Leon Dash (80)
March 16th, 1944

American journalist – Leon Dash was born in New Bedford (City in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States) on March 16th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

Other personalities born on March 16

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

*March 16th, 1941, Parma †November 22nd, 2018, Rome

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

*March 16th, 1935, Madrid †May 13th, 2022, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

91

Jerry Lewis

American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)

*March 16th, 1926, Newark †August 20th, 2017, Las Vegas

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

93

Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)

*March 16th, 1928, Berlin †April 24th, 2021, Klosterneuburg

59

Cristiana Reali

Brazilian actress

*March 16th, 1965, São Paulo

76

Franz Annen

Swiss priest and theologian (1942-2018)

*March 16th, 1942, Schwyz †November 13th, 2018, Ibach

93

Nadja Tiller

Austrian actress (1929–2023)

*March 16th, 1929, Vienna †February 21st, 2023, Hamburg

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

74

Kate Nelligan

Canadian actress

*March 16th, 1950, London

81

Murat Belge

Turkish intellectual, academic, translator, literary critic, columnist, civil rights activist, and tour guide

*March 16th, 1943, Ankara

54

Joakim Berg

Swedish singer, songwriter and musician

*March 16th, 1970, Eskilstuna

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

Leon Dash