March 17th Birthdays

If you were born on March 17th, you’re a St. Patrick’s Day baby and you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Penelope Lively is 89 (nee Penelope Margaret Low)

English Booker Prize-winning novelist (Moon Tiger; The Road to Lichfield; How It All Began; According to Mark; Passing On; City of the Mind) and Carnegie Medal-winning children’s fiction writer (A Stitch in Time; The Ghost of Thomas Kempe), born March 17, 1933. (Penelope Lively 2013 Photo: Miyagawa)

Adam Wade is 87 (nee Patrick Henry Wade)

American singer (Ruby; The Writing on the Wall; Take Good Care of Her; As If I Didn’t Know; Tell Her For Me), actor and host of television (Search for Tomorrow; Musical Chairs; Tony Orlando and Dawn) & films (Claudine; Texas Lightning), born March 17, 1935. (Adam Wade 1975 Musical Chairs Photo: CBS)

Pattie Boyd is 78 (nee Patricia Anne Boyd)

English photographer, fashion model (Vogue), actress (A Hard Day’s Night) and author (Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me), ex-wife of George Harrison & Eric Clapton, she inspired the song Layla, born March 17, 1944. (Pattie Boyd 1964 A Hard Day’s Night Trailer)

John Sebastian is 78

American Songwriter’s Hall of Fame musician, singer (Welcome Back; Lovin’ You), & founding member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Lovin’ Spoonful (Do You Believe in Magic; Summer in the City; Daydream), born March 17, 1944. (John Sebastian 1974 Photo: Jim Summaria)

Patrick Duffy is 73

American director, host & actor of TV (Bobby Ewing on Dallas & Knots Landing; Frank Lambert on Step by Step & ABC TGIF; Stephen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful; Man from Atlantis; Bingo America) and movies (You Again), born March 17, 1949. (Patrick Duffy 1977 Man From Atlantis Photo: NBC TV)

Peter Robinson is 72

Canadian Anthony & Macavity Award-winning mystery novelist (Caedmon’s Song), creator of the Inspector Alan Banks series (Gallows View, Innocent Graves, In a Dry Season, Watching the Dark, Cold is the Grave; Many Rivers to Cross), born March 17, 1950. (Peter Robinson 2010 Photo: Georges Seguin)

Kurt Russell is 71

American actor of TV (The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters; The Quest; Elvis) and movies (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes; Silkwood; Escape from New York; Tequila Sunrise; Backdraft; Dreamer; Stargate; Miracle; Poseidon;The Barefoot Executive), born March 17, 1951. (Kurt Russell 1969 Daniel Boone)

Lesley-Anne Down is 68

English actress of TV (Upstairs, Downstairs; Olivia Richards on Sunset Beach; Jacqueline Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful; Dallas) and film (The First Great Train Robbery; Hanover Street; The Betsy; The Pink Panther Strikes Again) born March 17, 1954. (Lesley-Anne Down 2014 Photo: Allan warren) 

Gary Sinise is 67

Emmy-winning American musician, producer, narrator & actor of TV (Mac Taylor on CSI: NY; Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders; The Stand; 13 Reasons Why) and movies (Forrest Gump; Apollo 13; Ransom; Jack the Bear), born March 17, 1955. (Gary Sinise 2008 Photo: Lance Cpl. Monty Burton / U.S. Marines)

Paul Overstreet is 67

Grammy Award-winning American country music singer (Daddy’s Come Around; Seein’ My Father in Me; Love Helps Those; Richest Man on Earth; Heroes; I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love) and songwriter (A Long Line of Love; Some Beach; When You Say Nothing at All), born March 17, 1955. 

Arye Gross is 62

American actor of stage, TV (Adam Green on Ellen; Castle; Wildfire; Diagnosis Murder; The Practice; The Riches; Medium; Six Feet Under), movies (The Experts; Coupe de Ville; Hexed; Tequila Sunrise; For the Boys; Just One of the Guys; Soul Man; The Lady Killers) born March 17, 1960. (Arye Gross 2016 Photo)

Casey Siemaszko is 61 (nee Kazimierz A. Siemaszko)

American voice over artist & actor of TV (NYPD Blue; Damages; Storm of the Century; St. Elsewhere) and movies (Three O’Clock High; Young Guns; Of Mice and Men; Secret Admirer; Back to the Future films; Stand by Me; Milk Money), born March 17, 1961.

Rob Lowe is 58 (nee Robert Hepler Lowe)

American former teen idol, actor of TV (The West Wing; Brothers & Sisters; Parks and Recreation; The Grinder; Code Black) and films (Youngblood; The Outsiders; About Last Night…; St. Elmo’s Fire; Sex Tape; Austin Powers in Goldmember), born March 17, 1964. (Rob Lowe 1989 Photo: Alan Light)

Billy Corgan is 55 (nee William Patrick Corgan Jr.)

American guitarist, record producer, songwriter, lead singer & founding member of The Smashing Pumpkins (1979; Bullet With Butterfly Wings; Thirty-Three; Ava Adore; Perfect; Stand Inside Your Love; Today; Zero; Tarantula; Tonight Tonight), born March 17, 1967. (Billy Corgan 1992: Graham Racher)

Mia Hamm is 50 (nee Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra)

World & National Soccer Halls of Fame American team player, American 2-time Olympic gold medalists (1996 & 2004) and FIFA Women’s World Cup champions (1991 & 1999), 2001 & 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year, born March 17, 1972. (Mia Hamm 2010 Photo: Rob Poetsch)

Amelia Heinle is 49 (aka Amelia Weatherly; aka Amelia Luckinbill)

American actress of TV (Victoria Newman Abbott on The Young and the Restless; Mia Saunders on All My Children; Stephanie Brewster on Loving) & films (The Limey; Liar’s Poker; At Sachem Farm; Sally Hemings: An American Scandal), born March 17, 1973. (Amelia Heinle 2014 Photo: Mingle Media TV)

(Nat King Cole 1947: GAC [colorized] | Lesley-Anne Down 1985 Arch of Triumph)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 17th!

Remember These March 17th Famous Birthdays

Nat King Cole (nee Nathaniel Adams Coles; father of Natalie Cole)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American singer (The Christmas Song; Ramblin’ Rose; Mona Lisa; Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer; [I Love You] For Sentimental Reasons; Nature Boy; Too Young), host & performer of TV & films (China Gate; Cat Ballou) (born Mar. 17, 1919 – died Feb. 15, 1965; age 45). Nat King Cole died of lung cancer. (Nat King Cole 1946: GAC [colorized])

Alfred Newman

Oscar-winning American composer & conductor (Foreign Correspondent; The Hurricane; How the West Was Won; The Mark of Zorro; Tin Pan Alley; All About Eve; With a Song in My Heart; Love is a Many-Splendored Thing; The Diary of Anne Frank; Wuthering Heights) (born Mar. 17, 1900 – died Feb. 17, 1970; age 69). Alfred Newman died of emphysema complications. (A. Newman 1931)

Eunice Gayson (nee Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison)

British movie actress, the first “Bond girl” (Sylvia Trench in Dr. No & From Russia With Love; Melody in the Dark; Light Fingers; Miss Robin Hood; The Ship Was Loaded; The Last Man to Hang; Zarak; The Revenge of Frankenstein; To Have and To Hold; Out of the Clouds; Dance Little Lady; Dance Hall) (born Mar. 17, 1928 – died June 8, 2018; age 90). (Eunice Gayson 1965 Photo)

Bobby Jones (nee Robert Tyre Jones Jr.)

World Golf Hall of Fame American golfer with 13 major championship wins from 1923-1930 (5-time U.S. Amateur; 4-time U.S. Open; 3-time The Open Championship; The Amateur Championship), author (Down the Fairway), & golf instruction film host (born Mar. 17, 1902 – died Dec. 18, 1971; age 69). Bobby Jones had syringomyelia before he died. (Bobby Jones 1921 Photo)

Paul Kantner

American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter and founding member of Jefferson Airplane (Somebody to Love; White Rabbit), and Jefferson Starship (Runaway; Sara; It’s Not Enough; Miracles) (born Mar. 17, 1941 – died Jan. 28, 2016; age 74). Paul Kantner died from multiple organ failure and septic shock after a heart attack. (Paul Kantner 1975 Photo: Grunt Records)

Rudolf Nureyev (“Lord of the Dance“)

Soviet Russian-Austrian principal male ballet dancer (Kirov Ballet; Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas; The Royal Ballet),dance partner of Margot Fonteyn, ballet choreographer, and director of the Paris Opera Ballet (born Mar. 17, 1938 – died Jan. 6, 1993; age 54). Rudolf Nureyev died of AIDS complications. (Rudolph Nureyev 1973 Photo: Allan warren) 

Sammy Baugh (nee Samuel Adrian Baugh; “Slingin’ Sammy“)

Pro Football Hall of Fame American football player (Washington Redskins), 1937 & 1942 NFL Champion, 1947 & 1948 NFL Player of the Year, and AFL football coach (New York Titans; Houston Oilers) (born Mar. 17, 1914 – died Dec. 17, 2008; age 94). Sammy Baugh had Alzheimer’s Disease before he died. (Sammy Baugh 1938 Photo: Tenschert Photo Co.)

Morgan Conway (nee Sidney Conway)

American movie actor (Dick Tracy vs. Cueball; The Truth About Murder; North of Shanghai; Sued for Libel; Looking For Trouble; Private Detective; The Saint Takes Over; Nurse From Brooklyn; Off the Record; Happy Landing; The Spellbinder; Brother Orchid) (born Mar. 17, 1903 – died Nov. 16, 1981; age 78). Morgan Conway died of lung cancer. (Morgan Conway 1945 Dick Tracy)

Charles Lampkin

American actor of TV (Frank’s Place; The Long, Hot Summer; Mayberry R.F.D.; My Three Sons; Friends; Adam-12; It Takes a Thief; Ben Casey; The F.B.I.; Emergency!; Barnaby Jones) and movies (Five; Hammer; Cocoon; One Man’s Way) (born Mar. 17, 1913 – died Apr. 17, 1989; age 76). Cause of death for Charles Lampkin is unknown. (Charles Lampkin 1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me)

Don Mitchell

American actor of TV series (Mark Sanger on Ironside; Ed Lawrence on Capitol; I Dream of Jeannie; The Fugitive; Insight; The Virginian), TV movies (Short Walk to Daylight; The Return of Ironside), and feature films (Scream Blacula Scream; Perfume) (born Mar. 17, 1943 – died Dec. 8, 2013; age 70). Don Mitchell died of natural causes. (Don Mitchell 1968 The Morning Call Photo)

Michael O’Shea

Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Denny Davis on It’s a Great Life) and movies (Jack London; Lady of Burlesque; Man From Frisco; The Eve of St. Mark; Last of the Redmen; Violence; Circumstantial Evidence; It’s a Pleasure; Smart Woman) (born Mar. 17, 1906 – died Dec. 4, 1973; age 67). Michael O’Shea died of a heart attack. (Michael O’Shea 1944 Something For The Boys)

Patrick Allen (nee John Keith Patrick Allen)

British actor of TV (Glencannon; Crane; The Errol Flynn Theatre) and movies (The Long Hall; High Hell; Tread Softly Stranger; The Body Stealers; The Traitors; Dial M for Murder; The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk; The Sea Wolves; Night Creatures) (born Mar. 17, 1927 – died July 28, 2006; age 79). Cause of death for Patrick Allen is unknown. (Patrick Allen 1957 The Mark of the Hawk)

Rockcliffe Fellowes

Canadian actor beginning in silent films (The Charlatan; Outside the Law; Flapper Wives; Back Page; Monkey Business; Ladies of the Big House; The Vice Squad; The Understanding Heart; The Satin Woman; The Crystal Cup; The Third Degree; Rocking Moon; Without Mercy; The Border Legion; Penrod and Sam) (born Mar. 17, 1883 – died Jan. 28, 1950; age 60). (Rockliffe Fellowes 1920)

Don Kelly (nee Donald Patrick Kelly; aka Don O’Kelly)

American WWII veteran, actor of TV (77 Sunset Strip; Lawman; Bat Masterson; Maverick; Death Valley Days) and films (Tank Battalion; The Hostage; The Notorious Mr. Monks; Frontier Uprising; The Crooked Circle; Bombers B-52; The Big Land; Shootout at Big Sag) (born Mar. 17, 1924 – died Oct. 2, 1966; age 42). Don Kelly died of stomach cancer. (Don Kelly 1960 Tombstone Territory)

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