922–1992))
• Glenn Miller (1904 to 1944. American big band musician (1904–1944))
• Richard Wilbur (1921 to 2017. American poet (1921–2017))
• Lamberto Dini (born 1931. Italian politician and economist (born 1931))
• Domenico Colombo (1418 to 1497. Father of Christopher Columbus (1418–1496))
• Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798 to 1881. Princess of Salerno)
• Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (born 1945. Spanish Catholic prelate)
• Nuala O'Faolain (1940 to 2008. Irish journalist and writer (1940–2008))
• Leo Brouwer (born 1939. Cuban composer, conductor, and classical guitarist (born 1939))
• Chiang Hsiao-yen (born 1942. Taiwanese politician (born 1942))
• Alexander Melville Bell (1819 to 1905. British linguist (1819–1905))
• Hermann Kallenbach (1871 to 1945. South African architect (1871–1945))
• Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896 to 1960. Greek and American conductor (1896–1960))
• Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi (born 1938. O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from 2007 to 2017)
• Edna Manley (1900 to 1987. Jamaican artist (1900–1987))
• Luigi Luzzatti (1841 to 1927. Italian politician)
• Hugh Despenser the Elder (1261 to 1326. Former Earl of Winchester (1261–1326))
• Jerri Nielsen (1952 to 2009. American ER physician (1952–2009))
• Lord Augustus FitzClarence (1805 to 1854. British royal bastard (1805–1854))

Died on March 1

• Alexander II of Russia (1818 to 1881. Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881)
• Leopold (Emperor Leopold II) (1747 to 1792. Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792)
• Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 to 1938. Italian writer (1863–1938))
• Jack Welch (1935 to 2020. American business executive (1935–2020))
• Arthur Koestler (1905 to 1983. Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983))
• Nikola I (1841 to 1921. Last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918)
• Francisco Solano López (1826 to 1870. President of Paraguay from 1862 to 1870)
• George Herbert (1593 to 1633. English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633))
• Edwin H. Land (1909 to 1991. American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur (1909–1991))
• Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795 to 1865. Queen of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849)
• Karim Khan Zand (1705 to 1779. Ruler of Iran from 1751 to 1779)
• Princess Louise of Belgium (1858 to 1924. Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1858–1924))
• Lucio Dalla (1943 to 2012. Italian singer-songwriter (1943–2012))
• Felix III (440 to 492. Head of the Catholic Church from 483 to 492)
• Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan (1285 to 1320. Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1311 to 1320)
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852 to 1911. Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852–1911))
• Alfred Korzybski (1879 to 1950. Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950))
• Sorghaghtani Beki (1190 to 1252. Leading stateswoman in the Mongol Empire)
• Francesco Redi (1626 to 1697. Italian naturalist and poet)
• Antoni Patek (1812 to 1877. Polish watchmaker (1812–1877))
• Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873 to 1942. American military officer and engineer)
• Francisco de Almeida (1450 to 1510. Portuguese nobleman and soldier)
• Akira Toriyama (1955 to 2024. Japanese manga artist (1955–2024))
• Homer Plessy (1862 to 1925. American activist (died 1925))
• Zhores Alferov (1930 to 2019. Russian applied physicist (1930–2019))
• Giacomo Balla (1871 to 1958. Italian artist (1871–1958))
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 to 1643. Italian composer and keyboard player (1583–1643))
• Ernesto Cardenal (1925 to 2020. Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (1925-2020))
• Davíð Oddsson (1948 to 2026. Icelandic politician (1948–2026))
• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845 to 1914. British peer and politician (1845–1914))

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