Did you know
Kesha has attained two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 to date, with Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017), and the top-ten records Warrior (2012) and High Road (2020).
Famous Birthdays on March 1
1987 — Kesha
American singer-songwriter and actress
March 1 has 187 recorded notable births across history, from 1105 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1105 – 2001
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Major events on March 1
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- 1921 Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks. Source
- 2002 The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. Source
- 1872 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. Source
- 1896 Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Source
Did you know
Dinah Shore became the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success.
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Joan Hackett played roles in The Group (1966), Will Penny (1968), Support Your Local Sheriff!
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After suffering a cervical fracture during a match in March 2022, Ewen moved away from in-ring competition and ultimately announced his retirement in 2025.
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Ja'Marr Chase played college football for the LSU Tigers, where he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award and the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship as a sophomore.
More major people born on March 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1917
Dinah Shore
American singer and actress (died 1994)
Dinah Shore was an American singer, actress, television personality, author, and talk show host.
1934
Joan Hackett
American actress (died 1983)
Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress. in film, television, and theater. She played roles in The Group (1966), Will Penny (1968), Support Your Local Sheriff!
1986
Big E
American professional wrestler
Ettore Ewen, known professionally under the ring name Big E, is an American broadcaster, retired professional wrestler and former powerlifter.
2000
Ja'Marr Chase
American football player
Ja'Marr Anthony Chase is an American professional football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL).
1978
Donovan Patton
American actor and television host
Donovan Patton is an American actor and television host. Patton graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and acted in Shakespeare plays such as Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet before replacing Steve Burns…
1848
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Irish-American sculptor and academic (died 1907)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin to an Irish-French family, and raised in New York City.
1456
Vladislaus II of Hungary (died 1516)
Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas ;, was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516 and King of Hungary and King of Croatia from 1490 to 1516.
1970
Yolanda Griffith
American basketball player and coach
Yolanda Evette Griffith is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the ABL and WNBA.
1921
Richard Wilbur
American poet, translator, and essayist (died 2017)
Richard Purdy Wilbur was an American poet and literary translator, and one of the foremost poets of the World War II generation.
1951
Sergei Kourdakov
Russian-American KGB agent (died 1973)
Sergei Nikolayevich Kourdakov was a self described former KGB agent and Soviet Navy officer who from his late teens allegedly carried out more than 150 raids in underground Christian communities in regions of the Soviet…
1888
Ewart Astill
English cricketer and billiards player (died 1948)
William Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for an Ashes tour.
1994
Asanoyama Hiroki
Japanese sumo wrestler
Asanoyama Hiroki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017.
1987
Kyle O'Reilly
Canadian professional wrestler
Kyle Richard Thomas Greenwood, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly, is a Canadian professional wrestler.
1953
Carlos Queiroz
Portuguese footballer and manager
Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz is a Portuguese association football manager.
1943
Rashid Sunyaev
Russian-German astronomer and physicist
Rashid Alievich Sunyaev is a Russian astrophysicist of Tatar descent. He got his MS degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1966. He became a professor at MIPT in 1974.
1812
Augustus Pugin
English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster (died 1852)
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture.
1966
Zack Snyder
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Zachary Edward Snyder is an American filmmaker. After starting his career primarily directing music videos, he made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same…
1956
Tim Daly
American actor, director, and producer
James Timothy Daly is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos.
1732
William Cushing
American lawyer and judge (died 1810)
William Cushing was an American lawyer who was one of the original five associate justices of the United States Supreme Court; confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, he served until his death.