Discover the most famous people who died on March 21. The list includes people like Chinua Achebe, Chuck Barris, Thomas Cranmer, Ernie Wise, John List. Famous personalities featured on this list, include economists, actors, novelists and spiritual & religious leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Italy and many more countries.
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Birthdate: November 16, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ogidi, Nigeria Protectorate
Died: 2013
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian poet, novelist, professor, and critic. Often described as Africa's greatest storyteller, Achebe is widely regarded as the father of modern African writing. He was the recipient of several awards and honors, including the Man Booker International Prize 2007. His novel Things Fall Apart is one of the most read books in Africa.
Birthdate: June 3, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 2017
Game show creator, producer, and host Chuck Barris began his career at NBC in New York City as a page. Brilliant and creative, he moved up the ranks in the entertainment industry and was soon producing music for TV shows. He then opened his own production company and went ahead to gain fame as a game show creator.
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Walter White(American Civil Rights Activist)
Birthdate: July 1, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: 1955
Birthdate: November 17, 1951
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Died: 1987
Dean Paul Martin made his way into pop singing at the age of thirteen when he joined the pop group Dino, Desi & Billy. He earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in Players. He also became a successful tennis player and competed in junior competition at Wimbeldon. At the age of 16, he obtained his pilot's license.
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Robert Preston(Former Actor best known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man on the Broadway stage in 1957)
Birthdate: June 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1987
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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James Rebhorn(Actor)
Birthdate: September 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2014
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: August 10, 1909
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Anaheim, California, United States
Died: 1991
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Benedict of Nursia(Italian Christian Monk, Writer, Theologian and Founder of Western Christian Monasticism)
Birthdate: March 3, 0480
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Norcia, Italy
Died: 0547
The only valid mention of Saint Benedict is found in the Dialogues of St. Gregory I. Of the many legends about him is the one in which he rolled himself against bushes to inflict wounds, just to escape the Devil who showed the image of a beautiful woman to him.
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Candy Darling(Actress)
Birthdate: November 24, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Long Island, New York, USA
Died: 1974
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Lili Damita(Actress)
Birthdate: July 10, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Blaye, France
Died: 1994
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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Dack Rambo(Actor)
Birthdate: November 13, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Earlimart, California, United States
Died: 1994
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Ernie Wise(Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: November 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bramley, Leeds
Died: 1999
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Michael Redgrave(Actor)
Birthdate: March 20, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: 1985
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Frederick Winslow Taylor(American Mechanical Engineer Known for His Methods to Improve Industrial Efficiency)
Birthdate: March 20, 1856
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1915
American inventor, mechanical engineer and an accomplished tennis and golf player, Frederick Winslow Taylor, regarded as the father of scientific management, sought to improve industrial efficiency. His approach on scientific management, referred to as Taylorism, has significantly influenced development of industrial engineering and production management. His monograph, The Principles of Scientific Management, laid out his views on principles of scientific management.
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Jerry Krause(Scout)
Birthdate: April 6, 1939
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2017
Jerry Krause was a sports scout and executive. He served as the general manager of the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for several years, from 1985 to 2003. He won the NBA Executive of the Year Award twice. He died in 2017 and was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame later that year.
Birthdate: May 1, 1925
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: January 8, 1910
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1998
Born to dancer parents, Soviet ballerina Galina Ulanova was destined to follow in their footsteps. The dancer who had performed with both Mariinsky and Bolshoi theaters remains the only two-time Hero of Socialist Labour winner. She amazed audiences in Giselle, Swan Lake, and Romeo and Juliet.
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Colin Dexter(Writer)
Birthdate: September 29, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stamford, England
Died: 2017
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Martin McGuinness(3rd Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (2007 - 2017))
Birthdate: May 23, 1950
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Derry, Northern Ireland
Died: 2017
Once the deputy minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness has also served as his country’s education minister. He had also been part of the Provisional Irish Republican Army during the Northern Ireland conflict. The Sinn Féin politician had a major role to play in the Good Friday Agreement.
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Pinetop Perkins(Jazz Pianist)
Birthdate: July 7, 1913
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Belzoni, Mississippi, United States
Died: 2011
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William Blount(Politician)
Birthdate: March 26, 1749
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Windsor, North Carolina, United States
Died: 1800
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Macdonald Carey(Actor)
Birthdate: March 15, 1913
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Died: 1994
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Mary Ainsworth(American-Canadian Developmental Psychologist Known for Her Work in the Development of the Attachment Theory)
Birthdate: December 1, 1913
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Glendale, Ohio, United States
Died: 1999
American-Canadian developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth is best remembered for her contributions in developing the attachment theory. She devised the Strange situation procedure during the 1970s to observe early emotional connect and relationship between a caregiver and child. She was ranked as the 97th most cited psychologist of the 20th century in a 2002 survey of Review of General Psychology.
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Alexander Glazunov(Composer)
Birthdate: August 10, 1865
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1936
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Joe Fulks(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: October 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Birmingham, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1976
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Makonnen Wolde Mikael(Shum of Harar (1887 - 1906) and a Noted General during the First Italo-Ethiopian War)
Birthdate: May 8, 1852
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sheno, Shewa, Ethiopia
Died: 1906
Makonnen Wolde Mikael served as Shum of Harar from 1887 to 1906 under Ethiopian monarchs Yohannes IV and Menelik II. The governor of Harar province and a military leader, Mikael is best-remembered for his role as an effective general during various military-campaigns, most notably during First Italo–Ethiopian War when he played a key role at the Battle of Adwa.
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Joe Medwick(Baseball player)
Birthdate: November 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Carteret, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1975
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Robert Southey(Former poet of the Romantic school, and Poet laureate from 1813 until his death)
Birthdate: August 12, 1774
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1843
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Jackie Trent(Singer-Songwriter)
Birthdate: September 6, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Died: 2015
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Aella of Northumbria(Anglo-Saxon King)
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: 0867
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John Law(economist, banker, statistician)
Birthdate: April 21, 1671
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh
Died: 1729
John Law was a Scottish economist best remembered for his work as Controller General of Finances under the Regent of the Kingdom of France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. Law is credited with founding Banque Générale Privée, the first financial organization to pioneer the use of paper money. Law is also credited with originating ideas like the real bills doctrine.
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Guadalupe Victoria(Politician, Military personnel, Lawyer)
Birthdate: September 29, 1786
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tamazula
Died: 1846
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Toni Wolff(Psychologist)
Birthdate: September 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zürich
Died: 1953
Denied formal education for being a woman, Toni Wolff later became one of psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s closest collaborators. She entered Jung’s life as a patient of depression after her father’s death. She later headed the Psychologischer Club Zürich as its president and is often described as an intellectual rival of Jung’s wife.
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Bobby Short(Singer)
Birthdate: September 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Danville, Illinois, United States
Died: 2005
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Connie Kreski(Actress, Model)
Birthdate: September 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
Died: 1995
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Anna-Lisa(Actress)
Birthdate: March 30, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: 2018
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Nicholas of Flüe(Saint)
Birthdate: 1417 AD
Birthplace: Unterwalden, Switzerland
Died: 1487
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C.M. Kornbluth(Author)
Birthdate: July 2, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1958
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Alberta Watson(Actress)
Birthdate: March 6, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 2015
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Franz Schreker(Composer)
Birthdate: March 23, 1878
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Monaco
Died: 1934
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Kinuyo Tanaka(Actress, Film director)
Birthdate: November 29, 1909
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: 1977
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
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Chung Ju Yung(Businessman)
Birthdate: November 25, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tongchon, Kogendo, Japanese Korea
Died: 2001
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Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh(Politician)
Birthdate: February 12, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bray, Ireland
Died: 1978
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Karl Koller(Ophthalmologist)
Birthdate: December 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bohemia, Czech Republic
Died: 1944
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Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz(Nobleman)
Birthdate: May 11, 1787
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: 1862
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Sven O. Høiby(Norwegian Journalist, Hurdler and the Father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway)
Birthdate: November 14, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kristiansand, Norway
Died: 2007
Sven O. Høiby was a Norwegian journalist and hurdler. He represented the sports club from Kristiansand and had completed a 400-meter hurdles event in 58.0 seconds in 1959. Sven O. Høiby is best remembered as the father of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. He achieved national prominence after his daughter married Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway.
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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille(French astronomer)
Birthdate: March 15, 1713
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rumigny, Ardennes
Died: 1762
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was a French astronomer and geodesist. He is credited to have named 14 out of the 88 constellations. He studied rhetoric, theology, and philosophy and became an abbot. He later found employment as a professor of mathematics in the Mazarin college and was made a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Birthdate: July 2, 1489
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Aslockton
Died: 1556
Thomas Cranmer was the first Protestant to be the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was instrumental in the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which led to the separation of the English Church from the See of Rome. He was eventually burnt at the stake for preaching Protestantism.
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Pietro Mennea(Italian Sprinter, Politician, and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: June 28, 1952
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barletta, Italy
Died: 2013
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Wolfgang Wagner(Director)
Birthdate: August 30, 1919
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bayreuth, Germany
Died: 2010
