Famous Birthdays for March 17Roger Brooke Taney 1777 - Fifth Chief Justice of the United States Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler 1834 - Engineer, industrialist, invented the high-speed petrol engine Jim Bridger (James Felix Bridger) 1881 - Mountain man, trapper, guide Paul Eliot Green 1894 - Playwright Bobby Jones (Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr.) 1902 - Golfer Marquis Childs 1903 - Journalist John Pastore 1907 - Lawyer, politician Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) 1919 - Singer, musician Paul Horn 1930 - Jazz flautist Dick Curless 1932 - Singer, known as the "Baron of Country Music" Adam Wade 1937 - Singer, drummer, actor Rudolf Nureyev 1938 - Ballet dancer Paul Kantner 1941 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) Jim Weatherly 1943 - Singer, songwriter Patrick McCauley (Them) 1944 John Sebastian 1944 - Singer, songwriter (Lovin' Spoonful) Harold Brown 1946 - Musician (War) Patrick Duffy 1949 - Actor (TV: "Dallas") Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor Scott Gorham 1951 - Guitar player (Thin Lizzy) Susie Allanson 1952 - Singer Lesley-Anne Down 1954 - Actress Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor ("C.S.I: NY") Paul Overstreet 1955 - Country singer Mike Lindup 1959 - Musician () Vicki Lewis 1960 - Actress Casey Sirmaszko 1961 - Actor Claire Grogan (Altered Images) 1962 Rob Stich 1962 - Writer, director Rob Lowe 1964 - Actor Van Connor 1967 - Musician (Screaming Trees) Billy Corgan 1967 - Musician (Smashing Pumpkins) Mathew St. Patrick 1968 - Actor ("Six Feet Under") Yanic Truesdale 1969 - Actor ("Gilmore Girls") Bill Mueller 1971 - Baseball player Mia Hamm 1972 - Soccer player Melissa Auf der Maur 1972 - Musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) Caroline Corr 1973 - Musician (The Corrs) Marisa Coughlan 1974 - Actress Stephen Gately 1976 - Singer (Boyzone) Swifty 1977 - Rapper (D12) Bobby Ryan 1987 - Hockey player Katie Ledecky 1997 - Swimmer |
