From Russia, with love. :-) Long life, and good days!

Only two weeks late...
Others born March 3rd:
* 1455 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
* 1520 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
* 1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
* 1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
* 1606 - Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
* 1652 - Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
* 1678 - Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
* 1778 - Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
* 1793 - William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
* 1800 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
* 1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
* 1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
* 1839 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
* 1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
* 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
* 1848 - Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (d. 1880)
* 1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
* 1860 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
* 1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
* 1866 - Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
* 1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
* 1873 - William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
* 1880 - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
* 1880 - Yōsuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
* 1883 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
* 1886 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
* 1890 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
* 1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
* 1895 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
* 1895 - Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
* 1910 - Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
* 1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
* 1911 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
* 1918 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (d. 2007)
* 1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
* 1920 - Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
* 1920 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
* 1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
* 1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
* 1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1923 - Doc Watson, American musician
* 1924 - Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
* 1924 - Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter
* 1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
* 1926 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
* 1926 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
* 1927 - Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
* 1930 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
* 1930 - Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
* 1933 - Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
* 1933 - Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
* 1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
* 1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
* 1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
* 1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
* 1940 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
* 1942 - Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
* 1945 - George Miller, Australian film director
* 1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
* 1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
* 1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
* 1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
* 1948 - William Ford Gibson (Laser Eyes, Pope Combatant, invented the intert00bz)
* 1949 - Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
* 1949 - Gloria Hendry, American actress
* 1949 - Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
* 1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
* 1951 - Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
* 1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
* 1953 - Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
* 1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
* 1954 - Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
* 1955 - Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
* 1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
* 1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
* 1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher (Top Cow Productions)
* 1959 - Ira Glass, American radio host
* 1960 - Neal Heaton, American baseball player
* 1960 - Colin Wells, English cricketer
* 1961 - Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
* 1961 - Mary Page Keller, American actress
* 1961 - Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
* 1961 - Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
* 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
* 1962 - Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
* 1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
* 1963 - Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
* 1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
* 1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
* 1964 - Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
* 1966 - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
* 1966 - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
* 1966 - Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
* 1968 - Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
* 1969 - Simon Whitlock, Australian Darts Player
* 1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
* 1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
* 1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
* 1972 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
* 1973 - Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
* 1973 - Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
* 1973 - Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
* 1974 - David Faustino, American actor
* 1974 - Paula Malai Ali,Malaysian-Bruneian TV Presenter and Actress
* 1976 - Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
* 1977 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer
* 1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
* 1978 - Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
* 1979 - Patrick Renna, American actor
* 1979 - Alex Zane, English comedian
* 1980 - Mason Unck, American football player
* 1981 - Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
* 1981 - Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
* 1981 - Lil' Flip, American rapper
* 1981 - Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
* 1981 - Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
* 1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress
* 1985 - Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
* 1986 - Stacie Orrico, American singer
* 1992 - Madison Cross, American singer and actress

I meant to make a thread about this at the beginning of the month, then realized I had to wait a few days and then forgot.

Happy 60th Birthday, Bill, the planet is better for having you on it.

I am likewise quite certain that today is his birthday. Funnily wikipedia gives both dates, one in the text and one in the summary. A quick search showed that FP started a birthday thread last year on the 17th.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Gibson.

Edit: Somebody just fixed that. Now the birthday is uniformly March 17.

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Happy birthday Mr. Gibson.

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Tone Lōc

Awesome. And, ah, happy birthday to the man.

Happy birthday, tall man. Keep those laser eyes focused.

happy birthday, sir.

Happy Birthday - 1000 modem salute! deeer deeer ggrrrrrrrr SCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CCCCCKKK eeereeer SCHHHHHHHHH. *modem noise*

Annoying ain't it

We just had to remind you, didn't we? Now, I suppose, you know how Heinlein and Asimov felt about being called grand OLD Masters.

Speaking of Grand Old Masters, I see that Clarke was sometimes called "the Colossus of Science Fiction".

I think I'll call you The Finn of Sci-Fi.