John Patrick Rourke (82)
March 26th, 1942

Botanist – John Patrick Rourke was born in Cape Town (City in the Western Cape, South Africa) on March 26th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on March 26

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James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

81

Roland Göhler

East German rower

*March 26th, 1943, Meissen

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

81

Bob Woodward

American journalist

*March 26th, 1943, Geneva

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

80

Bernie Machen

American university president, professor of pediatric dentistry, dental surgeon

*March 26th, 1944, Greenwood

86

Anthony James Leggett

British physicist

*March 26th, 1938, Camberwell

77

John Rowles

New Zealand singer

*March 26th, 1947, Whakatāne

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

83

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

*March 26th, 1931, West End †February 27th, 2015, Bel Air

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

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Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

73

Carl Wieman

Nobel prize winning US physicist

*March 26th, 1951, Corvallis

76

Steven Tyler

American singer

*March 26th, 1948, New York City

67

Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer

*March 26th, 1957, Qazvin

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

74

Alan Silvestri

American composer and conductor

*March 26th, 1950, New York City

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

60

Maria Miller

British politician

*March 26th, 1964, Wolverhampton

89

Alan Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

*March 26th, 1934, New York City †June 29th, 2023, Carlsbad

84

Fiona Kidman

New Zealand writer

*March 26th, 1940, Hāwera

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

John Patrick Rourke