March 21 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on March 21, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Aquamarine
Birth flower
Daffodil
How common
#130 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous March 21 birthdays
Benito Juárez · President of Mexico from 1858 to 18721806
Hans-Dietrich Genscher · German politician and member of the Free Democratic1927
Walter Gilbert · American biochemist1932
Solomon Burke · American singer1940
Ali Abdullah Saleh · President of North Yemen and Yemen1947
Slavoj Žižek · Slovenian philosopher1949
Sergey Lavrov · Russian politician of Armenian origin1950
Prayut Chan-o-cha · Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 20231954
Jair Bolsonaro · 38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil1955
Gary Oldman · British actor and filmmaker1958
Ayrton Senna · Brazilian racing driver1960
Lothar Matthäus · German association football player, manager, and pundit1961
Matthew Broderick · American actor1962
Rosie O'Donnell · American comedian1962
Ronald Koeman · Dutch football coach and former football player1963
Rani Mukerji · Indian actress1978
Ronaldinho · Brazilian associaton fooball player1980
Scott Eastwood · American actor1986
Jordi Alba · Spanish association football player1989
Antoine Griezmann · French footballer1991
On this day in history
1825During his tour of the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette laid the cornerstone for the Nathanael Greene Monument in Savannah, Georgia.
1861Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, gave an extemporaneous speech laying out the Confederacy's rationale for seceding from the United States.
1946The Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African-American player in the National Football League since 1933.
1963The Federal Bureau of Prisons closed Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California.
1980Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
1983In the West Bank, a number of Palestinian girls complained of breathing difficulties due to strange odors, leading to accusations of poison gas.
1986Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships.
2006Jack Dorsey sent the first message on the social-media network Twitter.
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