Horst Löffler (82)
March 17th, 1942

German swimmer – Horst Löffler was born in Langenau (Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany) on March 17th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on March 17

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Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

76

Hanskarl Rotzinger

German karateka

*March 17th, 1940, Constance †March 15th, 2017, Constance

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

72

Hans Wollschläger

German writer

*March 17th, 1935, Minden †May 19th, 2007, Bamberg

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

76

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

*March 17th, 1948, Conway

81

Jeff Banks

British fashion designer

*March 17th, 1943, Ebbw Vale

54

Rudolf Nureyev

Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 17th, 1938, Razdolnoe †January 6th, 1993, Levallois-Perret

62

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

64

Wilfried Auerbach

Austrian rower

*March 17th, 1960, Linz

43

Kyle Korver

American professional basketball player

*March 17th, 1981, Lakewood

29

Lisa Sophie Gericke

German bobsledder and ice speed skater

*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

28

Tokischa

Dominican singer

*March 17th, 1996, Puerto Plata

45

Nat King Cole

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

*March 17th, 1919, Montgomery †February 15th, 1965, Santa Monica

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Horst Löffler