What happened on March 21 ?

1521 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)

1527 - Hermann Finck, German composer (d. 1558)

1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)

1713 - Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)

1763 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)

1768 - Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (d. 1830)

1806 - Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman and national hero (d. 1872)

1839 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881)

1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theater producer (d. 1932)

1876 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)

1880 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)

1895 - Zlatko Balokovi?, Croatian violinist (d. 1955)

1901 - Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958)

1902 - Son House, American musician (d. 1988)

1904 - Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)

1906 - Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman

1913 - George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991)

1914 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist (d. 1990)

1920 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975)

1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (d. 1986)

1922 - Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (d. 2004)

1923 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga

1923 - Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)

1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician

1932 - Walter Gilbert, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1932 - Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor

1930 - James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)

1934 - Al Freeman, Jr., American actor

1935 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (d. 2004)

1936 - Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician

1940 - Solomon Burke, American singer

1943 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Band (d. 1995)

1943 - István Gyulai, Hungarian General Secretary of the IAAF (d. 2006)

1945 - Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)

1946 - Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor

1949 - Slavoj ?i?ek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic

1949 - Eddie Money, American musician

1950 - Roger Hodgson, musician, former member from Supertramp

1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner

1958 - Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress

1958 - Gary Oldman, English actor

1959 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer

1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994)

1961 - Lothar Matthäus, German footballer

1961 - Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso

1962 - Mark Waid, American comic book writer

1962 - Matthew Broderick, American actor

1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher

1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and football manager

1964 - Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist

1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)

1967 - Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy)

1975 - Justin Pierce, British actor (d. 2000)

1975 - Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player

1975 - Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player, playing for San Antonio Spurs

1976 - Liza Harper, French actress

1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist

1980 - Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian current international footballer

1980 - Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier

1980 - Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)