March 18th Birthdays

Country singer, Charley Pride, was born on this day in 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi. With 30 No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Pride was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 2000 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He passed away in Dallas, TX on December 12, 2020 at the age of 86.

Also born on March 18th:

• 1938
  Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter, actor
• 1945
  Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist, actress
• 1947
  Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian, playwright
• 1950
  Brad Dourif, American actor
  John Hartman, American drummer
• 1951
  Bill Frisell, American jazz musician
• 1960
  James MacPherson, Scottish actor
• 1962
  Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
  James McMurtry, American folk singer, songwriter
  Brian Fisher, American baseball player
• 1963
  Vanessa L. Williams, American actress, singer
• 1966
  Jerry Cantrell, American musician
• 1967
  Miki Berenyi, English singer
  Ken Edenfield, American baseball player
• 1968
  Eudes, duc d’Angoulême, French prince
• 1969
  Andy Cutting, English folk musician and composer
  J. David Shapiro, American screenwriter, actor, director
• 1970
  Queen Latifah, American singer, actress
• 1972
  Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
• 1975
  Brian Griese, American football player
  Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, dancer
• 1976
  Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
  Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler
• 1977
  Devin Lima, American singer
  Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
  Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
• 1978
  Khalilah Adams, American actress
  Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player
• 1979
  Adam Levine, American singer
  Danneel Harris, American actress
• 1980
  Sophia Myles, English actress
• 1981
  Kasib Powell, American basketball player
• 1982
  Chad Cordero, American baseball player
• 1983
  Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
• 1984
  Vonzell Solomon, American singer
• 1986
  Lykke Li, Swedish singer
• 1991
  Dylan Mattingly, American composer, musician
• 1996
  Madeline Carroll, American actress
• 1997
  Ciara Bravo, American actress

March Birthday Calendar

Died on March 18th:

• 1845
  Johnny Appleseed, American gardener, missionary (age 70)
• 1965
  Farouk of Egypt (age 45)
• 1978
  Leigh Brackett, American author, screenwriter (age 62)
  Peggy Wood, American actress (age 86)
• 1983
  Umberto II of Italy (age 78)
• 1986
  Bernard Malamud, American novelist (age 71)
• 1990
  Robin Harris, American comedian (age 36)
• 2001
  John Phillips, American singer, guitarist (Mamas & Papas) (age 65)
• 2008
  Anthony Minghella, English director, screenwriter (age 54)
• 2009
  Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (age 45)
• 2010
  Fess Parker, American actor, businessman (age 85)
• 2012
  George Tupou V of Tonga (age 63)
• 2013
  Henry Bromell, American novelist, screenwriter (age 65)
• 2016
  Barry Hines, English author, screenwriter (age 76)
• 2017
  Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (age 90)
• 2021
  Richard Gilliland, American actor (age 71)