Naomi James (75)
March 2nd, 1949

New Zealand yacht racer – Naomi James was born in New Zealand (Island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean) on March 2nd, 1949 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on March 2

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

*March 2nd, 1923, Peoria †February 17th, 2017, Arlington County

32

Karen Carpenter

American singer and drummer (1950–1983)

*March 2nd, 1950, Yale – New Haven Hospital †February 4th, 1983, Downey Regional Medical Center

43

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

52

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

73

Dean Barrow

Prime Minister of Belize from 2008 to 2020

*March 2nd, 1951, Belize City

47

Rory Gallagher

Irish guitarist (1948–1995)

*March 2nd, 1948, Ballyshannon †June 14th, 1995, London

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

71

Lou Reed

American rock musician (1942–2013)

*March 2nd, 1942, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center †October 27th, 2013, East Hampton

38

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

87

Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

*March 2nd, 1904, Springfield †September 24th, 1991, La Jolla

77

Harry Redknapp

English association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1947, Poplar

61

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

*March 2nd, 1963, Darlinghurst

62

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

*March 2nd, 1962, Perth Amboy

82

John Irving

American novelist and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1942, Exeter

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

81

George Layton

British actor

*March 2nd, 1943, Bradford

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

84

Lothar de Maizière

German politician

*March 2nd, 1940, Nordhausen

47

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

77

Paul-Henri Nargeolet

Submersible pilot; former head of France's Deep Submersible Program

*March 2nd, 1946, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc †June 18th, 2023, wreck of the RMS Titanic

42

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

77

Wolfgang Wodarg

German physician and politician

*March 2nd, 1947, Itzehoe

76

Krzysztof Majchrzak

Polish actor

*March 2nd, 1948, Gdańsk

84

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019

*March 2nd, 1937, Oujda †September 17th, 2021, Zéralda

72

Laraine Newman

American actress, writer and comedian

*March 2nd, 1952, Los Angeles

82

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

Also born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

74

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Naomi James