List of Famous people born in March
Rudi Dutschke
Alfred Willi Rudolf Dutschke was a German Marxist sociologist and a political activist in the German student movement and the APO protest movement of the 1960s.
Irom Chanu Sharmila
Irom Chanu Sharmila, also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India. On 5 November 2000, she began a hunger strike in favour of abolishing the Armed Forces Act, 1958 that applies to the seven states and grants security forces the power to search properties without a warrant, and to arrest people, and to use deadly force if there is "reasonable suspicion" that a person is acting against the state. She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 long years of fasting. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.
Wolfgang Winkler
Wolfgang Winkler was a German actor, born in Görlitz. He was best known for starring in films such as The Rabbit Is Me, Das Mädchen auf dem Brett and I Was Nineteen, as well as playing Hauptkommissar Herbert Schneider in the television series Polizeiruf 110.
Thomas Heinze
Thomas Heinze is a German actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1988.
Martín Lasarte
Martín Bernardo Lasarte Arróspide is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, currently the manager of the Chile national team.
Kevin Kurányi
Kevin Dennis Kurányi Rodríguez is a German former professional footballer. He played as a striker and possessed great aerial ability and finishing skills. From 2003 to 2008, Kurányi was part of the German national team, for which he scored 19 goals in 52 games. He participated in two UEFA Euro and one Confederations Cup.
James Bowen
James Anthony Bowen is an English author based in London. His memoirs A Street Cat Named Bob, The World According to Bob and A Gift from Bob, were international best-sellers. A film based on the first two books was released in 2016 and a sequel was released in 2020. Bowen now dedicates his time to helping numerous charities that involve homelessness, literacy, and animal welfare.
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has also worked in radio broadcasting. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
Shaun Gayle
Shaun Lanard Gayle is a former American football defensive back in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears (1984–1994), and one for the San Diego Chargers (1995). He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. Gayle attended Ohio State University.
Jean-Luc Lemoine
Jean-Luc Lemoine is a French humorist, TV chronicler and presenter.