Famous people born in March include Lupita Nyong’o, the Kenyan actress who rose to fame by portraying Nakia in the Marvel MCU superhero films Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and filmmaker Zack Snyder. Mark William Calaway, famously known as The Undertaker in WWE wrestling, was also born on March 24, 1965. Also born in March are actresses Alexandra Daddario, Jessica Chastain, and actors Chuck Norris and Daniel Craig of the James Bond fame.
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, South African Miriam Makeba, and best-selling Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. 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.
Actors and Celebrities with birthdays in March
42 years old
American country singer, songwriter and winner of 4th fourth season of American Idol in 2005 & one of Billboard Hot 100 top artists
Died aged 54
Founder of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the U.S.
48 years old
Ethiopian model, actress and clothing designer who has appeared on cover of Vogue magazine many times
64 years old
American singer and guitarist famous as the founder and frontman of Bon Jovi, An American rock band, in 1983
94 years old
Australian-American investor, media mogul, owner of News Corp and hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world
70 years old
American actor famous in Armageddon (1998), Red (2010), The Expendables (2010), Moonlighting (1985–1989), Die Hard
Died aged 91
American record producer, composer who produced Michael Jackson's albums Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987)
78 years old
British singer, songwriter and pianist whose hits include Nikita (1985), Sacrifice (1990), Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994)
52 years old
American actress famous in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Hitch (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), The Spirit (2008)
81 years old
13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025
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 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 who was born on March 15, 1975.
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.
March Sports Birthdays
March is also the birthday month of famous sportspeople, among them British long-distance runner Mo Farah, and French football player Paul Pogba.
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.
Famous musicians and actors born in March
Other legends and famous celebs with birthday in march are American singers Harry Belafonte, Kesha, Daniella Monet, and legendary actress Jean Harlow. Also born in March are actors Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific in Superman), 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.
