Famous Personalities Born In March - 23
Friday, 20 March 2026
1429 Margaret of anjou: Wife of henry vi of england 

1599 Thomas selle: Composer 

1638 Frederik ruysch: Dutch anatomist 

1645 William kidd: Pirate legend from scotland 

1699 John bartram: Naturalist/explorer, father of american botany 

1723 Agha mohammad khan ghajar: King of iran 

1732 Marie adélaïde of france: Daughter of louis xv 

1736 Iman willem falck: Dutch governor of ceylon (1765-83) 

1749 Hugo franz karl alexander von kerpen: Composer 

1749 Pierre-simon laplace: Mathematician/astronomer/physicist 

1750 Johannes matthias sperger: Composer 

1754 Baron jurij vega: Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer 

1761 John w de winter: Dutch vice-admiral (battle at kamperduin) 

1769 William smith: Geologist (strata identified by organized fossils) 

1769 Augustin daniel belliard: French general 

1795 Leopold jansa: Composer 

1801 Peterus d regout: Dutch industrialist (sphinx, maastricht) 

1808 Jeronimo de bosch kemper: Sociologist/historian (statistic yearbook) 

1811 Camille marie stamaty: Composer 

1818 Don carlos buell: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1898 

1821 Aleksej f pisemski: Russian writer (clodhopper) 

1823 Schuyler colfax: (r) 17th vp (1869-73) 

1825 Edward lloyd thomas: Brig general (confederate army) died in 1898 

1826 Leon minkus: Composer 

1831 Eduard schlagintweit: German writer 

1834 Julius reubke: Composer 

1837 Joseph wieniawski: Composer 

1844 Eugene gigout: Composer 

1847 Alexandru d xenopol: Romania, historian 

1854 Alfred milner: Giessen germany, british governor (cape colony) 

1857 Fannie farmer: Actress (namesake of a candy company) 

1858 Ludwig quidde: German historian/politician (nobel prize 1927) 

1862 Nathaniel reed: American outlaw turned evangelist 

1863 Godfried ce van daalen: Dutch general/governor of atjeh 

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