Famous people born in March include U.S. President Trump’s youngest child, Barron Trump, and Lupita Nyong’o, the famous Kenyan actress who rose to fame by portraying Nakia in the Marvel MCU superhero films Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Filmmaker Zack Snyder, and Mark William Calaway, famously known as The Undertaker in WWE wrestling, were also born in March.
Also born in March are actresses Alexandra Daddario, Jessica Chastain, and Lucy Lawless. Other famous March birthdays include actors Chuck Norris, William Shatner, Gary Sinise, and James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
Famous musicians who celebrate their birthdays in March include American singer-songwriter, record producer and diva, Mariah Carey, who is also one of the world’s greatest singers of all time, and famous pop and R&B singer Diana Ross. Also born in March are South African Miriam Makeba, and best-selling Canadian recording artist Celine Dion.
Actors and Celebrities with birthdays in March
75 years old
American businessman and fashion designer who is famous as the founder of clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
76 years old
American actor whose memorable roles include as Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
52 years old
American actress famous as Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014), Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
56 years old
Swiss president of FIFA since 2016 (re-elected on 5 June, 2019 and 16 March, 2023)
30 years old
British golfer, winner of 9 professional titles, including 2026 PIF Saudi Ladies International tournament
42 years old
Nigerian gospel singer whose famous songs include Alagbada Ina, a collabo with fellow gospel singer Nathaniel Bassey
50 years old
Canadian actress who appears in You Me Her (2016–2020) as architect Emma Trakarsky, Nancy in British TV sitcom Peep Show
Died aged 73
American actress and dancer who rose to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s as one of Hollywood's most prominent stars
25 years old
French footballer and centre-back for Arsenal, Saint-Étienne, Nice, Marseille, & France national team
50 years old
American actress who stars in True Detective, Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Other famous March birthdays include popular Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, American singer Bobby Womack, and singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta who is popularly known as Lady Gaga.
Other famous people born in March
Politicians who were born in March include Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, and 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837, Andrew Jackson.
Other famous people born in March are Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, and scientist Albert Einstein who is famous for his theory of relativity. Vanessa Williams, who was the first black woman to win Miss America title, and Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria were also born in March.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor Jessica Biel also celebrates her birthday in the month of March. Jim Parsons of the Sheldon Cooper/ The Big Bang Theory fame, and Sex and the City‘s Sarah Jessica Parker are more famous birthdays for March.
Sportspeople with birthdays in March
March is also the birthday month of famous sportspeople. Among them are British long-distance runner Mo Farah, and football players Samuel Eto’o from Cameroon, Pedro Neto from Portugal, Timo Werner of Germany, and Paul Pogba of France.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Hakim Ziyech who plays for Morrocco national team, and Arsenal center-back William Saliba have March birthdays.
Other sportspeople with March bithdays are Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, former NBA star Shaquille O’neal, retired Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba, and American professional basketball player Kyrie Irving.
Musicians and actors born in March
Other legends and famous celebs with birthday in march are American singers Reba McEntire, Tracy Chapman, Harry Belafonte, Kesha, Daniella Monet, and legendary actress Jean Harlow. Also born in March is actor Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific in Superman).
Famous people from Nigeria whose birthdays are in March include singers Burna Boy and Olamide, and prolific Nollywood & Nigerian actor Maurice Sam.
Batman trilogy actor Michael Caine, Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sharon Stone who starred in the infamous 1992 erotic thriller, Basic Instinct were also born in the 3rd month.
March Historical Events
1st March 1936: The Hoover Dam was completed, with all features finished after 5 years of construction. Construction of the dam started in 1931 and was planned to last 7 years.However, it was finished 2 years ahead of schedule. The massive dam was built to generate electricity, provide water for irrigation and domestic use, and to control flooding of the Colorado River.
2nd March 1836: Texas was officially declared as a free and independent republic from Mexico. This was during the Texas Revolution (War of Texas Independence), a rebellion that lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 and which was led by Texas colonists from the United States and Hispanic Texans also known as Tejanos.2nd March 1956: Morocco gained independence from France. The North African country had been under French colonial rule from 1912 when the Treaty of Fes was signed, to 1956. The country was, during that colonial period, known as The French protectorate in Morocco or French Morocco. 19th March 1972: India and Bangladesh signed the India-Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Peace. The treaty enabled the two countries to have close bilateral relations and was to last for 25 years.It was signed in Bangladesh between the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the founding leader of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangabandhu).
21st March 1960: The Sharpeville massacre occurred in South Africa. On that day, police opened fire on a crowd of black residents of Sharpeville, a black township, and killed over 200 people.These black South Africans were demonstrating against apartheid, the system of racial discrimination that targeted blacks in the black-majority nation.
